A new trailer and key visual for the Blue: Exorcist: Beyond the Snow Saga anime have been revealed during an Anime Expo 2024 panel event for Kazue Kato's popular dark fantasy series. The upcoming anime will run for two consecutive cours starting in October 2024, and the Blue Exorcist: The Blue Night Saga is set to begin in January 2025. Both seasons will be available to stream on Crunchyroll as they air in Japan. The English-subbed trailer, which features the return of Rin Okumura and his friends, previews the opening theme song RE RESCUE by Reol.
Check out the epic visual for the Blue Exorcist sequel:
Back in January 2024, Blue Exorcist returned for its third season, Blue Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati Saga, which aired starting in January 2024. Daisuka Yoshida (Idol Incidents) directed Season 3. Animation studio VOLN, which animated that season, will return to produce the next two follow-ups. The main Japanese voice cast of Blue Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati Saga incudes:
Nobuhiko Okamoto as Rin Okumura
Jun Fukuyama as Yukio Okumura
Kana Hanazawa as Shiemi Moriyama
Eri Kitamura as Izumo Kamiki
What is Blue Exorcist about?
The dark fantasy anime is based on the Blue Exorcist manga series written and illustrated by Kazue Kato, which started serialization in Jump Square magazine in 2009, and has released 31 tankobon volumes as of June 2024. The previous seasons of Blue Exorcist anime, which were animated by A-1 Pictures, aired in 2011 and 2017, respectively. The second season, Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga, ignored the anime-only arc from the prequel and continued to adapt the storyline of the manga series.
There's also a side-story titled Blue Exorcist: Kuro’s Trip Away From Home and two-episode OVA from the second season.
Here's VIZ Media's plot description of Blue Exorcist:
Raised by Father Fujimoto, a famous exorcist, Rin Okumura never knew his real father. One day a fateful argument with Father Fujimoto forces Rin to face a terrible truth—the blood of the demon lord Satan runs in Rin’s veins! Rin swears to defeat Satan, but doing that means entering the mysterious True Cross Academy and becoming an exorcist himself. Can Rin fight demons and keep his infernal bloodline a secret? It won’t be easy, especially when drawing his father’s sword releases the demonic power within him!
For more information about Blue Exorcist, check out the official website of the anime.
