Bleach season 13

Bleach
Season 13
A DVD cover shows an oranged haired teenager wearing a black outfit resembling a kimono and wielding a black sword in his right hand. An white background is used.
The cover of the first DVD compilation released by Aniplex of Zanpakutō: The Alternate Tale arc
No. of episodes36
Release
Original networkTV Tokyo
Original releaseJuly 28, 2009 (2009-07-28) –
April 6, 2010 (2010-04-06)
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The thirteenth season of the Bleach anime series is based on Tite Kubo's Bleach manga series. It is known as the Zanpakutō: The Alternate Tale arc (斬魄刀異聞篇, Zanpakutō Ibun Hen),[1] is directed by Noriyuki Abe and produced by TV Tokyo, Dentsu, and Studio Pierrot.[2] The anime original season focuses on an alternative set of events in which the Soul Reaper's swords, zanpakutō, assume human forms and declare war against their wielders, led by a mysterious man named Muramasa, who is a former zanpakutō.

The season aired from July 2009 to April 2010 on TV Tokyo.[3][4] The English adaptation of the Bleach anime is licensed by Viz Media.[5] The season began airing on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim in November 2011 in the United States, eventually joining the lineup of the newly relaunched Toonami programming block on the same network from May to August 2012. Aniplex released the season in a series of nine DVD volumes, each containing the first four episodes, from May 26, 2010, to January 26, 2011.[6][7]

The episodes use five pieces of theme music: two opening themes and three closing themes. The first opening theme, "Shōjo S" (少女S, Shōjo Esu) by Scandal, and the first ending theme, "Mad Surfer" by Kenichi Asai, are used for episodes 230 to 242.[8] The second opening theme, "Anima Rossa" (アニマロッサ) by Porno Graffitti, and the second ending theme, "Sakurabito" (さくらびと, Cherry Blossom Person) by SunSet Swish, are used from episode 243 to 255.[9][10] The third ending theme, "Tabidatsu Kimi e" (旅立つキミへ, "Leaving You") by RSP is used for episodes 256 to 265.

  1. ^ TV Tokyo, Dentsu, Studio Pierrot (July 21, 2009). "魂の叫び？ヅラ死神誕生！". Bleach. TV Tokyo.
  2. ^ "ぴえろ BLEACH =ブリーチ=" (in Japanese). Studio Pierrot. Retrieved July 18, 2009.
  3. ^ あにてれ：ブリーチ 第227~239 (in Japanese). TV Tokyo. Archived from the original on October 12, 2012. Retrieved July 28, 2009.
  4. ^ あにてれ：ブリーチ 第240~251 (in Japanese). TV Tokyo. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 8, 2009.
  5. ^ "Viz Officially Announces Bleach Anime". Anime News Network. March 15, 2006. Retrieved April 13, 2009.
  6. ^ "BLEACH 斬魄刀異聞篇 1(完全生産限定版)" (in Japanese). Retrieved April 13, 2010.
  7. ^ "BLEACH 斬魄刀異聞篇 9(完全生産限定版)" (in Japanese). Retrieved January 20, 2011.
  8. ^ TV Tokyo, Dentsu, Studio Pierrot (July 28, 2009). "新たなる敵！斬魄刀実体化". Bleach. TV Tokyo.
  9. ^ "ポルノグラフィティ｜PornoGraffitti Official Site". Archived from the original on 2009-10-01. Retrieved 2009-09-28.
  10. ^ "SunSet Swish Official Website". Archived from the original on 2010-01-04. Retrieved 2009-09-28.