On August 4, 2022, Kaiju’s official Twitter account #8 announced that an anime adaptation is in production. The ad was first teased on August 1, Still on Twitter, with a countdown to midnight on August 5, JST. The countdown has ended with the reveal of a movie trailer for the anime.
The countdown made it abundantly clear that this was going to be a huge announcement, and seeing as Kaiju #8 didn’t have an anime yet, most fans correctly guessed that this was what would be announced. It is also important to note that the ad does not specify whether this is an animated film or an anime television series. The trailer doesn’t show any actual anime footage either.
The trailer features the Toho Animation logo. Toho is a kaiju-sized company in Japan and one of the biggest movie distributors there: it notably owns Godzilla IP and several movie theaters. Toho Animation is an anime studio that launched in 2012, but instead of a traditional animation studio, it’s more like a group of producers scouting for talent to work on their shows. I think it’s a company similar to A-1 Pictures in that there are no real animators built directly into its staff.
In other words, the actual cast and studio(s) working on Kaiju #8 will be announced at a later date, and the trailer literally won’t reveal anything. Drip feeding information like this is a very common marketing tactic in the animation industry nowadays, as a way to increase the hype and interest of a series on social media. that Twitter account in English It was also launched with the trailer and more information will be posted there in the future.
Introducing Kaiju No. 8 by Naoya Matsumoto and its twisted premise
The original Kaiju manga #8 was written and illustrated by Naoya Matsumoto, and is his first long series. The manga debuted in Weekly Shonen Jump on July 3, 2020, so the series has just celebrated its second anniversary.
Kaiju No. 8 initially focuses on an interesting concept. It is important to note that the kaiju and mecha series in Japanese media have always focused on the inner struggles of its characters, psychology, politics, and the like. Even Mazinger Z starts pointing out all the damage Koji can cause when fighting a Kaiju in Mecha. Kaiju #8 has a similar role and begins to focus not on the fights against the kaiju but on their aftermath.
The protagonist, Kafka Hibino, begins working as a cleaner, disposing of Kaiju’s corpses in the city once the fantastic heroes are defeated. Kafka fails the Kaiju’s defense strength exam several times, but through a certain detour, he finally obtains the means to fight Kaiju himself. In other words, Kafka ends up getting his own “mica” at the end of Chapter 1. You must read it yourself to avoid spoiling the surprise.
Overall, Kaiju No. 8 is a shounen work with some comics and weird kaiju designs mixed in. Naoya Matsumoto has also worked on other famous shonen as an assistant, most notably Beelzebub with Ryuhei Tamura.
Kaiju No. 8 can be read officially every week day manga plus Just like with most of the manga published in Shonen Jump magazine.
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