Details

Type: TV
Episodes: 24 episodes
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: 2025-03-31 – 2025-09-30
Season: Spring 2025
Broadcast: Tuesdays at 00:00 (JST)
Studios: Yokohama Animation Lab
Source: Other
Duration: 24 min per ep
Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)
Producers: Yokohama Animation Lab, Mainichi Broadcasting System, Asmik Ace, Futabasha, Movic, Tamakoshi, Bandai Namco Filmworks, TOKYO MX
Licensors: Sentai Filmworks

Kijin Gentoushou

Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentosho · 鬼人幻燈抄

TV · Spring 2025 · 24 episodes · Finished Airing

Score: 7.0
Popularity: #1,348
Members: 56.9K

Action
Drama
Fantasy
Mystery
Slice of Life
Demons
Historical
Samurai
Swordplay

Synopsis

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.

Notes:

• The first episode has a runtime of ~1 hour.