Highlights:
* Kaiju No. 8 Season 2 is being produced by the acclaimed Production I.G.
* Tessho Genda will reprise his role as Isao Shinomiya in the second season.
Kaiju No. 8 Season 2 production has been officially confirmed. The news broke after the broadcast of Episode 12 in Japan on June 29, 2024. The season finale was titled after the main character and Kaiju No. 8, Kafka Hibino, featuring him trying to prove his humanity in front of the Defense Force authorities.
Kaiju No. 8 Teaser & Cast For Season 2
Following the airing of the Season 1 finale, TOHO Animation dropped a teaser for the next season. The 15-second video features “Emergency Kaiju alert” repeatedly being announced after which it focuses on the image of ruined city buildings. At the end of the video, Kaiju No. 8 Season 2 was confirmed to be in production.
The teaser also revealed that Koki Uchiyama will join the cast for the second season, voicing the First Division Captain Gen Narumi. Their voice can be heard in the video issuing orders to the first division.
The teaser video didn’t reveal the official release date for the second season. Based on speculations, Kaiju No. 8 Season 2 could arrive on Crunchyroll in April 2025. Production I.G. will be developing the animation for the second season while Shigeyuki Miyu and Tomomi Kamiya are going to be the Directors. Miya’s notable contributions can be found in Afterlost whereas Kamiya is known for being one of the animators for the award-winning The Tale of The Princess Kaguya.
The anime adaptation of Naoya Matsumoto’s manga premiered on April 13, 2024, in Japan. Season 1 ran for three months and featured a star-studded cast of voice actors. They will retain their positions for Kaiju No. 8 Season 2:
- Masaya Fukunishi as Kafka Hibino and Kaiju No. 8
- Koki Uchiyama as Gen Narumi
- Tessho Genda as Isao Shinomiya
- Asami Seto as Mina Ashiro
- Wataru Katoh as Reno Ichikawa
- Fairouz Ai as Kikoru Shinomiya
- Kengo Kawanishi as Soshiro Hoshina
- Yuki Shin as Iharu Furuhashi
- Keisuke Komoto as Haruichi izumo
- Shunsuke Takeuchi as Aoi Kaguragi
Kaiju No. 8 Season 2 will build on the storyline between Kafka and Defense team leader, Isao Shinomiya.
What To Expect From Kaiju No. 8 Season 2?
The ending of Episode 11 saw Kafka in a hospital after he had stabbed himself in his kaiju form. He was ousted from the Third Division Defense team because of not being able to control his kaiju powers in the fight against Isao. Even though the hero survived after fatally wounding himself, he will have to regain the trust of the authorities in Kaiju No. 8 Season 2 and learn to control his powers.
Kaiju No. 8 Season 2 will start its anime adaptation from manga Chapter 39 onwards. Kafka Hibino’s character arc will get more focus as he will have to do things without the help of the Third Division. Moreover, the Season 1 finale ended with a cliffhanger, showcasing Kaiju no. 9 preparing to launch an assault on the Defense Force.
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Kaiju No. 9’s upcoming assault may have been teased by the first five seconds of the Season 2 teaser footage. Fans of action genre anime can switch to reading Dandadan in the meantime or wait for the Dandadan anime adaptation which is slated for a release in the upcoming Anime Expo.