Mushishi (蟲師) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuki Urushibara. It was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Afternoon Season Zōkan from 1999 to 2002, and in Monthly Afternoon from December 2002 to August 2008. The individual chapters were collected and released into ten tankōbon volumes by Kodansha. Those volumes were localized to North America by Del Rey between January 2007 and August 2010. The series follows Ginko, a man who dedicates himself to solving problems caused by supernatural creatures called Mushi.
Baku Yumemakura is a Japanese science fiction and adventure writer. His works have sold more than 20 million copies in Japan spread across more than 280 titles and adapted into a variety of formats including feature films, television shows, movies and comic books.
Blue Exorcist is a Japanese dark fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Kazue Kato. The story revolves around Rin Okumura, a teenager who discovers that he and his twin brother Yukio are the sons of Satan, born from a human woman, and he is the inheritor of Satan's powers. When Satan kills their guardian, Rin enrolls at True Cross Academy to become an exorcist under Yukio's tutelage in order to defeat Satan.
"Wired Life" is the fifth single by Japanese recording artist Meisa Kuroki. It was released on August 31, 2011, four months following the release of "One More Drama", as the second single from Kuroki's forthcoming second studio album. The single was issued in three formats: limited CD+DVD edition, limited Blue Exorcist edition and standard CD-only edition.
The twentieth season of the anime television series Naruto: Shippuden is based on Part II for Masashi Kishimoto's Naruto manga series. The season focuses on Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno and Kakashi Hatake attempting to defeat Madara Uchiha and Zetsu, the ones behind the activation of the Infinite Tsukuyomi. There is also anime original episodes featuring characters inside their own Infinite Tsukuyomi dream and a side story revolving around Itachi Uchiha's life in the Leaf Village and his early days in the Akatsuki. The episodes are directed by Hayato Date, and produced by Pierrot and TV Tokyo. The season aired from May 2015 to April 2016.
The twenty-second and final season of the Naruto: Shippuden anime television series is based on Part II of Masashi Kishimoto's Naruto manga series. The first four episodes are anime–exclusive material that examine the childhoods of some main characters under the title Nostalgic Days, while the rest of the season covers stories based on light novels set after the manga's ending, respectively titled Sasuke Shinden: Book of Sunrise, Shikamaru Hiden: A Cloud Drifting in Silent Darkness, and Konoha Hiden: The Perfect Day for a Wedding. The episodes are directed by Hayato Date and produced by Pierrot and TV Tokyo. The season aired from October 2016 to March 2017.
The Seven Deadly Sins: Revival of The Commandments is the second season of The Seven Deadly Sins anime television series, which is based on Nakaba Suzuki's manga series with the same name. It was announced at the "Nanatsu no Taizai FES" event in July 2017 and premiered on January 13, 2018. Takeshi Furuta and Takao Yoshioka replaced Tensai Okamura and Shōtarō Suga as the director and series composer, respectively, while the other main staff members returned from the first season to reprise their roles. The series was released on October 15, 2018 on Netflix. The first opening theme song of the series titled "Howling" is a collaboration between Flow and Granrodeo, and first ending theme song is "Beautiful" performed by Anly. The second opening theme titled "Ame ga Furu kara, Niji ga Deru"(雨が降るから虹が出る) by Sky Peace and second ending theme titled "Chikai"(誓い) by Sora Amamiya.
The second season of the Fire Force anime television series is animated by David Production. It is based on the manga series of the same name written and illustrated by Atsushi Ōkubo. Tatsumi Minakawa replaced Yuki Yase as director of the series. The series aired from July 4 to December 12, 2020.
Blue Exorcist: The Movie is a 2012 Japanese animated film based on Blue Exorcist manga series by Kazue Kato. The film is produced by A-1 Pictures and directed by Atsushi Takahashi from a script written by Reiko Yoshida. It follows Rin Okumura meeting a demon boy, who is connected to the ongoing festival at True Cross Academy.
Blue Exorcist is an anime television series based on the manga of the same name by Kazue Kato. The first season is directed by Tensai Okamura and produced by A-1 Pictures. The season began broadcasting in Japan on MBS TV and TBS Television on April 17, 2011, and ended on October 2 of that same year. The series was originally scheduled to start airing on April 10, 2011, however due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, the series' initial broadcast was delayed by a week. The episodes were simulcast with English subtitles online via Hulu, Anime News Network, and Crunchyroll, starting on April 20, 2011. Aniplex of America released Blue Exorcist on DVD in four sets, starting with the first DVD on October 18, 2011.
Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga is the second season of the Blue Exorcist anime television series, produced by A-1 Pictures. It is based on the manga series of the same name by Kazue Kato. Koichi Hatsumi replaced Tensai Okamura as series director. The second season aired from January 7 to March 24, 2017, on MBS's Animeism programming block.
Kazue Kato is a Japanese manga artist. She debuted in 2000 with a one-shot in Akamaru Jump before publishing a full series in Monthly Shōnen Sirius. Following that series completion, she launched Blue Exorcist in Jump Square.
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, also known as Bleach: The Blood Warfare, is a Japanese anime television series based on the Bleach manga series by Tite Kubo and a direct sequel to the Bleach anime series that ran from 2004 until 2012. In March 2020, Weekly Shōnen Jump and "Bleach 20th Anniversary Project & Tite Kubo New Project Presentation" livestream announced that the manga's final story arc, the "Thousand-Year Blood War", would receive an anime project. In November 2020, it was confirmed that the anime project would be a television series adapting the entirety of the arc. The trailer and visual for the series were revealed at the Jump Festa '22 in December 2021.
Blue Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati Saga is the third season of the Blue Exorcist anime television series. It is based on the manga series of the same name by Kazue Kato. Studio VOLN took over from A-1 Pictures as animation producer, with Daisuke Yoshida replacing Koichi Hatsumi as series director. The third season aired from January 7 to March 24, 2024, on Tokyo MX and other networks.
