SWORDGAI: The Animation: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

A weapon that has drawn the blood of countless victims becomes legend, and at times takes on a life of its own. When such a weapon's human host is filled with hate and murderous intent, he becomes a demonic combination of weapon and man that thirsts only for slaughter.

An organization has faced these dangerous beings over the centuries. A young man named Gai is destined to live as a weapon. As humans are enthralled by their weapons' power, epic battles unfold with the fate of humanity in the balance in this battle action fantasy.

Series details

• Title: SWORDGAI: The Animation
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Action, Anime, Fantasy, Supernatural
• Premiere date: 2018-03-23
• Final broadcast date listed: 2018-07-30
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: Netflix
• Typical episode runtime: 23 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 30914
• IMDb ID: tt7415066
• TVDB ID: 339072

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2018-03-23; final listed air date 2018-03-23; episode order: 12.
• Season 2: premiered 2018-07-30; final listed air date 2018-07-30; episode order: 12.

Source and licence

Adapted from SWORDGAI: The Animation on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.