The official Twitter account for the anime adaptation of Naoya Matsumoto’s Kaiju No. 8 manga unveiled six new cast members on Saturday, who will lend their voices to the Monster Sweeper members, along with a role for the late TARAKO. The latest additions to the cast are as follows: Tomohiro Ōno as Yoshimura, Jun Fukushima as Miike, Yutaka Aoyama as Masahide Tokuda, Mitsuru Miyamoto as Mizoguchi, Takuya Masumoto as Kinugasa, and Ivan Shibata as Mori. TARAKO, known for her versatile voice acting, voiced the role of the mysterious yōjū. Additionally, Megumi Han takes on the role of young Kafka.
Kaiju no. 8 anime premiered on TV Tokyo on April 13, with Crunchyroll streaming the series as it airs, including an English dub. The series is also available for real-time streaming worldwide on X/Twitter, synchronized with its Japanese TV broadcast.
The anime stars Masaya Fukunishi as Kafka Hibino/Kaiju No. 8, Wataru Katō as Reno Ichikawa, Asami Seto as Mina Ashiro, Fairouz Ai as Kikoru Shinomiya, Kengo Kawanishi as Soshiro Hoshina, Yūki Shin as Iharu Furuhashi, Keisuke Kōmoto as Haruichi Izumo, and Shunsuke Takeuchi as Aoi Kaguragi.
Under the direction of Shigeyuki Miya, Ichiro Okouchi oversees the series composition and screenplay, while Tetsuya Nishio serves as the character designer and chief animation director. Mahiro Maeda designs the monsters, with Shinji Kimura as the art director. Yuta Bando is responsible for composing the music.
Animation production is handled by Production I.G, with Studio Khara overseeing kaiju designs and artworks. YUNGBLUD, a British singer, performs the opening theme song “Abyss,” while the American pop rock group OneRepublic provides the ending theme song “Nobody.”
Naoya Matsumoto launched the manga in July 2020 on Shueisha’s Shonen Jump+ website, with Shueisha recently publishing the manga’s 12th compiled volume.
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Source: Kaiju No. 8 Twitter
