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Kaiju No. 8 (manga)

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Alternative title:
Kaijū 8-gō (Japanese)
Kaiju N°8 (French)
Monster #8
怪獣8号 (Japanese)
Themes: kaiju
Objectionable content: Significant
User Ratings: 10 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: -
 Excellent: 2 votes (Eng:2)
 Very good: 3 votes (Eng:3)
 Good: 2 votes (Eng:2)
 Decent: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 So-so: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Not really good: -
 Weak: -
 Bad: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 31 users, rank: #2066 (of 7043)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 6.900 (Good), std. dev.: 2.0224, rank: #3787 (of 7929)
Weighted mean: 7.320 (Good+), rank: #2964 (of 7929) (seen all: 6.13 / seen some: 7.88)
Bayesian estimate: 7.424 (Good+), rank: #1726 (of 3557)
Number of tankoubon: 16
Chapter titles: We have 129
Vintage: 2020-07-03 to 2025-07-18 (serialized on Shonen Jump+)
Release dates: We have 24
Review:
Kaiju No. 8 GN 1 (Dec 7, 2021)
News: Show:
Jujutsu Kaisen Manga Ranks at #7 on NYT October Bestseller List (Oct 11, 2025)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, August 31-September 6 (Sep 4, 2025)
Kaiju No. 8 Season 2 Streams Trailer for New Arc (Aug 27, 2025)
Jump TOON Reveals 5 New Manga Series, Kaiju No. 8 Manga's Full-Color Vertical-Scrolling Version (Aug 17, 2025)
Jujutsu Kaisen Tops Bookscan's June Adult Graphic Novel List in U.S. (Jul 21, 2025)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, June 1-7 (Jun 6, 2025)
Kaiju No. 8 Manga Ends in 2 Chapters (Jun 5, 2025)
Kaiju No. 8 Season 2 Reveals July 19 Debut, Plus Side Story Episode's July 5 TV Debut (Jun 1, 2025)
Kaiju No. 8: Mission Recon Will Be Released in U.K. and Ireland Cinemas on Wednesday (Apr 12, 2025)
Manga With Biggest 1st Printings from Kodansha, Shogakukan, Shueisha: 2024-2025 (Apr 7, 2025)
Kaiju No. 8: Mission Recon Will Have a U.K. and Ireland Cinema Release on April 16 (Mar 17, 2025)
Kaiju No. 8 Compilation Film to Play in N. American Theaters in April (Mar 14, 2025)
My Hero Academia Tops Bookscan's February Adult Graphic Novel List in U.S. (Mar 11, 2025)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, February 23-March 1 (Feb 25, 2025)
Kaiju No. 8 Anime's 2nd Season Debuts in July 2025 (Dec 22, 2024)
Ani-One Debuts Kaiju No. 8 Anime's Tagalog Dub (Nov 28, 2024)
My Hero Academia Ranks #1 on U.S. Monthly Bookscan October List (Nov 18, 2024)
My Hero Academia, Berserk, More Manga Rank on NYT November Bestseller List (Updated) (Nov 16, 2024)
Chainsaw Man Ranks #1 on U.S. Monthly Bookscan September List (Oct 12, 2024)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, September 29-October 5 (Oct 2, 2024)
Jujutsu Kaisen Ranks #1 on U.S. Monthly Bookscan August List (Sep 15, 2024)
Berserk Deluxe Ranks #2 in U.S. Monthly Bookscan July List (Aug 25, 2024)
Ani-One Produces Tagalog Dub for Kaiju No. 8 Anime (Aug 9, 2024)
My Hero Academia, Kaiju No. 8, Berserk Manga Rank on NYT July Bestseller List (Jul 16, 2024)
My Hero Academia Ranks #1 in U.S. Monthly Bookscan June List (Jul 16, 2024)
Kaiju No. 8 Anime Gets Sequel, Koki Uchiyama Joins Cast (Jun 29, 2024)
Chainsaw Man Ranks #1 in U.S. Monthly Bookscan May List (Jun 16, 2024)
Kaiju No. 8 Anime Inspires Smartphone/PC Game (Jun 15, 2024)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, June 2-8 (Jun 6, 2024)
Kaiju No. 8 Anime Casts Kenta Miyake as Kaiju No. 10 (Jun 1, 2024)
Kaiju No. 8 Gets New Spinoff Manga on June 4 (Updated) (May 2, 2024)
Kaiju No. 8 Anime Casts Tesshō Genda, Mutsumi Tamura (May 2, 2024)
Manga With Biggest 1st Printings from Kodansha, Shogakukan, Shueisha: 2023-2024 (Apr 7, 2024)
Insomniacs After School Manga Makes YALSA's 2024 Great Graphic Novels for Teens Top 10 List (Mar 11, 2024)
Chainsaw Man Ranks #1 on U.S. Monthly Bookscan January List (Feb 19, 2024)
Chainsaw Man, Kaiju No. 8, More Manga Rank on NYT February Bestseller List (Feb 19, 2024)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, December 31-January 6 (Jan 3, 2024)
Kaiju No. 8 Gets Spinoff Manga by Super Smartphone's Kentarō Hidano (Dec 16, 2023)
One Piece Ranks #1 on U.S. Monthly Bookscan November List (Dec 3, 2023)
Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Volume: 2023 — One Piece Tops Chart for 13th Time (Nov 30, 2023)
Chainsaw Man Ranks #1 on U.S. Monthly Bookscan October List (Nov 7, 2023)
Chainsaw Man, Spy x Family, 2 More Manga Rank on NYT November Bestseller List (Nov 6, 2023)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, October 8-14 (Oct 11, 2023)
Jujutsu Kaisen Ranks #1 on U.S. Monthly Bookscan August List (Sep 14, 2023)
One Piece, Kaiju No. 8, 3 More Manga Rank on NYT August Bestseller List (Aug 7, 2023)
One Piece Ranks #1 on U.S. Monthly Bookscan July List (Aug 7, 2023)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, July 9-15 (Jul 11, 2023)
My Hero Academia Ranks #1 on U.S. Monthly Bookscan May List (Jun 16, 2023)
Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Volume: 2023 (1st Half) — One Piece 105 Sells 1.76 Million (May 30, 2023)
One Piece Ranks #1 on U.S. Monthly Bookscan April List (May 12, 2023)
One Piece, Kaiju No. 8, Spy x Family Rank on NYT May Bestseller List (May 7, 2023)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, April 9-15 (Apr 11, 2023)
My Hero Academia Ranks #1 on U.S. Monthly Bookscan February List (Mar 12, 2023)
Chainsaw Man Ranks #1 on NPD Bookscan's Top-Selling Manga of 2022 List (Mar 5, 2023)
Chainsaw Man, Kaiju No. 8, Jujutsu Kaisen Rank on NYT February Bestseller List (Feb 5, 2023)
Chainsaw Man Takes 11 Spots on U.S. Monthly Bookscan January List (Feb 5, 2023)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, January 8-14 (Jan 10, 2023)
Chainsaw Man Ranks #1 on U.S. Monthly Bookscan November List (Dec 6, 2022)
Spy×Family Tops Da Vinci Manga Ranking (Dec 6, 2022)
Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Volume: 2022 — Jujutsu Kaisen 18 Sells 2.11 Million (Dec 1, 2022)
My Hero Academia Ranks #2 on U.S. Monthly Bookscan October List (Nov 4, 2022)
My Hero Academia, Chainsaw Man Rank on NYT November Bestseller List (Nov 4, 2022)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, October 9-15 (Oct 11, 2022)
Jujutsu Kaisen Ranks #1 on U.S. Monthly Bookscan August List (Sep 10, 2022)
My Hero Academia, Spy×Family, More Rank on NYT August Bestseller List (Aug 12, 2022)
Kaiju No. 8 Manga Gets Anime (Aug 4, 2022)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, July 10-16 (Jul 13, 2022)
Chainsaw Man, Kaiju No. 8, Spy×Family, More Manga Nominated for Eisner Awards (May 18, 2022)
Chainsaw Man Ranks #1 on U.S. Monthly Bookscan April List (May 12, 2022)
My Hero Academia Ranks #1 on U.S. Monthly Bookscan March List (Apr 10, 2022)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, April 3-9 (Apr 6, 2022)
Chainsaw Man Ranks #1 on U.S. Monthly Bookscan February List (Mar 15, 2022)
Oshi no Ko, Kaiju No. 8, Jojolion, Peleliu Nominated for Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize (Feb 20, 2022)
Chainsaw Man Ranks #1 on U.S. Monthly Bookscan December List (Jan 10, 2022)
Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Editors Unveil 2022 Rankings (Dec 29, 2021)
Demon Slayer Tops Da Vinci Manga Ranking for 2nd Consecutive Year (Dec 6, 2021)
School Library Journal Names Top 10 Manga in 2021 (Dec 5, 2021)
Kaiju No. 8 Is Fastest Shonen Jump+ Manga to Top 4 Million Copies in Circulation (Sep 3, 2021)
Kaiju No. 8 Manga Temporarily Switches to Biweekly Schedule (Jun 29, 2021)
Kaiju No. 8 Is Fastest Shonen Jump Plus Manga to Top 3 Million Copies in Circulation (Jun 14, 2021)
Manga With Biggest 1st Printings from Kodansha, Shogakukan, Shueisha: 2020-2021 (Apr 8, 2021)
Full 14th Manga Taisho Awards' Points Revealed (Mar 18, 2021)
Kaiju No. 8 Is Fastest Shonen Jump Plus Manga to Reach 1 Million Copies in Print (Mar 4, 2021)
Viz to Release Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Mao, Rosen Blood, Burn the Witch, Animal Crossing, More Manga in Fall (Feb 19, 2021)
Shueisha's Manga Plus Service Adds 4 Manga in Indonesian (Feb 1, 2021)
14th Manga Taisho Awards Nominate 10 Titles (Jan 24, 2021)
Interest:
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MyAnimeList Releases Ultimate List of Manga Recommendations (Mar 31, 2023)
Kaiju No. 8 Takes Over Metro Station in Milan (Apr 5, 2022)
Senpai wa Otokonoko Tops AnimeJapan's 'Manga We Want To See Animated' Poll (Mar 23, 2022)
Kaiju No. 8 Mural Looms Over France's National Library (Oct 13, 2021)
Kaiju No. 8, Oshi no Ko Win Next Manga Awards Web, Print Categories (Aug 24, 2021)
Voting Opens for Next Manga Awards 2021 (Jun 21, 2021)
Press Releases:
Kaiju No. 8 Approaches Jump Festa '24 Super Stage Red (Dec 11, 2023)
All Chapters of Series in English Are Now Available on the Manga Plus by Shueisha App (Jan 30, 2022)
Other articles: Show:
The ANN Aftershow - Kaiju No. 8's Biggest Monster Yet (Jun 25, 2024)
The ANN Aftershow - 100 Episodes of the ANN Aftershow!? (May 23, 2024)
The Winter 2021 Manga Guide - Kaiju No. 8 (Dec 6, 2021)
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Graphic novel
    Kaiju No. 8 (GN 1) 2021-12-07 (from $7.48)
    Kaiju No. 8 (GN 2) 2022-04-05 (from $8.99)
    Kaiju No. 8 (GN 3) 2022-07-12 (from $7.91)
    Kaiju No. 8 (GN 4) 2022-10-11 (from $8.53)
    Kaiju No. 8 (GN 5) 2023-01-10 (from $7.99)
    Kaiju No. 8 (GN 6) 2023-04-11 (from $7.98)
    Kaiju No. 8 (GN 7) 2023-07-11 (from $6.76)
    Kaiju No. 8 (GN 8) 2023-10-10 (from $10.19)
    Kaiju No. 8 (GN 9) 2024-01-02 (from $8.51)
    Kaiju No. 8 (GN 10) 2024-06-04 (from $9.58)
    Kaiju No. 8 (GN 11) 2024-10-01 (from $9.58)
    Kaiju No. 8 (GN 12) 2025-02-25 (from $6.70)
    Kaiju No. 8 (GN 13) 2025-06-03 (from $9.58)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Story & Art: Naoya Matsumoto
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher: Shueisha
English staff
English cast
Translation:
Ariell Sirmans (MANGA Plus, ch. 1-10)
David Evelyn (Viz)
Tiffany Miyoshi (MANGA Plus, ch. 11+)

Design: Jimmy Presler (Viz)
Editing:
Karla Clark (Viz)
Kelly Davidson (MANGA Plus, ch. 1)
Yuko Hoshino (MANGA Plus, ch. 2+)
Lettering:
Annaliese Christman (ch. 116)
Brandon Bovia (Viz, chs 1-115)
Kai Kyou (MANGA Plus)
Phil Christie (chs. 117-129)
Touch-up Art: Brandon Bovia (Viz)
(none)
English companies
Licensed by: Viz Media
Online Distribution: MANGA Plus
French staff
French companies
(none)
French cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Licensed by:
Editorial Ivréa (Argentina)
Planeta DeAgostini Comics (Spain)
Spanish cast
(none)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Translation: Andrea Maniscalco
(none)
Italian companies
Publisher: Edizioni Star Comics
Polish staff
Polish companies
(none)
Publisher: Studio JG
Polish cast
(none)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
Translation:
Eliana Celestino (Brazil)
Paulo Kutscher (Mangaplus; Brazil)

Lettering: Alisson Rodrigo (Mangaplus; Brazil)
Proofreader: Isabela Stadella (Mangaplus 115-129; Brazil)
(none)
Portuguese companies
Publisher:
Devir (Portugal)
Planet Manga (Brazil)

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