Bleach: Fade to Black

Bleach: Fade to Black
Japanese theatrical poster
Japanese name
Kanji	劇場版BLEACH Fade to Black 君の名を呼ぶ
Transcriptions Revised Hepburn Gekijō-ban Burīchi: Feido to~u Burakku Kimi no Na o Yobu
Directed by	Noriyuki Abe
Written by	Natsuko Takahashi Masahiro Ōkubo
Based on	Bleach by Tite Kubo
Produced by	Shunji Aoki Mikihiko Fukazawa Ken Hagino
Starring	Masakazu Morita Fumiko Orikasa Aya Hirano Hiroshi Kamiya
Cinematography	Toshiyuki Fukushima
Edited by	Hidetoshi Okuda Junichi Uematsu
Music by	Shirō Sagisu
Production company	Pierrot
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	December 13, 2008 (2008-12-13)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	¥700 million (Japan)[1]

Bleach: Fade to Black (Japanese: 劇場版BLEACH Fade to Black 君の名を呼ぶ, Hepburn: Gekijō-ban Burīchi: Feido to~u Burakku Kimi no Na o Yobu, lit. "Theatrical Feature Bleach: Fade to Black, I Call Your Name") is the third animated film adaptation of the anime and manga series Bleach. In the film, Ichigo Kurosaki enters the Soul Society once more in order to save Rukia Kuchiki, who has been kidnapped by two spirits who have a history with Rukia. They also erase Rukia's memories along with the Gotei 13, who now view Ichigo as a threat. Directed by Noriyuki Abe, the film was released in Japan on December 13, 2008 (in between episodes 198 and 199), later to be released in the US.^[2] The film's theme music is "Koyoi, Tsuki ga Miezutomo", performed by Porno Graffitti and its screenplay was written by Natsuko Takahashi and Masahiro Ōkubo. The DVD was released on September 30, 2009, in Japan, with additional footage of Ichigo, Rukia and Kon leaving for the World of the Living. The English dub was released on DVD and Blu-ray on November 15, 2011, in the United States and on May 28, 2012, in the United Kingdom.^[3]