Kaiju No. 8’s Kikoru Shinomiya Slays in New TV Anime Character Visual

 

Third Division kaiju-slaying prodigy Kikoru Shinomiya is the latest member of the Kaiju No. 8 TV anime team to get a character visual over on the series’ official Twitter account. Shinomiya joins the trio of the protagonist Kafka Hibino and Mina Ashiro shortly after the twin-tailed girl gets saved by the protagonist’s mighty-morphing skills.

 

 

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アニメ『#怪獣８号』
キャラクタービジュアル初公開！
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◤◢◤　四ノ宮キコル　◢◤◢

海外の討伐大学を飛び級で卒業した、
史上最高の逸材と謳われる超エリート。

▼詳細はこちらhttps://t.co/yMr7mrmRb7#KaijuNo8 pic.twitter.com/Bdyt88MZ67

— 怪獣８号【公式】 (@KaijuNo8_O) March 23, 2023

 

 

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Production I.G. provides animation production for Kaiju No. 8, while Studio Khara provides monster designs and artworks. Additional details about the series, such as other key staff and the main cast, have not yet been revealed. Kaiju No. 8 will be broadcast in Japan in 2024.

 

The original Kaiju No. 8 manga is serialized in Shueisha’s Shōnen Jump+ digital manga magazine, and an English language version is also available from VIZ Media, which describes the story of the first volume as such:

 

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’s 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’s just one problem—he’s made the Defense Force’s neutralization list under the code name Kaiju No. 8.

 

Source: Kaiju No. 8 on Twitter

 

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Daryl Harding is a Senior Japan Correspondent for Crunchyroll News. He also runs a YouTube channel about Japan stuff called TheDoctorDazza, tweets at @DoctorDazza, and posts photos of his travels on Instagram.