Summary:
- ‘Blue Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati Saga’ will premiere on January 6.
- The Illuminati and the Knights of the True Cross will be at odds in the sixth major plot arc.
- The trailer featured clips from the upcoming season alongside the returning cast and theme song.
‘Blue Exorcist’ is returning with a brand-new anime series in 2024, tackling the fascinating ‘Shimane Illuminati Saga’. After a decade-long hiatus since the Kyoto Saga, fans have been clamoring for more from this adored series.
With the manga in the middle of its final dramatic fights, the unexpected revelation of season 3 of the anime sparked a frenzy among fans.
Aniplex streamed a new promotional video for the anime ‘Blue Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati Saga.’ The anime will premiere on January 6.
The trailer featured clips from the upcoming season alongside the returning cast. The main characters were also seen, including Rin Okumura, Yukio Okumura, Shiemi Moriyama, Ryuji Suguro, Renzo Shima, Konekomaru Miwa, and Izumo Kamiki.
It also showcased the opening and ending theme songs. The opening theme song, “Eye’s Sentry,” is performed by the rock band UVERworld, and the ending theme song, “Gakky Nisshi” (Class Diary), is by Mulasaki-Ima.
The main cast from the previous season will return for the franchise.
Studio VOLN will be animating season 3 with the following staff:
| Position | Staff | Other works |
| Director | Daisuke Yoshida | Case Closed |
| Series Composition | Toshiya Ono | The Promised Neverland |
| Character Design | Yurie Oohigashi | Buddy Daddies |
| Music Composition | Kohta Yamamoto | Kingdom |
| Music Composition | Hiroyuki Sawano | Attack on Titan |
Shimane Illuminati is the sixth major plot arc in the Blue Exorcist manga. It spans chapters 50 through 64 and follows the Kyoto Impure King arc events. The Illuminati and the Knights of the True Cross will be at odds.
The second season of the ‘Blue Exorcist’ anime ended with a new plot, so this new set of episodes could surprise viewers. Keep an eye out for additional details about the upcoming season.
About Blue Exorcist
Blue Exorcist is a Japanese dark fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Kazue Katō.
In the Blue Exorcist Universe, there are two different realms called Assiah and Gehenna. Assiah is where ordinary humans live, and Gehenna is the world of demons. The only way to travel between the two worlds is by possession.
Satan, the ruler of Gehenna, decides to conquer Assiah, but to do so, he must possess a human. Unfortunately for him, he does not find a suitable vessel and hence, sends his own son, expecting him to grow into a suitable vessel.
Rin Okumura, a regular teenager with quite a temper, has no idea that his actual father was Satan. Nor did he know about being a suitable vessel. However, after eventually discovering his fate, he decides to change it and joins an academy to train to become an exorcist so that he could foil Satan’s plans.
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