The official website for the Kaijuu 8-gou (Kaijo No.8) TV anime has confirmed that the second season will premiere on July 19th, 2025, on TV Tokyo and its affiliated channels, and it revealed a key visual for the anime’s second season.
It has also been confirmed that the second season will be streamed on Twitter worldwide as it airs on TV in Japan.
The anime’s first season premiered in Japan on April 13th, 2024, and was directed by Miya Shigeyuki at Production I.G. and Studio Khara. All 12 episodes in the first season can be streamed on Crunchyroll, along with the second season as it airs. Crunchyroll describes the anime below:
“The story revolves around Kafka Hibino, a 32-year-old longing to join The Defence Force and make good on his promise to a childhood friend, Mina Ashiro. He befriends a new coworker, Reno Ichikawa, while cleaning up Kaiju remains, whose determination to join The Defence Force inspires Kafka to fulfil his childhood promise to pass the entrance exam and join Mina to protect humanity. When a small Kaiju burrows itself inside Kafka, he gains superhuman strength and powers fit for fighting Kaiju. He works to earn the trust of his human teammates, defeat increasingly powerful Kaiju, and keep the world safe.”
The anime is an adaptation of the ongoing Kaiju No. 8 manga by Matsumoto Naoya, which began serialisation in July 2020. Shueisha published the manga’s first tankoubon volume in December 2020 and the 15th volume in March 2025.
Viz Media publishes the manga in English under the name Kaijo No.8. The 13th volume will be released digitally and physically from June 3rd 2025. The manga is also released digitally on the MANGA Plus service under the name Monster #8.
