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HIDIVE to Stream Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentosho Anime

HIDIVE announced on Wednesday that it it will stream the television anime of Moto'o Nakanishi's Sword of the Demon: Hunter Kijin Gentōshō novel series for the spring 2025 season, starting on March 31 at 8:30 a.m. EDT with a one-hour special first episode. Future episodes will stream on Mondays at 11:00 a.m. EDT. The company streamed an English-subtitled trailer:

The anime will premiere with a one-hour special first episode on the Tokyo MX channel on March 31 at 9:30 p.m. JST, on BS Fuji on April 1 at 24:00 JST (effectively, April 2 at 12 midnight JST), and on the MBS channel on April 1 at 26:30 JST (effectively, April 2 at 1:30 a.m. JST). Starting on the second episode, the anime moves to its regular timeslot on Tokyo MX on April 7 at 12 midnight JST (effectively, April 8), then on MBS and BS Fuji on April 8. The anime will air for 2 consecutive cours (quarters of a year).

The anime was delayed from its July 2024 premiere after a planned one-hour special in June that same year, due to production delays.

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.

Hilcrhyme are performing the ending theme song "Sen-ya Ichi-ya feat. Izumi Nakasone (HY)" (One Thousand and One Nights).

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 eighth volume will ship on March 19. The manga runs in Monthly Action magazine.

Source: Press release