Production I.G and Studio Color's "monster-class" tag team will produce the new animated film "Kaiju No. 8! First Animation Footage Unveiled!

New information and a new video from "Kaiju No. 8," which will be adapted into an anime, have been released.

Kaiju 8" is serialized by Naoya Matsumoto in "Shonen Jump +". Kafka Hibino, the 32-year-old protagonist, who once gave up on joining the "Nihon Boeijutai" (Japan Defense Force) to defeat monsters, aims to become a member of the defense force again, but... The series has already been published in eight volumes and has sold over 10 million copies worldwide (including digital editions), and has won numerous manga awards and taken the world by storm.

⇒ The award-winning "Monster No. 8" from "JUMP+" has finally been adapted into an anime! Special news video and visuals have been released!

The teaser PV and teaser visual for the anime "Monster No. 8" have now been released. It is scheduled to be broadcast in 2024, and it has been revealed that it will be produced by a "super-powerful tag team".

The production will be made by a "super-powerful" tag team of "great monsters!

The film is set in Japan, a monster-populated country where monsters occur as disasters. The world that evokes the near future, including the "Japan Defense Force" that fights to protect people's daily lives, will be portrayed by Production I.G, which has a reputation for its impressive animation direction and military/mechanical expressions, such as in the "PSYCHO-PASS" and "Ghost in the Shell" series.

Studio Color," which has been responsible for the production of blockbusters such as the "Evangelion" series, will be responsible for the expression of "monsters" on an overwhelming scale that mercilessly threaten our daily lives as disasters.

Teaser PV/visuals are released!

In the teaser PV, animation footage is shown for the first time. The main character, Kafka Hibino, standing in a city destroyed by a monster in the pouring cold rain, and the humanoid monster "Kaiju No. 8," which appears as if overlapping with his back figure - what is reflected in his eyes as he looks back?

The devastated city and the lone monster's backside create a sense of disquiet and melancholy, but at the same time, they also give a sense of the beginning of a grand story that is about to begin.

■Teaser PV

The teaser visual also shows the powerful monster No. 8. The shining blue light symbolizes the immense energy of Kaiju No. 8. This monster, which is swinging its fist vigorously as if it is about to destroy something, is either a savior or a disaster. ......

Kaiju No. 8" has become one of the most popular works in "Shonen Jump +", a magazine with world-famous works such as "SPY×FAMILY", with overwhelming speed. All anime fans cannot wait to see what kind of anime work will be created by this coveted first-time tag team.

Film Information
■Anime "Monster No. 8

Official website:https://kaiju-no8.net
Official Twitter:#

Animation Production: Production I.G
Monster Design & Works: Studio Color

＜Broadcast Information
Broadcasting in 2024

＜Introduction
In a world where monsters terrorize people on a daily basis.
Kafka Hibino wanted to join the "Japan Defense Force" to defeat the monsters,
He eventually gave up on that dream and worked unnoticed at a cleaning company specializing in monster cleanups.

We will annihilate the monsters together.

He is unable to fight alongside his childhood friend, Mina Abira, who has come into the limelight as the commander of the 3rd Squadron,
Kafka feels inadequate because he is unable to fight alongside her.

However, when he meets Reno Ichikawa, a junior who aspires to become a member of the Defense Forces, the time that had stopped moving begins to move.
To stand next to Mina. To protect people from monsters. Kafka once again begins to pursue his former dream.

-But he did not know.
The threat of the monsters was approaching in an unexpected way.

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