The Bleach Thousand-Year Blood War Arc will begin in Japan on October 10th. Along with the release of a new trailer, the premiere date was announced.
The theme song was also revealed, as well as a few new cast members. Tatsuya Kitani performs the opening theme song “Scar,” and SennaRin performs the ending theme song “Saihate.”
Meanwhile, KENN will portray Berenice Gabrielli, Takahiro Fujiwara will portray Jerome Guizbatt, Wataru Komada will portray Asguiaro Ebern, and Daiki Hamano will portray Luders Friegen.
Furthermore, Oricon reports that the anime will consist of four episodes.
Based on Tite Kubo’s Shueisha-published manga, Bleach Thousand-Year Blood War Arc, Ichigo and Soul Society will face off against the Wandenreich, a powerful Quincy faction, from 2001 to 2016. It is the first Bleach anime to be released since 2012.
Tomohisa Taguchi (Akudama Drive) is the director and series composer, Masashi Kudou (Sakura Wars the Animation) is the character designer, Yoshio Tanioka (Akudama Drive) is the art director, Saori Gouda (Akudama Drive) is the colour designer, Kazuhiro Yamada (Akudama Drive) is the photography director, and Shirou Sagisu (Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice
The main animators are Michio Hasegawa (Shadows House), Sei Komatsubara (Fate/Grand Order Final Singularity – Grand Temple of Time: Solomon), and Kumiko Takayanagi (Akudama Drive animation director), with Satoshi Sakai (Attack on Titan Final Season effect animator), Yoshihiro Kanno (Sword Art Online: Alicization – War of Underworld action animator), and Yeong Kim
Meanwhile, some of the cast members include:
- •Masakazu Morita as Ichigo Kurosaki
- •Fumiko Orikasa as Rukia Kukichi
- •Yuki Matsuoka as Orihime Inoue
- •Noriaki Sugiyama as Uryu Ishida
- •Hiroki Yasumoto as Yasutora Sado
- •Kentarou Itou as Renji Abarai
- •Takayuki Sugou as Yhwach
Previously, the Bleach manga was adapted into an anime series that aired from 2004 to 2012. It also served as the inspiration for several anime films. The manga has inspired video games, a live-action film, and other projects in addition to anime adaptations. In 2020, an anime film based on Kubo’s BURN THE WITCH manga was released, set in the same universe as Bleach.
Viz Media describes the manga’s first volume as:
Ichigo Kurosaki has always had the ability to see ghosts, but it is his encounter with Rukia Kuchiki, a Soul Reaper and member of the enigmatic Soul Society, that changes his life the most. While fighting a Hollow, an evil spirit that preys on humans with psychic energy, Rukia tries to lend Ichigo some of her powers, but Ichigo absorbs every last drop of her energy, much to her surprise. Ichigo, now a full-fledged Soul Reaper, quickly learns that the world he lives in is full of dangerous spirits, and it is his responsibility, along with Rukia’s, to protect the innocent from Hollows and help the spirits themselves find peace.