Kaiju No. 8 Anime Sequel Confirmed; Uchiyama as Gen Narumi (TEASER)

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The anime adaptation of Naoya Matsumoto’s manga Kaiju No. 8 will return, with Koki Uchiyama voicing Gen Narumi, First Division Captain.


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Followers of the anime adaptation of Naoya Matsumoto‘s manga Kaiju No. 8 realized that right this moment’s Episode 12 would solely be the season finale and never the sequence finale -with a sequel formally confirmed by way of the discharge of an announcement teaser. Although little is understood past that, we do know that Crunchyroll will stream the sequence when it returns – and that Koki Uchiyama (Soul in Soul Eater) has been tapped for the position of Gen Narumi, captain of the First Division. Throughout the first season of the hit anime sequence, viewers have been launched to a world tormented by creatures often called Kaiju – with Kafka Hibino aspiring to enlist in The Protection Drive. He makes a promise to enlist along with his childhood good friend, Mina Ashiro. Quickly, life takes them in separate methods. Whereas employed cleansing up after Kaiju battles, Kafka meets Reno Ichikawa. Reno’s dedication to hitch The Protection Drive reawakens Kafka’s promise to hitch Mina and shield humanity. The place do issues go from there? Properly, we cannot dive into spoilers – with the primary season wrapping up its run this weekend.

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Picture: Crunchyroll Screencap

Here is a take a look at what went out on the anime’s social media account earlier right this moment, adopted by the publish confirming Uchiyama as Gen Narumi

The unique Kaiju No. 8 manga by Naoya Matsumoto is serialized in Shueisha’s Shonen Bounce+ manga journal – with VIZ Media additionally providing an English language model. Shigeyuki Miya directs the Kaiju No. 8 anime sequence at animation studio Manufacturing I.G. (Haikyu!!, PSYCHO-PASS). Ichiro Okouchi gives the sequence composition, with Tetsuya Nishio serving as chief animation director and character designer, Mahiro Maeda offering the kaiju design, Shinji Kimura serving as artwork director, and Yuta Bandoh offering the music. The primary season of Kaiju No. 8 is presently streaming on Crunchyroll.


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