Kaiju No. 8 Season 2 Adds to Cast, Reveals New Ending Song in Trailer

Kaiju No. 8 Season 2 Adds to Cast, Reveals New Ending Song in Trailer

Kaiju No. 8 season 2 will be a late-comer to the summer 2025 anime season when it premieres on July 19. That gives us more time for previews, and the latest trailer is here to add to the cast and reveal the new ending song.

The new ending song will once again feature the music of OneRepublic, this time with the song “Beautiful Colors.” As for the new cast member, Kotono Mitsuishi is joining the actors as Kikoru’s late mother Hikaru Shinomiya.

Based on the manga by Naoya Matsumoto, Kaiju No. 8 is being made at Production I.G., with Shigeyuki Miya of Blood Lad helming the project as director. Its scripts are being handled by Ichiro Okouchi, whose credits include the recent movie SPY×FAMILY Code: White, Azumanga Daioh and Sk8 the Infinity. The music is being composed by Yuta Bandoh.

Crunchyroll streamed the first season as it came out in Japan and will stream the second, giving this description for the series:

Kaiju No. 8 Plot

In a world plagued by threatening creatures known as Kaiju, Kafka Hibino aspired to enlist in the Japan Defense Force to defeat them.

“Let’s wipe out the Kaiju together.”

Kafka pledged to his childhood friend, Mina Ashiro. Over time, life circumstances forced them to go their separate ways and caused him to abandon his lifelong ambition.

He found himself employed by Monster Sweeper, Inc., a professional cleaning company that specializes in cleaning up the aftermath of Kaiju battles. Meanwhile, Mina Ashiro is now the Captain of the Defense Force’s 3rd Division. As it stands, he is currently unworthy of fighting Kaiju alongside her.

At work, Kafka crosses paths with the highly motivated Reno Ichikawa. Reno’s undying determination to join the Defense Force leaves no room for failure. His perseverance reawakens Kafka’s ambition of standing next to Mina as they protect humanity from Kaiju together.

A dream frozen by time, thawed by a burning promise

But Kafka doesn’t know that an imminent Kaiju threat is unexpectedly approaching him.

Source: Anime News Network