The action anime series, Blue Exorcist, which is based on Kazue Kato’s manga, follows young Rin Okumura and his identical twin brother Yukio, who were both raised by their adopted exorcist father. Blue Exorcist Season 3 is in the talks now. It becomes out that the twins are the real children of Satan. Now that Rin is armed with his demon-slaying sword, he must fight demon forces trying to bring Rin’s evil father back to life.
The very first season of anime premiered in 2011. The series then evolved into a movie and a second season is known as the Kyoto Saga. The anime series is currently available on Netflix in both seasons. Viewers have pondered if Rin will continue her demon-slaying activities in a potential third season because Blue Exorcist is such a cult favorite.
Readers have praised the series, and the debut of the anime has helped to increase sales. Despite being compared to other shonen manga, the series was nevertheless highly commended in publications for manga and anime. So, what’s up? Here’s all we know about Blue Exorcist Season 2.
Blue Exorcist Season 3 Release Date
On November 27, 2010, the manga’s anime adaptation was announced on Shueisha’s Jump Square website. A-1 Pictures, with Hitoshi Okamura serving as producer, created the anime. Originally slated to replace Star Driver: Kagayaki no Takuto on MBS on April 10, 2011, the series’ transmission was postponed to April 17 due to March 11, 2011, Thoku earthquake and tsunami. On October 2, 2011, the anime came to an end.
There was a sizable pause between Blue Exorcist’s first and second seasons. The second season of “Kyoto Saga” debuted in 2017 after the first season’s fans had to wait five years for it to air. Due to the enormous time gap between the first two seasons, there is a glimmer of hope for a third. Due in 2022 or perhaps 2023, the upcoming Blue Exorcist anime chapter doesn’t seem out of character with the rest of the series.
The sales of the manga are another aspect that might influence the third season. According to Crunchyroll, the manga has sold over 15 million copies by the year 2016. Additionally, the Blue Exorcist anime series significantly boosted manga and paperback sales when it first aired, as this Anime News Network article notes.
The manga, which is now airing, may experience a similar uptick in sales with the start of a new season. Speaking of manga, there are plenty of tales for the anime program to use in the forthcoming season. The program has already included key aspects of the first volume’s manga narrative. Season 3 will thus probably start with manga volumes 10 and 11.
Blue Exorcist Season 3 Characters
Although this is not canon, it is altered in the anime so that he possesses Satanic abilities. In VOMIC, he is voiced by Ryuichi Kijima, while in Japanese, he is portrayed by Jun Fukuyama and in English by Johnny Yong Bosch. Kimito Totani played him in the musical version of The Blue Exorcist.
Blue Exorcist Season 3 Plot
The protagonist of the novel is Rin Okumura, who was raised by exorcist Father Shiro Fujimoto together with his younger twin Yukio Okumura. One day, Rin discovers that he and Yukio are the children of the devil. When Rin sees Shiro sacrifice himself to save him, he pulls the Kurikara, which controls his demonic abilities. From that point on, Rin develops demonic characteristics like fangs and a tail as well as the ability to burst into blue flames that can obliterate nearly anything they touch.
To grow stronger and vanquish Satan, Rin aspires to become an Exorcist like his guardian. He enrolls at the esteemed True Cross Academy, a prominent exorcist boot camp that is the Japanese chapter of the True Cross Order, a global group devoted to defending Assiah from the Gehenna.
Rin is shocked to learn that Yukio is one of his professors and an experienced Exorcist. With his brother and other classmates who rapidly become his close friends, Rin sets out on his mission to become an exorcist.
Blue Exorcist season 3 isn’t out yet but season 2 can be watched on Hulu, Crunchyroll, Netflix, and Funimation.
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