Bleach season 4

Bleach
Season 4
The cover of the first DVD compilation released by Aniplex of The Bount arc
No. of episodes28
Release
Original networkTV Tokyo
Original releaseJanuary 17 (2006-01-17) –
August 1, 2006 (2006-08-01)
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The fourth season of the Bleach anime series was directed by Noriyuki Abe and produced by Studio Pierrot.[1] Like the rest of the series, the season follows the adventures of Ichigo Kurosaki and company, but instead of adapting content from Tite Kubo's Bleach manga series, it features an original, self-contained filler story arc.[2] The twenty-eight episodes form the Bount arc (バウント篇, Baunto Hen), which focuses on the introduction of the Bount, a race of humans that consume human souls to extend their lives, and their conflicts with Ichigo Kurosaki and his allies.

The season aired from January 17 to August 1, 2006, on TV Tokyo.[3][4] The English adaptation of the season began airing on May 18, 2008, on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim in the United States, and the last episode of the season aired on December 6 of the same year.[5][6] Seven DVD compilations, each containing four episodes of the season, were released by Aniplex between May 24 to December 20, 2006.[7][8] Viz Media released the season on seventeen DVDs from May 12 to November 17, 2009. Each of them contain four episodes in both English and Japanese languages.[9][10] Two DVD box sets collecting the entire season were released on November 3, 2009, and February 16, 2010.[11][12] Manga Entertainment released the season in three DVDs for the United Kingdom from October 26, 2009, to June 7, 2010,[13][14] while a box set was released on August 9, 2010.[15]

The episodes use five pieces of theme music: two opening themes and three ending themes. The opening theme for the first eleven episodes is "Ichirin no Hana" (一輪の花, Ichirin no Hana) by High and Mighty Color;[16] the rest of the episodes use "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" by Beat Crusaders.[17] The first ending theme is "My Pace" (マイペース, Mai Pēsu) by SunSet Swish,[16] switching at episode 75 to "Hanabi" by Ikimonogakari[17] and switching at episode 87 to "Movin!!" by Takacha.[18]

  1. ^ "ぴえろ BLEACH =ブリーチ=" (in Japanese). Studio Pierrot. Retrieved 2009-04-07.
  2. ^ Martin, Theron (2010-09-07). "Bleach Season 4 Box Set 2: The Bount". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2011-04-14.
  3. ^ "List of Bleach episode titles (53-65)" (in Japanese). TV Tokyo. Archived from the original on 2008-07-28. Retrieved 2008-10-14.
  4. ^ "List of Bleach episode titles (79-91)" (in Japanese). TV Tokyo. Archived from the original on 2012-10-03. Retrieved 2008-10-14.
  5. ^ "Adult Swim to Run 52 More Episodes of Bleach". Anime News Network. 2008-01-28. Retrieved 2009-04-12.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference air was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "BLEACH バウント篇1" (in Japanese). Studio Pierrot. Archived from the original on January 13, 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
  8. ^ "BLEACH バウント篇 7" (in Japanese). Amazon.com. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
  9. ^ "Bleach, Vol. 16". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
  10. ^ "Bleach, Vol. 22 (DVD)". Viz Media. Archived from the original on 2009-07-23. Retrieved 2009-07-11.
  11. ^ "Bleach Uncut Box Set: Season 4, Part 1 - The Bount". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2011-04-14.
  12. ^ "Bleach Uncut Box Set: Season 4, Part 2 - The Bount". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2011-04-14.
  13. ^ "Bleach - Series 4 Part 1". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2011-04-14.
  14. ^ "Bleach - Series 4 Part 3". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2011-04-14.
  15. ^ "Bleach Series 4 Complete Box Set". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2011-04-14.
  16. ^ a b "BLEACH～ブリーチ" (in Japanese). TV Tokyo. Archived from the original on 2006-01-25. Retrieved 2009-04-08.
  17. ^ a b "BLEACH～ブリーチ" (in Japanese). TV Tokyo. Archived from the original on 2006-04-23. Retrieved 2009-04-08.
  18. ^ "BLEACH～ブリーチ" (in Japanese). TV Tokyo. Archived from the original on 2006-08-21. Retrieved 2009-04-08.