Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War

Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War
Key visual for the series
No. of episodes31
Release
Original networkTV Tokyo
Original releaseOctober 11, 2022 (2022-10-11) –
present (present)
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Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War (BLEACH 千年血戦篇, Burīchi: Sennen Kessen-hen), also known as Bleach: The Blood Warfare, is a Japanese anime television series based on the Bleach manga series by Tite Kubo and a direct sequel to the Bleach anime series that ran from 2004 until 2012. In March 2020, Weekly Shōnen Jump and "Bleach 20th Anniversary Project & Tite Kubo New Project Presentation" livestream announced that the manga's final story arc, the "Thousand-Year Blood War", would receive an anime project.[1] In November 2020, it was confirmed that the anime project would be a television series adapting the entirety of the arc. The trailer and visual for the series were revealed at the Jump Festa '22 in December 2021.[2][3]

The anime series is directed by Tomohisa Taguchi and premiered on TV Tokyo in October 2022.[4][5][6][a] The series will run for four cours with off-season breaks in between.[6][7] The first cour, titled The Blood Warfare, consists of 13 episodes and ended in December of the same year.[8][9][b] The second cour, titled The Separation (訣別譚, Ketsubetsutan), also consists of 13 episodes and was broadcast from July to September 2023.[10][11][c] The third cour, titled The Conflict (相剋譚, Sōkokutan), premiered in October 2024.[13][14][15]

For The Blood Warfare cour, Tatsuya Kitani performed the opening theme song "Scar [ja]" (スカー, Sukā), while SennaRin performed the ending theme song "Saihate" (最果て, lit. 'The Farthest Reaches');[16] in addition, Kitani also performed the special ending theme song for the first episode, "Rapport [ja]", which was previously used as the theme song for the series' 20th anniversary exhibition, Bleach EX.[17] For The Separation cour, the opening theme song is "Stars" performed by w.o.d. [ja],[11] while the ending theme song is "Endroll [ja]" performed by Yoh Kamiyama.[18] For The Conflict cour, the opening theme song is "Kotoba ni Sezu Tomo" (言葉にせずとも, lit. 'Even if You Don't Say It') performed by Six Lounge [ja], while the ending theme song is "Monochrome" performed by Suisoh [ja].[14]

In October 2022, Viz Media announced that the series would stream on Hulu in the United States and Disney+ internationally outside of Asia;[19] Viz Media's English dub of the series began streaming on Hulu in November of the same year.[9]

  1. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (March 20, 2020). "Bleach Manga's "Thousand Year Blood War Arc" Gets Anime". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on March 21, 2020. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
  2. ^ @BLEACHanimation (November 8, 2021). #ジャンプフェスタ 2022スーパーステージEX『BLEACH』配信決定！ [#JumpFesta 2022 Super Stage EX We're going to distribute "Bleach"!] (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved December 12, 2021 – via Twitter.
  3. ^ Harding, Daryl (November 29, 2021). "Bleach Event on December 18 to Present 1st Trailer and Visual for Upcoming New TV Anime Adaptation". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on November 29, 2021. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
  4. ^ 「BLEACH 千年血戦篇」は来年10月放送！ビジュアル＆PV発表、監督は田口智久. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. December 18, 2021. Archived from the original on December 19, 2021. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
  5. ^ Pineda, Rafael; Hodgkins, Crystalyn (December 18, 2021). "Bleach Thousand Year Blood War Anime's Video Reveals October 2022 TV Premiere". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on February 16, 2022. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
  6. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Natalie-debut was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Loo, Egan (September 11, 2022). "Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Anime Unveils 2nd Video, More Cast, Song Artists, Split 4-Cours Length, October 10 Debut". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on September 24, 2022. Retrieved September 24, 2022.
  8. ^ 「BLEACH 千年血戦篇」森田成一＆杉山紀彰が登壇、BD/DVD発売記念リリイベ. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. November 15, 2022. Archived from the original on November 15, 2022. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
  9. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference ANN-TYBW-1st-cour-end was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ "BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 2!". Viz Media. December 27, 2022. Archived from the original on April 12, 2023. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
  11. ^ a b Loo, Egan (May 28, 2023). "Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Anime's Video Unveils New Opening Song, More Cast, July 8 Return". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on May 28, 2023. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
  12. ^ Loo, Egan (August 26, 2023). "Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Anime Part 2 Ends With 1-Hour Special on September 30". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on August 26, 2023. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
  13. ^ Tai, Anita (September 30, 2023). "Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 3 – The Conflict's Promo Video Reveals 2024 Release". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on September 30, 2023. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
  14. ^ a b アニメ「BLEACH 千年血戦篇」第3クール 卍解シーン詰められた新PV＆キービジュ. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. July 7, 2024. Archived from the original on July 7, 2024. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
  15. ^ Tai, Anita (July 6, 2024). "Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 3 – The Conflict Anime Reveals October Premiere, Opening, Ending Theme Songs, Key Visual". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on July 7, 2024. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
  16. ^ 「BLEACH 千年血戦篇」10月10日放送開始！追加キャスト、PV第2弾、主題歌情報公開. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. September 11, 2022. Archived from the original on September 11, 2022. Retrieved September 11, 2022.
  17. ^ 『BLEACH』第1話のスペシャルED映像公開 初期の一護...戦いの歴史振り返る内容に. Oricon News (in Japanese). October 11, 2022. Archived from the original on October 11, 2022. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
  18. ^ Loo, Egan (June 25, 2023). "Yoh Kamiyama Performs Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Anime's New Ending Song". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on June 25, 2023. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
  19. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (October 3, 2022). "Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Anime Streams on Hulu in U.S., Disney+ Internationally". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on October 3, 2022. Retrieved October 3, 2022.


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