suanz | Ao No Exorcist / Blue Exorcist

Woohoo!! Another awesome anime - I sat thru' all 25 episodes, 5 omakes and one OVA in 2 days!!
As usual, the following is copied from Wiki :

The story revolves around Rin Okumura, along with his younger twin brother Yukio, was raised by Father Shiro Fujimoto. Soon after Yukio departs to study at the prestigious True Cross Academy, Rin learns that he is the son of Satan, the strongest of all demons. Witnessing Shiro dying to protect him, Rin ends up doing what his guardian asked him never to do: draw the demon-slaying blade Kurikara, which restrains his demonic powers, from its scabbard. From that moment on, Rin not only gains permanent demonic features like fangs, pointed ears and a tail, but also the power to ignite himself into blue flames that can destroy anything they touch.

At Shiro's funeral, Rin has an encounter with Mephisto Pheles, who agrees with Rin's wish to become an Exorcist like his guardian to take revenge on Satan. Rin enrolls at the True Cross Academy, which is actually the Japanese branch of an international organization dedicated to protect the human realm, Assiah, from demons and other creatures from the demon realm, Gehenna. Rin takes part in a special Exorcist course, the existence of which is known only by a few. Much to his surprise, he finds that his brother Yukio is already a veteran Exorcist and will be one of his teachers......

Though the plot seems a bit typical, the anime has the right amount of humour, drama and action. The protagonist, Rin, a 'delinquent' possessing abnormal strength who constantly skips school and gets into fights, does not come across as annoying. In fact, I find him to be a very likeable character. The same goes for his twin, Yukio. He is the complete opposite of Rin, and bonus points for being voiced by the ever awesome Fukuyama Jun. *swoons*

Back to the anime - the pace of the plot is really good, the story builds up nicely to the climax. And there are some really touching scenes which involves a certain cat. Moreover the artwork and animation is great. I checked out the manga and the character designs look like the originals. (Now if only Burial & Gaiden were done with the same standard.....Sigh....)

And I almost forgot - great OP & ED themes too.

So to my f-list who have not watched this, and is looking for a good anime to pass some time, I STRONGLY recommend Ao No Exorcist, ^_^