TOHO animation opened an official web site for an anime adaptation of Naoya Matsumoto‘s Kaijuu 8-gou (Kaiju No. 8) manga on Friday.
Matsumoto started serializing the motion sci-fi manga on the Shounen Jump+ in July 2020. Shueisha printed the seventh quantity on July 4. Kaijuu 8-gou has a cumulative 7.8 million copies of its volumes in circulation.
VIZ Media concurrently publishes the manga in English and released the third quantity on July 12. Manga Plus additionally simulpublishes it in a number of languages, together with English, Spanish, Thai, Indonesian, Russian, and French.
Kaijuu 8-gou positioned third within the 2020 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! rankings’ male readers class. The manga was additionally nominated for the 14th Manga Taisho award in March.
Synopsis
Grotesque, Godzilla-like monsters referred to as “kaijuu” have been showing round Japan for a few years. To fight these beasts, an elite army unit referred to as the Protection Corps dangers their lives every day to guard civilians. As soon as a creature is killed, “sweepers”—working underneath the Skilled Kaijuu Cleaner Company—are left to eliminate its stays.
Kafka Hibino, a 32-year-old man, is unhappy along with his job as a sweeper. From a younger age, he has aspired to hitch the Protection Corps and kill kaijuus for a residing. After a couple of failed makes an attempt, nonetheless, he gave up on his goals and resigned himself to the mediocrity that supplied a good paycheck. Nonetheless, when an formidable, 18-year-old recruit named Leno Ichikawa joins his cleansing group, Kafka is as soon as once more reminded of his need to hitch the army.
Following a series of unlucky occasions and an interplay with the junior sweeper, Kafka encounters a parasite-type kaijuu that forces its manner in by way of his mouth—turning him right into a humanoid monster. Together with his newfound powers, Kafka goals to provide his lifelong dream a ultimate attempt. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
Announcement
Official web site: https://kaiju-no8.net/
Official manga Twitter: @KaijuNo8_O
Supply: Oricon News
