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Ani-One Asia Streams Kaiju No. 8 'Narumi's Week at Work' Short Anime
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Ani-One Asia announced on Friday that it has licensed the new "Narumi's Week at Work" ("Narumi no Heijitsu") anime short of Naoya Matsumoto's Kaiju No. 8 manga, and will begin streaming the anime on Saturday, September 5 at 7:00 p.m. GMT +8.
Ani-One Asia describes the anime:
Gen Narumi is captain of the Defense Force's First Division. Everyone says he's the strongest anti-Kaiju fighter in Japan. But his incredible strength makes him arrogant, and he's always missing meetings, dodging paperwork, and playing online games whenever he's got the chance. But sometimes, he meets an unexpected counterattack? This is a story of the not-so-peaceful work week of Japan's strongest man.
Kizuku Watanabe, the creator of the Kaiju No. 8: Relax spinoff manga, conceived the story of the "Narumi's Week at Work" short. The short will debut on September 5 in Japan and will have four episdoes that will launch on Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. JST on the TOHO animation channel. The final episode will debut on September 26.
The staff from the television anime is returning for this short, including director Shigeyuki Miya, character designer and chief animation director Tetsuya Nishio, musical composer Yūta Bandō, and the animation studio Production I.G. The other staff members include:
- Kaiju Designs: Mahiro Maeda
- Art Director: Shinji Kimura
- Color Key Artist: Izumi Hirose
- Compositing Director of Photography: Eiji Arai
- Sound Director: Fumiyuki Go
- Kaiju Designs & Design Works: Khara
Hayato Aragaki, the 3D director of the second television anime and the Kaiju No. 8: Hoshina's Day Off video anime, is returning in the same role for this new short. The television anime's editing assistant Yuka Yamajō is serving as the short's editor.
Kōki Uchiyama is once again voicing Gen Narumi.
The Kaiju No. 8 anime's first season premiered on TV Tokyo in April 2024 and aired for 12 episodes. Ani-One Asia streamed the anime as it aired. The anime streamed on X (formerly Twitter) as well worldwide in real time as it aired on TV in Japan, at the exact time the anime aired.
The television anime's second season premiered on TV Tokyo and affiliated channels in July 2025. The second season also streamed on X (formerly Twitter) worldwide in real time as it aired on TV in Japan. Ani-One Asia streamed the anime as it aired.
