Summary

• The Kaiju No. 8 manga has become a massive hit among shonen fans, and its anime adaptation's marketing is shaping up to make the franchise an even bigger success.
• Production I.G.'s anime adaptation will premiere on April 12, 2024, setting new streaming precedents by having a truly global premiere on Crunchyroll, and by streaming on X.
• The series' staff includes top industry professionals, promising a visually stunning series.

There have been very few anime adaptations that have had such a huge premiere as Production I.G.'s most recent production, anime in years, but in the anime industry as a whole. The series has made new precedents and history multiple times, even before its premiere, and its spring release date is very anticipated.

Set to air on April 12, 2024, the series will adapt one of Manga Plus' most popular series created by Naoya Matsumoto. The anime adaptation was originally announced on August 4, 2022, and was received with overwhelming excitement and anticipation from fans, and this has only intensified as more information and trailers have been released, making it a must-see anime of 2024.

Kaiju No. 8 Has Become One Of the Most Popular New-Age Shonen Manga

Original series created by Naoya Matsumoto; anime adaptation produced by Production I.G.

To better understand the hype surrounding Kaiju No. 8, it's important to take a look at what makes the manga so special. Written and illustrated by Naoya Matsumoto, Kaiju No. 8 began serialization on the Shonen Jump+ app. It was then announced by Viz Media that it would receive an English publication only seven months later, in February 2021. This is very fast, and reflective of the series' growing popularity outside Japan. At the time, it was the fastest Shonen Jump+ series to achieve 30 million views, and currently has more than 400 million views, with each chapter averaging around one million views per release.

The tankobon (or collected volume) sales are equally impressive, managing to reach 90,000 copies sold in its first week. In March 2021, it had over a million copies in circulation, the first Shonen Jump+ series to do so. It was also the best-selling debut manga in , a country with a massive manga-reading community, and had more copies in circulation in Italy than even Demon Slayer, which was the hottest manga at that time. To date, it has more than 10 million copies in circulation, and that is without an anime adaptation yet, so it will be interesting to see how much the sales explode once the anime starts airing.

Kaiju No. 8 is currently the 14th most popular manga on Manga Plus.

Kaiju No. 8 has been nominated for prestigious awards such as the Osamu Tezuka Cultural Awards and the Eisner Awards, the most prestigious award in the comic book industry in the world. With an extensive history of setting new records and a reputation for excellence, it is not a surprise that the anime adaptation has set many precedents.

Kaiju No. 8 Achieved a Feat No One Else Has

The anime adaptation has one of the most interesting streaming premieres ever seen

In addition to being licensed and premiering on Crunchyroll, Kaiju No. 8 has differentiated itself from every other modern anime by being the first show to stream on X. Although most were skeptical of this, given that it was unheard of, it was still very impressive given that this anime was chosen to be the first in this project, showing that anime as a medium was more popular than ever.

On top of the series' one-of-a-kind Crunchyroll and X simulcast, Kaiju No. 8 will also be available on Netflix, although only in select countries. The fact that it will be streamed on multiple platforms speaks to the incredible popularity it has amassed, and it being available on many sites will boost its viewership immensely.

Kaiju No. 8 Succeeds In Extending Beyond Its Demographic

Despite being an action shonen, Kaiju No. 8 is capable of breaking boundaries in the indsutry

Kaiju No. 8 will also be making history as the first anime to be streamed live on Crunchyroll at the same time as the Japanese broadcast on April 13, at 11 PM Japanese Standard Time (JST). Usually, anime episodes are released an hour after the broadcast on the platform, but this anime is the exception. For those who cannot catch the stream, they will be able to watch the episode immediately after the episode airs.

Furthermore, Kaiju No. 8 will be made available in ten different languages on the same day as the Japanese release, namely English, Latin American Spanish, Castilian Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Hindi, Telugu, and Tamil. Dubbed episodes are usually released weeks or months after the subtitled version, so the fact that Kaiju No. 8 will be available in multiple languages is a testament to the incredible resources put into it to make that everyone will be able to enjoy the episode.

Some of the Best In the Industry are Working on Kaiju No. 8

The series' staff is nothing to scoff at – proving that this series could be something truly special

A distinct characteristic that Kaiju No. 8 has is the experienced and brilliant staff that will be working on it, such as the character designer of the Naruto anime, Tetsuya Nishio, and Hideaki Ano's Studio Khara. From the artistic direction, music composition to the animation, every major facet of the series has been covered by a major talent, and that is evident from the beautiful trailers that have been released to promote the series. The biggest musicians were also brought on board to perform the theme songs, with OneRepublic performing the ending song and YungBlud performing the opening song.

Kaiju No. 8 Is Releasing at the Perfect Time

In an era where Kaiju movies are dominating the box office and winning Oscar Awards, Kaiju No. 8 is premiering at the perfect time. The series perfectly plays on the popular monster trope and blends its own unique additions to make the series as exciting as possible. Furthermore, the fact that it deviated from the young protagonist common in shonen manga in favor of the 32-year-old Kafka Hibino makes it all the more interesting, and will undoubtedly bode well with younger fans and more mature audiences.

The anime has only a few days left until its premiere date, and it will hopefully meet or even exceed all expectations. It is clear just how much effort was put into giving Naoya Matsumoto's epic manga the anime adaptation it deserves.

Don't miss Kaiju No. 8 when it airs on April 13, on Crunchyroll.

Source(s): Anime News Network, Manga Plus, KAIJU No.8 Official Website

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