Blue Exorcist

Blue Exorcist
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Rin Okumura
青の祓魔師エクソシスト
(Ao no Ekusoshisuto)
Genre
Manga
Written byKazue Kato
Published byShueisha
English publisher
ImprintJump Comics SQ.
MagazineJump Square
English magazine
DemographicShōnen
Original runApril 4, 2009 – present
Volumes31 (List of volumes)
Further information
Anime television series
Directed byTensai Okamura
Produced by
  • Hiroo Maruyama
  • Kozue Kananiwa
  • Shin Furukawa
  • Takamitsu Inoue
  • Satoshi Adachi (1–12)
  • Tetsuhito Motoyasu (13–25)
Written byRyōta Yamaguchi
Music byHiroyuki Sawano
StudioA-1 Pictures
Licensed by
Original networkJNN (MBS, TBS)
English network
Original run April 17, 2011 October 2, 2011
Episodes25 + OVA (List of episodes)
Manga
Salaryman Exorcist: The Sorrows of Yukio Okumura
Written byKazue Kato
Illustrated byMinoru Sasaki
Published byShueisha
Magazine
  • Jump SQ.19 (April 2013–February 2015)
  • Jump Square (April 2015–April 2020)
DemographicShōnen
Original runApril 19, 2013April 3, 2020
Volumes4
Anime television series
Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga
Directed byKoichi Hatsumi
Produced by
  • Tetsuya Endou
  • Hiroshi Kamei
  • Miho Matsumoto
  • Natsumi Mori
  • Takashi Takano
Written byToshiya Ōno
Music by
StudioA-1 Pictures
Licensed by
  • NA: Aniplex of America
  • SEA: Muse Communication
Original networkMBS, TBS, CBC, BS-TBS
Original run January 7, 2017 March 25, 2017
Episodes12 + OVA (List of episodes)
Anime television series
Blue Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati Saga
Directed byDaisuke Yoshida
Produced by
  • Miho Matsumoto
  • Akari Yanagawa
  • Yuki Ogasawara
  • Wataru Tanaka
  • Hiroshi Kamei
Written byToshiya Ōno
Music by
  • Hiroyuki Sawano
  • Kohta Yamamoto
StudioStudio VOLN
Licensed by
  • NA: Aniplex of America
  • SEA: Muse Communication
Original networkTokyo MX, BS11, GTV, GYT, MBS, THK, UHB, RKB
Original run January 7, 2024 March 24, 2024
Episodes12 (List of episodes)
Anime television series
  • Blue Exorcist: Beyond the Snow Saga
  • Blue Exorcist: The Blue Night Saga
Directed byDaisuke Yoshida
Produced by
  • Miho Matsumoto
  • Akari Yanagawa
  • Yuki Ogasawara
  • Wataru Tanaka
  • Hiroshi Kamei
Written byToshiya Ōno
Music by
  • Hiroyuki Sawano
  • Kohta Yamamoto
StudioStudio VOLN
Original networkTokyo MX, BS11, GTV, GYT, MBS, THK
Original run October 6, 2024 – present
Episodes12 (List of episodes)
Anime film
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Blue Exorcist (Japanese: 青の祓魔師エクソシスト, Hepburn: Ao no Ekusoshisuto) is a Japanese dark fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Kazue Kato. The story revolves around Rin Okumura, a teenager who discovers that he and his twin brother Yukio are the sons of Satan, born from a human woman, and he is the inheritor of Satan's powers. When Satan kills their guardian, Rin enrolls at True Cross Academy to become an exorcist under Yukio's tutelage in order to defeat Satan.

The manga has been serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Jump Square since April 2009, with individual chapters collected in 31 tankōbon volumes as of June 2024. Viz Media has licensed the manga for North American production, with the first volume released in April 2011. Aniplex of America also released the anime's DVDs in English regions. The series was adapted into an anime television series produced by A-1 Pictures, broadcast from April to October 2011. An anime film, Blue Exorcist: The Movie, premiered in December 2012. A second season, subtitled Kyoto Saga, aired from January to March 2017. A third season produced by Studio VOLN, subtitled Shimane Illuminati Saga, aired from January to March 2024. A fourth season will be split in two cours; the first one, subtitled Beyond the Snow Saga, premiered in October 2024, while the second one, subtitled The Blue Night Saga, is set to premiere in January 2025.

By December 2022, Blue Exorcist had over 25 million copies in circulation, making it one of the best-selling manga series. The manga has been well received by readers, with sales having received a boost thanks to the anime's release.

  1. ^ "The Official Website for Blue Exorcist". Viz Media. Archived from the original on February 25, 2011. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
  2. ^ Komatsu, Mikikazu (August 4, 2017). ""Blue Exorcist" 4th Stage Play "Shimane Illuminati Arc" Set for This Fall". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on July 23, 2018. Retrieved July 23, 2018.