Today marked the premiere of the Sword of the Demon Hunter anime, now available to stream on HIDIVE in English. Along with the debut came a handful of new cast members, which are here to mark the Edo arc that will begin with episode 2.
New voice actors joining the adaptation include:
Saya Aizawa as Natsu
Hiromu Mineta as Zenji
Masaki Aizawa as Juzo
Yoji Ueda as Kihei Restaurant Owner
Ai Kayano as Ofu
Seiichiro Yamashita as Naotsugu Miura
Hitomi Nabatame as Yotaka
Koji Yusa as Somegoro Akitsu
Production delays previously saw the anime moving from a planned July 2024 premiere.
Sword of the Demon Hunter kicked off with a one-hour first episode and will have a consecutive two-cour run. The series is now streaming via HIDIVE as Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentosho.
The anime is being made at Yokohama Animation Lab, with Kazuya Aiura of Assassins Pride helming the project as director. The person overseeing the series scripts is Deko Akao, who, along with also working on Assassins Pride, has been involved with Arakawa Under the Bridge and Noragami. Credit for music goes to Ryuuichi Takada, Keiichi Hirokawa, and Kuniyuki Takahashi from MONACA. Regarding character design, that’s being done by Taro Ikegami of Lapis Re:LiGHTs.
Sword of the Demon Hunter Kijin Gentosho started out as a light novel series by Motoo Nakanishi. There is also a manga adaptation. Seven Seas is publishing both, and gave this description for the plot:
Sword of the Demon Hunter Plot
In the Edo era, young Jinta and his sister must flee their home, finding refuge in a mountain village. Years later, Jinta has grown into a skilled swordsman, sworn to protect the priestess of the village shrine. Charged with slaying a demon that threatens the shrine, Jinta confronts the malevolent creature in the forest, only to learn a shocking truth. The demon speaks of events one hundred and seventy years hence, when Jinta must confront the demon in the future. Thus begins an epic fantasy journey that spans multiple eras as Jinta hunts a demon through time and must come to terms with his own dark nature.
Source: Anime News Network