Highlights
- Blue Exorcist anime is set to continue in January 2024, adding another major title to the Winter 2024 roster.
- The series follows twin brothers Rin and Yukio Okumura and their journey to become exorcists and defeat Satan.
- The upcoming season will adapt volumes 10 to 15 of the original manga and will feature the return of the cast and creative team from the previous seasons.
Aniplex announced earlier today that the Blue Exorcist anime is set to continue next year, releasing a brand-new trailer and key visual which revealed the expected debut date. Blue Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati Saga is set to arrive in January 2024, adding yet another major title to the packed Winter 2024 roster.
The upcoming Blue Exorcist continuation was originally announced back in December 2022, and marks the series' return after nearly six years
Blue Exorcist follows the story of twin brothers Rin and Yukio Okumura, who were raised by Father Fujimoto, a priest and exorcist. The twins never knew their real parents, but one fateful day, Rin is forced to grapple with the truth of his origins when Fujimoto is possessed, and Rin learns that his father is none other than Satan himself.
After Fujimoto's passing, Rin vows to one day defeat Satan, but in order to do that, he has to become a competent exorcist and put to work the abilities granted to him through his infernal heritage. Armed with a sword that releases his demonic power when unsheathed, Rin enters the True Cross Academy, an institution that trains its students to become exorcists that fight against the demons that come to Assiah – the Human World, from the Hellish dimension known as Gehenna.
The Blue Exorcist anime series is based on the manga series created by Kazue Katō, and it was originally published in Shueisha's Jump Square magazine in April 2009 until present. There are currently 29 volumes. The first season of the anime ran for 25 episodes from April to October 2011, with a single OVA following the series in October that year.
The second season, titled, Blue Exorist: Kyoto Saga ran for 12 episodes from January to March 2017, with two OVAs coming out on DVD in April and October that year. This next season is set to adapt volumes 10 to 15 of Katō's manga. The cast from the first two seasons are expected to return for the third season, which will be directed by Daisuke Yoshida (Key Animation, Trigun: Badlands Rumble) at Studio VOLN (Animation Production, Ushio & Tora); while the series scripts will be overseen by Toshiya Ono (Scripts, 86), while dynamic duo Hiroyuki Sawano and Kohta Yamamoto return to compose the soundtrack. Blue Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati Saga broadcasts in January 2024.
Source: ANN