After several delays, the Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentosho will finally hit TV networks in Japan and streaming services in English. The first season for the anime adaptation of Moto’o Nakanishi’s novel series will run through 2025, and Final Weapon has everything you need to know about the schedule and release dates of Sword of the Demon Hunter.
The story of Sword of the Demon Hunter centers around a wandering orphan named Jinta and his younger sister Suzune. Jinta drifted into the village of Kadono with his sister and became the guardian of the village’s shrine maiden “Itsukihime.” He is tasked to venture into a nearby forest to defeat a demon who speaks of the far future and the threat of a Demon God. There, Jinta’s journey through the ages as a demon hunter begins.
Sword of the Demon Hunter Release Dates, Schedule, and Exact Time
New episodes of the Sword of the Demon Hunter anime premiere on Mondays at 8:00 a.m. PT / 11:00 a.m. ET on HIDIVE. The first episode will premiere at a special start time at 5:30 a.m. PT / 8:30 a.m. ET on Monday, March 31. In addition, Sword of the Demon Hunter is expected to have 13 episodes in the first cour, and the anime will air for two consecutive cours.
Here are the release dates and schedule for the Sword of the Demon Hunter anime:
- Episode 1 – March 31 (Special start time: 5:30 a.m. PDT / 8:30 a.m. EDT)
- Episode 2 – April 7 – OUT NOW
- Episode 3 – April 14 – OUT NOW
- Episode 4 – April 21
- Episode 5 – April 28
- Episode 6 – May 5
- Episode 7 – May 12
- Episode 8 – May 19
- Episode 9 – May 26
- Episode 10 – June 2
- Episode 11 – June 9
- Episode 12 – June 16
- Episode 13 – June 23
New Sword of the Demon Hunter episodes will be released at the following times (subject to change)
- Pacific Daylight Time: 8:00 a.m. PDT
- Mountain Daylight Time: 9:00 a.m. MDT
- Central Daylight Time: 10:00 a.m. CDT
- Eastern Daylight Time: 11:00 a.m. EDT
- Greenwich Mean Time: 3:00 p.m. GMT
OP/ED, Staff, and Cast
NEE will perform the opening theme song “Continue,” and Hilcrhyme feat. Izumi Nakasone perform the ending theme song “Sen-ya Ichi-ya.”
Kazuya Aiura is directing the anime at Yokohama Animation Lab. Moreover, Deko Akao handles the series scripts, Taro Ikegami designs the characters, and Ryuuichi Takada, Keiichi Hirokawa, and Kuniyuki Takahashi compose the music.
The cast of the Sword of the Demon Hunter anime includes:
- Taku Yashiro as Jinta
- Reina Ueda as Suzune
- Saori Hayami as Shirayuki
- Saya Aizawa as Natsu
- Hiromu Mineta as Zenji
- Masaki Aizawa as Jūzō
- Yōji Ueda as Kihei restaurant owner
- Ai Kayano as Ofū
- Seiichirō Yamashita as Naotsugu Miura
- Hitomi Nabatame as Yotaka
- Kōji Yusa as Somegorō Akitsu
Lastly, here’s an overview of the anime, via HIDIVE:
In the Edo period, there was a shrine maiden called “Itsukihime” 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.
