Kaiju No. 8 The Game 1st Anniversary: Reno, Kikoru and 25,000 Crystals

The 1st Anniversary celebration, "All Fronts, All Awaken," has been running since 1 August, and the number that should shape your month is 25,000 Dimensional Crystals — the total obtainable across the anniversary's events. Against that, two ★5 units arrived within ten days of each other: [The Reigning King of Kaiju] Reno Ichikawa on 10 August, and [The Valkyrie's Successor] Kikoru Shinomiya on 20 August. Reno's is his first new unit in nearly a year; Kikoru's equips Numbers Weapon 4, the weapon once worn by her mother. With a "Special Program mini" livestream on 30 August likely to reveal more, the question isn't whether you can afford one of them — it's whether spending now leaves you covered for whatever the 30th announces. Here's the full picture.

What the anniversary brought

Launched 1 August under the theme "All Fronts, All Awaken":

• Main Story Chapter 14: "Kaiju A Disaster: Final Showdown" — setting up the ultimate battle in New York
• ★5 [Strike from the Kaiju Dimension] Kaiju No. 8, a new form for the titular character
• Over 25,000 Dimensional Crystals obtainable through anniversary events

That crystal total is the headline for free-to-play players. Spread across events rather than granted at once, it rewards participation over a sustained period — which means missed days cost you directly.

Reno Ichikawa — 10 August

★5 [The Reigning King of Kaiju] Reno Ichikawa, equipped with Dimensional Numbers Weapon 6.

• Optimal weapon type: Assault Rifle

The significance here is scarcity of a different kind. This is Reno's first new unit in nearly a year — for a character central to the story, that's an unusually long gap, and it means players who main him have had nothing new to chase for twelve months.

Kikoru Shinomiya — 20 August

★5 [The Valkyrie's Successor] Kikoru Shinomiya, equipped with Numbers Weapon 4.

• Optimal weapon type: Ax

Numbers Weapon 4 was originally worn by Kikoru's mother, Hikari Shinomiya, and it allows Kikoru to take to the skies — the developers describe her as dominating the battlefield "like a true Valkyrie."

This is the form manga and anime fans have been waiting for specifically, which makes it the pull with the strongest character-driven demand of the two.

The 30 August livestream changes your budget

This is the planning point worth acting on.

A "Special Program mini" livestream is scheduled for 30 August, positioned as the culmination of the anniversary celebration. Programs positioned that way typically carry announcements rather than recaps — new units, new content, or campaign extensions.

Spending your full crystal reserve on Reno and Kikoru before the 30th is a bet that nothing better is coming. That might be right. But with eleven days between Kikoru's release and the broadcast, there's no urgency forcing the decision — the sensible approach is to secure the one unit you actually want and hold the remainder until the 30th tells you what else is coming.

Eight events and what they mean for farming

The livestream also detailed eight major in-game events alongside new Fierce Battle Area stages and what the developers described as a non-stop wave of battle events.

Two free campaigns worth noting specifically:

The 2 million downloads celebration grants 3 THE GAME Gacha Tickets to all players — free pulls requiring nothing but logging in.

Training: Kaijumite double rewards, applying up to 10 times per day. That daily cap is the detail that matters: it's designed to reward daily play rather than a weekend binge, and the doubled attempts you don't use each day are simply gone.

If you only build one habit during the anniversary, make it clearing your ten doubled Training runs daily. Over a month, that compounds into substantially more material than any single event track provides.

How to prioritise

1. Clear the 25,000-crystal event track consistently. It's spread across events, so daily participation matters more than intensity.
2. Use your 10 doubled Training attempts every day. The cap resets daily and unused attempts don't carry over.
3. Decide between Reno and Kikoru on roster need, not release order. Reno favours Assault Rifle setups; Kikoru favours Ax. Whichever fills a genuine gap in your squad is the correct answer regardless of which arrived first.
4. Hold a reserve past 30 August. The Special Program mini is the reason not to empty your crystals early.
5. Play Chapter 14 — story progression in this game carries crystal rewards, and it's the anniversary's narrative centrepiece.

For newcomers

If the anniversary is drawing you in, this is a reasonable moment to start. Twenty-five thousand Dimensional Crystals across a single celebration period is far more generous than a normal month, the free gacha tickets stack on top, and a new player benefits from the doubled Training campaign just as much as a veteran.

The game is co-produced by Akatsuki Games, TOHO and Production I.G, adapting the manga's conflict between the Japan Defense Force and the Kaiju that threaten them.

One note beyond the game: the original short animation "Narumi's Week at Work" begins streaming 5 September, running four episodes every Saturday at 20:00 JST on the official TOHO animation channel — following Gen Narumi, the Defense Force's strongest man, through a decidedly unpeaceful working week.

Build the squad the anniversary funds

Free crystals only translate into power when the squad around your new ★5 can support them — and roster depth is the slow half of any Kaiju No. 8 account. Browse verified Kaiju No. 8: The Game accounts if you'd rather start from a developed roster, keep daily Training and event progress moving with Kaiju No. 8: The Game hourly services, or clear harder stages through Kaiju No. 8: The Game boosting.

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