Kodoani.com – Aniplex has posted new character PVs for the anime “Blue Exorcist: Beyond the Snow Saga” (Ao no Exorcist: Yuki no Hate-hen) on Saturday to introduce Yukio Okumura.
Anime starring Nobuhiko Okamoto as Rin Okumura and Jun Fukuyama as Yukio Okumura. The cast includes:
Ayahi Takagaki or go away
Daisuke Ono or Arthur A. Angel
Eri Kitamura or Izumo Kamiki
Shiroaki Hirata or Shirō Fujimoto
Kana Hanazawa or Shiemi Moriyama
Kazuya Nakai or Ryuuji Suguro
Koji Yusa or Renzo Shima
Kōki Uchiyama or Lucifer
Hiroshi Kamiya or Mephisto Pheles
Rina Satō or Shura Kirigakure
Tomokazu Seki or Ruin Rite
Yuki Kaji or Miwa Koneko
The new anime will have two parts: the first part “Blue Exorcist: Beyond the Snow Saga“airing in October 2024 and part two”Blue Exorcist: The Blue Night Saga” aired in January 2025.
This anime is the sequel to “Blue Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati Saga“, premiered in Japan on January 6.
Kazue Katō debuts manga “Blue Exorcist” on Jump SQ in 2009. The manga went on hiatus in July 2021 and resumed in May 2022. The manga has sold over 25 million copies.
Viz Media is releasing the manga in English and describes the plot as follows:
Raised by Father Fujimoto, a renowned exorcist, Rin Okumura has never known his biological father. One day, a fateful argument with Father Fujimoto forces Rin to confront a terrible truth—the blood of the demon lord Satan flows through Rin's veins! Rin vows to defeat Satan, but doing so means entering the mysterious True Cross Academy and becoming an exorcist himself. Can Rin fight the demons while keeping his hellish bloodline a secret? It won't be easy, especially when he draws his father's sword, unleashing the demonic power within him!
The manga inspired a 25-episode television anime series in 2011, and the “Blue Exorcist: Kuro Runs Away From Home” OAV also premiered in 2011. The movie “Blue Exorcist” later premiered in Japan in December 2012. Television anime “Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga” premiered in 2017 and aired for 12 episodes.
The series also includes several novels and a series of stage plays.