The Blue Exorcist anime returns for a third season titled Blue Exorcist Shimane Illuminati Saga, which adapt volumes 10 through 15 of Kazue Katō’s original manga series. Since episode 1 of Blue Exorcist Shimane Illuminati Saga is now streaming, it’s now the best time to keep track of the upcoming episodes, their release dates, and the entire schedule.
The Blue Exorcist anime returned in 2017 after a six-year hiatus with Blue Exorcist Kyoto Saga, which ran for 12 episodes. Blue Exorcist Shimane Illuminati Saga was revealed in September 2023, roughly six years after the 12th and final episode of Blue Exorcist Kyoto Saga aired.
Blue Exorcist Shimane Illuminati Saga Release Dates, Schedule, and Episode Count
New episodes of the Blue Exorcist Shimane Illuminati Saga anime air on Sundays at 12:30 a.m. JST on Tokyo MX, BS11, and other networks in Japan. Crunchyroll will stream new Blue Exorcist Shimane Illuminati Saga episodes with English subs on Sundays at 10:00 a.m. PDT. 12 episodes will air during the third season. An English dub has not been confirmed, however.
Here’s the schedule and release dates for Blue Exorcist Shimane Illuminati Saga:
- Episode 1 – January 6
- Episode 2 – January 13
- Episode 3 – January 20
- Episode 4 – January 27
- Episode 5 – February 3
- Episode 6 – February 10
- Episode 7 – February 17
- Episode 8 – February 24
- Episode 9 – March 2
- Episode 10 – March 9
- Episode 11 – March 16
- Episode 12 – March 23
New Blue Exorcist Shimane Illuminati Saga episodes premiere at the following times (subject to change):
- Pacific Daylight Time: 10:00 a.m. PDT
- Mountain Daylight Time: 11:00 a.m. MDT
- Central Daylight Time: 12:00 p.m. CDT
- Eastern Daylight Time: 1:00 p.m. EDT
- Greenwich Mean Time: 6:00 p.m. GMT
Lastly, all 25 episodes of the original Blue Exorcist anime and all 12 episodes of Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga are available to stream now on Crunchyroll. Here’s an overview of the anime series from VIZ Media:
Raised by Father Fujimoto, a famous exorcist, Rin Okumura never knew his real father. One day a fateful argument with Father Fujimoto forces Rin to face a terrible truth—the blood of the demon lord Satan runs in Rin’s veins! Rin swears to defeat Satan, but doing that means entering the mysterious True Cross Academy and becoming an exorcist himself. Can Rin fight demons and keep his infernal bloodline a secret? It won’t be easy, especially when drawing his father’s sword releases the demonic power within him!
