Anime Project of 'Kijin Gentoushou' Fantasy Novel in Progress

by Vindstot
Sep 9, 2021 12:50 AM | 17 Comments

Publishing company Futabasha announced an anime project for Motoo Nakanishi's Kijin Gentoushou fantasy novel on Thursday. The announcement was previewed at the end of the promotional video for the first volume of Yuu Satomi's manga adaptation, which shipped the same day.

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. (Source: Crunchyroll, edited)

Nakanishi originally penned the series on the novel publishing website Arcadia between January 2013 and May 2016, followed by a continuation that ran on the Shousetsuka ni Narou website in September–October that year. Futabasha began publishing the novel with illustrations by Tamaki in June 2019. The seventh volume shipped on June 18, with the eighth volume scheduled for an October 21 release. Kijin Gentoushou has a cumulative 230,000 copies of its volumes in print.

Announcement

Novel special site: https://www.futabasha.co.jp/introduction/2019/kijingentousyou/
Novel official Twitter: @kijin_novel

Source: PR Times

Kijin Gentoushou on MAL

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didn't expect this to get an anime adaptation. haven't read all of volume one yet but so far it's interesting.

Sep 23, 2021 6:19 PM by Philistine

This show can be good. I don't care about samurai but in game they can be pretty awesome.

Sep 18, 2021 11:22 AM by hazecloud

Etherius_ZS said:
This looks like something that can turn into an epic. For the love of god, please be a studio that can properly capture the essence and atmosphere of that era.

Seconded....Something about that synopsis just screamed greatness to me

Sep 13, 2021 6:32 AM by Tokoya

This sounds interesting. Will check it out in the future

Sep 11, 2021 12:32 PM by madarchod

Doesn't really look like much to be honest. I'll make a note of it, see if it looks more promising by the next PV, but right now... no.

Sep 9, 2021 7:20 AM by O_T_T

Looks very interesting so far. Looking forward to seeing what studio and staff this gets.

Sep 9, 2021 7:00 AM by Calal-Chan

Seems interesting, i may keep an eye out for this

Sep 9, 2021 6:45 AM by -miraii

Visit to future type of anime eh.

Sep 9, 2021 6:08 AM by MegamiRem

From synopsis it's almost samurai jack

Sep 9, 2021 5:18 AM by BRabbitt164

Swagernator said:
So its based on an actual novel, and not a light novel. Might be good.

not really
https://myanimelist.net/manga/136319/Kijin_Gentoushou
though original is more like a web novel since its published in Shousetsuka ni Narou.

trailer look good, I hope it good

Sep 9, 2021 5:03 AM by Adampk

This gives me demon slayer vibes

Sep 9, 2021 3:55 AM by Mistify01

RobertBobert said:

NinoHaruhara said:
I'm hyped as fuck for this one, I'm a HUGE yu satomi fan so I'm definitely gonna watch this.

honestly would have preferred a mushi hime or Noah of the blood sea anime but it's yu satomi so I'm still gonna watch.

Does this have great potential?

yeah it honestly does and I’m not just saying this because I’m a fan of the mangaka, I honestly think it’s amazing

Sep 9, 2021 1:51 AM by NinoHaruhara

This looks like something that can turn into an epic. For the love of god, please be a studio that can properly capture the essence and atmosphere of that era.

Sep 9, 2021 1:38 AM by removed-user

Does this have great potential?

Sep 9, 2021 1:30 AM by RobertBobert

I'm hyped as fuck for this one, I'm a HUGE yu satomi fan so I'm definitely gonna watch this.

honestly would have preferred a mushi hime or Noah of the blood sea anime but it's yu satomi so I'm still gonna watch.

Sep 9, 2021 1:09 AM by NinoHaruhara

So its based on an actual novel, and not a light novel. Might be good.

Sep 9, 2021 1:01 AM by Swagernator

So this will also be a huge Japanese fantasy tv series?

Sep 9, 2021 12:55 AM by 024