“Satan's son Rin trains as an exorcist to fight demons and protect Assiah from his father's conquest.”
Blue Exorcist
青の祓魔師
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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.
What people say
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Derived from 270 sampled reviews
What 270 viewers settled on.
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σ 1.76 · some divergence
4.6 pts
Recommenders 8.2 · others 3.6
↓ 1.76
Running avg · Apr 2011 → Sep 2025
- 8 “I loved this show, and I was very disappointed to only have seen 25 episodes when it ended. It is fairly fast-tracked and it left me wanting more episodes, but I was very pleased otherwise.”
- 7 “The anime is good, enrendo is very flashy and very well done, suffers a bit with rhythm problem but can hold. Another good piece of cake slice is his art that is very beautiful and its characters...”
- 8 “Cool anime. I liked how the protagonist is an exorcist with the power of Satan making him stronger than most of the other exorcists. It was enjoyable watching him go through the exorcist school and...”
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- 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
Produced by
- Aniplex Producer
- Dentsu Producer
- Mainichi Broadcasting System Producer
- Movic Producer
- Shueisha Producer
Licensed by
- Aniplex of America Licensor