Completed Anime
Blue Exorcist

“Satan's son Rin trains as an exorcist to fight demons and protect Assiah from his father's conquest.”

Blue Exorcist

7.47
2,217 rank · 2,045,051 viewers · 17,267 favorites
Action Supernatural Mythology School Shounen
25 episodes · 24 min per ep min · Spring 2011 · A-1 Pictures · PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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Synopsis

Satan's son Rin trains as an exorcist to fight demons and protect Assiah from his father's conquest.

Humans and demons are two sides of the same coin, as are Assiah and Gehenna, their respective worlds. The only way to travel between the realms is by the means of possession, like in ghost stories. However, Satan, the ruler of Gehenna, cannot find a suitable host to possess and therefore, remains imprisoned in his world. In a desperate attempt to conquer Assiah, he sends his son instead, intending for him to eventually grow into a vessel capable of possession by the demon king. Ao no Exorcist follows Rin Okumura who appears to be an ordinary, somewhat troublesome teenager—that is until one day he is ambushed by demons. His world turns upside down when he discovers that he is in fact the very son of Satan and that his demon father wishes for him to return so they can conquer Assiah together. Not wanting to join the king of Gehenna, Rin decides to begin training to become an exorcist so that he can fight to defend Assiah alongside his brother Yukio.

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7.2 /10

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89% recommend
Score distribution
median 7 mode 8 σ 1.76
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σ 1.76 · some divergence

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The polarity gap

4.6 pts

Recommenders 8.2 · others 3.6

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Running avg · Apr 2011 → Sep 2025

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A Tv Production · Spring 2011

A-1 Pictures.
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Aniplex · Dentsu

  • Format 25 × 24′ eps × min
  • Total runtime 10h 00m all episodes
  • Aired Apr 2011 – Oct 2011 Spring 2011
  • Source Tv media type
  • Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
  • Ref. BS-5955 catalog

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