Blue Exorcist

Blue Exorcist (Japanese: 青の祓魔師（エクソシスト）, 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 and that 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 31 tankōbon volumes published as of June 2024. The manga has been adapted into an anime television series produced by A-1 Pictures, which aired from April to October 2011. Additionally, an anime film, Blue Exorcist: The Movie, premiered in December 2012. A second season, Kyoto Saga, aired from January to March 2017, and a third season, Shimane Illuminati Saga, aired from January to March 2024. A fourth season has been split into two parts: Beyond the Snow Saga, which aired in October 2024, and The Blue Night Saga, which 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.