Kaiju No. 8 is an anime television series based on Naoya Matsumoto's manga series of the same name. Produced by Production I.G with Studio Khara supervising the kaiju designs and artworks, the anime series was announced in August 2022. The first season aired from April 13 to June 29, 2024, on TV Tokyo and its affiliates, alongside a Twitter simulcast as it aired. The series is directed by Shigeyuki Miya and Tomomi Kamiya with scripts written by Ichiro Okouchi, character designs and chief animation direction by Tetsuya Nishio, art direction by Shinji Kimura, monster designs by Mahiro Maeda and music composed by Yuta Bandoh. For the first season: the opening theme song is "Abyss" performed by Yungblud, while the ending theme song is "Nobody" performed by OneRepublic.
A second season was announced in December 2024 at Jump Festa, and aired from July 19 to September 27, 2025. An original episode, , was screened in Japanese theaters for three weeks starting on March 28, 2025; it aired on TV Tokyo and affiliates on July 5 of the same year. The ending theme song for the "Hoshina's Day Off" original episode is "Invincible" performed by OneRepublic. For the second season: the opening theme song is "You Can't Run From Yourself" performed by Aurora, while the ending theme song is "Beautiful Colors" performed by OneRepublic.
A "conclusion arc" to the anime series alongside an anime short titled were announced in December 2025 at Jump Festa. Narumi's Week at Work was released on Toho Animation's YouTube channel from September 5–26, 2026, and ran for four episodes.
Crunchyroll streamed the first season as it aired in Japan, as well as dubbed versions an hour after its televised premiere, and is streaming the second season. The first season was released in Blu-ray on December 9, 2025. Medialink licensed the series for streaming in Southeast Asia on its Ani-One Asia YouTube channel.
Series overview
Episodes Season 1 (2024)
Hoshina's Day Off (2025)
Season 2 (2025)
Home media release Japanese + Toho Animation (Japan – Region 2/A) Vol. Episodes Cover character(s) Release date Season 1 1 1–3 Kafka Hibino July 17, 2024 2 4–6 Reno Ichikawa August 21, 2024 3 7–9 Kikoru Shinomiya September 18, 2024 4 10–12 Mina Ashiro October 16, 2024 Season 2 5 13–14 + Hoshina's Day Off Soshiro Hoshina October 15, 2025 6 15–17 Gen Narumi November 19, 2025 7 18–20 Isao Shinomiya December 17, 2025 8 21–23 Kaiju No. 8 January 21, 2026
English + Crunchyroll, LLC (North America – Region 1/A) Vol. Discs Episodes Standard edition release date Limited edition release date Season 1 2 1–12 December 9, 2025 Season 2 13–23 -->
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