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M&C! Licenses Blue Exorcist Manga in Indonesia
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Indonesian publisher M&C announced on its Facebook page on Thursday that it has acquired Kazue Katō's Blue Exorcist (Ao no Exorcist) manga, and it will publish the first volume on September 2. The first volume will cost 20,000 rupiah.
The manga centers around Rin Okumura, a boy raised by a famous exorcist named Father Fujimoto. After an argument between the two, Rin discovers he is the son of Satan. Rin decides to fight his fate by joining the True Cross Academy to become an exorcist and defeat demons. However, when he draws his father's sword, it releases a dark power within him.
Katō launched the manga in Shueisha's Jump Square magazine in April 2009. Shueisha published the manga's 15th compiled book volume on June 4. The manga was adapted into a 25-episode TV anime series, which premiered in Japan in 2011. The manga also received an anime film adaptation in 2012.
[Via Kaori Nusantara]
