English Dub Season Review: Kaiju No. 8 Season Two

Overview:

Following the massive operation that led to the confinement of recent recruit Kafka Hibino, otherwise known as Kaijuu No. 8, the Defense Force has been puzzled by how to deal with him. Kafka is the first kaijuu to side with humans, and after careful consideration, he is eventually transferred to the Defense Force’s First Division in the hope of adding his power to the strongest division, capable of handling any threat. However, some people are still doubtful about Kafka, and he must prove his worth in the next mission.

Our Take:

I was surprised to learn that this was the last episode of the season. If you knew it was, then you were probably confused about how I ended my last review. I was talking about how excited I was to see this week’s episode because they set up something awesome. So, imagine my disappointment when I realized that there won’t be another episode next week, and there hasn’t been a confirmation of a third season. This is a popular show, and it fits in the shonen mold, so I wouldn’t be surprised if it got another season, but the decision of where to end it was… weird. Especially considering we had an episode 0 (which puts this over the typical twelve episodes) that was more or less filler we didn’t need. Then you throw in how the animation seemed to fall off in certain moments, and it felt like this season was fumbled.

The story was a mixed bag as well, but it depends on what you were expecting. Did you think that the main character, Kafka Hibino would get a lot of screentime? If so then you would have been upset but if you like a lot of the side characters and wanted to see more of them then you would be pleasantly surprised. I was expecting both so I was a littl annoyed. You don’t name a show Kajiu No. 8, and barely show Kaiju No. 8 ya know?  If you loved the first season like I did then I imagine you were left a little disappointed, especially if like me you thought that we were getting one more episode.