After a period of unending wait, fans will finally witness the highly anticipated Blue Exorcist Season 3, which will cover the Shimane Illuminati Saga. With the first episode of the season just around the corner, the excitement within the community is off the charts. The preview stills for the episode were recently released, and it provides a vague insight into the upcoming installment.
Blue Exorcist Season 3 Episode 1 release date, plot, and more
The excitement of the anime community is at an all-time high since Blue Exorcist Season 3 will premiere on Saturday, January 6, 2024.
Fans can stream the latest episode of this series on platforms like Crunchyroll after the local release on Japanese television networks. However, the official announcement regarding the release time is yet to be made. Considering Crunchyroll usually adds new episodes at 1:00 p.m. (ET), one can speculate the release timing for the episode to be the following as per different time zones:
- Saturday, January 6, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. (PT)
- Saturday, January 6, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. (ET)
- Saturday, January 6, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. (BST) or (GMT)
- Saturday, January 6, 2024, at 8:00 p.m. (CEST) or (CEDT)
From the preview images, it’s very clear that the first episode will briefly focus on the series’ protagonist, Rin Okumura, a boy born as a descendant of a demon god who aims to become an exorcist. Rin and his friends who attend the school are trying to find a way to make demons invisible. At their wit’s end, Mephisto, who is the president of Seiju Gakuen and head of the Japanese branch of Seiju Knights, invites Rin for dinner.
With this episode, Blue Exorcist Season 3 will finally mark the onset of the popular Shimane Illuminati Arc that fans were anticipating.
