Sword of the Demon Hunter

Sword of the Demon Hunter

2025
★★★★☆ 7.7/10
📺 1 Season
🎬 24 Episodes
📅 Returning Series
🌐 JA
AnimationDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy
Jinta journeys through a century-spanning epic, all while questioning why he wields a sword.

Where to Watch (US)

Stream

Hidive Amazon Channel

Seasons

Season 1
2025 • 24 Episodes
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.

Cast

Taku Yashiro
Taku Yashiro
Jinta (voice)
Reina Ueda
Reina Ueda
Suzune (voice)
Saori Hayami
Saori Hayami
Shirayuki (voice)
Hiroshi Shirokuma
Hiroshi Shirokuma
Assimilation Demon (voice)
Yui Kondo
Yui Kondo
Clairvoyant Demon (voice)

Crew

Producer
Taisuke Hashirayama, Hiroo Maruyama, Yasuyuki Iwanami

Network

Tokyo MX

Production

Yokohama Animation Laboratory, MBS, Asmik Ace, Futabasha, movic, Tamakoshi, Bandai Namco Filmworks, Tokyo MX

Keywords

based on novel or booksamuraitime travelsupernaturalhistoricalmourningedo periodcurious19th centuryanime