Kaiju No. 8: Mission Recon

2025 110 min ★ 8.1 Animation, Action, Science Fiction

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." An action-packed recap of the first season of Kaiju No. 8 and a new original episode, Hoshina's Day Off.

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Cast

Masaya Fukunishi

Kafka Hibino / Kaiju No. 8 (voice)

Wataru Katoh

Reno Ichikawa (voice)

Fairouz Ai

Kikoru Shinomiya (voice)

Tessyo Genda

Isao Shinomiya (voice)

Kengo Kawanishi

Soshiro Hoshina (voice)

Keisuke Komoto

Haruichi Izumo (voice)

Kenta Miyake

Kaiju No. 10 (voice)

Sayaka Senbongi

Konomi Okonogi (voice)

Asami Seto

Mina Ashiro (voice)

Yuuki Shin

Iharu Furuhashi (voice)

Details

Director

Shigeyuki Miya

Screenplay

Ichiro Okouchi

Status

Released

Original Language

JA

Production

Production I.G, Shueisha, TOHO

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

April 20, 2025

★ 7/10

“Kafka” had tried to join the elite Defence Force but had realised his own limitations and instead taken up a job cleaning up after them as they police a Japan frequently assaulted by deadly “Kaiju”. When his team gets a newbie, “Ishikawa”, this younger lad politely but pointedly stresses that he is aiming for more, but he understands why his new colleague “quit”! Subliminally provocative? Well as...

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Chandler Danier

July 16, 2025

★ 9/10

Main guy is so cool. I love the tears as he jumps out the building. Just looks so cool. Cool ending. Man. Cool movie. Nice job. Maybe you can skip some exploding bodies and whatever but the exploding bodies are well executed. The cadets are pretty funny. Bitching at each other about their stupid low attack power scores. High attack power score people are cool. I guess I should watch the a...