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Sword of the Demon Hunter TV Anime Premieres on June 27 With 1-Hour Special
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The official website for the television anime of Moto'o Nakanishi's Sword of the Demon Hunter Kijin Gentosho novel series revealed on Thursday that the anime will premiere on June 27 with a one-hour special. The series will air on Tokyo MX, MBS, and BS-Fuji.
The site also revealed a new key visual and two more cast members.
Hiroshi Shirokuma as Dōga no Oni (Assimilation Demon), a two-horned demon with a muscular body
Yui Kondō as Tōmi no Kijo (Demoness of the Watchtower), a demon who can see into far distances and into the future
The anime stars Taku Yashiro as Jinta, Reina Ueda as Suzune, and Saori Hayami as Shirayuki.
Kazuya Aiura (Assassins Pride, Hori-san to Miyamura-kun (OAV) is directing the anime at Yokohama Animation Lab. Deko Akao (Assassins Pride, Arakawa Under the Bridge, Noragami) is overseeing the series scripts, Taro Ikegami (Lapis Re:LiGHTs) is designing the characters, and Ryuuichi Takada, Keiichi Hirokawa, and Kuniyuki Takahashi from MONACA are composing the music.
Seven Seas Entertainment is releasing both the novel series and its manga adaptation in English, and it describes the story:
In the Edo era, young Jinta and his sister must flee their home, finding refuge in a mountain village. Years later, Jinta has grown into a skilled swordsman, sworn to protect the priestess of the village shrine. Charged with slaying a demon that threatens the shrine, Jinta confronts the malevolent creature in the forest, only to learn a shocking truth. The demon speaks of events one hundred and seventy years hence, when Jinta must confront the demon in the future. Thus begins an epic fantasy journey that spans multiple eras as Jinta hunts a demon through time and must come to terms with his own dark nature.
Nakanishi published the first novel volume, titled Suihō no Hibi (Days of Nothing), in June 2019 with art by Tamaki. The series' 14th and final volume shipped in November 2023.
Futabasha published the first compiled book volume of Yu Satomi's manga adaptation of the novels in September 2021, and the sixth volume shipped on February 29. The manga runs in Monthly Action magazine.
Sources: Sword of the Demon Hunter anime's website, Comic Natalie
