Blue Exorcist: The Movie
2012 1h 28m movie Film Japan

Blue Exorcist: The Movie

青の祓魔師 劇場版

Synopsis

青の祓魔師 劇場版

The atmosphere in True Cross Academy is lively and boisterous in the days leading up to the grand festival held once every 11 years. During this time, Okumura Rin is entrusted with the responsibility of suppressing the berserk Phantom Train. In the midst of his mission, he meets a devil whose appearance is that of a young boy.

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Blue Exorcist: The Movie. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

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Animation + Fantasy in Japan

1095 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Fantasy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Blue Exorcist: The Movie itself).

The 2011–2013 Japan Window

Blue Exorcist: The Movie holds position #166 of 482 Japan films in the 2011–2013 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

  1. Solitary Gourmet
    #1

    Solitary Gourmet

    ★ 9.0 · 2012
  2. Carnival Phantasm
    #2

    Carnival Phantasm

    ★ 8.9 · 2011
  3. Attack on Titan
    #3

    Attack on Titan

    ★ 8.7 · 2013
  4. High School D×D
    #4

    High School D×D

    ★ 8.6 · 2012
  5. Hunter x Hunter
    #5

    Hunter x Hunter

    ★ 8.6 · 2011
  6. Kamisama Kiss
    #6

    Kamisama Kiss

    ★ 8.6 · 2012
  7. Golden Time
    #7

    Golden Time

    ★ 8.6 · 2013
  8. Magi
    #8

    Magi

    ★ 8.6 · 2012

The 2010s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Blue Exorcist: The Movie premiered alongside 164 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 164 other Japan films in 2012.

The 2711th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).

Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).

Audience Engagement

132
Reviews
80th
Review-volume percentile
76th
Popularity percentile

132 audience reviews — more than 80% of Japan films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 76th percentile among Japan films.

Reception Benchmarks

7.3
TMDB Rating
132
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #1,559 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (66th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.4 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #1,150 of 2,532 (top 45%).

Production Details

Primary CountryJapan
Original LanguageJapanese
Production CompaniesA-1 Pictures, Aniplex, Shueisha, MBS, movic
Runtime1h 28m
Release DateDecember 28, 2012
IMDbtt3028018
Official Sitewww.ao-ex.com

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