Overview - Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentosho

Date of release

Genres

  • Animation
  • Sci-Fi & Fantasy
  • Drama

Spoken Languages

  • 日本語

Production companies

  • Name: Yokohama Animation Laboratory

    Production country Japan

  • Name: MBS

    Production country Japan

  • Name: Asmik Ace

    Production country Japan

  • Name: Futabasha

    Production country Japan

  • Name: movic

    Production country Japan

  • Name: Tamakoshi

    Production country Japan

  • Name: Bandai Namco Filmworks

    Production country Japan

  • Name: Tokyo MX

    Production country Japan

Overview

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 shrine maiden's guardian despite being a stranger, encounters a mysterious demon who speaks of the far future in the forest where he went to defeat it. From Edo to the Heisei era, this huge Japanese fantasy series follows a demon man who travels through time while continuously questioning the meaning of wielding a sword.

Seasons

  • Name: Season 1

    Episode: 24

    Jinta, a bodyguard to a priestess in a remote mountain village, lives during Japan's Edo period. While Jinta is an outsider to the town, he is still tasked with seeking out a demon in the forest on a quest to vanquish it. But upon meeting the demon, it instead tells Jinta of a puzzling and mysterious future. The novels' story spans 170 years from the Edo period to the Heisei period, with the protagonists traveling through space and time while seeking a meaning for why they wield the blade.

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