Bleach: Hell Verse

Bleach: Hell Verse
Japanese theatrical poster
Japanese name
Kanji	劇場版BLEACH 地獄篇
Transcriptions Revised Hepburn Gekijō-ban Burīchi: Jigoku-hen
Directed by	Noriyuki Abe
Screenplay by	Masahiro Ōkubo Natsuko Takahashi
Based on	Bleach by Tite Kubo
Produced by	Noriko Kobayashi Ken Hagino
Starring	Masakazu Morita Fumiko Orikasa Kentaro Ito Noriaki Sugiyama Tōru Furuya Kazuya Nakai
Cinematography	Toshiyuki Fukushima
Edited by	Junichi Uematsu
Music by	Shirō Sagisu
Production company	Pierrot
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	December 4, 2010 (2010-12-04)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	¥610 million (Japan)[1]

Bleach: Hell Verse (Japanese: 劇場版BLEACH 地獄篇, Hepburn: Gekijō-ban Burīchi: Jigoku-hen, lit. "Theatrical Feature Bleach: Hell") is a 2010 Japanese animated film directed by Noriyuki Abe. It is the fourth animated film adaptation of the anime and manga series Bleach. In the film, Ichigo Kurosaki and his friends traverse through the world of Hell in order to save his younger sister, Yuzu. The film's theme song is "Save the One, Save the All", performed by T.M.Revolution and its screenplay was written by Natsuko Takahashi and Ookubo Masahiro, with Tite Kubo, author of the manga, overseeing the production.

The film was released in Japanese theatres on December 4, 2010 (in between episodes 299 and 300) and in the United States dubbed in November.^[2] A prologue for the film, titled Theatre Opening Commemoration! Hell Chapter: Prologue, was included in season 14 of the animation series and included in the regular TV Tokyo schedule, which aired on November 30, 2010. A promotional manga chapter, titled Imaginary Number 01: The Unforgivens, was published showing Shuren confronting Szayel Aporro Granz and Aaroniero Arruruerie in Hell. Additionally, a promotional information book called Bleach: Official Invitation Book The Hell Verse was also released to commemorate the release of Bleach: Hell Verse. The DVD was released on August 25, 2011 in Japan. The English dub was released on DVD and Blu-ray on December 4, 2012 in the United States and on February 24, 2013 in the United Kingdom.