After more than three years since its announcement, on the official site for the anime adaptation of the novels written by Motoo Nakanishi“Sword of the Demon Hunter (Kijin Gentoushou),” a promotional video for the project was revealed. The video confirms production details and voice cast, and lists that The premiere is scheduled for the Summer-2024 season (July-September) in Japan.
Motoo Nakanishi The publication of the novels began through the publishing house Futabasha in Japan in June 2019, and finished it in November 2023 with a total of fourteen volumes. The adaptation to manga is carried out by Yuu Satomi (Kekkai no Noah, Mushihime, Yakedo Shoujo) and has been published since September 2021.
voice cast
- Taku Yashiro Like Jinta.
- Queen Ueda Like Suzune.
- Saori Hayami Like Shirayuki.
Production team
- Kazuya Aiura (Assassins Pride, Hori-san to Miyamura-kun: Shingakki, Miru Tights) is in charge of directing the anime at the studios Yokohama Animation Lab.
- Deko Akao (Noragami, Komi-san wa, Komyushou desu., Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun, Vanitas no Carte) is in charge of writing and supervising the scripts.
- Tarou Ikegami (Bakukyuu Renpatsu!! Super B-Daman, Seiken Densetsu: Legend of Mana – The Teardrop Crystal, Lapis Re:LiGHTs) is in charge of character design and animation direction.
- Ryuuichi Takada, Keiichi Hirokawa and Kuniyuki Takahashi of MONACA They are in charge of composing the soundtrack.
Synopsis of Sword of the Demon Hunter
In the Edo period, there was a shrine maiden called “Itsukihime” in the mountain village of Kadono. Jinta, a young man who acts as the guardian of the shrine maiden despite being a stranger, encounters a mysterious demon who speaks of the distant future in the forest where he went to defeat it. From Edo to the Heisei era, this massive Japanese fantasy series follows a demon man who travels through time while continually questioning the meaning of wielding a sword.
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