Bleach season 10

Bleach
Season 10
A DVD cover shows a woman with a skull mask on top of her long green hair, one of her hands rests on a sword, and a solemn look adorns her face. Behind is a bright green background. The word "BLEACH" is prominent at the top of the cover.
The cover of the first DVD compilation released by Aniplex of Arrancar vs. Shinigami arc
No. of episodes16
Release
Original networkTV Tokyo
Original releaseOctober 14, 2008 (2008-10-14) –
February 3, 2009 (2009-02-03)
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The tenth season of the Bleach anime series, released on DVD as the Arrancar vs. Shinigami arc (破面・VS.死神篇, Arankaru VS. Shinigami Hen),[1] is directed by Noriyuki Abe, and produced by TV Tokyo, Dentsu and Studio Pierrot.[2] The season adapts Tite Kubo's Bleach manga series from the rest of the 32nd volume to the 35th volume (chapters 286–315), with the exception of episodes 204 and 205 (filler). The episodes' plot continues to follow Ichigo Kurosaki's and his friends' battle against the Espada, the strongest of former Soul Reaper Captain Sōsuke Aizen's army, to rescue Orihime Inoue. Episodes 204 and 205 are centered on a soccer match developed by the Kasumiōji Soul Reapers who appeared in season 9.

The season aired from October 2008 to February 2009 on TV Tokyo.[3][4] The English adaptation of the anime is licensed by Viz Media,[5] and aired on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim from February 6 to May 22, 2011.[6] Aniplex released the season in a series of DVD compilations, with each of the four volumes containing four episodes. The first DVD volume was released on May 27, 2009, and the fourth one on August 26 of the same year.[1][7]

The episodes use three pieces of theme music: one opening theme and two closing themes. The opening theme is "Velonica" by Aqua Timez.[8] The first ending theme, "Hitohira no Hanabira" by Stereopony, is used for episode 190 to 201, and the second ending theme, "Sky Chord (Otona ni Naru Kimi e)" (Sky chord 〜大人になる君へ〜, Sukai Kōdo ~Otona ni Naru Kimi e~, lit. "Sky Chord (To the Adult You)") by Shion Tsuji, is used for the remainder.[8][9] To promote the third feature film, Bleach: Fade to Black, which was released on December 13, 2008, the credits from episodes 197 through 201 use teaser footage.[10]

  1. ^ a b "Bleach 破面·VS.死神篇 1" [Bleach Arrancar vs. Shinigami hen 1 DVD] (in Japanese). Amazon.com. Retrieved April 7, 2009.
  2. ^ "ぴえろ Bleach =ブリーチ=" [Pierrot Bleach =Staff=] (in Japanese). Studio Pierrot. Retrieved April 7, 2009.
  3. ^ 第189-200 [Episodes 189-200] (in Japanese). TV Tokyo. Archived from the original on October 6, 2012. Retrieved January 19, 2009.
  4. ^ 第201-213 [Episodes 201-213] (in Japanese). TV Tokyo. Archived from the original on January 27, 2013. Retrieved November 3, 2009.
  5. ^ "Viz Officially Announces Bleach Anime". Anime News Network. March 15, 2006. Retrieved April 13, 2009.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference first was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "Bleach 破面·VS.死神篇 4 DVD" [Bleach Arrancar vs. Shinigami hen 4 DVD] (in Japanese). Amazon.com. Retrieved September 3, 2006.
  8. ^ a b TV Tokyo, Dentsu, Studio Pierrot (October 14, 2008). "ウェコムンド編、再会!". Bleach. TV Tokyo.
  9. ^ TV Tokyo, Dentsu, Studio Pierrot (January 13, 2009). "激動決着!最強は誰だ". Bleach. TV Tokyo.
  10. ^ TV Tokyo, Dentsu, Studio Pierrot (December 2, 2008). "白夜の哉卍解、静かなる怒り". Bleach. TV Tokyo.