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Sword of the Demon Hunter (TV)



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Alternative title:
Kijin Gentōshō (Japanese) 
鬼人幻燈抄 (Japanese) 
Genres: supernatural 
Themes: youkai 
Objectionable content: Intense 
Plot Summary: 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. (from manga)
Running time: 23 minutes 
Vintage: 2025-03-31 
Official website:
『鬼人幻燈抄』 (Japanese) 
News:
Sword of the Demon Hunter Anime's English Dub Cast Announced (May 27, 2025)
Ani-One Asia Streams Sword of the Demon Hunter Anime in India (Apr 26, 2025)
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Ani-One Asia Streams MHA: Vigilantes, Sword of the Demon Hunter, Anne Shirley, The Shiunji Family Children Anime (Mar 26, 2025)
Sword of the Demon Hunter Anime Reveals Opening Song in 2nd Promo Video (Mar 24, 2025)
HIDIVE to Stream Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentosho Anime (Mar 5, 2025)
Sword of the Demon Hunter TV Anime's 1st Video Unveils March 31 Debut After Delay, Ending Song (Feb 12, 2025)
Sword of the Demon Hunter Anime Delayed From Summer 2024 to 2025 (Jun 5, 2024)
Sword of the Demon Hunter TV Anime Premieres on June 27 With 1-Hour Special (May 9, 2024)
Sword of the Demon Hunter TV Anime Reveals Promo Video, Cast, Staff (Feb 22, 2024)
Press Release:
Seven Seas Launches Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentōshō Audiobook for Siren Imprint (Oct 3, 2024)
Other article:
The Spring 2025 Anime Preview Guide - Sword of the Demon Hunter (Apr 1, 2025)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Kazuya Aiura 
Series Composition: Deko Akao 
Script:
Deko Akao (ep 1) 
Storyboard:
Shinji Itadaki (ep 2) 
Episode Director:
Sumika Takase (ep 8) 
Music:
Ryūichi Takada (MONACA) 
Original creator: Moto'o Nakanishi 
Original Character Design: Tamaki 
Character Design: Tarō Ikegami 
Chief Animation Director:
Tarō Ikegami (ep 1)  (eps 1-10) 
Animation Director:
Yuri Miyasaka (ep 1) 
3D Director: Makoto Endō (Tri-Slash) 
Sound Director: Noboru Haraguchi 
Director of Photography: Ryohei Miyasaka 

Action Supervision: Kazuaki Mōri (ep 8) 
Animation producer: Yuma Ōue 
Art Board: Yui Isobe (Senju Kobo) 
Art Setting:
Yui Isobe (Senju Kobo) 
Assistant Chief Animation Director:
Yuri Miyasaka (eps 8-9) 
Assistant Episode Director: Masami Koide (ep 9) 
Color design: Mineyo Ōnishi 
Editing:
Yuka Yamajō (hisui) 
In-Between Check: Mamoru Kazama (ep 1) 
Prop Design: Tomokazu Sugimura 
Theme Song Arrangement: WAPLAN (ED1) 
Theme Song Composition:
NEE (OP1)WAPLAN (ED1) 
Theme Song Lyrics:
Qoo (OP1)TOC (ED1) 
Theme Song Performance:
NEE (OP1) 
Reina Ueda as Suzune 
Taku Yashiro as Jinya 

Ai Kayano as Ofū 
Hiromu Mineta as Zenji 
Hiroshi Shirokuma as Dōga no Oni (Assimilation Demon) 
Hitomi Nabatame as Yotaka 
Kōji Yusa as Somegorō Akitsu 
Masaki Aizawa as Jūzō 
Saori Hayami as Shirayuki 
Saya Aizawa as Natsu 
Seiichirō Yamashita as Naotsugu Miura 
Yōji Ueda as Kihei Restaurant Owner 
Yui Kondō as Tōmi no Kijo (Demoness of the Watchtower) 

Ami Koshimizu as Yayoi Himekawa (ep 9) 
Ayumu Asakura as Villager (ep 1) 
Chikahiro Kobayashi as Motoharu (ep 7)  (ep 1) 
Chiko Mizumori as Townspeople (ep 2) 
Emiko Takeuchi as Mother of the Girl (eps 5-6) 
Fumihiko Inoue as Shunga Shop Owner (eps 2, 7) 
Haruka Shamoto as Chitose (ep 1) 
Hina Yomiya as Miyaka Himekawa (eps 1, 9-10) 
Hiroshi Naka as Village Chieftain (ep 1) 
Kazuya Nakai as Manager of i-i Mart (ep 10) 
Kentarō Kumagai as Kiyomasa (ep 1) 
Kotaro Shinohara as Man (ep 4) 
Koya Noda as Townspeople (ep 6) 
Maaya Torigoe as Shop Staff (ep 2) 
Marie Miyake as Villager (ep 1) 
Marie Ōi as Shop Staff (ep 2) 
Masafumi Kobatake as
Father of the Girl (eps 5-6) 
Inugami (eps 8-9) 
Miho Wataya as Demon Woman (ep 8) 
Miki Itō as Naotsugu's Mother (eps 5-6) 
Mikoto Nakai as Young Woman (ep 3) 
Satsuki Kokubu as
Announcement (ep 10) 
Chitose's Mother (ep 1) 
Sayaka Kikuchi as Villager (ep 1) 
Sayumi Suzushiro as Kaoru Azuya (ep 9) 
Serika Hiromatsu as Townspeople (ep 6) 
Setsuji Satō as Saga Doshu (ep 7) 
Shinnosuke Tokudome as Jinta (young; eps 1, 7) 
Shizuka Itō as Anonymous (ep 7) 
Shōmaru Zōza as Townspeople (ep 6) 
Shunsuke Tōdō as Villager (ep 1) 
Teiyū Ichiryūsai as Storyteller (ep 10) 
Tomomi Tanaka as Clerk (ep 5) 
Yasuhiko Kawazu as Owner of Mizukiya (ep 8) 
Yōko Fujita as
Shop Staff (ep 2) 
Yūnagi (ep 4) 
Yoshiaki Kawabata as Man (ep 1) 
Yu Kitada as Man (ep 4) 
Yū Wakabayashi as Villager (ep 1) 
Yūji Kameyama as Mosuke (eps 3-4) 
Yūjirō Kakuda as Demon (ep 2) 
Yuka Terasaki as Hatsu (ep 4) 
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
ROLL2 (ep 1) 
3DCGI: Tri-Slash 
Animation Direction:
Wuxi Qicai Yinghua Donghua Zhizuo (eps 6-8) 
Animation Production: Yokohama Animation Lab 
Art Board: Senju Kobo 
Art Setting:
Studio Pinewood 
Background Art:
Studio Massket (ep 1) 
Editing Studio:
hisui 
In-Between Animation:
Wuxi Huaxian Animation Production (ep 3) 
Key Animation:
Wuxi Huaxian Animation Production (ep 3) 
Paint:
Wish (ep 1) 
Production Cooperation:
Maru Animation (ep 9) 
Sound Production: Bit Grooove Promotion 
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Shannon Reed 
Translation: Ian Fagen 

ADR Engineer: David Lascoe 
Aaron Campbell as Jinya 
Juliet Simmons as Suzune 

Cyrus Rodas as Assimilation Demon (Dōga no Oni) 
Donna Bella Litton as Byakuya 
John Gremillion as Jyuuzou 
Molly Searcy as Foresight Demon (Tōmi no Kijo) 
Shanae'a Moore as Shirayuki 

Alyssa Marek as Miyaka (ep 1) 
Chaney Moore as Jinya (Young) 
Christie Guidry as Chitose's Mother (ep 1) 
Jeremy Gee as Kiyomasa (ep 1) 
Kristen McGuire as Chitose (ep 1) 
Luis Galindo as Chieftan (ep 1) 
Sean Patrick Judge as Motoharu (eps 1, 7) 

Annie Wild 
David Lascoe 
Ellen Evans 
John Swasey 
Kyle Colby Jones 
English companies
Internet Streaming: HIDIVE 
Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks 
Production: Sentai Studios 

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