Kafka Hibino, the protagonist of the Kaiju No. 8 series, is the star of a new visual and promotional video for the anime. Masaya Fukunishi voices the characters in the adaptation which will premiere on April 13. The anime will stream on Crunchyroll and X/Twitter. i1f48
The new promotional video offers a glimpse into the voice acting:
The cast for Kaiju No. 8 anime includes:
Production I.G is animating the adaptation with Tomomi Kamiya and Shigeyuki Miya as directors. Ichiro Okuchi is in charge of the series composition. Tetsuya Nishio is the character designer, while Mahiro Maeda and Khara Studio are g off on creature designs.
Kaiju No. 8 anime will be holding a collaboration event with Tachikawa, a city in Japan, this April. The plot of the anime is described as:
In a world plagued by threatening creatures known as Kaiju, Kafka Hibino aspired to enlist in the Japan Defense Force to defeat them. “Let’s wipe out the Kaiju together.”
Kafka pledged to his childhood friend, Mina Ashiro. Over time, life circumstances forced them to go their separate ways and caused him to abandon his lifelong ambition. He found himself employed by Monster Sweeper, Inc., a professional cleaning company that specializes in cleaning up the aftermath of Kaiju battles. Meanwhile, Mina Ashiro is now the Captain of the Defense Force’s 3rd Division. As it stands, he is currently unworthy of fighting Kaiju alongside her.
At work, Kafka crosses paths with the highly motivated Reno Ichikawa. Reno’s undying determination to the Defense Force leaves no room for failure. His perseverance reawakens Kafka’s ambition of standing next to Mina as they protect humanity from Kaiju together.
A dream frozen by time, thawed by a burning promise But Kafka doesn’t know that an imminent Kaiju threat is unexpectedly approaching him.
Source: Official Website
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