HIDIVE has announced that it has licensed the upcoming Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentosho as part of its exclusive Spring 2025 simulcast lineup. The anime is expected to begin broadcasting in Japan on March 31, 2025 and will run for two consecutive cours.
The first episode will debut with a special 60-minute premiere on March 31, 2025 at 8:30 AM EST, which will then be followed with new 30-minute episodes every Monday at 11:00 AM EST.
Kazuya Aiura (Assassin’s Pride) is directing the anime series, with Deko Akao (Doctor Elise: The Royal Lady with the Lamp) as series screenwriter, Taro Ikegami (Legend of Mana The Teardrop Crystal) as character designer, and MONACA’s Ryuichi Takada, Keiichi Hirokawa, and Kuniyuki Takahashi as music composers. Yokohama Animation Lab is in charge of the animation production.
Meanwhile, the anime’s main voice cast includes:
- • Taku Yashiro as Jinta
- • Reina Ueda as Suzune
- • Saori Hayami as Shirayuki
- • Hiroshi Shirokuma as Doga no Oni
- • Yui Kondo as Tomi no Kijo
Sword of the Demon Hunter is based on the fantasy light novel series written by Moto Nakanishi and illustrated by Tamaki, which was published by Futabasha from June 21, 2019 to November 22, 2023. A total of 14 volumes were released during its publication. The light novels also inspired a 2021 manga adaptation by Yu Satomi and a stage play. Seven Seas Entertainment has licensed and released both the light novels and manga in English.
The light novel series was initially published as a web novel in January 2013 on Arcadia, before also being released on Shosetsuka ni Naro. The web novel concluded in October 2016.
HIDIVE describes the main synopsis of Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentosho as:
In the Edo period, there was a shrine maiden called “Itskihime” in the mountain village of Kadono. Jinta, a wandering orphan who, along with his younger sister Suzune, drifted into the village and grew up to become the shrine maiden’s guardian, ventures into the forest to defeat a mysterious demon who speaks to him of the far future and the threat of a Demon God. So begins this epic supernatural historical fantasy series that follows a demon hunter through his century-spanning journey from the Edo to Heisei periods — all-the-while questioning his wielding of a sword.
Source: press release
