Blue Exorcist: The Movie

Blue Exorcist: The Movie
Theatrical release poster
Kanji青の祓魔師(エクソシスト) 劇場版
Revised HepburnAo no Ekusoshisuto Gekijōban
Directed byAtsushi Takahashi
Screenplay byReiko Yoshida
Based onBlue Exorcist
by Kazue Kato
Produced by
  • Takamitsu Inoue
  • Tetsuto Motoyasu
  • Hiroo Maruyama
  • Kozue Kaneniwa
  • Makoto Furukawa
  • Manabu Endo
  • Arimasa Okada
  • Miho Ueda
  • Yoshiko Kiriyama
Starring
CinematographyToru Fukushi
Edited byTakeshi Seyama
Music byHiroyuki Sawano
Production
company
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • December 28, 2012 (2012-12-28)
Running time
90 minutes[1]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box officeUS$5.99 million[2]

Blue Exorcist: The Movie (Japanese: 青の祓魔師(エクソシスト) 劇場版, Hepburn: Ao no Ekusoshisuto Gekijōban) is a 2012 Japanese animated film based on Blue Exorcist manga series by Kazue Kato. The film is produced by A-1 Pictures and directed by Atsushi Takahashi from a script written by Reiko Yoshida. It follows Rin Okumura meeting a demon boy, who is connected to the ongoing festival at True Cross Academy.

The film was announced in September 2011, with Takahashi and Yoshida helming it in March 2012, and stars Nobuhiko Okamoto, Jun Fukuyama, Kana Hanazawa, Kazuya Nakai, Kōji Yusa, Yūki Kaji, Eri Kitamura, Ayahi Takagaki, Rina Satō, Daisuke Ono, Hiroshi Kamiya, Keiji Fujiwara, Rie Kugimiya, and Hidenobu Kiuchi.

Blue Exorcist: The Movie was released in Japan on December 28, 2012, and in the United States on August 17, 2013. The film grossed over $5 million worldwide.

  1. ^ 青の祓魔師(エクソシスト)劇場版 [Blue Exorcist: The Movie]. Eiga.com (in Japanese). December 28, 2012. Archived from the original on December 13, 2021. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
  2. ^ "Blue Exorcist: The Movie". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved December 13, 2021.