Kaiju No.8: Mission Recon
strong bloody violence, gore
Director(s)Shigeyuki Miya, Tomomi Kamiya
Production year2024
Genre(s)Animation
Approx. running minutes98m
CastKatelyn Barr, Nasim Benelkour, Marianne Bray, Lexa Childress, Xan Cramer
Kaiju No.8: Mission Recon
strong bloody violence, gore
A group of Defense Force volunteers come together to try to defeat an army of ruthless Kaiju in this fantasy Japanese ac ...
A group of Defense Force volunteers come together to try to defeat an army of ruthless Kaiju in this fantasy Japanese action anime.
violence
threat and horror
language
sex
injury detail
rude humour
theme
discrimination
strong bloody violence, gore
Classified Date:
01/04/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Columbia Pictures Corporation Ltd.
violence
Villainous creatures are repeatedly shot, stabbed and blown up with grenades, resulting in bloody and grisly injury detail. Human characters are also shot at with fantastical weapons and there are stylised fight sequences.
threat and horror
Moments of moderate threat and horror see demonic monsters chasing and battling with human characters. In one scene, a distressed child is almost feasted on by a monster as her mother lays trapped under rubble.
language
Mild bad language ('bastard', 'crap', 'frigging') is accompanied by very mild terms such as 'damn', 'freaking', 'butt', 'God', 'screw up' and 'hell'.
sex
There are brief mild sex references.
discrimination
Some friends light heartedly make fun of a man's weight.
injury detail
Scenes include the sustained sight of the guts, gore and blood of fantastical creatures spilled all over a city. Blood rains down in the aftermath of violence and there are frequent blood spurts from human characters and monsters.
rude humour
Rude humour includes poop jokes.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
strong bloody violence, gore
Classified Date:
19/03/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Columbia Pictures Corporation Ltd.
violence
Villainous creatures are repeatedly shot, stabbed and blown up with grenades, resulting in bloody and grisly injury detail. Human characters are also shot at with fantastical weapons and there are stylised fight sequences.
threat and horror
Moments of moderate threat and horror see demonic monsters chasing and battling with human characters. In one scene, a distressed child is almost feasted on by a monster as her mother lays trapped under rubble.
language
Mild bad language ('asshole') is accompanied by very mild terms such as 'freaking', 'damn' and 'hell'.
sex
There are brief mild sex references.
discrimination
Some friends light heartedly make fun of a man's weight.
injury detail
Scenes include the sustained sight of the guts, gore and blood of fantastical creatures spilled all over a city. Blood rains down in the aftermath of violence and there are frequent blood spurts from human characters and monsters.
rude humour
Rude humour includes poop jokes.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
strong bloody violence, gore
Classified Date:
19/10/2026
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Crunchyroll Limited
violence
Villainous creatures are repeatedly shot, stabbed and blown up with grenades, resulting in bloody and grisly injury detail. Human characters are also shot at with fantastical weapons. There are stylised fight sequences.
threat and horror
Moments of moderate threat and horror see demonic monsters chasing and battling with human characters. In one scene, a distressed child is almost feasted on by a monster as her mother lays trapped under rubble. Some friends light heartedly make fun of a man's weight.
language
Mild bad language ('bastard', 'crap', 'frigging') is accompanied by very mild terms such as 'damn', 'freaking', 'butt', 'God', 'screw up' and 'hell'.
sex
There are brief mild sex references.
injury detail
There are frequent bloody images including blood spurts and sight of organs.
rude humour
Rude humour includes poop jokes.
theme
There are mildly upsetting scenes relating to death and bereavement.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
Classified Date:
19/03/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Columbia Pictures Corporation Ltd.
Classified date19/10/2026
LanguageJapanese
violence
threat and horror
language
sex
injury detail
rude humour
theme
discrimination
Director(s)Shigeyuki Miya, Tomomi Kamiya
Production year2024
Genre(s)Animation
Approx. running minutes98m
CastKatelyn Barr, Nasim Benelkour, Marianne Bray, Lexa Childress, Xan Cramer
strong bloody violence, gore
Classified Date:
01/04/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Columbia Pictures Corporation Ltd.
violence
Villainous creatures are repeatedly shot, stabbed and blown up with grenades, resulting in bloody and grisly injury detail. Human characters are also shot at with fantastical weapons and there are stylised fight sequences.
threat and horror
Moments of moderate threat and horror see demonic monsters chasing and battling with human characters. In one scene, a distressed child is almost feasted on by a monster as her mother lays trapped under rubble.
language
Mild bad language ('bastard', 'crap', 'frigging') is accompanied by very mild terms such as 'damn', 'freaking', 'butt', 'God', 'screw up' and 'hell'.
sex
There are brief mild sex references.
discrimination
Some friends light heartedly make fun of a man's weight.
injury detail
Scenes include the sustained sight of the guts, gore and blood of fantastical creatures spilled all over a city. Blood rains down in the aftermath of violence and there are frequent blood spurts from human characters and monsters.
rude humour
Rude humour includes poop jokes.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
strong bloody violence, gore
Classified Date:
19/03/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Columbia Pictures Corporation Ltd.
violence
Villainous creatures are repeatedly shot, stabbed and blown up with grenades, resulting in bloody and grisly injury detail. Human characters are also shot at with fantastical weapons and there are stylised fight sequences.
threat and horror
Moments of moderate threat and horror see demonic monsters chasing and battling with human characters. In one scene, a distressed child is almost feasted on by a monster as her mother lays trapped under rubble.
language
Mild bad language ('asshole') is accompanied by very mild terms such as 'freaking', 'damn' and 'hell'.
sex
There are brief mild sex references.
discrimination
Some friends light heartedly make fun of a man's weight.
injury detail
Scenes include the sustained sight of the guts, gore and blood of fantastical creatures spilled all over a city. Blood rains down in the aftermath of violence and there are frequent blood spurts from human characters and monsters.
rude humour
Rude humour includes poop jokes.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
strong bloody violence, gore
Classified Date:
19/10/2026
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Crunchyroll Limited
violence
Villainous creatures are repeatedly shot, stabbed and blown up with grenades, resulting in bloody and grisly injury detail. Human characters are also shot at with fantastical weapons. There are stylised fight sequences.
threat and horror
Moments of moderate threat and horror see demonic monsters chasing and battling with human characters. In one scene, a distressed child is almost feasted on by a monster as her mother lays trapped under rubble. Some friends light heartedly make fun of a man's weight.
language
Mild bad language ('bastard', 'crap', 'frigging') is accompanied by very mild terms such as 'damn', 'freaking', 'butt', 'God', 'screw up' and 'hell'.
sex
There are brief mild sex references.
injury detail
There are frequent bloody images including blood spurts and sight of organs.
rude humour
Rude humour includes poop jokes.
theme
There are mildly upsetting scenes relating to death and bereavement.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
Classified Date:
19/03/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Columbia Pictures Corporation Ltd.
Classified date19/10/2026
LanguageJapanese
