The Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentosho anime will air in the summer of 2024. A teaser trailer and visual have been released following the announcement. Yokohama Animation Lab is animating the series. 654bt
Kazuya Aiura is directing the series, with Deko Akao on the series composition. Taro Ikegami is in charge of the character designs, and Ryuichi Takada, Keiichi Hirokawa, and Kuniyuki Takahashi are composing the music. The main cast includes:
The Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentosho anime was first announced by Futabasha in September 2021. It is based on a light novel series written by Moto’o Nakanishi and illustrated by Tamaki. It was first published on the Shosetsuka ni Naro website from December 2015 and October 2016. Futabasha acquired the title and serialized it from June 2019 to November 2023. Futabashi is also serializing a manga adaptation with illustrations from Yu Satomi.
Seven Seas Entertainment has licensed both the light novel and manga series, describing the light novel’s plot as follows:
For generations, a shrine has stood in the mountain village of Kadono, and for each generation the shrine has had an Itsukihime—its shrine maiden—and the maiden has had her guardian. During the Edo period, a young man named Jinta protects the town and the Itsukihime. When he confronts a strange demon in the nearby forest, it tells him that in the distant future a Demon God will threaten all people, everywhere, and it claims that the the Demon God’s rise to power springs from this very time and place, in the village of Kadono. So begins the centuries-spanning journey of a man tainted by demons, hunting through time to seek justice for what he’s lost, and to find a reason to keep on fighting.
Source: Official Website
©Moto’o Nakanishi/Futabasha/Kijin Gentosho Production Committee