Kaiju No. 8
This brand-new anime series is making its grand debut on Crunchyroll. The story is set in a fictional version of Japan, where giant kaiju/monsters roam its areas. Moreover, this version of Japan has assigned a military unit called the Japan Defense Force to extinguish the threat.
In the middle of this ongoing struggle lies our protagonist, Kafka, a kaiju corpse cleaner, who wants the Japan Defense Force to recruit him. After something catastrophic occurs to Kafka during his daily routine, he must find ways to adjust to his new circumstances.
If you’ve been following this anime, you may be curious to know when the next episode will be released. Well, wonder no more!
Kaiju No. 8 Episode 3 Release Date
The entire schedule for Kaiju No. 8 Season 1 so far is as follows:
- Episode 3 – April 27th 2024
Episode 3 will be released on Saturday 27th April at 12:30am (JST) / 3:30pm (GMT) / 11:30am (ET) / 8:30am (PT). This is a weekend show, with 1 episode releasing each week on Saturdays.
Expect episode 3 to be roughly 25 minutes long, which is consistent with the timeframe for the rest of the show.
Where Can I Watch Kaiju No. 8?
Kaiju No. 8 is making its grand debut on Crunchyroll for global audiences. In Japan, it’ll be streaming exclusively on the TV Tokyo Network and others. Also, Crunchyroll has announced that they’ll live-stream each episode worldwide as soon as it airs in Japan.
Crunchyroll will be live-streaming each episode at 11:00pm (JST) / 2:00pm (GMT) / 10:00am (ET) / 7:00am (PT) on their platform. These streams will be in Japanese with English, Latin American Spanish, Portuguese, German, and French subtitles. For more information, click here.
If you miss the live broadcast, Crunchyroll promises the episode will be released at the given time provided in the previous section.
How Many Episodes Will Kaiju No. 8 Have?
It’s expected that Kaiju No. 8 will have 12 episodes in total. With that in mind, 9 episodes will remain after this one. As long as the schedule doesn’t change, it should look something like this:
- Episode 4 – May 4th
- Episode 5 – May 11th
- Episode 6 – May 18th
- Episode 7 – May 25th
- Episode 8 – June 1st
- Episode 9 – June 8th
- Episode 10 – June 15th
- Episode 11 – June 22nd
- Episode 12 – June 29th
Is There A Trailer for This Anime?
There is indeed! You can check out the brand-new trailer below:
What Happened In Episode 2?
Kaiju No. 8 episode 2 opens with Mina rallying her troops to find the hospital’s kaiju (Kafka). Meanwhile, Kafka and Reno escape the hospital. Kafka demonstrates different abilities during their travels. Eventually, the two arrive at a cordon, but Kafka senses a yoju in the area. Mina and her troops pick up on this yoju and plan to confront it. Kafka arrives at the yoju’s location and punches it across the city to protect a little girl and her mother.
Reno arrives to assist him with the two. Kafka finishes the yoju off in a single blow and the little girl thanks him for saving her. Later, Mina arrives and the little girl informs her about the good kaiju that saved her and her mother. Three months pass. Reno receives two envelopes from his boss. Reno learns he and Kafka passed the first selection test phase.
Reno leaves to tell Kafka and the two bicker about Kafka’s kaiju form. Kafka reverts to his human form and tells Reno he’s more concerned about the selection test’s second phase. The two arrive at this phase’s test site. They argue with a participant named Kikoru. Kikoru demonstrates her strength and shares her goal with them. The episode closes with Kikoru telling Kafka that he smells like a kaiju.
We’ve covered the entire episode with a lengthy recap that touches on all major plot points and discusses the chapter with an accompanying review. You can find that link below.
Read more: Kaiju No. 8 – Season 1 Episode 2 Recap & Review
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