The official Blue Exorcist anime stage event at Jump Festa 2025 today revealed a main trailer introducing a new opening and ending theme songs for the upcoming new arc, -The Blue Night Saga- , which is set to premiere in Japan on January 4, 2025. Crunchyroll will also stream teh new arc as part of the winter 2025 anime simulcast lineup.The trailer also introduces four new characters and cast members: Yuri Egin voiced by Megumi Hayashibara, Shiro Fujimoto in his childhood voiced by Daisuke Namikawa, Rick Lincoln voiced by Miyu Irino, and Jenny Kal by Ryo Hirohashi.
Blue Exorcist -The Blue Night Saga- Trailer
The new opening “Tsukaku” (“Sense of Pain”) is performed by Japanese rock band amazarashi, known for theme songs featured in My Hero Academia (2017), 86 EIGHTY-SIX (2021) and NieR:Automata Ver1.1a (2023). The song will be available digitally on the anime’s premiere day in Japan, and the CD release will follow on February 5.Message from amazarashi:
We are amazarashi, and we sang the opening theme song for “Blue Exorcist.” The song “Tukaku” is about a person who comes into contact with the light through encounters with others and eventually finds hope in spite of their suffering. We created this song while thinking about Rin’s struggles so far and the wish entrusted by Shiro. We hope that this song will add color to this series, which is finally approaching the heart of the “Blue Night”. Thank you very much.
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The ending theme song “Overlap” is performed by Shiyui, who previously provided theme songs for Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury (2022) and DEMON LORD 2099 (2024). The music is provided by Yukino Ito, whose original music has been adopted for the smartphone game app “Project Sekai Colorful Stage! feat. Hatsune Miku.” The song will also be available on January 5 at midnight to coincide with the anime’s TV premiere.Message from Shiyui:
Hello, I’m Shiyui. I singing the ending theme for “Blue Exorcist -The Blue Night Saga-.” I am honored that my blue voice will accompany the “Blue Night” that was meant to begin. Both the ideal image I impose on myself and the muddled and reversed feelings I have for that person. When you allow yourself to embrace each pain, this singing voice will lead you to the place you want to go. I could see all the good and even the bad in that person because that person was not me. carefully overlay myself and others to find the different parts, and with that I continue to learn about me. I sang the song, hoping that the large tears reflected in the morning that would finally dawn would shine with “Overlap”.
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Shueisha publishes the original Blue Exorcist manga in their Jump Square manga magazine. VIZ Media also publishes an English language version of the series. Daisuke Yoshida directs the TV anime at studio VOLN, with Toshiya Ono providing the series composition, Yurie Ohigashi on character designs and chief animation direction, and KOHTA YAMAMOTO and Hiroyuki Sawano providing the music.
Crunchyroll describes the Blue Exorcist series as such:
Assiah, the realm of humans, and Gehenna, the realm of demons. Normally, these two dimensions would never intersect, but the demons are now intruding on the material world.
Sources: Aniplex USA official YouTube channel, “Blue Exorcist” anime official website / X (formerly Twitter), Press Releases
