{"id":103482,"date":"2024-11-29T11:41:36","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T19:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=103482"},"modified":"2024-12-22T15:53:44","modified_gmt":"2024-12-22T23:53:44","slug":"kaiju-no-8-releases-new-visual-for-hoshinas-day-off-special-episode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2024\/11\/29\/kaiju-no-8-releases-new-visual-for-hoshinas-day-off-special-episode\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaiju No. 8 Releases New Visual for “Hoshina\u2019s Day Off” Special Episode"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A new standalone visual has been released for the <\/span>upcoming original episode<\/span><\/a> of <\/span>Kaiju No. 8<\/span><\/i><\/a> titled “Hoshina\u2019s Day Off.” The OVA episode will be screened in Japan, along with a season one compilation, on March 28, 2025 within a limited 3-week, 32-theater release period.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The visual features Third Division vice-captain Soshiro Hoshina in the background, with Iharu Furuhashi and Reno Ichikawa riding on a bicycle in the foreground.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The compilation and original episode were first announced in August 2024. A <\/span>second season<\/span><\/a> of the series will premiere sometime in 2025.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The anime\u2019s official English Twitter and website describes the \u201cHoshina\u2019s Day Off\u201d episode as:<\/span><\/p>\n

A day off\u2026 a rare day of peace for the Defense Force. After spending so long training, Reno has forgotten what he\u2019s supposed to do with free time. He sees that Hoshina is up to something with his own day off, and decides to go on a mission to tail him with Iharu! But then things go in an unexpected direction\u2026<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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Shigeyuki Miya<\/b> (<\/span>Afterlost, The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior<\/span><\/i>) and Tomomi Kamiya<\/strong> (A Good Librarian Like a Good Shepherd, Hikari: Kariya wo Tsunagu Monogatari<\/em>)<\/span> are directing the OVA, with <\/span>Ichiro Okochi<\/b> (<\/span>Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch of Mercury, Code Geass<\/span><\/i>) as series screenwriter, <\/span>Yuichiro Kido<\/b> (<\/span>Dr. Stone New World<\/span><\/i>) as scriptwriter, <\/span>Tetsuya Nishio<\/b> (<\/span>Naruto, Vampire in the Garden<\/span><\/i>) as character designer, <\/span>Mahiro Maeda<\/b> (<\/span>SSSS.GRIDMAN, Evangelion 3.0+1.0<\/span><\/i> co-director and concept art director et al.) as kaiju designer, and <\/span>Yuta Bando<\/b> (<\/span>Belle<\/span><\/i> co-composer) as music composer.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Other staff include <\/span>Studio Khara<\/b> as kaiju supervisor (design and artwork),<\/span> Izumi Hirose<\/b> (<\/span>Tengoku-Daimakyo<\/span><\/i>) as color designer, and<\/span> Shinji Kimura<\/b> (<\/span>Children of the Sea, Blood Blockade Battlefront<\/span><\/i>) as art director. <\/span>Production I.G<\/b> is the animation production company.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The anime\u2019s first season was streamed weekly on Crunchyroll, X (formerly known as Twitter), and iQIYI outside of Japan in select territories. Crunchyroll streamed new episodes of the anime live weekly in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide, simultaneously with the Japanese broadcasts.<\/span><\/p>\n

Naoya Matsumoto<\/b>\u2019s original action manga was launched in Shueisha\u2019s Shonen Jump+ online website on July 3, 2020. Fourteen tankobon volumes have been released as of November 2024. VIZ Media licensed the manga series for release in English.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The manga has also inspired spinoffs titles such as <\/span>Kaiju No.8: B-Side <\/span><\/i>and <\/span>Kaiju No. 8 Relax<\/span><\/i>. A four-chapter side-story light novel written by <\/span>Keiji Ando<\/b> was also released on November 4, 2022.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

VIZ describes the main synopsis of <\/span>Kaiju No. 8<\/span><\/i> as:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Kafka hopes to one day keep his pact with his childhood friend Mina to join the Japan Defense Force and fight by her side. But while she\u2019s out neutralizing kaiju as Third Division captain, Kafka is stuck cleaning up the aftermath of her battles. When a sudden rule change makes Kafka eligible for the Defense Force, he decides to try out for the squad once more. There\u2019s just one problem \u2014 he\u2019s made the Defense Force\u2019s neutralization list under the code name Kaiju No. 8.<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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Source<\/b>: <\/span>Kaiju No 8 Official Anime Twitter<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Official Anime Website<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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