The Sacred Blacksmith

聖剣の刀鍛冶（ブラックスミス） (Seiken no Burakkusumisu)
The Sacred Blacksmith
The cover of The Sacred Blacksmith volume 1 as published by Media Factory featuring Cecily Campbell
Genre	Fantasy, Adventure
Light novel
Written by	Isao Miura
Illustrated by	Luna
Published by	Media Factory
Demographic	Male
Imprint	MF Bunko J
Original run	November 22, 2007 – August 23, 2013
Volumes	16 (List of volumes)
Manga
Written by	Isao Miura
Illustrated by	Kōtarō Yamada
Published by	Media Factory
English publisher	^NA Seven Seas Entertainment
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	Monthly Comic Alive
Original run	March 27, 2009 – January 27, 2017
Volumes	10 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by	Masamitsu Hidaka
Produced by	Hiromasa Minami Hiroshi Kudo Kazuya Takahashi Masazumi Katō Shōji Hirako Takashi Kochiyama
Written by	Masashi Suzuki
Music by	Tamiya Terashima
Studio	Manglobe
Licensed by	^AUS Madman Entertainment ^NA Funimation Entertainment ^UK Manga Entertainment
Original network	AT-X, CTC, tvk, TVS, CTV, Tokyo MX, SUN
English network	^US Funimation Channel
Original run	October 3, 2009 – December 19, 2009
Episodes	12 (List of episodes)

The Sacred Blacksmith (Japanese: 聖剣（せいけん）の刀鍛冶（ブラックスミス）, Hepburn: Seiken no Burakkusumisu^?, lit. "The Sacred Sword Blacksmith"), is a Japanese light novel series by Isao Miura, with illustrations by Luna. All 16 volumes have been published by Media Factory under their MF Bunko J label. A manga adaptation by Kōtarō Yamada started serialization in the seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Alive on March 27, 2009. The first tankōbon was published June 23, 2009. A 12 episode anime adaptation by Manglobe studios aired from October 3, 2009 to December 19, 2009.

Forty-four years ago, a great war known as the Valbanill War ravaged the land. One of the war's most dangerous weapons was the Demon Contract, where humans sacrifice their bodies to become powerful demons. Realizing the damage the contracts have caused the land, the surviving nations made peace and banned the use of the Demon contracts.

Cecily Campbell is a 3rd generation Knight from Housman, one of the cities of the Independent Trade Cities, a democratic federation of cities. As her grandfather was one of the founders of the Independent Trade Cities, she is proud of her heritage and wishes to protect her city as a knight, like her father and grandfather before her. One day, she fights a mad veteran of the war causing trouble in the market, and, inexperienced and outmatched, faces defeat. But she is saved by a mysterious blacksmith named Luke Ainsworth. Cecily is impressed by Luke's katana, a weapon she has never seen before, and asks him to make one for her. Her involvement with Luke will bring her to an adventure she never expected.

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