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Jump SQ magazine will give more details this week but it is confirmed!

 'The November issue of Jump Square Magazine that goes on sale in Japan next week will formally announce the development of an Ao no Exorcist (Blue Exorcist) motion picture. The TV series has been simulcasting online, and Aniplex USA will begin distributing the TV series on American DVD next month.'

 If it's in the works already, it could be out by next year! :)

The series by Kazue Kato has exploded with popularity and success!

The 7th manga volume of this acclaimed series has sold over 432,000 copies last month, and it ranked #1 in Oricon charts.

As for the novel, titled Blue Exorcist: Weekend Hero, sold 62,000 copies in its first week. The new development was illustrated by Kazue Kato and Aya Yajima.

 Shueisha ran a first print run of one million copies for Blue Exorcist's seventh manga volume, and it was the first manga from Jump Square magazine to reach that milestone.

 Since the television anime version premiered this past April, the print runs for this manga's first printings have grown more than seven times larger. Shortly after the anime was announced, the fifth manga volume shipped with a first printing of 140,000 copies last December.

Just before the anime premiered on April 17, the sixth manga volume shipped with a 260,000-copy first printing. Due to bookstores reporting that they were selling out of earlier volumes, Shueisha decided to dramatically increase the print run for the seventh volume. Viz Media publishes the manga in North America, and Aniplex is streaming the anime.

 Source: ANN, Oricon.

Which is your favorite Blue Exorcist (Ao no Exorcist) character?

Rin Okumura 208 (69%)

Yukio Okumura 52 (17%)

Shiemi 29 (9%)

Kamiki 15 (5%)

Bon 29 (9%)

Shima 32 (10%)

Father Fujimoto 31 (10%)

Mephisto 39 (13%)

Kuro the Black Cat 57 (19%)

Satan himself 6 (2%)

Konekomaru 6 (2%)

Amaimon 65 (21%)

Other (a character in the manga that I won't spoil) 18 (6%) <----- It was Shura.

Total votes: 299

This artwork was the winner of the Blue Exorcist contest held at the Ao-No-Exorcist group at Deviantart.

It was done by user ToshaSquare from Russia, who resulted the winner :-)

It was done with watercolor pencils and I'll submit more information right away!!

I just love the use of contrasts and the characterization.



This is her Deviantart account, which features many great artworks!

ToshaSquare on Deviantart

CdJapan has just made them available in their various regular/limited DVD/BD versions  for preorder!


**Blue Exorcist (Ao no Exorcist) 1 [w/CD, Limited Edition]**



**Blue Exorcist (Ao no Exorcist) 1 [w/CD, Limited Release] [Blu-ray]**



**Blue Exorcist (Ao no Exorcist) 1 [Regular Edition]**



**Blue Exorcist (Ao no Exorcist) 2 [Blu-ray]**



**Blue Exorcist (Ao no Exorcist) 2**

With plenty of great extras! This series is going big!

The official website for the Blue Exorcist television anime announced on Monday that the anime's first two Blu-ray and DVD volumes will include "Ura-Eku" ("B-side Exorcist") anime bonus extras in Japan. Aniplex will ship the first two volumes on June 22 and July 27.

Besides the "Ura-Eku" anime, the limited editions for the first two volumes will also each include a case illustrated by Keigo Sasaki (the anime's character designer), two special tarot cards, an illustrated postcard, a mail-away form for an upcoming event, and an original web preview. The limited edition for the first two-episode volume will also add a five-volume box illustrated by Kazue Katō (the creator of the original manga series), an original drama CD, and the credit-less opening and ending sequences. The limited edition for the second three-episode volume will add a color booklet and a collection of television commercials and promotional videos.

The Blue Exorcist anime adapts Katō's original supernatural manga and will premiere on April 17, after being delayed one week.

Source: ANN, Saishin Anime Joho

Set to premiere on April 17th, simulcast by Crunchyroll!

The anticipated series based on the manga by Kazue Kato will premiere on April 17, the episodes available on Crunchyroll's site.

Ao no Exorcist will premiere along with other series such as:

Deadman Wonderland, Hanasaku Iroha, Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi, Lotte no Omocha, Nichijou, Oretachi ni Tsubasa wa Nai, Sekaiichi Hatsukoi, Sket Dance.

Because the situation in Japan, the premiere date for this anime will be April 17th, as a 6th promotional trailer is available on the series' website. (when you get to the site, click on the link that says'番宣CM第6弾')

We get to see more Yukio and Shiemi footage!


As an interesting fact, Tensai Okamura (Darker than BLACK, Wolf's Rain, Kikaider) is directing off scripts supervised by Ryota Yamaguchi (Cutey Honey Flash, Digimon: Data Squad, Sailor Moon Sailor Stars). So we're expecting great quality and emotion here!

On the very same official website of this series, there's a fifth promo available with more scenes and characters!



The premiere date is April 10!!!!

To celebrate the fact that the anime premieres on April (tentatively April 3rd since it's going to air on Sundays), we, at our group #Ao-no-Exorcist on DeviantArt are organizing a contest in which the winners get some nice prices!

Here's the info from our Ao No Exorcist page:

NEW CONTEST!

Contest Title: Risin' up, the Anime!

Theme: The AnE Anime! Artworks based on the trailers are good shot.
Start: March 1st*
End: June 1st*
*Dates may change if needed be.
Rules:

During te contest there will be a file named "Contest",that's where you must submit your art.
Before or after you submit your art you must comment on the blog post with something like: "I submited <link> for the contest." Just to let me know, so I can put your name and the link on the post. ALL SORTS OF ARTWORKS WILL BE ACCEPTED. Drawings, written works, whatever.
 The theme is the AnE anime, I highly recoment you all to watch the trailers again and base yourself on this.
It would be apreciated if you'd put on the Artist Comment part something like "This deviation is for the contest on the Ao no Exorcist group." with our link or banner, something like that.
It has to be Ao no Exorcist related.
It has to be an original piece, no stealing.
It has to be something made for this contest, not something you had already submited on the group.

 PRIZES!

 FIRST PLACE.
- Their Artwork on our Featured spot!
- Their Artwork featured on  Nakamura's blog, [link] !
- Get to choose 3 of the prize donators to make yourself a prize!

 SECOND PLACE.
- Their Artwork on our Featured spot!
- Get a prize from one of the prize donators to make yourself a prize!

 THIRD PLACE.
- Their Artwork on our Featured spot!
- Get a prize from one of the prize donators to make yourself a prize!

 FOURTH PLACE.
- Their Artwork on our Featured spot!


 PRIZE DONATORS!
- Just to remember you, those guys can also take part in the contest, just can't get a prize from themselves!

 dragonlurker
 mayamei
 Danyeda
 L3gitimat3
 jkingbudha


What are you waiting for? Do your best!

Feel free also to join our group anytime and always check out the latest updates on both the anime and manga of this great series by Kazue Kato!!!

This would be the third trailer from the upcoming series, as it shows more details on the dialogues and more insight on Rin.

The quality of the animation is top-notch! This series will be a hit!

The trailer is available here, at the official website of the series.

An alternate, abridged version is on youtube:

This was just released yesterday on the official site of this new series that will premiere on TBS on April 2011.

This one below is the longer version:



Rin looks hot!

The first thing I knew when I got back my internet connection was the news that there's already a preview trailer for Ao no Exorcist's anime, available on the official site!

The series is set to premiere on April of 2011, almost the same time the manga will get licensed by Viz Media for distribution in the U.S.



Somehow I wish it was Bleach-level of epic, but let's see.

A new interactive site of the upcoming anime has been launched and it can be accessed here

The site features a countdown clock to the premiere and a little teasing game in which you have to kill the 'particle demons' possesing your screen!

It's definitely is a good time to be a fan of this manga! I thought it would take longer to become an anime!

This series by Kazue Kato, also known as Ao no Exorcist for manga readers, will have an anime adaptation for next year, while the manga will be licensed by Viz Media to come out in April for North America.

This was announced by the official site of Shueisha's Jump Square Magazine, which just uploaded the January cover of the magazine with this great news.

As we know, this is the story of Rin Okumura, a boy raised by a famous exorcist named Father Fujimoto. After an argument between the two, Rin discovers he is the son of Satan.

OMG!!!!! I'm excited!!!! I knew that this would happen sooner or later with the success that this series is having!!!!!


*hyperventilates then passes away*

According to U.S publisher Simon & Schuster, the first volume of author Kazue Kato's Ao no Exorcist (also known as Blue Exorcist) will be released by Viz Media on April of next year. This is great news since it will mean that this manga will have more diffusion across international audiences, and it clearly deserves it!


Ao no Exorcist started being serialized by Shueisha's Jump Square magazine in April of 2009. It is the story of Rin Okumura, a boy who discovers he is the son of Satan.

XD

This is an interesting but little known manga that I'm sure it won't take long to eventually take the big step into anime.

Also known as Blue Exorcist, its author is Kazue Kato and it began to be published by Shueisha in April 2009.

With the visual style of D-Grayman, its premise is simple but it hits you on the face on the first pages: Rin is the typical boy who lives fighting in the streets, is an orphan and lives in a monastery.  

His protector, father Fujimoto, constantly fights with him so he can finally get a job, because when he reaches 16, he can't stay at the shelter anymore.
His twin brother, Yukio, is more reserved, shy and a pacifist. Yukio is accepted into the True Cross Academy for his medicine studies.
 
In a fight with an enemy of his neighborhood, Rin discovers he can see demons and also has supernatural powers to combat them.
 
When father Fujimoto comes to exorcise the demon that was hounding Rin, he reveals the thing he least imagined in his short and difficult life: he is the son of Satan with a human woman.
 
This manga definitely has the potential to be the next Bleach in terms of a supernatural theme. The Saint Seiya style fights are there, the drama of being half-human half-demon is there, too. The tone is also very similar to Death Note, in the Gothic look of the panels and the characters.
 
You can get this manga on scanlation sites, it's currently 15 chapters and 3 volumes long but well worth it!
 
Here's a preview:

Este es un interesante pero poco conocido manga que seguro no tardará mucho para que eventualmente salga su versión anime.Es también conocido como Blue Exorcist, y su autor es Kazue Kato.

Empezó a ser publicado por la editorial Shueisha desde abril de 2009.

Con el estilo visual de D-Grayman, su premisa es simple pero te golpea desde las primeras páginas: Rin es el típico chico que vive peleando en la calle, es huérfano y vive en un monasterio que le ha servido como albergue. Su cuidador, el padre Fujimoto, le pelea constantemente para que consiga trabajo, ya que cuando llegue a los 16, no podrá permanecer más en el hogar.
 
Su hermano gemelo, Yukio, es de una personalidad más reservada, tímida y pacífica. Yukio es aceptado en la True Cross Academy  para sus estudios de Medicina.

En un altercado con un enemigo de su vecindario, Rin descubre que puede ver seres infernales y que además  tiene poderes sobrenaturales para combatirlos.

Cuando llega el padre Fujimoto para exorcizar al demonio que estaba acosando a Rin, le revela lo que menos imaginaba en su corta y difícil vida: que es el hijo de Satanás con una mujer humana.

Este manga sin duda tiene el potencial de ser un próximo Bleach en el tema de lo sobrenatural. Las peleas a lo Saint Seiya estan ahi, el drama de ser mitad demonio-mitad humano está ahí también. El tono también es muy parecido a Death Note, en la apariencia gótica de los paneles y de los personajes.

El manga puede conseguirse en páginas de scanlations, apenas van 15 capitulos y 3 volumenes pero vale la pena!

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