Kaiju No. 8 TV Anime Announces April 13 Premiere, YUNGBLUD, OneRepublic Opening and Ending Themes

The Kaiju are coming! Today, the official TOHO Animation YouTube channel unleashed a brand new trailer for the upcoming TV anime adaptation of the Kaiju No. 8 manga, revealing and previewing the opening and ending theme tunes from YUNGBLUD and OneRepublic as well as an April 13 premiere in Japan. The opening theme from YUNGBLUD is titled “Abyss,” while OneRepublic will perform the ending theme, “Nobody.” YUNGBLUD is an English singer best known for songs featured in 13 Reasons Why and Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw . OneRepublic is an American band that rose to prominence with the international hit “Apologize,” a collaboration with music producer Timbaland, and featured in Top Gun Maverick with the single “I Ain't Worried.” Additionally, Sayaka Sembongi (Haru in Beastars ) was announced to play the role of Operations of the Third Division, Konomi Okonogi. RELATED: Kaiju No. 8 Anime Goes Running in 6th Scenery Visual The original Kaiju No. 8 manga by Naoya Matsumoto is serialized on Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ , with an English language version available from VIZ Media. Shigeyuki Miya ( Onihei ) will direct the Kaiju No. 8 TV anime at animation studio Production I.G. The series also features series composition and scripts written by Ichiro Okouchi, character designs and chief animation direction from Tetsuya Nishio, kaiju design by Mahiro Maeda, art direction by Shinji Kimura, and music composed by Yuta Bandoh. Crunchyroll will stream the series , and describes the anime as such:  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: TOHO Animation Official YouTube Channel

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