Summary

  • Fortnite is collaborating with Kaiju No. 8, offering skins, pickaxes, back bling, emotes, and wraps based on the anime and manga.
  • The trailer for the collab showcases skins of characters Kafka, Kikoru, and Reno equipped with battle gear.
  • Fans reacted positively to the Kaiju No. 8 bundle, celebrating the crossover's launch ahead of the anime's second season.

Epic Games has debuted a new collaboration between Fortnite and Kaiju No. 8, the hit anime and manga series. The collaboration adds a bundle of cosmetic items based on Kaiju No. 8 to the Fortnite Item Shop, and they're available until February 1.

Fortnite continues to grow in prominence as one of the biggest destinations around for pop-culture crossovers. The sheer breadth of its crossover selection has even made old funny Fortnite crossover memes real. Besides popular films and games, anime and cartoon series form a growing part of Fortnite's crossover slate, with skins based on characters from Dragon Ball, Avatar, Family Guy and more available in the game's item store.

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The latest anime series to join Fortnite's stable is Kaiju No. 8. The new crossover takes the form of a special Fortnite Kaiju No. 8 bundle containing a number of playable skins based on characters from the series, as well as playable pickaxes, back bling, emotes, and wraps. Based on the manga by Naoya Matsumoto, Kaiju No. 8 stars the members of Japan's Anti-Kaiju Defense Force, a group of super soldiers that destroy massive monsters that threaten the nation. Kaiju No. 8 protagonist Kafka Hibino is a regular human that gains the ability to transform into a powerful humanoid Kaiju, and decides to use his newfound strength to join the Defense Force and fulfill a lifelong dream.

Fortnite Kaiju No. 8 Crossover Includes Kafka, Kikoru, and Reno Skins

As detailed in the trailer, the crossover includes skins based on Kaiju No. 8 Third Division members Kafka Hibino, Reno Ichikawa, and Kikoru Shinomiya. The skins feature the characters wearing their standard Japan Anti-Kaiju Defense Force combat suits. Made from Kaiju parts, the suits give ordinary humans enough power to take down the monsters, and each character dons more customized suits later in the series.

The bundle also includes back bling and pickaxe items. Kafka's back bling is a broken Kaiju No. 8 mask, while Kikoru and Reno's back bling are based on their gear bags, with Reno's featuring glowing green vials of ice-element ammunition for his weapon. One pickaxe is based directly on Kikoru's massive battleaxe, while the other two are inspired by Kafka's Kaiju form and Reno's affinity for ice powers, respectively. The bundle also packs in an emote that shows the spirit of Kaiju No. 8 hovering over the character, and a wrap that decorates a weapon using Kaiju No. 8's skin pattern.

Online reaction to the launch of the Fortnite Kaiju No. 8 bundle was largely positive, stemming from the show's popularity. Some fans noted that the bundle's timing was conveniently ahead of the launch of Kaiju No. 8 Season 2 in July 2025. That said, some fans did express some disappointment that other popular Kaiju No. 8 characters like Mina Ashiro and Gen Narumi weren't included, but expressed hope that a future bundle might add them.

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