Anime “Kaiju No. 8” will start broadcasting from Saturday, April 13th! Episode 1 synopsis and advance cut released!

The synopsis and preliminary scene cut of the first episode, “The Man Who Became a Monster,” from “Kaiju No. 8”, which will begin broadcasting on April 13, 2024, have been released.

The extremely popular comic “Kaiju No. 8” by Naoya Matsumoto, which has been serialized in Shueisha’s manga magazine app “Shonen Jump+” since July 2020, has won numerous manga awards, and the cumulative domestic circulation of 12 volumes has already been published. has sold over 13 million copies (including digital versions). Its popularity is not limited to Japan, but is also gaining popularity overseas, including North America.

In August 2022, when it was announced that the anime would be made into an anime by ProductionI.G/Kaiju Design & Works: Studio Color, fans of the work and anime fans cried out with joy, and it became a hot topic. In addition, expectations are increasing for this work due to its unusual broadcasting and distribution system, which includes broadcasting on TV Tokyo and other channels, and real-time worldwide distribution on X (Twitter).

The synopsis and preliminary scene cut of the first episode, “The Man Who Became a Monster,” from the anime “Kaiju No. 8”, which will be broadcast for the first time on Saturday, April 13, 2024, have been released.

Episode 1 “The Man Who Became a Monster”

<Synopsis>
Japan is exposed to the threat of monsters on a daily basis. Kafka Hibino, who was aiming to join the Japan Defense Force to subdue monsters, gave up on his dream and started working at a cleaning company specializing in monsters. While Kafka feels sad and sad about the promise he made to fight monsters with his childhood friend Mina Abyaku, who is the commander of the 3rd unit of the Defense Force, he meets his junior colleague Reno Ichikawa, who aspires to become a defense force.

[Work information]
■Anime “Kaiju No. 8”
Official website: https://kaiju-no8.net
Official Twitter: https://twitter.com/KaijuNo8_O

<Broadcast information>
TV Tokyo series Every Saturday from 23:00 starting April 13th (Saturday)
(TV Tokyo, TV Osaka, TV Aichi, TV Setouchi, TV Hokkaido, TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting)
BS TV Tokyo Every Saturday from 24:00 from Saturday, April 13th
AT-X Every Sunday from 22:00 from Sunday, April 14th
Akita Broadcasting Every Tuesday from 25:24 starting April 23rd (Tuesday)
Miyagi TV Broadcast Every Wednesday from 25:29 from Wednesday, April 24th
Shizuoka Broadcasting Every Wednesday from 25:45 from Wednesday, April 24th
TV You Fukushima Every Thursday from 24:59 starting April 25th (Thursday)
Animax Every Saturday from 21:00 starting April 27th (Saturday)
Nagasaki Broadcasting Every Saturday from 24:28 starting April 27th (Saturday)
Sakuranbo Television Every Saturday from 25:15 starting April 27th (Saturday)
Oita Asahi Broadcasting Every Sunday from 24:25 starting April 28th (Sun)
Hokuriku Asahi Broadcasting Every Monday from 24:53 starting April 29th (Monday)
Nara TV Every Monday from 25:00 starting April 29th (Monday)
China Broadcasting Every Tuesday from 24:26 starting April 30th (Tuesday)
IBC Iwate Broadcasting Every Tuesday from 25:28 starting April 30th (Tuesday)
San’in Broadcasting Every Friday from 26:23 from Friday, May 3rd
Kumamoto Broadcasting Every Friday from 25:23 from Friday, May 17th
TV Kochi Every Saturday from 25:28 from Saturday, May 25th

<Unlimited viewing>
ABEMA Premium
Amazon Prime Video
d anime store
d anime store Niconico branch
d Anime Store for Prime Video
Disney+
DMM TV
F.O.D.
Hulu
J:COM STREAM
Lemino
milplus
NETFLIX
TELASA
TELASA (au Smart Pass Premium)
U-NEXT
WOWOW on demand
anime times
Anime unlimited
bandai channel

<Limited time free delivery of the latest episode>
ABEMA
Lemino
TVer
Niconico live broadcast
The internet is also TV Tokyo

<Rental distribution>
Amazon Prime Video
Google TV
HAPPY!Video
J:COM STREAM
milplus
music.jp
Rakuten TV
TELASA
VIDEX
kanteledoga
Nico Nico Channel
bandai channel
video market
Movie Full Plus

<Introduction>
A world where monsters threaten people on a daily basis.
Kafka Hibino had aspired to join the Japan Defense Force to subjugate monsters, but before he knew it, he gave up on that dream and started working at a cleaning company specializing in monsters.

“Let’s annihilate all the monsters together.”

Kafka’s childhood friend Abyaku Mina, with whom he once swore, is in the spotlight as the commander of the 3rd unit, but Kafka feels unfit to fight alongside her.

However, when he meets Reno Ichikawa, who is aiming to join the defense force, time that had stopped stopped begins to move.
To stand next to Mina. To protect people from monsters. Kafka begins chasing his old dreams again.

–But he didn’t know.
The threat of monsters was approaching in an unexpected way.

<Staff>
Animation production: Production I.G.
Kaiju Design & Works: Studio Color

<Cast>
Kafka Hibino/Monster No. 8: Katsuya Fukunishi
Reno Ichikawa: Wataru Kato
Subwhite Mina: Masami Seto
Kikoru Shinomiya: Ai Fairuz
Soshiro Hoshina: Kengo Kasai
Iharu Furuhashi: Yuki Arata
Haruichi Izumo: Keisuke Kawamoto
Kagura Moku Aoi: Shunsuke Takeuchi
Konomi Okonogi: Ayaka Senbongi