Kodoani.com – According to the website of the anime adapted from the novel “Sword of the Demon Hunter Kijin Gentosho” revealed on Thursday that the anime will premiere on June 27 with a one-hour special episode. The series will air on Tokyo MX, MBS and BS-Fuji.
The website also revealed a new key visual and two more actors:
Hiroshi Hirokuma as Dōga no Oni (Demon of Assimilation), a two-horned demon with a muscular body.
Yui Kondou as Tōmi no Kijo (Watchtower Demon), a demon who can see long distances and the future.
The anime stars Taku Yashiro as Jinta, Reina Ueda as Suzune and Saori Hayami as Shirayuki.
Seven Seas Entertainment is releasing both the novel and manga adaptation in English, and describes the story as follows:
“During the Edo period, young Jinta and his sister had to run away from home, finding refuge in a mountain village. Years later, Jinta had become a skilled swordsman, vowing to protect the temple's priestess. Tasked with destroying the demon that threatens the temple, Jinta confronts the evil creature in the forest only to learn a shocking truth about events one hundred and seventy years later, when Jinta must confront the demon in the future. Thus begins an epic fantasy journey spanning many eras as Jinta hunts a demon through time and must face his own dark nature. me.”