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Bleach

Key visual of the series

Genre Adventure, supernatural[1]

Anime television series

Directed by Noriyuki Abe

 Ken Hagino
Produced by
 Noriko Kobayashi (#1–86, 226–328)

 Yutaka Sugiyama (#1–25, 355–366)

 Yukio Yoshimura (#26–133)

 Shunji Aoki (#87–225)

 Aya Mizobuchi (#134–157)

 Mai Nagai (#158–354)

  Hatsuo Nara (#343–366)

Written by  Masashi Sogo (#1–229, #266–316)

 Tsuyoshi Kida (#230–265)

 Kento Shimoyama (#317–366)

Music by Shirō Sagisu

Studio Pierrot

Licensed by AUS

Madman Entertainment
NA

Viz Media
SEA

Medialink
UK

Manga Entertainment

Original network TXN (TV Tokyo)

English network AU

SBS
AUS

Adult Swim
BI

Sony Movies
CA

YTV
NA

Neon Alley
SEA

Animax
UK

AnimeCentral
US

Adult Swim (Toonami)[a]
ZA

Animax, SABC 2
 Original run October 5, 2004 – March 27, 2012

Episodes 366 (List of episodes)

Anime television series

Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War

Directed by Tomohisa Taguchi

Written by Tomohisa Taguchi

Music by Shirō Sagisu

Studio Pierrot

Licensed by NA

Viz Media
SEA

Medialink

Original network TV Tokyo

Original run October 2022 – scheduled

Related works

 Bleach (manga)

 Bleach: Memories of Nobody

 Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion

 Bleach: Fade to Black

 Bleach: Hell Verse

 Rock Musical Bleach

 Bleach-related video games

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Bleach (stylized as BLEACH) is a Japanese anime television series based on Tite

Kubo's original manga series of the same name. It was produced by Studio Pierrot and
directed by Noriyuki Abe. The series aired on TV Tokyo from October 2004 to March
2012, spanning 366 episodes. The story follows the adventures of Ichigo Kurosaki after
he obtains the powers of a Soul Reaper—a death personification similar to the Grim
Reaper—from another Soul Reaper, Rukia Kuchiki. His newfound powers force him to
take on the duties of defending humans from evil spirits and guiding departed souls to
the afterlife. The anime adaptation includes original storylines not found in the manga
with repeated appearances and stories containing these original characters.
Viz Media obtained foreign television and home video distribution rights to
the Bleach anime in March 2006. Bleach was broadcast in the United States on Adult
Swim from September 2006 to November 2014.
In March 2020, it was announced that the manga's final story arc, "Thousand-Year
Blood War", would receive an anime television series adaptation, which is set to
premiere in October 2022.

Contents

 1Plot
 2Casting
o 2.1English voice cast
 3Production
 4Music
 5Broadcast and release
o 5.1International releases
o 5.2Thousand-Year Blood War
 6Other media
 7Reception
 8Notes
 9References
 10External links

Plot[edit]
See also: List of Bleach characters
The Bleach anime series adapts Kubo's manga but also introduces several original,
self-contained story arcs. In Karakura Town, a 15-year-old high school student Ichigo
Kurosaki becomes a substitute Soul Reaper (死神, Shinigami, literally, "Death
God") when Rukia Kuchiki, a Soul Reaper, cannot fulfill her duties after engaging in
battle with a particularly powerful Hollow. Although initially reluctant to accept the heavy
responsibility, he begins eliminating Hollows in Rukia's place and during this time
discovers that several of his friends and classmates are spiritually aware and have
powers of their own: Uryū Ishida is a Quincy who can use spirit particles, Orihime
Inoue possesses a group of protective spirits known as the Shun Shun
Rikka and Yasutora Sado ("Chad") has strength equal to the Hollows encased in his
tough right (and occasionally left) arm.
When Rukia is sentenced to death for her transgressions in the human world and taken
back to the spirit world of Soul Society, Ichigo seeks out the assistance of Kisuke
Urahara and Yoruichi Shihōin, who unbeknownst to him are two exiled Soul Reapers, to
allow himself and his friends to save Rukia. After Ichigo and his friends battle many Soul
Reapers, it is revealed that high-ranking Soul Reaper Sōsuke Aizen framed Rukia for
the crime and has been illegally experimenting on Soul Reapers and Hollows. Aizen
plans on taking over Soul Society via the use of the Hōgyoku, a legendary substance
that can turn Hollows into half Soul Reapers and vice versa, increasing their powers
greatly. After the event of faking his death and his reappearance which caused a fight
with some of the people from Soul Society, he escapes into Hueco Mundo, the realm of
the Hollows, and later abducts Orihime as she is instrumental in creating the Oken, a
power that will allow him to kill the Soul King, the ruler of Soul Society.
After being trained by the Vizards, other exiled Soul Reapers who were unwilling
subjects of Aizen's experiments and developed Hollow powers, Ichigo and his friends
travel into Hueco Mundo to save Orihime, and the world. Facing Aizen's army
of Arrancars, who are Hollows given Soul Reaper abilities, led by an elite group known
as the Espadas which are composed of ten Arrancars with exemplary strength. These
Arrancars are referred to as Espadas and are mini-bosses, in Aizen's army they serve
as commanders and each has its factions of weaker Arrancars. Along with Aizen, Gin
Ichimaru and Kaname Tōsen, the Espada as a group possess comparable strength to
Soul Society's Gotei 13 Soul Reaper captains. After finally reaching Orihime, Aizen
reveals her kidnapping was a distraction to allow him to take Karakura Town, as its
spiritual energy is what is needed for the Oken. After receiving final training from his
father Isshin, another exiled Soul Reaper, Ichigo and the Soul Reapers face off against
Aizen, the Soul Reapers who aligned with his cause and his most powerful Espadas,
resulting in Aizen's surrender and the loss of Ichigo's Soul Reaper powers as he uses a
secret technique to seal Aizen away for good.
Nearly two years later, Chad reveals to Ichigo that he has found people like him, known
as Fullbringers, in a group known as Xcution. The Fullbringers can give up their powers
to restore a Soul Reaper's powers and they plan on doing so for Ichigo, who begins to
use Fullbring as well. However, it is all a ruse by their leader Kugo Ginjo, a Fullbringer
and former Substitute Soul Reaper, to steal Ichigo's powers to empower the rest of
them. Ichigo ultimately has his Soul Reaper powers restored when he finally earns
proper trust from the Soul Society. The captains and lieutenants then share their powers
with Ichigo, who defeats Ginjo and the other members of Xcution and returns to his duty
of protecting Karakura Town proudly as a Substitute Soul Reaper.
Several original story arcs are presented. The Bount arc in season 4 focuses on
spiritually aware humans who are immortal so long as they absorb souls. Their leader
Jin Kariya seeks to destroy Soul Society for the constant hunting of the Bount, and he
and Ichigo battle for the fate of Soul Society. Another storyline is the introduction of
captain Shūsuke Amagai, the replacement for Gin Ichimaru after he joined Aizen in his
betrayal. Amagai seeks revenge against Commander Yamamoto for the death of his
father and uses the Kasumiōji family's Bakkōtō weapons in his plans. Ichigo battles
Amagai, who acknowledges the shame of his actions and commits suicide. The third
original arc features the evil Zanpakutō Muramasa, which can turn itself and other
Zanpakutō into spiritual beings to take revenge on Soul Society for imprisoning its
master Kōga Kuchiki. After he is successful, he is double-crossed and transforms into a
monstrous creature that Ichigo defeats, but not before Muramasa reveals the intention
was to have Soul Reapers and Zanpakutō communicate on equal terms. The fourth and
final original arc features an event in which Kagerōza Inaba creates modified soul
copies of many members of the Gotei 13, placing them in Reigai bodies. Inaba sought
to capture Nozomi Kujō to fuse with her and once again become their original being Ōko
Yushima. Upon fusion, Yushima sought to destroy the Soul Society.

Casting[edit]
Ichigo's voice actor, Masakazu Morita, tried to recreate the mood that he felt when he
read the manga and imagined hearing the dialogue. In an interview with Elicia O'Reilly
of the Japan Foundation, Morita said that to get into character, he would say a line that
epitomizes that character.[3]
English voice cast[edit]
Studio City, Los Angeles-based Studiopolis was hired to dub the anime. The English-
language cast was assembled from experienced industry actors that have dozens of
roles in other anime series, films and video games. Originally, Johnny Yong Bosch,
Ichigo's English voice actor, found pronouncing the names of the characters to be
difficult and tried to emulate the deep gruff voice of the Japanese Ichigo. [4] Bosch
acknowledges that the directorial control was loosened as the work progressed; stating
around episode 10, as he was guided into the role of Ichigo and the growth of the
character.[4] Bosch noted that the long scenes of screaming and panting, in particular,
the scene in episode 18, have nearly made him pass out. [4] Stephanie Sheh noticed the
difference in the tone of her Orihime voice in the English adaptation and described it as
being higher-pitched and "innocent-sounding". [4] The English dub producers wanted to
make Orihime sound tough, and comedic, but not "ditzy". She relates to her character's
unusual creations for food.[4] Derek Stephen Prince likes to play Uryu because he is
the black sheep of the cast and he is a complex character.[4] Throughout the production,
Prince acknowledges his role as the English voice actor of Shino Aburame
from Naruto and sets them apart by taking a Clint Eastwood tone for Uryu.[4]
For the voicework, one of the challenges was stating Japanese phrases while
maintaining pronunciation and inflection.[4] The duality of the story was hard to keep up
with, and the cast had to juggle the challenges of performing under the different
lifestyles of the characters.[4] The voice actors often made suggestions for the scenes
that differ from the approved script and results in rewriting and additional takes that
were put into the dub.[4]

Production[edit]
Noriyuki Abe was chosen as director of the series while Masashi Sogo [ja] acted as head
writer for Episodes #1-212. Tsuyoshi Kida was the head writer for Episodes #230-265.
Kento Shimoyama held the title of head writer for Episodes #317-366. Masashi
Kudō provided the character designs, occasionally providing key animation or acting as
an animation supervisor himself.
The music of Bleach was composed by Shirō Sagisu. Sagisu's musical score for the
television series was released in four-CD sets. Four additional CDs were released for
the music composed for the four Bleach animated films.
During the production and broadcast of the first 167 episodes, the screen size was in
4:3; episodes 168 through 366 were produced and broadcast in 16:9 widescreen.
In a 2009 interview, Kubo and Masashi Kudō discussed the upcoming Zanpakutō: The
Alternate Tale, with Kubo wishing that he could draw the events into the manga. Kubo
also revealed that his art style varies in the production of the work and only became
cemented after the airing of the anime. He acknowledges his art style has changed as a
result of his work and gave an example that he no longer draws hair growing from
behind the ears of characters.[5]

Music[edit]
Main article: List of Bleach soundtracks
The soundtrack of Bleach was composed by Shirō Sagisu, released in 4 volumes and
an anniversary box set. A series of character song albums, the "Bleach Beat Collection"
albums, and best-of albums composed of the theme songs have also been released, all
by Sony Music Entertainment Japan.[6]
Five volumes of Bleach Soundtracks have been released. Bleach Original Soundtrack
1 was released on May 18, 2005, and features 25 songs credited to Shirō Sagisu.
[7]
 Bleach Original Soundtrack 2 was released on August 8, 2006 and features 23 songs
covering up to episode 64 of the Bount Arc. [8] Bleach Original Soundtrack 3 was
released on November 5, 2008, and includes 27 songs from the anime. [9] Bleach
Original Soundtrack 4 was the last OST and it was released on December 16, 2009 and
included 30 songs.[10] The fifth anniversary box set released July 29, 2009, includes a CD
that includes 21 previously unreleased songs. [11]
The Bleach Beat Collections is a set of CDs published by Sony Music featuring
recordings by the original Japanese voice actors that provide a look at the personalities
of the characters they play, as well as the voice actors themselves. The first CD was
released on June 22, 2005, twenty-one volumes followed across four named sets
called Sessions.[12]
A number of additional collections have been released. Two volumes were released as
"The Best", with each volume containing 24 songs each on two discs; the first volume
released March 21, 2007 and the second on March 18, 2009. [13][14] The "Bleach
Breathless Collection" contains six releases featuring five tracks of the individual Soul
Reaper. The six volumes feature Ichigo, Rukia, Renji, Toshiro, Shuhei, and Byakuya,
respectively. Three Radio DJCD Bleach 'B' Station season CD sets, each containing six
volumes, have been released in Japan. [15]

Broadcast and release[edit]

Main article: List of Bleach episodes
Bleach premiered in Japan on TV Tokyo on October 5, 2004.[16] The series was directed
by Noriyuki Abe, and produced by TV Tokyo, Dentsu and Studio Pierrot.[17] It ran for 366
episodes, finishing on March 27, 2012.[18] 88 DVD compilations were released
by Aniplex in Japan from February 2, 2005, to January 23, 2013. [b]
Viz Media obtained the foreign television, home video and merchandising rights to
the Bleach anime from TV Tokyo Corporation, and Shueisha on March 15, 2006.[35] Viz
Media had later licensed its individual Bleach merchandising rights to several different
companies.[36] In North America, the series first premiered on Canada's YTV channel in
the Bionix programming block on September 8, 2006.[37] Cartoon Network's Adult
Swim began airing Bleach in the United States on September 9, 2006.[38][39] Adult Swim
stopped broadcasting new episodes of the English adaptation on October 13, 2007,
after airing the first 52 episodes of the series. It was replaced with another Viz Media
series, Death Note, to provide Studiopolis more time to dub additional episodes
of Bleach.[40] The series resumed airing on March 2, 2008, [41] but went back on hiatus on
November 21, 2009, after the 167th episode. The series returned to the block with new
episodes on August 28, 2010, replacing Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.[42] The anime
joined the relaunched Toonami anime block, when it returned to Adult Swim on May 27,
2012.[43] The series ended on November 2, 2014,[44] and continued airing reruns on Adult
Swim until February 1, 2015.[45]
Viz Media had released the first 135 episodes on 32 DVD compilations of the English
adaptation of the anime from November 28, 2006, to September 21, 2010, [46][47] and
released the entire series on 26 box sets from October 6, 2008, to September 29, 2015.
[48][49]
 In July 2016, Viz Media announced the uncut Blu-ray box-set release of the series.
[50]
 The 366 were collected in thirteen sets, released from July 19, 2016, [51] to December
7, 2021.[52]
In the United Kingdom, Bleach premiered on AnimeCentral on September 13, 2007,
with new episodes airing weekly.[53] The English dubbed version of Bleach premiered
on Animax Asia on December 18, 2009,[54] with the first 52 episodes; the "season 2"
premiered on March 18, 2011,[55] this time with the original Japanese audio with English
subtitles.
International releases[edit]
The Spanish-language adaptation of the anime is done in two different versions, one in
Mexico for transmission in the rest of Latin America and one in Spain. The dubbing in
Spain is produced at CYO Studios, and in Mexico by Art Sound Mexico. Bleach was
broadcast in Spain, Argentina, Venezuela, Mexico, Colombia on Buzz. Broadcasting in
Latin America was provided by Animax. In Brazil, the anime was broadcast
on Animax and Sony Spin (episodes 1–109), and later on PlayTV (episodes 1–229).[56]
In Russia, the anime is distributed by "Mega-anime" (Мега-Аниме), which announced
the acquisition of licenses on October 12, 2007. [57] Production began in the autumn of
2008.[58] The broadcast first aired was on December 21, 2010 on 2x2. [59] In
Singapore, Odex is the licensor of Bleach.[60]
Thousand-Year Blood War[edit]
In March 2020, Weekly Shōnen Jump and "Bleach 20th Anniversary Project & Tite Kubo
New Project Presentation" livestream announced that the manga's last story arc,
"Thousand-Year Blood War", will be given a new anime project. [61] In November 2021, it
was announced that the new project would be an anime television series, Bleach:
Thousand-Year Blood War (BLEACH 千年血戦篇, Burīchi Sennen Kessen-hen). The
trailer and visual for the series were revealed at the Jump Festa '22 on December 18,
2021.[62][63] The series will be directed by Tomohisa Taguchi and it is set to premiere on
TV Tokyo in October 2022.[64][65]

Other media[edit]
All four feature films based on the Bleach series were directed by Noriyuki Abe, director
of the Bleach anime series. Each movie features an original plotline along with original
characters designed by Tite Kubo, which is contrary to the normal practice for anime-
based films, as the original author usually has little creative involvement. [66] Bleach:
Memories of Nobody, was released in Japan on December 16, 2006 and had a limited
release in American theaters in June 2008.[67][68] The second film, Bleach: The
DiamondDust Rebellion, was released to Japanese theaters on December 22, 2007.
[69]
 The third film, Bleach: Fade to Black, was released in Japan on December 13, 2008.
The fourth movie, Bleach: Hell Verse, was released in Japan on December 4, 2010. [70]
In March 2010, Warner Bros. (USA/Canada/International) confirmed that it is in talks to
create a live action movie adaptation of the series. Peter Segal and Michael Ewing have
been lined up to produce the movie. [71] In 2012, Dan Mazeau was added as a
screenwriter for the project, and Masi Oka joined as producer.[72]
A live action film adaptation of the same name produced by Warner Bros[73] directed
by Shinsuke Sato and starring Sota Fukushi was released in Japan on July 20, 2018.[74]
Aniplex released thirteen drama CDs featuring the original voice actors from the series;
these drama CDs have only been included as part of the DVD releases. [75]
The popularity of the anime series[76] resulted in the series of rock musicals, jointly
produced by Studio Pierrot and Nelke Planning. There have been five musicals
produced which covered portions of the Substitute and Soul Society arcs, as well as
three additional performances known as "Live Bankai Shows" which did not follow
the Bleach plotline. The initial performance run of the Bleach musical was from August
17–28, 2005 at the Space Zero Tokyo center in Shinjuku.[77][78][79] The musicals are
directed by Takuya Hiramitsu, with a script adaptation by Naoshi Okumura and music
composed by playwright Shoichi Tama. The songs are completely original and not taken
from the anime soundtrack. Key actors in the series include Tatsuya Isaka, who
plays Ichigo Kurosaki, Miki Satō, who plays Rukia Kuchiki, and Eiji Moriyama, who
plays Renji Abarai.[80]

Reception[edit]
The anime has been featured various times in the top ten from the Japanese TV
Ranking.[81][82][83] DVDs have also had good sales having commonly appeared in the
Japanese DVD Ranking.[84][85] The anime was nominated in the 2007 America Anime
Awards in the fields of "best manga", "best actor", "best DVD package design", and
"best theme", but failed to win any awards.[86][87] In a 2006 Internet poll by TV
Asahi, Bleach was ranked as Japan's seventh-favorite anime program. [88] The previous
year, it was ranked as the twenty-seventh favorite program. [89] During February
2009, Bleach ranked as the 9th most viewed animated show from Hulu. [90]
Anime News Network's Carlo Santos praised the anime adaptation, describing it as
"...one incredibly entertaining anime that will grab you and refuse to let
go."[91]Animefringe's Maria Lin liked the varied and distinct characters, and how well they
handle the responsibilities increasing powers give them. She also complimented the
series for its attention to details, well paced script, and balance of seriousness and
comedy. In summary, she notes "Bleach the anime deserves its popularity. It has
something for everyone: the supernatural, comedy, action and a little bit of romance, all
tied together with excellent animation and a very enthusiastic sounding bunch of voice
actors."[92] Adam Arseneau of DVD Verdict, felt Bleach was a "show that only gets better
with age" and was "surprisingly well-rounded and appealing" with well-developed
characters and pacing.[93] Active Anime's Holly Ellingwood praising the anime for
perfectly capturing "the excitement, the caustic humour and supernatural intrigue" of the
original manga.[94] She felt that the series "does a wonderful job of building on its
continuity to provide increasingly tense and layered episodes involving not only Ichigo
and Rukia, but the secondary characters as well".[95] She also praised the series for its
striking visual effects, intriguing plot and its "brilliant blend of action, off the wall
comedy."[96][97] In reviewing the series for DVD Talk, Don Houston felt the characters
surpassed the usual shōnen anime stereotypes and liked "the mixture of darker material
with the comedic".[98] Another Fellow reviewer John Sinnott felt series starts out as a
boring "monster-of-the-week program" that becomes more epic as the stories build and
the characters are fleshed out.[99] Otaku USA's Joseph Luster wrote that "the storylines
are consistently dramatic without hammering it home too heavily, the characters
manage comic relief that's not as eye rolling as one would expect, and the action (in
classic fighting series form) has only gotten more ridiculous over the years; in a good
way, of course".[100] Mania.com's Bryce Coulter praised the series for its plot twists and
"the quirky and amusing characters".[101][102] In comparing the series with Naruto,
Mania.com's Chris Beveridge felt Bleach was less childish and "simply comes together
surprisingly well in its style and execution of what is fairly standard material". [103] Von
Feigenblatt notes that "in terms of demographics, Bleach appeals to a narrower
international audience than Naruto due to the higher complexity of its plot as well as due
to the religious aspects of the story."[104]
Louis Kemner of CBR said that the anime has "one of the most interesting and flexible
combat systems" in anime and says this makes for some "stunning action
scenes."[105] Kemner also said that the series had "a wide and colorful cast of
characters."[106]

Notes[edit]
1. ^ Originally aired on Adult Swim under its Action/AcTN
branding, Bleach joined the newly relaunched Toonami
programming block at episode 255 on the broadcast night of
May 26, 2012.[2]
2. ^
 The Substitute; 5 volumes[19]
 The Entry; 5 volumes[20]
 Soul Society: The Rescue; 5 volumes[21]
 The Bount; 7 volumes[22]
  The Assault; 4 volumes[23]
 The Arrancar; 5 volumes[24]
 The Arrancar Part 2: The Hueco Mundo Sneak
Entry; 5 volumes[25]
 The Arrancar Part 3: The Fierce Fight; 4
volumes[26]
 The New Captain Shūsuke Amagai; 5 volumes[27]
 The Arrancar Part 4: Arrancar vs Soul Reaper; 4
volumes[28]
 The Past; 2 volumes[29]
 The Arrancar Part 5: Battle in Karakura; 4
volumes[30]
 Zanpakutō: The Alternate Tale; 9 volumes[31]
 The Arrancar Part 6: Fall of the Arrancar; 12
volumes[32]
 Gotei 13 Invading Army; 6 volumes[33]
 The Lost Agent; 6 volumes[34]

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