Kaiju Girls | |
怪獣娘 (Kaijū Gāruzu) | |
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Genre | Comedy |
Created by | Tsuburaya Productions Norimitsu Kaihō |
Original net animation | |
Directed by | Minoru Ashina |
Written by | Minoru Ashina |
Music by | Yasuharu Takanashi |
Studio | Studio Puyukai |
Released | September 27, 2016 – December 13, 2016 |
Runtime | 4 minutes |
Episodes | 12 |
Original net animation | |
Kaiju Girls Second Season | |
Directed by | Minoru Ashina |
Music by | Yasuharu Takanashi |
Studio | Studio Puyukai |
Released | January 9, 2018 – March 27, 2018 |
Runtime | 4 minutes |
Episodes | 12 |
Anime film | |
Kaiju Girls (Black) | |
Directed by | Yasutaka Yamamoto |
Written by | Kento Shimoyama |
Music by | Shūji Katayama |
Studio | Yumeta Company |
Licensed by | |
Released | November 23, 2018 |
Kaiju Girls (Japanese: 怪獣娘, Hepburn: Kaijū Gārūzu) is a Japanese series of web anime shorts that first aired September 27, 2016, provided by the Docomo Anime Store service. These shorts are part of the Ultra Monsters Anthropomorphic Project (ウルトラ怪獣擬人化計画, Ultra Kaijū Gijinka Keikaku), a moe anthropomorphism project made by Tsuburaya Productions based on past monsters/aliens that have appeared in the Ultra Series.[1][2][3] Other than the short series, a manga series, a novel series and other projects are being considered in development.[4] A second season premiered in 2018. A sequel film, titled Kaiju Girls (Black), was released on November 23, 2018.[5]
It has been years since the battle between the human race and the monsters has ended, and a new era of peace has started. In the present day, girls who contain the souls of past monsters have appeared and possess the ability to summon their inner monster forms, called Kaiju Girls (怪獣娘, Kaijū Musume). An organization called GIRLS has formed to collect them.[6] The story focuses on the GIRLS rookie members, Agira, Miclas and Windom in their misadventures.[6]
The main characters in this series are composed of three rookie members of GIRLS. All of them are 16 years old and based on Ultraseven's Capsule Monsters.
The anime was first announced on March 25, 2016, with the promotional video aired at the AnimeJapan event at Tokyo Big Sight, originally under the title "Kaiju Girls ~Ultra Monster Anthropomorphic Project~ (Tentative)" (怪獣娘 ~ウルトラ怪獣擬人化計画~ (仮), Kaijū Musume ~ Urutora Kaijū Gijin-ka Keikaku ~ (Kari)).[1][2][3][4] Riho and Yurika are set to be the guest of honors in the annual Ultraman Festival 2016 on July 24.[8]
Three voice actors for the series' main casts were unveiled on June 30, 2016 as Riho Iida, Aina Suzuki and Yurika Endō, who would as well perform the series' theme song. The staff is accepting suggestions for the trio's group name until July 15.[6][9] The winning entry for the group name is Capsule Girls (かぷせるがーるず, Kapuseru Gāruzu) and the anime's opening theme is Jōjō ↑↑ GAO! ! (上々↑↑GAO !!, Great Roar!!), while the ending theme is Kaiju Heart (KAIJUハート, Kaiju Hāto).[10] On September 27, Crunchyroll announced that they had acquired the rights to simulcast the series except in Asia.[11]
Kaiju Girls once collaborated with the mobile game Monmusu Harem which, similar to the Ultra Monster Anthropomorphic Plan, features more anthropomorphism of monsters. The cast of Kaiju Girls are featured as extra characters and all of them are reprised by their original voice actors.[12]