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A new “Kaiju Hyakkei” seasonal showcase visual has been revealed for the forthcoming second season of Kaiju No. 8. The second season is anticipated to debut in Japan around July 2025.
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The primary staff, returning from the initial season, consists of Shigeyuki Miya (Afterlost, The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior) and Tomomi Kamiya (A Good Librarian Like a Good Shepherd, Hikari: Kariya wo Tsunagu Monogatari) as directors, Ichiro Okouchi (Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch of Mercury, Code Geass) as series screenwriter, Tetsuya Nishio (Naruto, Vampire in the Garden) as character designer, Mahiro Maeda (SSSS.GRIDMAN, Evangelion 3.0+1.0 co-director and concept art director et al.) as kaiju designer, Studio Khara as kaiju supervisor (design and artwork), Shinji Kimura (Children of the Sea, Blood Blockade Battlefront) as art director, and Yuta Bandoh (Belle co-composer) as music composer. Production I.G is responsible for the animation production.
At the same time, the anime’s main voice cast includes:
Kaiju No.8 Season 1 debuted in April 2024. A compilation of the first season and a new original episode titled “Hoshina’s Day Off” were shown theatrically from March 28, 2025, for three weeks. Sony Pictures Entertainment distributed the film in North American cinemas in April 2025, in both Japanese with English subtitles and dubbed in English.
Crunchyroll has confirmed that it will be streaming season two, just as it did with season one.
Naoya Matsumoto’s action manga series was initially launched on Shueisha’s Shonen Jump+ online website on July 3, 2020. Fifteen tankobon volumes have been issued as of March 2025. VIZ Media has licensed the manga for release in English in North America.
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The manga has also led to spinoff titles like Kaiju No.8: B-Side and Kaiju No. 8 Relax. A four-chapter side-story light novel written by Keiji Ando was also published on November 4, 2022.
Source: Kaiju No. 8 Official Twitter, Official Anime Website, Crunchyroll News
