A new trailer and website update for the upcoming Sword of the Demon Hunter anime series confirms the anime will premiere in summer 2024. The initial cast members and staff of the anime series have been revealed as well.
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. The upcoming anime series was announced with the 14th and final volume of the light novel series, which shipped back in November 2023.
Sword of the Demon Hunter Anime Airs this Summer
Sword of the Demon Hunter premieres this summer, starring Taku Yashiro as Jinta, Reina Ueda as Suzune, and Saori Hayami as Shirayuki. Kazuya Aiura directs the anime series at Yokohama Animation Lab. Deko Akao oversees the series scripts, and Taro Ikegami is the character designer. Moreover, Ryūichi Takada, Keiichi Hirokawa, and Kuniyuki Takahashi from studio MONACA (Soul Hackers 2, NieR: Automata) are the composers.
Check out the new key visual and trailer below.
Here’s an overview of the series, via Seven Seas Entertainment:
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.
