At New York Comedian Con on October 13, Crunchyroll introduced Kaiju No. 8, a preferred Shonen Bounce sci-fi monster fighter collection, will come to the anime streaming service completely subsequent spring.
Kaiju No. 8’s elevator pitch is mainly what would occur if an grownup Peter Parker was smack-dab in the course of a Godzilla story. The collection follows Kafka Hibino, a 32-year-old who let his dream of combating on the entrance traces alongside his childhood good friend Mina Ashiro go him by. Kafka works a thankless blue-collar job as a sanitation employee tasked with cleansing the aftermath of cataclysmic metropolitan kaiju battles. In the meantime, Mina serves her nation because the fearless chief of Japan’s Kaiju Protection Drive.
Kafka’s life is considered one of missed alternatives. That’s, till a freak encounter with a monster offers him the power to rework right into a humanoid kaiju. A Kaiju Man, if you’ll. Now, Kafka should maintain his newfound alter ego underneath wraps whereas pursuing his childhood dream of changing into a kaiju combating hero with Mina.
You’ll be able to take a look at the new trailer beneath:
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Animation powerhouse Manufacturing I.G (Ghost within the Shell) will produce the anime alongside Studio Khara. Studio Khara’s involvement in Kaiju No. 8 is sort of a giant deal (pun supposed) in mild of its earlier work on director Hideaki Anno’s Neon Genesis Evangelion rebuild movies and his tokusatsu movies, Shin Godzilla, Shin Ultraman, and Shin Kamen Rider. Studio Khara will present kaiju designs for the collection as effectively. Secure to say Kaiju No. 8’s anime adaptation is in good fingers with people who’re intimately accustomed to the style.
Throughout Crunchyroll’s NYCC business panel, Kaiju No. 8’s creator Naoya Matsumoto shared a particular observe to followers, saying:
[Kaiju No. 8 is] a narrative about somebody struggling in a harsh world with out ever giving up, within the hopes of main individuals into an excellent barely brighter future. To anybody coping with the complexities of actuality that reads this manga, I hope it could assist make your future a bit brighter, too.