'Kaiju No. 8' Officially Returns in 3 Weeks After 1 Year of Waiting — but There’s a Catch

Kaiju No. 8 has become one of anime’s most entertaining modern hits, pairing giant-monster spectacle a la Godzilla with a surprisingly goofy workplace comedy. The series follows Kafka Hibino, a 32-year-old sanitation worker who dreams of joining the Defense Force. Through mysterious circumstances, he gains the ability to transform into a humanoid kaiju himself — and one that’s incredibly powerful at that. The series is appropriately chock-full of enormous battles and increasingly wild transformations, but its best moments come from watching Kafka and his fellow soldiers bounce off one another. Animated by Production I.G. (Ghost in the Shell, Psycho-Pass) and directed by Shigeyuki Miya, the series has developed a distinctive balance between blockbuster action and character-driven comedy that makes it easy to see why Kaiju No. 8 has become such a fixture in modern anime.