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Crunchyroll Adds Kaiju No. 8 Compilation Film in India
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The film opened in 32 theaters in Japan for three weeks only starting on March 28, and included the new original episode "Hoshina's Day Off." The film opened in Indian theaters under the title Kaiju No. 8: Mission Recon on April 11.
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 returned 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 Yūichirō Kido (Dr. Stone) was 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.
Kōki Uchiyama will join the cast as Gen Harumi in the second season. Other new cast members include Hiroki Yasumoto as Eiji Hasegawa and Kana Hanazawa as Rin Shinonome. Norwegian singer-songwriter (and longtime anime fan) AURORA performs the second season's opening theme song "You Can't Run From Yourself," and OneRepublic returns to the franchise to perform the new ending theme song "Beautiful Colors."
The anime's first season premiered on TV Tokyo in April 2024 and aired for 12 episodes. Crunchyroll streamed the anime in India as it aired in Japan. 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. Crunchyroll began streaming the Hindi, Tamil, Telugu dubs in April 2024.
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. Yūta Bandō (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 manga will end in its next chapter on July 18.
Source: Crunchyroll (José S.)
