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Kaiju No. 8 Compilation Film to Play in N. American Theaters in April

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Crunchyroll announced on Friday that it acquired the North American theatrical rights for the compilation film of the first Kaiju No. 8 anime season under the title Kaiju No. 8: Mission Recon. Sony Pictures Entertainment will present the film "in an event-style release" in theaters in the United States and Canada on April 13, 14, and 16. The screenings will be available in both Japanese with English subtitles, and dubbed in English.

The film will open in 32 theaters in Japan for three weeks only starting on March 28, and will include the new original episode "Hoshina's Day Off."

The American band OneRepublic performs the ending theme song "Invincible (from Kaiju No. 8)" as the ending theme for the "Hoshina's Day Off" part of the film.

Multiple staff members from the first season are returning for the new episode. Yūto Tsukuda (Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma original creator) is credited as the writer for the new episode's original story, and Yuichiro Kido (Dr. Stone) is the scriptwriter. The story follows Reno on a day off, who senses something unusual with Hoshina, who is also on his day off, and follows him along with Iharu.

The anime's second season will debut in July 2025. Crunchyroll will stream the new season. Kōki Uchiyama will join the cast as Gen Harumi in the second season.

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The first season premiered on TV Tokyo on April 13, 2024 and aired for 12 episodes. Crunchyroll streamed the anime with English subtitles, and also streamed an English dub. The anime streamed on X (formerly Twitter) as well worldwide in real time as it aired on TV in Japan, at the exact time the anime aired.

Shigeyuki Miya (Onihei) and Tomomi Kamiya directed the anime. Ichirō Ōkouchi (Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion) handled the series composition and screenplay. Tetsuya Nishio (Naruto) was the character designer and chief animation director. Mahiro Maeda (Shin Godzilla) designed the monsters. Shinji Kimura (Tekkonkinkreet) was the art director. Yuta Bando (BELLE) composed the music.

Production I.G (Ghost in the Shell) handled animation production, and Studio Khara (Rebuild of Evangelion) was in charge of kaiju designs and artworks.

Viz Media is releasing the manga in English digitally and physically. Shueisha also publishes the manga digitally on its MANGA Plus service under the title Monster #8, and it describes the story:

A man working a job far removed from his childhood dreams gets wrapped up in an unexpected situation…! Becoming a monster, he aims once again to fulfill his lifelong dream…!

Matsumoto launched the ongoing manga in July 2020 on Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ website.

The franchise also has a spinoff manga and an upcoming game for smartphones and PC.









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-https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-03-14/kaiju-no-8-compilation-film-to-play-in-n-american-theaters-in-april/.222387
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Beherit
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Damn, I got to watch this already.
(Mar 14, 2025 08:30 PM)vrs Wrote:  I will actually be in Japan for this and am so excited you guys!

Man i got a friend in Japan, im jealous af


(Mar 14, 2025 08:05 PM)Beherit Wrote:  Damn, I got to watch this already.

DO IT
Regards,
Beherit
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I can't wait for the new Kaiju No. 8 movie! The first season was amazing, so I have high hopes for the upcoming second season as well. Exciting times ahead!
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