The recent volume of the Sword of the Demon Hunter series announced that an anime adaptation will release in 2024. At the time of writing, little information about the anime’s cast, staff, and exact release date have been revealed.
Moto’o Nakanishi wrote the Sword of the Demon Hunter novel, light novel, and manga series. The novel ran from 2013-2016, the light novel from 2019-2023, and the manga series is still ongoing. More details about the anime adaptation will likely be revealed soon.
Sword of the Demon Hunter Anime Adaptation Coming Soon
The fourteenth and final volume of the Sword of the Demon Hunter novel series officially announced that an anime adaptation will release in 2024. At the time of writing, the novel’s staff have confirmed little information about the anime’s staff, cast, and distributor. THe studio and exact release date have also not been revealed. However, more information will likely be revealed in the coming months.
The entire light novel series is available on Seven Seas Entertainment. They describe it 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.
Lastly, the anime adaptation of Sword of the Demon Hunter will premiere at some point during 2024.
