Kaiju No. 8

怪獣8号

Story: Naoya Matsumoto

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Anime 2024–present · Manga 2020–2025

A cleanup worker on Japan’s kaiju-ravaged streets gains the power to become a kaiju himself — and tries to join the Defense Force anyway.

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Manga

Volume 11, Chapter 83

The manga is complete at chapter 129. Resume here for the rest of the Second Wave into the ending.

Series Run

Anime

April 2024 – present

2 years in service

Still going

Manga

July 2020 – July 2025

ran 5 years

Finished

Source material

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Kaiju No. 8
2020–2025 · ran 5 years
Anime follows this
  • Manga. Shonen Jump+ manga. No light novel source.

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