AMC Networks’ HIDIVE will kick off its Spring simulcast anime season with the new supernatural historical fantasy series Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentosho this month. Based on the popular manga & novel series created by Motoo Nakanishi, the show will debut with a special 60-minute first episode on Monday, March 31 at 8:30 a.m. ET, followed by new 30-minute episodes every Monday at 11 a.m. ET.
As part of today’s announcement, HIDIVE released the official English subtitled trailer for the show. Watch it below!
“We’re thrilled to kick-off HIDIVE’s Spring 2025 simulcast season with the exciting new series Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentosho,” said John Ledford, President of HIDIVE. “Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentosho offers a gripping mix of fantasy, action, adventure and drama that will transport fans on a truly epic centuries-spanning journey!”
Synopsis: 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.
The anime series is directed by Kazuya Aiura (Horimiya, Move to the Future) and written by Deko Akao (Unnamed Memory, Carole & Tuesday), with character design by Taro Ikegami (Lapis Re:Lights) and production by Yokohama Animation Laboratory.
Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentosho stars Taku Yashiro (Friede in Pokémon Horizons: The Series) as Jinta, Reina Ueda (Mayu in Wonderful PreCure!) as Suzune and Saori Hayami (Shoko in A Silent Voice) as Shirayuki.
The 14-volume light novel series of Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentosho is published by Futabasha, and the now seven-volume-long manga series written by Motoo Nakanishi and illustrated by Yū Satomi, which launched in September 2021, is published underFutabasha’s Action Comics label. English-language versions of both the manga and light novel are available from Seven Seas Entertainment.
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