Twin Star Exorcists

Manga

Written and illustrated by Yoshiaki Sukeno, Twin Star Exorcists started in Shueisha's Jump Square magazine on November 2, 2013.[2] A special chapter was published in Weekly Shōnen Jump in April 2016.[3] The series finished after nearly eleven years on September 4, 2024.[4] Shueisha collected its chapters in 35 volumes, released from February 4, 2014, to November 1, 2024.[5][6]

Viz Media licensed the series for publication in North America, with the first volume released on July 7, 2015.[7][8]

Spin-offs

The first spin-off manga series, Sōsei no Onmyōji: SD Nyoritsuryō!! (双星の陰陽師 SD如律令!!) is a comedy spin-off comic, written by Koppy and supervised by Yoshiaki Sukeno. It is published at the official website of the original manga,[9] as well as the magazine Saikyō Jump. The compiled volume was published on March 3, 2017.[10]

The second spin-off manga series, Sōsei no Onmyōji: Tenen Jakko: Nishoku Kokkeiga (双星の陰陽師 天縁若虎〜二色滑稽画) is a manga adaptation of the light novel Sōsei no Onmyōji: Tenen Jakko, written and illustrated by the same authors. The back-story focuses on the characters, Seigen Amawaka and Yukari Otomi. The spin-off series was published on Shueisha's Shonen Jump+; it was preceded by a prologue chapter on August 27, 2018,[11] while the series was published from September 3 to November 26, 2018.[12][13] The compiled volume was published on December 4 of that same year.[14]

Light novels

Three light novel adaptations have been published and released by Shueisha under its Jump J-Books imprint from August 4, 2016, to December 4, 2018. The light novels are Sōsei no Onmyōji: Tenen Jakko (双星の陰陽師 ―天縁若虎), Sōsei no Onmyōji: Shiga Kenbyaku (双星の陰陽師 ―士牙繭闢) and Sōsei no Onmyōji: Santen Haja (双星の陰陽師 ―三天破邪). Each novel features a back-story from the perspective of different characters from the main series, serving as prologues to the main story. They were written by Hajime Tanaka and supervised by Sukeno.[15]

Anime

An anime television adaptation was announced in December 2015.[16] The series is directed by Tomohisa Taguchi and written by Naruhisa Arakawa,[17] with animation by Studio Pierrot.[18] Shishō Igarashi served as assistant director, with character designs by Kikuko Sadakata, and Itsuko Takeda serving as chief animation director.[17] The series was broadcast for 50 episodes on TV Tokyo and other TX Network stations from April 6, 2016, to March 29, 2017.[19][20] The series' first opening theme song is "Valkyrie -Ikusa Otome-" (Valkyrie -戦乙女-) by Wagakki Band,[21] while the first ending theme is "Eyes" (アイズ) by Hitomi Kaji.[22] The second opening theme, "Re:Call", is performed by the idol group i☆Ris,[23][24][25] while the second ending theme, "Yadori-boshi" (宿り星) is performed by the two-man group Itowokashi (Kashitarō Itō and Ryō Miyada).[26] The third opening theme, "sync" is performed by lol, while the third ending theme "Hide & Seek" is performed by Girlfriend.[27] The fourth opening theme, "Kanadeai" is performed by Itowokoashi, while the fourth ending theme "Hotarubi" is performed by Wagakki Band. [28]

Crunchyroll simulcast the series worldwide outside of Asia.[29][30] The home video distribution was handled by Funimation in North America.[31] Part 1 (episodes 1–13) were released on July 24, 2018, with a collector's box to store the later three parts;[32] Part 2 (episodes 14–26) was released on September 18 of that same year;[33] Part 3 (episodes 27–40) was released on November 13 of that same year;[34] and Part 4 (episodes 41–50) was released on January 8, 2019.[35] Anime Limited distributed the series in the United Kingdom.[36]

In Southeast Asia, Animax Asia broadcast the series with English subtitles.[37]

Video game

A video game adaptation of the series from Bandai Namco Entertainment was announced on September 3, 2016.[38] The battle adventure game was released for PlayStation Vita, and features Rokuro as a playable character. It features an alternate setup with five different girls as candidates for the title of Twin Star, including Benio, Mayura, and three other characters designed exclusively for the game by original creator Yoshiaki Sukeno. The game was released to Japan on January 26, 2017.[39]