Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment will release the omnibus film for three days in theatres in the United States & Canada on April 13, 14 and 16 and we have the English dubbed trailer below for your perusal.
Kaiju No. 8 is an anime television series based on Naoya Matsumoto’s manga series of the same name. Produced by Production I.G with Studio Khara supervising the kaiju designs and artworks, The series is directed by Shigeyuki Miya and Tomomi Kamiya with scripts written by Ichiro Okouchi, character designs and chief animation direction by Tetsuya Nishio, art direction by Shinji Kimura, monster designs by Mahiro Maeda and music composed by Yuta Bandoh.
Synopsis:
In a Kaiju-filled Japan, Kafka Hibino works in monster disposal. After reuniting with his childhood friend Mina Ashiro, a rising star in the anti-Kaiju Defense Force, he decides to pursue his abandoned dream of joining the Force… when he suddenly transforms into the powerful “Kaiju No. 8.” With help from his junior colleague Reno Ichikawa, Kafka hides his identity while striving towards his life-long dream of passing the Defense Force exam and standing at Mina’s side. But when a mysterious intelligent Kaiju attacks a Defense Force base, Kafka faces a crucial decision in a desperate situation…
The omnibus film Kaiju No. 8: Mission Recon features an action-packed recap of season one and a new original episode, “Hoshina’s Day Off.”
(Hoshina’s Day Off) A day off… a rare day of peace for the Defense Force. After spending so long training, Reno has forgotten what he’s supposed to do with free time. He sees that Hoshina is up to something with his own day off, and decides to go on a mission to tail him with Iharu! But then things go in an unexpected direction…