Kaiju Girls
Kaiju Girls 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, a moe anthropomorphism project made by Tsuburaya Productions based on past monsters/aliens that have appeared in the Ultra Series. Other than the short series, a manga series, a novel series and other projects are being considered in development. A second season premiered in 2018. A sequel film, titled Kaiju Girls , was released on November 23, 2018.
Synopsis
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. An organization called GIRLS has formed to collect them. The story focuses on the GIRLS rookie members, Agira, Miclas and Windom in their misadventures.Characters
GIRLS
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.;/
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Other characters
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Anime
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~ ". Riho and Yurika are set to be the guest of honors in the annual Ultraman Festival 2016 on July 24.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. The winning entry for the group name is Capsule Girls and the anime's opening theme is Jōjō ￪￪ GAO! !, while the ending theme is Kaiju Heart. On September 27, Crunchyroll announced that they had acquired the rights to simulcast the series except in Asia.