Blue Exorcist

What is Blue Exorcist about?

Blue Exorcist is a TV anime series of 25 episodes animated by A-1 Pictures, adapted from a manga. It aired from April 17, 2011 to October 2, 2011. AniList classifies it as action, fantasy and supernatural.

Synopsis from AniList. The summary above it is written by FreeAnime.xyz from AniList's data.

Themes AniList users associate with it: Demons, Super Power, Shounen, Youkai, Male Protagonist, Twins, Exorcism, Religion, Urban Fantasy, Primarily Teen Cast.

Main characters

Characters AniList lists in a main role, with spoiler-free notes.

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  Rin Okumura 奥村燐

  Main character

  The fifteen-year-old protagonist of the story, Rin is the son of Satan born from a human woman and is the inheritor of Satan's powers. His powers were sealed at birth into the demon-slaying blade Kurikara, or Koumaken, by Mephisto Pheles, allowing him to live a normal human life for about 15 years.

  Japanese voice: Akeno Watanabe

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  Yukio Okumura 奥村雪男

  Main character

  Yukio is Rin Okumura's twin and younger brother and Shiro Fujimoto's adopted son. He is a Middle First Class Exorcist who has started his training to become an Exorcist at seven by his father suggestion and, since then, gained the titles of Dragoon and Doctor at only fourteen, becoming the youngest Exorcist in the…

  Japanese voice: Jun Fukuyama

Supporting characters

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  Ryuuji Suguro 勝呂竜士

  Supporting character

  He is Rin's rival and the prodigy in the class. He was the child of the Cursed Temple which was destroyed by Satan 16 years ago. Bon takes everything seriously and is trying his hardest in order to become an Exorcist powerful enough so he could one day defeat Satan ( a goal he claims Rin stole from him) and rebuild…

  Japanese voice: Kazuya Nakai

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  Shiemi Moriyama 杜山しえみ

  Supporting character

  Slightly allergic to pollen. Shiemi is Rin's classmate and friend. Before she met Rin, Shiemi tended her grandmother's garden while her mother ran an Exorcist only shop inside True Cross Academy.

  Japanese voice: Kana Hanazawa

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  Shirou Fujimoto 藤本獅郎

  Supporting character

  Shirou Fujimoto was Rin and Yukio's guardian and was also considered to be one of the most powerful Exorcists in the world. He was thought to be the only man in the world that was able to sustain possession by Satan himself and thus Satan was constantly after his body.

  Japanese voice: Keiji Fujiwara

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  Mephisto Pheles メフィスト・フェレス

  Supporting character

  Pheles is the Chairman of True Cross Academy and also an Exorcist. After Fujimoto's death Pheles was ordered to kill Rin, however he accepted Rin's proposal in becoming an Exorcist and entered him into True Cross Academy.

  Japanese voice: Hiroshi Kamiya

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  Amaimon アマイモン

  Supporting character

  Also known as the "Earth King." Amaimon is supposedly the second son of Satan and another Demon Prince of Gehenna. Unlike his father and elder brother Mephisto, Amaimon had little interest in Rin after their first encounter. He is a human-like demon.

  Japanese voice: Tetsuya Kakihara

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  Shura Kirigakure 霧隠・シュラ

  Supporting character

  Shura Kirigakure is a Knight and an Upper-First Class Exorcist. Having trained under the guidance of Shirou Fujimoto, she officially works as an inspector for the Vatican, but has infiltrated True Cross Academy, first as a student under the name Yamada, and later as a teacher for the Exwires.

  Japanese voice: Rina Satou

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  Izumo Kamiki 神木出雲

  Supporting character

  Izumo Kamiki is a top student at the Exorcism Cram School of True Cross Academy who comes from a long line of shrine maidens.

  Japanese voice: Eri Kitamura

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  Arthur Auguste Angel アーサー・オーギュスト・エンジェル

  Supporting character

  The newly appointed Paladin. He was ordered by the Grigori to to interrogate Mephisto and captured Rin as evidence. According to Shura he's a saint on the outside and a devil inside. Uses the demon sword Caliburn. Not much is known about Arthur so far, except that he is extremely loyal to the True Cross Order.

  Japanese voice: Daisuke Ono

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  Renzou Shima 志摩廉造

  Supporting character

  Renzou is a very carefree character, yet he has a fear of many things, mainly bugs. He's very loyal to Bon, his childhood friend. They grew up together along with Konekomaru in Kyoto. He is also has a big obsession with women.

  Japanese voice: Kouji Yusa

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  Konekomaru Miwa 三輪子猫丸

  Supporting character

  Konekomaru Miwa hails from Kyoto along with Ryuji Suguro and Renzo Shima and is an Exwire of the True Cross Order, a student of the Exorcist Cram School, and the surviving head of the Miwa family.

  Japanese voice: Yuuki Kaji

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  Igor Neuhaus イゴール・ネイガウス

  Supporting character

  An Upper First Class Exorcist as well as lecturer in the Academy, who obtained the titles of Tamer, Doctor and Aria. He wears an eyepatch over his left eye, while he has Aria incantations tattooed on both arms.

  Japanese voice: Ryoutarou Okiayu

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  Reiji Shiratori 白鳥零二

  Supporting character

  He's a boy of Rin's age who's about to go to True Cross Academy, but since he's a bit of a delinquent in his free time he finds that he must pay Rin to keep his mouth shut about it since Rin saw him when he was about to kill some birds with a crossbow.

  Japanese voice: Kentarou Itou