Summary
- Kaiju No. 8 manga to end at chapter 129, concluding in July 2025 with only two chapters left.
- Shonen Jump series average around five years of serialization, with few lasting over six years.
- Kaiju No. 8 Season 2 set to premiere on July 19, 2025, with Crunchyroll streaming the episodes.
Kaiju No. 8 will be concluded in a few weeks, according to new reports. Kaiju No. 8 is currently one of the flagship titles of Shonen Jump+, and it has been praised for its unconventional premise — many Jump+-exclusive titles have gained recognition for diverging from classic shonen tropes and premises.
Written by Naoya Matsumoto, Kaiju No. 8 began serialization in July 2020, and has 15 compiled volumes so far. The series has over 18 million copies in circulation (which does not mean it has sold over 18 million copies), and has spawned a spin-off manga, a novel and an anime adaptation by the renowned studio Production I.G. As the title suggests, Matsumoto was heavily influenced by tokusatsu series such as Ultraman.
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When Will Kaiju No. 8 Manga End?
The manga will end with chapter 129, meaning that there are oonly two chapters left. Since Kaiju No. 8 is published biweekly, the final chapter is expected to be released on July 3, 2025, if no sudden changes take place. Many fans feel that the series took a disappointing turn as the story progressed. While it started with an interesting and unique premise, fans expected the plot to deepen at some point. However, others disagree, thinking the series is great as it is.
Five years of serialization is a good mark for Shonen Jump series. While fans feel that Jump series are becoming "short-lived," an analysis of Shonen Jump's history reveals that only a few titles have surpassed six years of serialization. Manga coincidentally became more popular with international audiences during the serialization of Naruto, One Piece and Bleach, which gave international fans the impression that Jump's flagship titles lasted over a decade (Dragon Ball was also an exception). Having three titles serialized for over a decade at the same time was actually an exception in the magazine's history. Furthermore, it would be unrealistic to expect a magazine to produce such long hits in an ever-changing market like the manga industry.
Kaiju No. 8 Season 2 Will Be Released in July 2025
Kaiju No. 8 Season 2 is scheduled to be released on July 19, 2025. Crunchyroll has already confirmed that it will stream the episodes as they air in Japan. Since they dubbed the first season, it is likely that an English dub will be released at a later date. The first season came out last year, and it was able to garner a lot of attention from new fans, who expect the new season to be even better.
Kaiju No. 8 is available to stream on Crunchyroll, subbed and dubbed in English and other languages.
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- Release Date
- 2024 - 2025-00-00
- Network
- TV Tokyo, TV Osaka, TV Aichi, TVh, TVQ, TSC
- Directors
- Kouji Komurakata, Takayuki Inagaki, Yoshihide Ibata, Kazuma Satou, Kazuki Yokoyama, Hitomi Ezoe, Hirotaka Mori, Claire Barbou des Courières, Tetsuharu Nakamura
- Writers
- Ichirō Ōkouchi
- Franchise(s)
- Kaiju No. 8
Cast
-
Masaya FukunishiKafka Hibino / Kaiju No. 8 (voice) -
Asami SetoMina Ashiro (voice)
Production I.G's Kaiju No. 8 is a Spring 2024 anime based on Naoya Matsumoto's Shonen Jump+ manga. Set in an alternate version of Japan, the story follows the Anti-Kaiju Defense Force as they try to protect the nation from monster attacks.
- Studio
- Production I.G
- Japanese Title
- Kaijuu 8-gou
- Based On
- Manga
- Creator
- Naoya Matsumoto
- Number of Episodes
- 12
- Streaming Service(s)
- Crunchyroll
- Creator(s)
- Naoya Matsumoto
