The official website for the anime adaptation of Moto’o Nakanishi’s Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentosho novel series revealed new details about the upcoming Bakumatsu arc, including new theme songs, cast members, and a key visual. The Bakumatsu arc will begin with the release of Sword of the Demon Hunter episode 14.
The new cast members for Sword of the Demon Hunter include:
- Toshihiko Seki as Yasuhide Hatakeyama
- Kenichirō Matsuda as Tsurauchi
- Kazuya Nakai as Kiichi Okada
Alexandros performs the new opening theme song “Ash,” while FAKE TYPE performs the new ending theme song “Enrin (Round Bell).”
The English sub and dub for the first cour of the Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentosho anime are streaming on HIDIVE. Moreover, the anime will run for two consecutive cours. In the first cour, NEE performed the opening theme song “Continue,” and Hilcrhyme feat. Izumi Nakasone performed the ending theme song “Sen-ya Ichi-ya.”
In addition, 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.
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.
