Kaiju No. 8 ( Japanese: 怪獣8号, Hepburn: Kaijū 8-gou), also known in English as Monster #8, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Naoya Matsumoto. It has been serialized for free on Shueisha 's Shōnen Jump+ application and website since July 2020, with its chapters collected in six tankōbon volumes as of March 2022.
As of March 4, 2022, six volumes have been released. The series is simultaneously published in English by Shueisha on their Manga Plus website and application as it is published in Japan, under the title Monster #8. It is also simultaneously published in English by Viz Media under the title Kaiju No. 8.
Naoya Matsumoto's smash hit manga, Kaiju No. 8, has been quick to develop a growing, yet steadfast following amongst Japanese and global audiences. With the release of its sixth sleekly illustrated volume on the horizon, fans of the series are beginning to question if and when Shōnen Jump+'s newest hit will be picked up for an anime adaptation.
According to Yūta Momiyama, the deputy editor-in-chief of Shōnen Jump+, Kaiju No. 8, along with Spy × Family, have been very popular and are doing especially well on the Manga Plus service.
Sci-fi manga series Kaiju No. 8, also known as Monster #8, is finally receiving an anime television series as confirmed by the sources. The popular Shōnen Jump+ series started serialization in July 2020 and became very famous among the fans and, an anime adaptation news will make them even happier.
BREAKING NEWS: "Kaiju No. 8" (Kaijuu 8-gou), a sci-fi – horror manga themed created by Matsumoto, Naoya receives an anime adaptation and will be produce by TOHO Animation.
The hit shonen manga Kaiju No. 8 will shift to a biweekly publication schedule. Kaiju No. 8's author Naoya Matsumoto announced on Twitter that the series will now be published once every two weeks, as opposed to its previous release schedule of releasing a new chapter every Friday.
58 chaptersChapters & Volumes Kaiju No. 8 currently consists of 58 chapters, 51 of which are compiled into 6 volumes of the Jump Comics trade paperback.
In February 2021, Viz Media announced that they will publish the first volume of Kaiju No. 8 in fall 2021.
8. Unlike with Eren and Mikasa in Attack on Titan, Kaiju No. 8 actually addresses possible romance between Kafka Hibino and Kikoru Shinomiya.
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These eight Kaiju were all born from the great Tree of Life, the source of all of life's existence of Terra. Their goal was to keep order and balance to Terra.
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Kaiju No. 8 is written and illustrated by Naoya Matsumoto. The series began on Shueisha 's Shōnen Jump+ application and website on July 3, 2020. In August 2020, Matsumoto and Kaiju No. 8 adopted a schedule where a new chapter is published every week for three weeks, followed by a one week break. Shueisha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on December 4, 2020. A promotional video, presented as a news program, was shown on the big screen of Yunika Vision at Seibu-Shinjuku Station from December 4–10, 2020. As of June 4, 2021, three volumes have been released.
According to Yūta Momiyama, the deputy editor-in-chief of Shōnen Jump+, Kaiju No. 8, along with Spy × Family, have been very popular and are doing especially well on the Manga Plus service. In December 2020, it was reported that Kaiju No. 8 surpassed 30 million views, making it the fastest Shōnen Jump+ series to achieve this feat, and each new chapter published surpasses one million views. In February 2021, the series reached 70 million views. The series' first volume sold 90,831 copies in its first week, and 69,404 copies in its second week. As of March 2021, the manga had over 1 million copies printed physically and 200,000 copies sold digitally, making it the fastest Shōnen Jump+ series to reach 1 million copies in circulation, and 20 days later reached 1.5 million copies in circulation. Kaiju No. 8 was nominated for the 14th Manga Taishō in 2021 and placed 6th with 58 points. By June 2021, the manga had 2.5 million copies in circulation.
In December 2020, it was reported that Kaiju No. 8 surpassed 30 million views, making it the fastest Shōnen Jump+ series to achieve this feat, and each new chapter published surpasses one million views. In February 2021, the series reached 70 million views.
In Japan, monsters known as kaiju regularly attack the populace with the Japanese Defense Force tasked with killing them. After their town was destroyed by kaiju when they were children, childhood friends Kafka Hibino and Mina Ashiro both vowed to become members of the Defense Force. Mina has become famous as commander of the Defense Force's Third Unit, but Kafka has failed the examination numerous times and is a member of the clean up crew, Monster Sweeper Inc., whose job it is to dispose of the monsters' dead bodies after battle. After a small talking monster flies into his body via his mouth, Kafka gains the ability to turn into a monster himself, which gets dubbed "Kaiju No. 8" by the Defense Force. Kafka remains fully cognizant while in the form, but gains superhuman strength, and becomes the first monster to escape the Defense Force.
As of June 4, 2021, three volumes have been released. The series is simultaneously published in English by Shueisha on their Manga Plus website and application as it is published in Japan, under the title Monster #8. It is also simultaneously published in English by Viz Media under the title Kaiju No. 8.
Volumes. 3 ( List of volumes) Anime and manga portal. Kaiju No. 8 ( Japanese: 怪獣8号, Hepburn: Kaijū 8-gou), also known in English as Monster #8, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Naoya Matsumoto. It has been serialized for free on Shueisha 's Shōnen Jump+ application and website since July 2020.
8 has an engaging premise and a "ton of engrossing aspects that it can play with.". Although metamorphosis is a plot device that is seen often, he felt that the character Kafka "adds new life" to the trope.