The official Japanese Twitter account and website for the Bleach anime series have released a new visual to celebrate the series' 20th anniversary.
The new visual highlights protagonist Ichigo Kurosaki and the six enemies he has fought throughout the anime's history, including Byakuya Kuchiki, Grimmow Jaegerjaquez, Ulquiorra Cifer, Sousuke Aizen, Kugo Ginjo, and Yhwach.
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Aniplex also posted a special video introducing the visual on its YouTube channel, which features the song “Number One – Bankai” by series composer Hiro Sagisu and quotes from six of Ichigo's enemies.
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A previous key visual was released this past March to promote a special event in Yokohama.
The latest third season of Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War titled Conflict is scheduled to air in Japan on October 5, 2024. Hulu, Disney+, bilibili, iQIYI, and Prime Video are among the supporting platforms that are streaming the anime series worldwide, outside of Japan.
The first Bleach anime television series aired from October 5, 2004 to March 27, 2012. Bleach Thousand-Year Blood War then aired its first season from October 11, 2022 to December 27, 2022. The second season, Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Separation, aired in Japan from July 8, 2023 to September 30, 2023.
The Thousand Year Blood War is the first Bleach television anime since the 2004 anime adaptation and adapts the final arc of Tite Kubo's supernatural action manga.
Kubo's original manga was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine from August 7, 2001 to August 22, 2016, and was collected into 74 tankōbon volumes. A one-shot special was released in 2021. The franchise has inspired four anime films, a 2018 live-action film adaptation, a trading card game, various video games, and a stage musical.
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VIZ Media publishes the manga in English and describes the plot of The Thousand Year Blood War as follows:
As new Shinigami and new enemies appear in Karakura's hometown, Ichigo returns to the battlefield with his Zanpakuto to help those in need. Meanwhile, Soul Society is seeing a sudden increase in the number of Hollows being exterminated in the World of the Living. They also receive separate reports of residents in the Rukon district going missing. Finally, Seireitei, the Shinigami's hometown, is attacked by a group calling themselves the Wandenreich.
Led by Yhwach, the father of all Quincies, the Wandenreich declare war against the Shinigami with the following message: “In five days, Soul Society will be destroyed by the Wandenreich.”
Source: Bleach Japan Anime Official Twitter, Anime Official Website
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