{"id":57691,"date":"2023-03-20T07:36:20","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T14:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=57691"},"modified":"2023-03-20T10:05:34","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T17:05:34","slug":"kaiju-no-8-drops-new-kafka-visual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2023\/03\/20\/kaiju-no-8-drops-new-kafka-visual\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaiju No. 8 Drops New Kafka Visual"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">A new character visual for the <em>Kaiju No. 8<\/em> anime adaptation has been released. While the <a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2023\/03\/19\/kaiju-no-8-reveals-kafka-hibinos-kaiju-form-in-new-character-visual\/\">previous visual<\/a> showed off protagonist Kafka Hibino&#8217;s kaiju form, the new visual features his human form.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>Kaiju No. 8&nbsp;<\/em>is set for a 2024 release date. The anime is based on the Shueisha-published manga by&nbsp;<b>Naoya Matsumoto<\/b>. <strong>Production I.G<\/strong> is serving as the animation production studio while <strong>Studio Khara&nbsp;<\/strong>is handling the kaiju designs.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/kaijuno.8_kafkahumanvisual.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"57692\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2023\/03\/20\/kaiju-no-8-drops-new-kafka-visual\/kaijuno-8_kafkahumanvisual\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/kaijuno.8_kafkahumanvisual.jpg?fit=1920%2C2560&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"kaijuno.8_kafkahumanvisual\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/kaijuno.8_kafkahumanvisual.jpg?fit=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/kaijuno.8_kafkahumanvisual.jpg?fit=696%2C928&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/kaijuno.8_kafkahumanvisual.jpg?resize=416%2C554&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57692\" width=\"416\" height=\"554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/kaijuno.8_kafkahumanvisual.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/kaijuno.8_kafkahumanvisual.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/kaijuno.8_kafkahumanvisual.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/kaijuno.8_kafkahumanvisual.jpg?resize=1536%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/kaijuno.8_kafkahumanvisual.jpg?resize=696%2C928&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/kaijuno.8_kafkahumanvisual.jpg?resize=1068%2C1424&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/kaijuno.8_kafkahumanvisual.jpg?resize=315%2C420&amp;ssl=1 315w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/kaijuno.8_kafkahumanvisual.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/kaijuno.8_kafkahumanvisual.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 416px) 100vw, 416px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>\u00a9\u9632\u885b\u968a\u7b2c\uff13\u90e8\u968a \u00a9\u677e\u672c\u76f4\u4e5f\uff0f\u96c6\u82f1\u793e<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">VIZ Media describes the manga as:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><i>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\u2014he\u2019s made the Defense Force\u2019s neutralization list under the code name Kaiju No. 8.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The <em>Kaiju No. 8 <\/em>manga began in 2020 and has nine tankoubon volumes as of March 2023. It is serialized on Shonen Jump + and published under the Jump Comics label.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KaijuNo8_O\/status\/1637770966682988545\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">@KaijuNo8_O<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new character visual for the Kaiju No. 8 anime adaptation has been released. While the previous visual showed off protagonist Kafka Hibino&#8217;s kaiju form, the new visual features his human form.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":57693,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[14,5044,122,1082,1343],"class_list":["post-57691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anime","tag-anime","tag-kaiju-no-8","tag-manga","tag-production-ig","tag-studio-khara"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/kaijuno.8_kafkahumanvisual-1-e1679322939228.jpg?fit=1920%2C1081&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8n4QV-f0v","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57691"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57691"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57704,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57691\/revisions\/57704"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}