CENTURY-SPANNING SAGA “SWORD OF THE DEMON HUNTER: KIJIN GENTOSHO” KICKS-OFF HIDIVE’S SPRING SEASON ON MARCH 31
HOUSTON, TX — March 5, 2025 — Spring arrives early with today’s announcement from AMC Networks’ HIDIVE that the new supernatural historical fantasy series Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentosho will launch the upcoming simulcast season on the anime streaming service. Based on the popular fantasy manga & novel series created by Motoo Nakanishi,Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentosho will kick-off HIDIVE’s exclusive Spring 2025 line-up when it debuts with a special 60-minute first episode on Monday, March 31 at 8:30 am Eastern, which will be followed thereafter with new 30-minute episodes every Monday at 11:00 am Eastern. In addition, as part of today’s announcement, HIDIVE released the official English subtitled trailer for the show.
“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!”
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.
Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentosho is adapted from Motoo Nakanishi’ s original novel and manga series. 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 under Futabasha's Action Comics label. English language versions of both the manga and light novel are available from Seven Seas Entertainment.
The anime series is directed by Kazuya Aiura along with writing by Deko Akao, character design by Taro Ikegami and production by Yokohama Animation Laboratory. Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentosho stars Taku Yashiro as Jinta, Reina Ueda as Suzune and Saori Hayami as Shirayuki.
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