Summary
- The Blue Night Saga will premiere in January 2025 on Crunchyroll, continuing Rin Okumura’s tale.
- Studio VOLN will maintain the series’ quality, exploring characters’ backstories and relationships.
- Voice actors Nobuhiko Okamoto and Jun Fukuyama return, promising a mix of action and character development.
Exciting news for Blue Exorcist fans as January is shaping up to be an amazing time for anime fans as a whole. Blue Exorcist: The Blue Night Saga will continue the series to premiere in January 2025. This new installment, produced by Studio VOLN, which took over production from A-1 Pictures as animation producer, with Daisuke Yoshida replacing Koichi Hatsumi as series director—the group behind previous arcs and the series—will be available globally on Crunchyroll for all the fans of the series looking forward to seeing Rin Okumura’s tale unfold.
The studio, whose name is Studio VOLN and which is famous for both dynamic animation and faithful adaptation, revealed via production handled by Studio VOLN that The Blue Night Saga along with its previous cour will be streamed to Crunchyroll to let anyone around the world watch this content. As the story progresses, audiences will find out the details of the relationship between humans and demons and the backstories of primary characters that have become the hallmark qualities of the Blue Exorcist series’ standard of quality.
Blue Exorcist: How Much Has Rin Changed Since Season 1?
Starting as an impulsive rebel, Rin’s journey through Blue Exorcist has matured him into a more controlled and reliable protector.
The Series That Just Keeps On Giving
Knowing The Characters In More Depth
The Blue Night Saga of the Blue Exorcist series discusses what Blue Night really is and how it has been a crossroads in the Blue Exorcist series. The aim of this story arc is to explain in detail what happened that night and, if at all, what those consequences might be, while the fans expect all these plot points to be explained and what all these mythological turns this series is prone to taking. As mentioned vaguely in the series and all we know on the surface, the Blue Night seemed as if Satan was possessing humans in Assiah indiscriminately in search of a human vessel.
Inside the Blue Night arc, the series will show, for the first time, some of the past and motivations that were hidden in some key characters, enriching in a greater degree the entire storyline. Viewers can look forward to thoughtful character development and intricate relationships also appearing, which give the very strong story of Blue Exorcist that much more depth.
Little fool, demons exist, all right. They’re inside our hearts.
The Blue Night Saga continues with its amazing and popular cast of voice actors for the series. Nobuhiko Okamoto returns to play the character of Rin Okumura, coming full circle with the same intensity and charm as beloved by fans. Jun Fukuyama returns as Yukio Okumura, the torn little brother of the demonic main protagonist, Rin Okumura. While Bryce Papenbrook is voicing the English dub version of Rin, joined by him is Johnny Yong Bosch voicing Yukio. Fans can expect the same level of professionalism and charm from both versions of the show.
Recap of Beyond the Snow Saga
Blue Exorcist: Beyond the Snow Saga follows brothers Rin and Yukio Okumura as they are sent out to find their missing mentor, Shura Kirigakure. In doing so, they learn of Shura’s troubled past and how her family is related to an ancient snake deity by the name of Hachiro. As they try to learn more about Shura’s history, this journey actually brings the brothers closer as they face personal demons and come to terms with their ancestral demonic lineage.
Your past shouldn’t stop you from achieving your goals and dreams.
Back at True Cross Academy, the brothers and their classmates get ready for the school festival, only for things to go awry as Lucifer, the Illuminati leader, suddenly appears, threatening the exorcists once more. These developments further escalate the conflict between the exorcists and demonic forces, setting up what will be the Blue Night Saga.
What The New Arc Intends To Target
And Why Fans Should Be Excited
The Blue Night Saga promises to be a good mix of some really intense action sequences, some character arcs, and revelations that completely change everything. The arc does promise not to go overboard with the balance between the supernatural elements and human drama that Blue Exorcist has a well-earned knack for. Studio VOLN will surely render quality animation and storytelling, as they have proven to breathe life into such a complex world of manga as this. This and more than this is the reward for such a sometimes frighteningly fastidious adherence to keeping the aesthetic and narrative integrity of the series intact, as well as, at the same time, promising to be a rewarding reading for long-term followers and newcomers to the series.
The English dub of Blue Exorcist: Beyond the Snow Saga also launched on Crunchyroll in November 2024, further opening the series to more viewers. Also, merchandise concerning The Blue Night Saga is scheduled for release with the anime, including figures, apparel, and other collectibles that serve as tangible connections to the series for fans. With the premiere date nearing, audiences are encouraged to review the previous arcs for better depth and continuity of the storyline. The upcoming The Blue Night Saga promises to be a really thrilling addition to the Blue Exorcist franchise, offering new adventures and deeper insights into the characters and world that fans have come to love.
Blue Exorcist
- Release Date
- April 17, 2011
- Studio
- A-1 Pictures, Studio VOLN
- MyAnimeList Score
- 7.49 (Season 1)