Manga 'Kaijuu 8-gou' Gets Anime

TOHO animation opened an official website for an anime adaptation of Naoya Matsumoto's Kaijuu 8-gou (Kaiju No. 8) manga on Friday.

Matsumoto began serializing the action sci-fi manga on the Shounen Jump+ in July 2020. Shueisha published the seventh volume on July 4. Kaijuu 8-gou has a cumulative 7.8 million copies of its volumes in circulation.

VIZ Media simultaneously publishes the manga in English and released the third volume on July 12. Manga Plus also simulpublishes it in multiple languages, including English, Spanish, Thai, Indonesian, Russian, and French.

Kaijuu 8-gou placed third in the 2020 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! rankings' male readers category. The manga was also nominated for the 14th Manga Taisho award in March.

Synopsis
Grotesque, Godzilla-like monsters called "kaijuu" have been appearing around Japan for many years. To combat these beasts, an elite military unit known as the Defense Corps risks their lives daily to protect civilians. Once a creature is killed, "sweepers"—working under the Professional Kaijuu Cleaner Corporation—are left to dispose of its remains.

Kafka Hibino, a 32-year-old man, is unsatisfied with his job as a sweeper. From a young age, he has aspired to join the Defense Corps and kill kaijuus for a living. After a few failed attempts, however, he gave up on his dreams and resigned himself to the mediocrity that provided a decent paycheck. Nevertheless, when an ambitious, 18-year-old recruit named Leno Ichikawa joins his cleaning team, Kafka is once again reminded of his desire to join the military.

Following a chain of unfortunate events and an interaction with the junior sweeper, Kafka encounters a parasite-type kaijuu that forces its way in through his mouth—turning him into a humanoid monster. With his newfound powers, Kafka aims to give his lifelong dream a final try. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Announcement


Official site: https://kaiju-no8.net/
Official manga Twitter: @KaijuNo8_O

Source: Oricon News

Kaijuu 8-gou on MAL