Ao no Exorcist

Blue Exorcist

青の祓魔師

17/04/2011 7.5 0 PG-13

Synopsis

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 through possession, like in ghost stories. However, Satan, the ruler of Gehenna, cannot find a suitable host and remains imprisoned in his world. Desperate to conquer Assiah, he sends his son instead, intending for him to grow into a vessel capable of possession by the demon king. Ao no Exorcist follows Rin Okumura, who appears to be an ordinary teenager—until he is ambushed by demons. His world turns upside down when he discovers that he is the son of Satan and that his demon father wishes for him to return to Gehenna to conquer Assiah together. Determined not to join the king of Gehenna, Rin decides to train as an exorcist to fight alongside his brother Yukio and defend Assiah.

Background

Ao no Exorcist was licensed by Aniplex and simulcasted in North America. Due to the ongoing nature of the source material, the anime adaptation of Ao no Exorcist diverges from it at key points, leading to an anime-exclusive ending.