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Blue Exorcist

Blue Exorcist

#20,814Rank
  • Action
  • Fantasy
  • Supernatural
  • Mythology
  • School
  • Shounen

Synopsis

Humans and demons are two sides of the same coin, as are Assiah and Gehenna, their respective worlds. The only way to travel between the realms is by the means of possession, like in ghost stories. However, Satan, the ruler of Gehenna, cannot find a suitable host to possess and therefore, remains imprisoned in his world. In a desperate attempt to conquer Assiah, he sends his son instead, intending for him to eventually grow into a vessel capable of possession by the demon king.

Ao no Exorcist follows Rin Okumura who appears to be an ordinary, somewhat troublesome teenager—that is until one day he is ambushed by demons. His world turns upside down when he discovers that he is in fact the very son of Satan and that his demon father wishes for him to return so they can conquer Assiah together. Not wanting to join the king of Gehenna, Rin decides to begin training to become an exorcist so that he can fight to defend Assiah alongside his brother Yukio.

(Source: MAL)

Background

Ao no Exorcist was licensed by Aniplex and simulcasted in North America. Due to the fact that the source material is on-going, the anime adaption of Ao no Exorcist diverges from it at key points, leading to an anime-exclusive ending.

Characters

Yukio Okumura Main
Rin Okumura Main
Terufusa Adachi Supporting
Amaimon Supporting
Arthur Auguste Angel Supporting
Astaroth Supporting
Ernst Frederick Egin Supporting
Yuri Frederick Egin Supporting
Shirou Fujimoto Supporting
Ghost Supporting

Staff

Eiichiro Oda Producer
Shin Furukawa Producer
Kozue Kananiwa Producer
Hiroo Maruyama Producer
Tensai Okamura Director, Episode director, Storyboard
Kazuhiro Wakabayashi Sound director
Shinpei Ezaki Episode director
Yoshiyuki Fujiwara Episode director, Storyboard, Key animation, Second key animation
Takahiro Harada Episode director
Shinya Kawatsura Episode director