LogFAQs > #979887362

This seasons big budget marketing anime has finally aired, Kaiju No 8. No surprise here that I think it's much more deserving of it than Solo Leveling was, lol. Considering how inescapable it's been both on the Crunchy app itself and other social media ads for weeks, I figure they're putting a lot of eggs in this basket. They even did a live simulsub airing alongside the Japanese TV broadcast.

And, frankly, it's better than I expected! I already figured it would be great because the original series is good and Production IG is one of the best on their A-game, but even still. I'm extremely pleased with how willing they are to be loose with the animation and character models, much of the music is meant to be modern mixed giving off the feel of old Godzilla soundtracks, and they've actually done a lot of great post processing work to provide a lot of good lighting im this episode, stuff like the sun shining through trees or passing over characters running through a rubble filled hallway. Kafka himself is also just a really fun protagonist, and not just because he's older than the average SJ lead.

I've said before that this is going to have major appeal to the MHA crowd and I think that remains true, especially as the series continues to get longer in the tooth. MHA itself is airing this season at some point, will be interested in seeing how those numbers compare (I really do not see the MHA anime getting discussed much at all any more, even while the last season was airing, compared to the manga itself).