On the official X account of »Kaiju No. 8″ (Japanese: “Kaijuu 8-gou”), new details about the short anime, which was announced in December 2025 along with the continuation of the main series, were revealed today. You can find a first visual below.
Premiere in fall 2026
The new short anime is titled »Kaiju No. 8: Narumi’s Week at Work” and will celebrate its premiere according to current plans in autumn 2026. However, a specific date is still pending. We’ll keep you updated.
The Studio Production IG is once again responsible for the production, with Shigeyuki Miya (“Afterlost”) directing and Tetsuya Nishio (“Star Wars: Visions”) contributing the character design. The story comes from Kizuku Watanabe, creator of the spin-off manga »Kaiju No. 8: Relax«.
The »Kaiju No. 8″ main series currently includes two seasons of series, which are available on-demand on Crunchyroll. A sequel called “Final Chapter” is already in the works, but does not yet have a start date.
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Gen Narumi, commander of the First Division, is considered “Japan’s strongest Kaiju fighter.” Thanks to his outstanding strength, he can afford a lot of things: he skips meetings, avoids office work and prefers to spend his free time playing online games.
But things don’t always go according to plan for him either. A humorous story about Japan’s strongest fighter and his chaotic work week.
© Naoya Matsumoto / Shueisha, Kaiju No. 8 Production Committee