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Toonami to Air Blue Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati Saga Anime
posted on by Alex Mateo

The schedule for August 23 is (all times EDT):
12:00 a.m. – Dragon Ball Daima
12:30 a.m. – DAN DA DAN
1:00 a.m. – Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War
1:30 a.m. – Blue Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati Saga
2:00 a.m. – One Piece
2:30 a.m. – Lazarus (subtitled)
3:00 a.m. – Naruto
The Blue Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati Saga anime premiered in Japan on January 2024. Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired in Japan, and also streamed an English dub.
Blue Exorcist: Beyond the Snow Saga (Ao no Exorcist: Yuki no Hate-hen), the sequel to Blue Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati Saga, began airing in October 2024. Blue Exorcist: The Blue Night Saga is the second cours (quarter of a year), and it premiered on January 4. Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired.
Katō launched the Blue Exorcist manga in Jump SQ. in 2009. The manga went on hiatus in July 2021, and resumed in May 2022. The manga has more than 25 million copies in circulation.
Viz Media is releasing the manga in English, and it describes the story:
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!
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 Blue Exorcist movie then premiered in Japan in December 2012. The Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga television anime premiered in 2017 and aired for 12 episodes.