During the event Aniplex Online Fest 2023 The first promotional video was revealed for the new season of the anime adaptation of the manga Kazue Katou, Blue Exorcist (Ao no Exorcist). The video confirms that the title of this new season is Blue Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati Sagaand The premiere is scheduled for January 2024 in Japan.
During the event It was not commented if this is a long-term adaptation (that is, more than twenty episodes), considering that the story arc is quite extensive in the original manga. On the other hand, the press release confirmed the departure of A-1 Pictures studios from this adaptation project.
For his part, Kato began publishing the manga in the magazine Jump SQ from the publisher Shueisha in April 2009. The work inspired a twenty-five episode anime adaptation produced by the studios A-1 Pictures under the direction of Tensai Okamura and scripts written by Ryouta Yamaguchireleased in April 2011. A second season titled as Ao no Exorcist: Kyoto Fujouou-hen (Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga) premiered in January 2017 with a total of twelve episodes.
Production team
- Daisuke Yoshida (Idol Jihen, HUNTER×HUNTER (2011)) is in charge of directing the anime in Studio VOLNwho replace the studies A-1 Pictures.
- Toshiya Oono (Lv1 Maou to One Room Yuusha, Mushoku Tensei II: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu, Genjitsu no Yohane: SUNSHINE in the MIRROR) returns to take charge of writing and supervising the scripts.
- Yurie Oohigashi (Appare-Ranman!, Kimi no Suizou wo Tabetai) is in charge of character design and animation direction.
- Hiroyuki Sawano (Shingeki no Kyojin, Nanatsu no Taizai, Owari no Seraph) and Kohta Yamamoto (86: Eighty Six, Yuukoku no Moriarty, Kingdom) are in charge of composing the soundtrack.
Synopsis of Blue Exorcist
Humans and demons are two sides of the same coin, just as Assiah and Gehenna are their respective worlds. The only way to travel between the two worlds is through possession. However, Satan, the ruler of Gehenna, has been unable to find a worthy vessel to possess and consequently remains locked in his world. In a desperate move to conquer Assiah, he sends his son, with the purpose that in the future he will become a worthy vessel capable of becoming the king of the demons.
The story follows Rin Okumura, who seems to be an ordinary boy, until one day he is ambushed by demons. His world is turned upside down when he discovers that he is the son of Satan and that his father is looking for him to return so they can finally conquer Assiah together.
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