A new promotional video for the anime adaptation of Moto’o Nakanishi’s Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentosho novel series was released, confirming Japanese rock band NEE will perform the opening theme song “Continue.”
The Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentosho anime will kick off the spring 2025 season for HIDIVE on March 31. It will run for two consecutive cours, and the first episode is a one-hour special. Originally, the anime was planned to premiere in June 2024, before being delayed due to production reasons.
The anime features an all-star cast, including Taku Yashiro as Jinta, Reina Ueda as Suzune, and Saori Hayami as Shirayuki. Additionally, the ending theme song, “Sen-ya Ichi-ya,” will be performed by Hilcrhyme feat. Izumi Nakasone.
Moreover, Kazuya Aiura is directing the anime at Yokohama Animation Lab. Deko Akao handles the series scripts, Taro Ikegami designs the characters, and Ryuuichi Takada, Keiichi Hirokawa, and Kuniyuki Takahashi compose the music.
Lastly, here’s an overview of the anime, via HIDIVE:
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.
