It was announced on December 22nd that the second season of the TV anime " Kaiju No. 8 ", based on the popular manga by Naoya Matsumoto currently being serialized on Shueisha's manga app "Shonen Jump+", will begin airing on TV Tokyo and other networks in July 2025. A visual of First Division Captain Gen Narumi standing with his special weapon in one hand was also released, along with the tagline "Proof of the strongest." The announcement was made at the "Jump Festa 2025" event being held at Makuhari Messe (Mihama-ku, Chiba City).
The trailer for the compilation of the first season, which will be screened in theaters for three weeks only starting March 28, 2025, and the trailer for "Hoshino Holiday," which will be screened at the same time, have been released. It was also announced that the American rock band "OneRepublic," who wrote the ending theme for the first season, will be in charge of the theme song for "Hoshino Holiday," "Invincible (from Kaiju No. 8)." It will be a new song written specifically for the series. The compilation is also scheduled to be screened worldwide. More details will be announced in the future.
"Kaiju No. 8" has been serialized in "Shonen Jump+" since July 2020. Set in Japan, a monster superpower where monsters mercilessly invade everyday life, the story follows the adventures of the protagonist, Kafka Hibino, whose body has been transformed into a monster by a mysterious creature. It also attracted attention in 2021 when it was selected as the grand prize winner in the web manga category of the "Next Manga Awards 2021." The comic has sold over 17 million copies in Japan.
The anime was produced by Production IG, which has worked on the Ghost in the Shell series, and Studio Khara, which worked on the Rebuild of Evangelion series, was in charge of monster design and works. The first season of the TV anime aired from April to June, and was also streamed worldwide in real time on Twitter, which became a hot topic.
