UVERworld performs the ‘Eye’s Sentry’ theme for the anime that premiered in January
Aniplex debuted a new promotional video for Blue Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati Saga, the new anime based on Kazue Katō’s Blue Exorcist manga, on Sunday. Video announcing and introducing the opening theme song “Eye’s Sentry” by rock band UVERworld. This is the band’s fourth collaboration with an anime franchise.
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The anime is based on volumes 10-15 of Katō’s original manga and features a returning cast. The film will be released in January 2024
Daisuke Yoshida is directing the anime at Studio VOLN and Toshiya Ono is overseeing the series’ script. Yurie Oohigashi is the character designer and animation director, Kohta Yamamoto and Hiroyuki Sawano are composing the music.
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Katō launched the Blue Exorcist manga in Jump SQ. in 2009. The manga went on hiatus in July 2021 and resumed in May 2022. The manga has over 25 million copies in circulation.
Viz Media is releasing the manga in English and describes the story:
Raised by Father Fujimoto, a famous exorcist, Rin Okumura never knew her biological father. One day, a fateful argument with Father Fujimoto forces Rin to face a terrible truth—the blood of the demon king Satan flows through Rin’s veins! Rin vows to defeat Satan, but doing so means entering the mysterious True Cross Academy and becoming an exorcist herself. Can Rin fight demons and keep her hellish blood a secret? It won’t be easy, especially since drawing his father’s sword will unleash the demonic power within him!
The manga inspired a 25-episode anime television series in 2011, and the Blue Exorcist: Kuro Runs Away From Home OAV also premiered in 2011. The Blue Exorcist film then premiered in Japan in December 2012. The Blue TV anime Exorcist: Kyoto Saga premiered in 2017 and aired 12 episodes.
The franchise also includes several novels and a series of stage plays.
Source: Natalie Comics