Blue Exorcist

Blue Exorcist
The cover of 'Blue Exorcist' volume 1 as published by Shueisha, with a picture of main character Rin Okumura
青の祓魔師 (Ao no Ekusoshisuto)
Genre	Action, Supernatural, Comedy
Manga
Written by	Kazue Kato
Published by	Shueisha
English publisher	NA Viz Media
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Jump Square
English magazine	NA Weekly Shonen Jump
Original run	April 4, 2009 – present
Volumes	18 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by	Tensai Okamura
Produced by	Hiro Maruyama
Written by	Ryōta Yamaguchi
Music by	Hiroyuki Sawano
Studio	A-1 Pictures
Licensed by	AUS Madman Entertainment NA Aniplex of America UK Manga Entertainment
Original network	JNN (MBS)
English network	NA Neon Alley US Adult Swim (Toonami)
Original run	April 17, 2011 – October 2, 2011
Episodes	25 + OVA (List of episodes)
Anime film
Blue Exorcist: The Movie
Directed by	Atsushi Takahashi
Written by	Reiko Yoshida
Music by	Hiroyuki Sawano
Studio	A-1 Pictures
Licensed by	NA Aniplex of America UK Manga Entertainment
Released	December 28, 2012
Runtime	90 minutes
Manga
Salaryman Exorcist: The Sorrows of Yukio Okumura
Written by	Kazue Kato
Illustrated by	Minoru Sasaki
Published by	Shueisha
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Jump SQ.19 (until February 2015) Jump SQ (since April 2015)
Original run	October 2013 – present
Volumes	2
Anime television series
Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga
Directed by	Koichi Hatsumi
Written by	Toshiya Ono
Music by	Hiroyuki Sawano Kohta Yamamoto
Studio	A-1 Pictures
Licensed by	NA Aniplex of America
Original network	MBS, TBS, CBC, BS-TBS
Original run	January 7, 2017 – present
Episodes	6 (List of episodes)

Blue Exorcist (Japanese: 青の祓魔師（エクソシスト）, Hepburn: Ao no Ekusoshisuto^?) is a Japanese supernatural action manga series written and illustrated by Kazue Katō. The manga has been serialized in Jump SQ magazine by Shueisha since April 2009, with individual chapters collected into seventeen tankōbon volumes as of July 4, 2016. The story revolves around Rin Okumura, a teenager who discovers he and his twin brother Yukio are the sons of Satan born from a human woman, and he is the inheritor of Satan's powers. When Satan kills their guardian, Rin enrolls at True Cross Academy to become an exorcist under Yukio's tutelage in order to defeat his father.

The series was adapted into an anime television series by A-1 Pictures during 2011 and into an anime film (Ao no Exorcist Gekijouban) in December 2012.Viz Media has licensed the manga for North American production, with the first volume released in April 5, 2011. Aniplex of America also released the anime's DVDs in English regions. A second season, titled Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga, premiered on January 7, 2017.

The series has been well received by readers with sales having received a boost thanks to the anime's release. Publications for manga and anime compared the series with other shonen manga but still praised the series' story and artwork.