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Kaiju No. 8
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Masaya Fukunishi
Kafka Hibino / Kaiju No. 8 (voice)
23 eps
Asami Seto
Mina Ashiro (voice)
23 eps
Wataru Katoh
Reno Ichikawa (voice)
23 eps
Kengo Kawanishi
Soshiro Hoshina (voice)
23 eps
Fairouz Ai
Kikoru Shinomiya (voice)
24 eps
Yutaka Aoyama
Masahide Tokuda (voice)
8 eps
Mitsuru Miyamoto
Mizoguchi (voice)
5 eps
Megumi Han
Kafka Hibino as a Child (voice)
5 eps
TARAKO
Mysterious Young Beast (voice)
2 eps
Hiroki Tanaka
Street Announcement (voice)
3 eps
Sayaka Kamitani
Female Student (voice)
1 eps
Hitomi Kitazaki
Female Announcer (voice)
2 eps
Yuuki Takada
Girl (voice)
2 eps
Sachiko Kojima
Girl's Mother (voice)
2 eps
Hiroshi Iwasaki
Old Man (voice)
1 eps
Tomokazu Seki
AI (voice)
9 eps
Cho
Sebasu (voice)
3 eps
Hana Hishikawa
Risa (voice)
3 eps
Takahiro Yoshino
Operator (voice)
1 eps
Mutsumi Tamura
Tae Nakanoshima (voice)
8 eps
Ivan Shibata
Hiroto Mori (voice)
8 eps
Tessyo Genda
Isao Shinomiya (voice)
9 eps
Hiroyuki Yoshino
Kaiju No. 9 (voice)
9 eps
Tomokazu Sugita
Takamichi Hotaka (voice)
3 eps
Katsuyuki Miura
Troops Member (voice)
2 eps
Makoto Takahashi
Troops Member (voice)
2 eps
Ryo Sugisaki
Risa's Father (voice)
1 eps
Misa Kato
Mother (voice)
1 eps
Mayuko Kazama
Hakua Igarashi (voice)
2 eps
Takuya Masumoto
Defense Force Executive (voice)
3 eps
Nene Hieda
Akari Minase (voice)
12 eps
Tomohiro Ono
Operator (voice)
14 eps
Makoto Furukawa
Ryo Ikaruga (voice)
8 eps
Kouji Takeda
Announcer (voice)
6 eps
Kenta Miyake
Kaiju No. 10 (voice)
5 eps
Masaaki Ihara
Takao (voice)
2 eps
Genta Nakamura
Troops Member (voice)
23 eps
Taisuke Nakano
Tonari (voice)
2 eps
Takayuki Sugo
Keiji Itami (voice)
10 eps
Miou Tanaka
Juzo Nogizaka (voice)
6 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Kaiju No. 8 actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Kaiju No. 8 reads strongest on Spectacle, Bingeability and World Building.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
In a world plagued by creatures known as Kaiju, Kafka Hibino aspired to enlist in The Defense Force. He makes a promise to enlist with his childhood friend, Mina Ashiro. Soon, life takes them in separate ways. While employed cleaning up after Kaiju battles, Kafka meets Reno Ichikawa. Reno's determination to join The Defense Force reawakens Kafka's promise to join Mina and protect humanity.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E10
Secret Revealed
When the Defense Force is in danger, Kafka is forced to choose between keeping his secret and saving his comrades.
- Directed by Kenta Kushiya
- Written by Ichiro Okouchi
S01E16
The Man Called Isao Shinomiya
Kaiju No. 9 reveals his true plan.
- Directed by Ryo Kodama
- Written by Yuichiro Kido
S01E11
Kaiju No. 8 Captured
Kaiju No. 8 is captured, and Kafka is at the mercy of the Defense Force's most important leaders.
- Directed by Ayataka Tanemura
- Written by Ichiro Okouchi
S01E12
Kafka Hibino
Kafka's final fate is determined as the monster within him tries to take control.
- Directed by Katsuya Kikuchi
- Written by Ichiro Okouchi
S01E23
Second Wave
The Defense Forces suffer severe damage from a fortitude 9.0 Kaiju that appear at the capital.
- Directed by Ryo Kodama, Jun Soga
- Written by Yuichiro Kido
S01E07
Kaiju No. 9
Reno and Iharu encounter a powerful humanoid Kaiju that quickly overwhelms them. Can help arrive in time?
- Directed by Yoshihide Ibata
- Written by Ichiro Okouchi
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E23
Second Wave
- Directed by Ryo Kodama, Jun Soga
- Written by Yuichiro Kido
S01E21
Omen
- Directed by Ryo Kodama, Haruka Yoshinaga
- Written by Yuichiro Kido
S01E18
Compatible User
- Directed by Naoki Matsuura
- Written by Yuichiro Kido
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Makoto Oyoshi
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Atsushi Takahashi
Executive producer
Yoshihisa Heishi
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Tomoyuki Ogata
Executive producer
George Wada
Executive producer
Keiji Ota
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Akifumi Fujio
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Koji Ueda
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Kazutaka Yamanaka
Executive producer
Ichiro Okouchi
Writer
Yuichiro Kido
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Makoto OyoshiExecutive Producer
- Takatoshi OkajimaProducer
- Shunsuke YanagisawaProducer
- Atsushi TakahashiExecutive Producer
- Katsuhiro TakeiProducer
- Fumi MorihiroProducer
Writing
- Ichiro OkouchiWriter
- Yuichiro KidoWriter
Direction
- Kenta KushiyaDirector
- Ryo KodamaDirector
- Yuuta MikamiDirector
- Ryota FurukawaDirector
- Tomomi KamiyaDirector
- Mineo OeDirector
Cinematography
- Eiji AraiDirector of Photography
Music
- Yuta BandohOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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- CrunchyrollStreaming
- Crunchyroll Amazon ChannelStreaming
- Fandango At HomeBuy
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