Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentosho will be leading off the spring anime season with a March 31 premiere. Today, with three days to go ’til the anime adaptation’s debut, two more cast members have been announced.
Kentaro Kumagai (Laios in Delicious in Dungeon) will be voicing Kiyomasa, another priestess bodyguard like Jinta. While he is the only son of the village chief and very cultured, he isn’t very good with a sword. Haruka Shamoto (Homura in AFTERLOST) will appear as Chitose, whose family owns the village’s teahouse. She was the first friend Suzune made in the village.
Kiyomasa
Chitose
The original Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentosho novels are written by Motoo Nakanishi, illustrated by Tamaki, and published in Japan by Futabasha. Seven Seas Entertainment publishes an English language version of the novels as well as the manga adaptation with artwork by Yu Satomi. Kazuya Aiura directs the TV anime at Yokohama Animation Laboratory. Deko Akao provides the series composition and Taro Ikegami provides the character designs.
Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentosho premieres on March 31. HIDIVE will simulcast the series, describing it thus:
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.
Source: Comic Natalie
