Winter Anime "Blue Exorcist: Shimane Keimei Yuusha Arc" to begin airing on January 6, 2024! Latest PV with ED theme by Shi Kon also released!

The broadcast start date of the winter anime "Blue Exorcist: Shimane Keimei Yusha Hen" has been set for January 6, 2024. In addition, the latest PV was released and it was announced that Shi Kon will be in charge of the ED theme.

Blue Exorcist" is a comic by Kazue Kato that has sold more than 25 million copies in total, and has been adapted three times: the TV anime "Blue Exorcist" broadcast in 2011, "Blue Exorcist the Movie" released in 2012, and the TV anime "Blue Exorcist Kyoto Fujoou-hen" broadcast in 2017. The popular work has been adapted into an anime three times.

⇒ The OP theme of the winter anime "Blue Exorcist Shimane Keimei Yuusha-hen" is "Ao Eku" tag team for the 4th time, UVERworld!

⇒Click here for the list of 2024 winter anime.

It has been decided that this work will be broadcast on TOKYO MX and other stations from January 6, 2024, every Saturday at 24:30 AM. The latest PV has been released, and it was announced that Shi Kon will be in charge of the ED theme.

The latest PV has been released!

The latest PV, which includes a part of the soundtrack of the ED theme "Gakkyu Nisshi" by Shi Kon, has been released.

Comments from Shi Kon, who is in charge of the ED theme, have arrived!

The ED theme is "Gakkyu Hijirushi" by Mulasaki Ima, who is rapidly gaining recognition mainly among the younger generation!
The comment from Shi Ima has also been released, so be sure to check it out as well.

ED theme: Shi Ima's "Gakkyu Nisshi" (Class Journal)

Hi, nice to meet you. My name is Shi Kon, and I will be singing the ending theme for "Blue Exorcist.
I'm really honored to be in charge of the theme song for "Blue Exorcist. This is the first time for me to sing a theme song for an anime.
I wrote this song in order to make it sound different at the beginning and the end of the epic story.
I hope you will enjoy it along with the anime!

*Comments are in Japanese only.

The advance screening will be held!

It has been decided that an advance screening of the TV anime "Blue Exorcist: Shimane Keimei Yusha Hen" will be held with the cast of the anime on stage.
Ticket information and other details will be released on the official website and SNS at a later date.

＜Advance Screening Information
Date: Thursday, December 28, 2023 from 19:20
Venue: Certain place in Tokyo
Cast: Nobuhiko Okamoto (Okumura Rin), Jun Fukuyama (Yukio Okumura), Ayaho Takagaki (Kuro)
Contents: TV anime "Blue Exorcist: Shimane keimei kyusha-hen" episodes 1-3 screening and talk event by the cast

Production Information
TV anime " Blue Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati Arc" (Shimane Illuminati Hen)

＜Broadcast Information
Broadcasting is scheduled to begin on Saturdays from 24:30 on TOKYO MX and other stations from January 6, 2024.
TOKYO MX: January 6 (Sat.) 24:30-25:00
BS11: January 6 (Sat.) 24:30-25:00
Gunma TV: January 6 (Sat) 24:30-25:00
Tochigi TV: January 6 (Sat.) 24:30-25:00
Mainichi Broadcasting System: January 6 (Sat.) 27:08 - 27:38
Tokai TV: January 6 (Sat.) 26:15 - 26:45
Hokkaido Bunka Broadcasting: January 9 (Tue) 25:35-26:05
RKB Mainichi Broadcasting System: January 9 (Tue.) 25:58-26:28

<Distribution information
To be distributed through various distribution platforms in order.

<Staff> Original story by
Original story: Kazue Kato (serialized in Shueisha's "JUMP SQ.")
Director : Daisuke Yoshida
Series composition : Toshiya Ohno
Character Design/ Chief Animation Director：Yurie Daito
Music: KOHTA YAMAMOTO / Hiroyuki Sawano
Opening Theme: "Eye's Sentry" by UVERworld
Ending Theme: Shi Ima "Gakkyu Nisshi" (Class Journal)
Production: STUDIO VOLUN

<Cast
Okumura Rin: Okamoto Nobuhiko
Okumura Yukio: Fukuyama Jun
Shiemi Matsuyama: Kana Hanazawa
Katsuro Ryushi: Nakai Kazuya
Renzo Shima: Koji Yusa
Miwa Konekomaru: Kaji Yuki
Izumo Kamiki: Eri Kitamura
Kuro: Ayaka Takagaki
Shura Kirigakure: Rina Sato
Mephistopheles: Hiroshi Kamiya

＜Introduction
The material world (Asher), where humans live, and the world of emptiness (Gehenna), where demons live.
Originally, these two dimensions could not even interfere with each other, but demons possessed all kinds of matter and interfered in the material world.
However, among humans, there are "exorcists" who exorcise such demons.

Kazue Kato's popular comic "Blue Exorcist" began serialization in Shueisha's "JUMP SQ." in 2009 and has sold over 25 million copies in total.
The "Blue Exorcist" anime project began in 2011 with the TV series "Blue Exorcist.
The original story was interwoven with original anime elements, and in 2012, "Blue Exorcist the Movie," a follow-up to the TV series, was released.
In 2017, the second TV series, "Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Impuro-ou-hen," was broadcast. It is an anime adaptation of the "Kyoto Impuro-ou Arc," which is the fifth to ninth volume of the original story.

In 2024, a new TV series, "Blue Exorcist Shimane Keimei Yuusha-hen" will be broadcast.
The new TV series, "Blue Exorcist: Shimane Keimei Yuusha Arc," will be broadcast in 2024, following on from the "Kyoto Fujoou Arc.
The appearance of the mysterious organization "Illuminati" will reveal the fierce truth, strong bonds, and betrayal.
The turbulent new chapter finally begins.

＜WEB
Official website: #
Official X (former Twitter): #

(c)Kazue Kato/Shueisha, "Blue Exorcist" Production Committee