Kaiju No. 8: Mission Recon

Mar 28, 2025

1h 50m

★ 7.9

Overview

In a Kaiju-filled Japan, Kafka Hibino works in monster disposal. After reuniting with his childhood friend Mina Ashiro, a rising star in the anti-Kaiju Defense Force, he decides to pursue his abandoned dream of joining the Force, when he suddenly transforms into the powerful "Kaiju No. 8." An action-packed recap of the first season of Kaiju No. 8 and a new original episode, Hoshina's Day Off.

Genres

Animation

Action

Science Fiction

Production Companies

Production I.G

Shueisha

TOHO

Kaiju No. 8: Mission Recon Trailers

Cast

Kafka Hibino / Kaiju No. 8 (voice)

Masaya Fukunishi

Reno Ichikawa (voice)

Wataru Katoh

Kikoru Shinomiya (voice)

Fairouz Ai

Isao Shinomiya (voice)

Tessyo Genda

Soshiro Hoshina (voice)

Kengo Kawanishi

Haruichi Izumo (voice)

Keisuke Komoto

Kaiju No. 10 (voice)

Kenta Miyake

Konomi Okonogi (voice)

Sayaka Senbongi

Mina Ashiro (voice)

Asami Seto

Iharu Furuhashi (voice)

Yuuki Shin

Aoi Kaguragi (voice)

Shunsuke Takeuchi

Kaiju No. 9 (voice)

Hiroyuki Yoshino

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