Despite the episode title, much of Kaiju No. 8 Ep. 10 “Secret Revealed” is not actually about Kafka Hibino. Much of the episode is actually about his comrades fighting for their lives, and actually coming out on top. Really, it’s only when the situation escalates into something beyond everyone’s ability to combat is when the titular kaiju comes out, and the secret is out.

Kaiju No. 8 Ep. 10 “Secret Revealed”: Details

Kaiju No. 8 NA key visual.
Now is this guy’s time to shine…and reveal himself for all to see.

Kaiju No. 8 Ep. 10 “Secret Revealed” is the 10th episode (you can read reviews for Ep. 1, Ep. 2, Ep. 3, Ep. 4, Ep. 5, Ep. 6, Ep. 7, Ep. 8, and Ep. 9 here) of the very first season of this military science fantasy and kaiju anime series. Said anime is the anime adaptation of the military science fantasy adventure manga of the same name by Naoya Matsumoto. Production I.G (Ghost in the Shell, Psycho-Pass, Haikyu!!) is the studio behind this anime, with Studio Khara (Rebuild of Evangelion) supervising the kaiju designs. Crunchyroll is licensing this anime for its NA debut.

Kenta Kushitani is the director behind Kaiju No. 8 Ep. 10 “Secret Revealed”, with Susumu Nishizawa doing the storyboard. As for the Kaiju No. 8 anime as a whole, Shigeyuki Miya and Tomomi Kamiya are co-directing this anime. Ichirō Ōkouchi is the overall writer of the anime. Tetsuya Nishio is the character designer and chief animation director. Shinji Kimura is the art director, with Mahiro Maeda as the monster/kaiju designer. Yuta Bando composed the music for the same.

Speaking of music, this anime’s opening theme music is “Abyss” by Yungblud (aka. Dominic Richard Harrison). Meanwhile, “Nobody” by OneRepublic is the ending theme music.

Voice Cast

Kaiju No. 8 Ep. 10 “Secret Revealed” features the voices of Masaya Fukunishi (Nazeeh Tarsha in English dub) as Kafka Hibino, Asami Seto (Katelyn Barr in English dub) as Mina Ashiro, Wataru Kato (Adam McArthur in English dub) as Reno Ichikawa, Fairouz Ai (Abigail Blythe in English dub) as Kikoru Shinomiya, and Kengo Kawanishi (Landon McDonald in English dub) as Soshiro Hoshina.

Other notable voice roles in this episode include Keisuke Koumoto (Howard Wang in English dub) as Haruichi Izumo, Shunsuke Takeuchi (Jonah Scott in English dub) as Aoi Kaguragi, Nene Hieda (Monica Flately in English dub) as Akari Minase, and Sayaka Senbongi (Celeste Perez in English dub) as Konomi Okonogi.

On the kaijus’ side, we have Kenta Miyake (Brent Mukai in English dub) as Kaiju No. 10.

When and Where to Watch

Kaiju No. 8 Ep. 10 “Secret Revealed” made its airing and streaming (aka. simulcast) debut on June 15, 2024. You can watch this episode only on Crunchyroll. In fact, you can watch this anime as a whole only on Crunchyroll at the moment.

Kaiju No. 8 Ep. 10 “Secret Revealed”: Synopsis

He gets even more stylized in animation in this episode.

Alas, Kaiju No. 8 is an ongoing anime series. In fact, Kaiju No. 8 Ep. 10 “Secret Revealed” made its debut only nine days ago as of this writing. Thus, you will all get the official synopsis for this episode from Crunchyroll instead of a spoiler-filled plot summary. You can check out that synopsis below:

When the Defense Force is in danger, Kafka is forced to choose between keeping his secret and saving his comrades.

Kaiju No. 8 Ep. 10 “Secret Revealed”: The Good

Kaiju No. 8 Ep. 10 "Secret Revealed" special illustration by Naoya Matsumoto.
When the creator likes the episode so much that he even draws special art for the occasion.

Honestly, most people will be more focused on the action of Kaiju No. 8 Ep. 10 “Secret Revealed”. However, for me, the best part of this episode is the story. At first, the story (thanks to Naoya Matsumoto) makes you think that it’s going to be a one-man struggle of Hoshino vs. Kaiju No. 10. Then the episode pulls the rug out from under you, and makes you realize that it’s a team effort. It’s not just one man versus a kaiju. It’s the kaiju versus everyone in the team. Honestly, this doesn’t happen a lot in Shonen Jump anime, where it’s typically one hero doing all the work. Thus, it is quite refreshing to see that not being the case in this particular anime. Most of the time. It does mildly subvert that at the end of the episode, but overall, it’s still refreshing.

However, that’s not to scoff at the action though, because it is very good. It’s not only well-animated thanks to Production I.G, but it’s also quite fluid and sensible thanks to the same. The action not only flows well from one scene to the next, but it looks great as well. All those combined results in a very good-looking episode that keeps you riveted to your seat to boot.

Kaiju No. 8 Ep. 10 “Secret Revealed”: The Bad

Kaiju No. 8 Ep. 10 "Secret Revealed" showing Kafka's kaiju exoskeleton skull falling apart, revealing his sad eye.
You can see the despair even in the one visible eye.

Admittedly, that last bit with Kafka does subvert the overall message of the episode. Yeah, teamwork matters, but then it’s the one superpowered guy who saves the day in the end? It does result in somewhat contradictory messages, but fortunately, it’s only slightly…maybe.

However, some of you might be into more calm anime series. In which case, you might want to check out DDDD, Spice and Wolf: MERCHANT MEETS THE WISE WOLF, and/or Astro Note. They’re quite relaxing anime series to groove to.

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