Blue Exorcist

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Blue Exorcist
Original title 青 の 祓 魔 師
transcription Ao no Ekusoshisuto
Ao no Exorcist (Logo) .png
Logo of the anime
genre Fantasy
Manga
country JapanJapan Japan
author Kazue Kato
publishing company Shūeisha
magazine Jump Comics SQ
First publication April 4, 2009 - ...
expenditure 23
Anime television series
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
year 2011
Studio A-1 Pictures
length 24 minutes
Episodes 25 + 1 special
Director Tensai Okamura
music Hiroyuki Sawano
First broadcast April 17th - October 2nd 2011 on MBS , TBS
German-language
first broadcast		 March 16 - August 31, 2018 on ProSieben Maxx
Anime television series
title Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga
Original title 青 の 祓 魔 師 京都 不 浄 王 篇
transcription Ao no Ekusoshisuto: Kyōto Fujōō-hen
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
year 2017
Studio A-1 Pictures
length 24 minutes
Episodes 12
Director Kōichi Hatsumi
music Kota Yamamoto
First broadcast January 7th - March 25th 2017 on TBS

First publication in German		 January 7 - March 25, 2017 on Anime on Demand
synchronization
Movie
► Blue Exorcist - The Movie (2012)

Blue Exorcist ( Japanese 青 の祓 魔 師（エ ク ソ シ ス ト）, Ao no Ekusoshisuto ) is the title of a manga series written and drawn by Kazue Katō that has appeared in Jump Comics SQ magazine , published by Shūeisha , since April 2009 . The series is about the boy Rin Okumura, who was born the son of a human woman and Satan, ruler of the world of demons . Contrary to his former determination to serve Satan as host on earth, however, he decides to become an exorcist and to stand against his father.

In spring 2011, as well as in early 2017, an adaptation of the manga as an anime television series of the same name , which was created in Studio A-1 Pictures , was broadcast.

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The world of Blue Exorcist consists of two dimensions. In the Assiah (物質 界（ア ッ シ ャ ー） Asshiyā , German 'physical world' ) called dimension, people live and have no idea that a second dimension could exist. This second, Gehenna (虚無 界（ゲ ヘ ナ） Gehena , German 'world of nothing' ) called dimension is the home of demons under the leadership of Satan. Satan is also the father of the protagonist Rin Okumura ( 奥 村 燐 , Okumura Rin ). He should become the new demon ruler. Both worlds are largely separated from each other, so that the demons cannot come directly to Assiah. However, it is possible for them to take possession of humans, animals and even dead living beings . This enables them to both control and transform them.

Rin lost his mother during his birth and was raised by the priest and exorcist Shirō Fujimoto ( 藤 本 獅 郎 , Fujimoto Shirō ) in the belief that he was an ordinary person. His twin brother Yukio Okumura ( 奥 村 雪 男 , Okumura Yukio ) was born as an ordinary person and therefore does not have the same abilities as Rin. Yet he also has the ability to see demons. Since all of the powers that Satan bestowed on the brothers were transferred to Rin, Shiro felt compelled to banish his powers, which are expressed as blue flames, in a katana . The Kurikara sword sealed his abilities and allowed him to live an almost normal life. However, he was always followed by bad luck. Others referred to him as a demon because he was brutal (from the human point of view) and “not normal”, which made Rin very angry and always got into fights as a result. He feels misunderstood and is the no-brainer (apart from cooking) in the family.

When Rin is around 15 years old, the effect of the seal begins to wear off and he is confronted with the situation of learning the truth of his origins. In the course of the events, his foster father Shirō is killed by Satan, who has now become aware of Rin. Not quite sure how to proceed, and cursing the demons for the death of his father, he asks an old friend of Shirō for help. This is Mephisto, the head of a school for the training of exorcists. He is visibly surprised and amused to learn that the son of Satan wants to become an exorcist. Nevertheless, Mephisto begins Rin's training at the new school, where his brother Yukio works as one of the teachers.

Origin and publications

The manga Ao no Exorcist is written and drawn by the Japanese artist Kazue Katō . A first chapter was published in August 2008 issue 9/2008 in Jump Comics SQ under the title Miyamauguisu-tei Jiken ( 深山 鶯 邸 事件 ). Regular publication began with issue 5/2009 on April 4, 2009 within the magazine published by Shūeisha . The individual chapters have been combined into 23 tankōbon issues so far :

  1. ISBN 978-4-08-874709-5 , August 4, 2009
  2. ISBN 978-4-08-874757-6 , November 4, 2009
  3. ISBN 978-4-08-870016-8 , March 4, 2010
  4. ISBN 978-4-08-870079-3 , July 2, 2010
  5. ISBN 978-4-08-870136-3 , December 3, 2010
  6. ISBN 978-4-08-870214-8 , April 4, 2011
  7. ISBN 978-4-08-870330-5 , September 2, 2011
  8. ISBN 978-4-08-870409-8 , April 4, 2012
  9. ISBN 978-4-08-870505-7 , September 4, 2012
  10. ISBN 978-4-08-870670-2 , December 28, 2012
  11. ISBN 978-4-08-870789-1 , August 2, 2013
  12. ISBN 978-4-08-870895-9 , December 27, 2013
  13. ISBN 978-4-08-880140-7 , July 4, 2014
  14. ISBN 978-4-08-880282-4 , January 5, 2015
  15. ISBN 978-4-08-880369-2 , June 4, 2015
  16. ISBN 978-4-08-880507-8 , January 4, 2016
  17. ISBN 978-4-08-880656-3 , July 4, 2016
  18. ISBN 978-4-08-880891-8 , December 31, 2016
  19. ISBN 978-4-08-881052-2 , April 4, 2017
  20. ISBN 978-4-08-881152-9 , October 4, 2017
  21. ISBN 978-4-08-881363-9 , March 2, 2018
  22. ISBN 978-4-08-881591-6 , November 2, 2018
  23. ISBN 978-4-08-881809-2 , April 4, 2019

At the beginning of the anime's broadcast, the series was also reprinted in Shonen Jump Advanced magazine , beginning April 5, 2011. Outside of Japan, Viz Media licensed the series for the North American region and began publishing the translation the same day. The series was previously licensed in France by Kazé , where the first edition appeared on May 27, 2010.

Since March 2012, Kazé Germany has been publishing the manga in German-speaking countries under the title Blue Exorcist , so far in 22 volumes.

Anime

An adaptation of the manga as the anime television series of the same name Ao no Exorcist was announced on November 27, 2010 on the Jump SQ website . The animation was done by Studio A-1 Pictures under the leadership of producer Hiro Maruyama and director Tensai Okamura .

The 25-episode series first aired on April 17 and ran through October 2, 2011 on MBS and TBS ; a week later than originally announced. The reason for this were the consequences of the Tōhoku earthquake . The publication on DVD and Bluray began in Japan on June 22, 2011. The individual issues appeared approximately every month and the last, tenth issue appeared on March 21, 2012. The individual media each contained two to three episodes, with the fifth edition an additional episode, the Special Kuro no Iede ( ク ロ の 家 出 , also known as episode 11.5) contained. The episode had not previously been shown on television, so the series comes to a total of 26 episodes.

Aniplex broadcast the series as Blue Exorcist starting April 20, also as a simulcast with English subtitles on the North American websites Hulu , Crunchyroll and Anime News Network . Kazé Germany published the series from June to December 2012 in German on four DVDs and Blu-Rays. The DVDs were approved by the FSK for ages 12 and 16.

A movie called Ao no Exorcist was released in Japanese theaters on December 28, 2012. It was also made at A-1 Pictures, directed by Atsushi Takahashi . The German version was released on March 28, 2014 under the title Blue Exorcist - The Movie by Kazé with an FSK-12 approval.

The second season with another 12 episodes and the title Ao no Exorcist: Kyōto Fujōō-hen ran from January 7 to March 25, 2017 after midnight (and thus on the previous television day ) in Japan. The director was Kōichi Hatsumi and the rest of the production staff is largely different.

Episode list

synchronization

role Japanese speaker ( seiyū ) German speaker
Rin Okumura Nobuhiko Okamoto Dennis Saemann
Mephisto Pheles Hiroshi Kamiya Oliver Krietsch
Yukio Okumura Jun Fukuyama Tobias Diakow
Ryūji Suguro Kazuya Nakai Daniel Käser
Shiemi Moriyama Kana Hanazawa Rieke Werner
Shura Kirigakure Rina Sato Milena Karas
Shiro Fujimoto Keiji Fujiwara Peter Harting
Amaimon Tetsuya Kakihara Jan Niklas Berg
Igor Neuhaus Ryotaro Okiayu Jochen Langner
Konekomaru Miwa Yūki Kaji Patrick Mölleken

music

The music for the first season is by Hiroyuki Sawano . The title Core Pride by the band UVERworld was used as the opening credits of the first twelve episodes . In the credits the title Take Off by the South Korean band 2PM could be heard. From the thirteenth episode, the title In my World by the band ROOKiEZ is PUNK'D could be heard as the opening credits and Wired Life by the Japanese singer, actress and model Meisa Kuroki as the credits.

In the second season, the series music comes from Kōta Yamamoto. The opening credits, Itteki no Eikyō ( 一滴 の 影響 ), were also contributed by UVERworld, while the credits are Kono Te de ( コ ノ 手 デ ), sung by Rin Akatsuki.

Light novel

Aya Yajima adapted the manga as a light novel to which Kazue Katō contributed the illustrations. Two volumes of this were published by Shūeisha: Weekend Hero ( 青 の 祓 魔 師 ウ ィ ー ク エ ン ド ・ ヒ ー ロ ー ) on September 2, 2011 ( ISBN 978-4-08-703252-9 ) and Home Sweet Home ( 青 の 祓 魔 師 ホ ー イ ・ ・ ス・ ホ ー ム ) on December 4, 2012 ( ISBN 978-4-08-703283-3 ).

From November 2012 to November 2013, 160,000 copies were sold, making it number 28 of the best-selling light novel series of the year.

Web links

Commons : Blue Exorcist  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga (TV). In: Anime News Network . Retrieved January 10, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Top-Selling Light Novels in Japan by Series: 2013. In: Anime News Network. December 1, 2013, accessed April 6, 2014 .