Bleach: Sennen Kessen-hen (Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War)

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Synonyms: Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Arc

Japanese: BLEACH 千年血戦篇

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Type: TV

Episodes: 13

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Oct 11, 2022 to Dec 27, 2022

Premiered: Fall 2022

Broadcast: Tuesdays at 00:00 (JST)

Producers: TV Tokyo, Aniplex, Dentsu, Shueisha

Licensors: VIZ Media

Studios: Pierrot

Source: Manga

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Demographic: Shounen

Duration: 24 min. per ep.

Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

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Score: 9.08¹ (scored by 188,391 users)

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Ranked: #3²

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Popularity: #503

Members: 410,249

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Substitute Soul Reaper Ichigo Kurosaki spends his days fighting against Hollows, dangerous evil spirits that threaten Karakura Town. Ichigo carries out his quest with his closest allies: Orihime Inoue, his childhood friend with a talent for healing; Yasutora Sado, his high school classmate with superhuman strength; and Uryuu Ishida, Ichigo's Quincy rival.

Ichigo's vigilante routine is disrupted by the sudden appearance of Asguiaro Ebern, a dangerous Arrancar who heralds the return of Yhwach, an ancient Quincy king. Yhwach seeks to reignite the historic blood feud between Soul Reaper and Quincy, and he sets his sights on erasing both the human world and the Soul Society for good.

Yhwach launches a two-pronged invasion into both the Soul Society and Hueco Mundo, the home of Hollows and Arrancar. In retaliation, Ichigo and his friends must fight alongside old allies and enemies alike to end Yhwach's campaign of carnage before the world itself comes to an end.

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Bleach: Sennen Kessen-hen adapts volume 55 to volume 61 of the original manga.

It was released on Blu-ray on April 26, 2023.

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Adaptation:	Bleach
Prequel:	Bleach
Sequel:	Bleach: Sennen Kessen-hen - Ketsubetsu-tan

Park, Romi
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Taguchi, Tomohisa

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Nagasaki, Yukio

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Murata, Hikaru

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Satou, Mitsutoshi

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"スカー" by キタニタツヤ (eps 2-13)

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	"Rapport" by キタニタツヤ (eps 1)
	"最果て" by SennaRin (eps 2-12)
	"Number One" by Shiro Sagisu, Hazel Fernandes (eps 13)

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Dec 26, 2022

Stark700

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In 2012, Bleach ended its long anime-run without adapting the final arc from the manga. Dubbed as part of the 'Big 3', it almost felt like an end of an era. Some fans were left confused that the anime omitted its final arc although it's understandable that the manga was still ongoing at the time. Almost 8 years later, Bleach's massive 20th Anniversary Event breathed new life into the franchise as we got the final arc anime announcement: Bleach Thousand-Year Blood War. Mind you, this isn't just an announcement for what fans wanted after all these years. It's a celebration for the entire Bleach fandom.

Tite ... Kubo has amassed a loyal fanbase and I confidentally say that he deserves it for his creative vision and sheer determination. Initially, he didn't expect Bleach to bloosom into the franchise as we know today but mangaka Akira Toriyama provided the encouragement for him to succeed. Tite Kubo's creative vision to make characters dressed up in kimono and supernatural monsters associated with spiritual themes is what made this franchise so special. Of course, he was influenced by other works but Bleach still stands out as a very special show on its own. And with the final story arc, this served as the ultimate sendoff for anime viewers who had hoped to see this one day.

Bleach Thousand-Year Blood War is based on the final story arc of the manga, pitching Ichigo Kurosaki, the Soul Society, and his allies, friends against a new enemy known as the Wandenreich. They make an immediately impact by disposing a lieutenant and challenges against the very best of Soul Society. Led by the Quincy King Yhwach, their true agenda remains a mystery but it's clear that they are a prominent threat against all of Soul Society and the human world. Even the world of Hueco Mundo isn't safe from their wrath as Ichigo and his allies decides to take a stand against this new threat. Watching the Thousand-Year Blood War Arc immediately shows just how dangerous and capable the Wandenreich is with their special abilities, equipment, and ruthless ambitions. While not much is known about their, some of their members display a malevolent aura that borderlines on a God-like complex. If there's anything Bleach has taught me about its antagonists, it's that they often come across as charismatic characters such as Sosuke Aizen and the Espadas. While we don't know much yet about Wandenreich, it's clear that they a force to be feared.

Our oranged hair main protagonist Ichigo Kurosaki is still the same Shinigami we came to know since previous seasons. Joining him in his quest to stop the Wandenreich includes his loyal friends such as Rukia, Renji, Yasutora Sado, Orihime, and of course, the Soul Society. The oddball of this show is Uryu Ishida, because of his status as a Quincy, and this is a source that gets complex this season. Unfortunately, this season doesn't truly dive into Uryu's motivations or what his true purpose is yet. Most interestingly however, we come to know a deeper background story of a few Soul Reaper captains including Genryuusai Shigekuni Yamamoto, Kenpachi Zaraki, and Retsu Unohana. Even Ichigo's parents gets a spotlight this season as we come to know how Isshin and Masaki met in their past. It's important because Bleach has a large cast of characters and we can easily get lost. This season took its time to give these characters more meaning with their stories. But fear not, other favorite characters in the franchise also makes a return including Toshiro and Byakuya. They've received storytelling about their backgrounds in the past before so this season mainly reminds us how strong they've become.

Bleach Thousand-Year Blood War is exactly how it sounds, a war with bloodshed and been in the making for a thousand years. Narratively driven, this arc goes to show the importance of how the past can affect the future in the Bleach world. It goes to say that with every story arc, there's usually some sort of main antagonist but also lessons to be learned. Ichigo has learned a lot from his first days as a Shinigami and this season will he will learn again what it means to be one. Watching this series serves as a celebration and ultimately, a way to give fans back what they've wanted all these years.

Despite the near decade long absence on television, studio Pierrot knew it had to step up and deliver this arc to its eager fans. Thankfully, the quality of this season received a well-deserved upgrade. Character designs looks like it got a next generation upgrade with their detailed outlines and expressions. Battles scenes have been enhanced to bring the fights alive from the manga. Most importantly are the way this season adapted its character emotions. There are several episodes where we see how characters are pushed to their limits when emotions take over. This season captures the essence of those emotions at their fullest. Similar, the theme songs and battle soundtrack still remains stellar like the old days. You can say whatever you want about the Bleach but the the music has always been top tier class for this franchise.

Bleach is a franchise that always stood out with its large colorful cast of characters, themes, and pushes its lore to a level we've fondly remember. This season takes another step forward to showcase the final story arc from the manga. Believe me, Bleach fans have always wanted this for years and this was another one of those cases of 'not if, but when'. The 20th anniversary was the perfect storm to announce this show and since then, we've been graced with one of the most memorable arcs so far in just 13 episodes. Fear not for this is just the first season of the Thousand-Year Blood War arc. There's so much more left to tell and we're only just getting started.

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Dec 26, 2022

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Warning! No spoilers ahead. <3

Short review:
Very unexpected, very different, cool, juicy art, juicy music, fancy animation camera angles, fancy effects.
Everything about "Bleach: Sennen Kessen-hen" screams
Wow, this is so different from what the old "Bleach" was.

In general:
Another good shounen anime that has conflicts/issues and how people solve them either through being clever or using power.

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Dec 26, 2022

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first of all, I am a big fan of bleach and I finished the first part so if you are like me, of course, I would recommend you to watch it
so, is it worth a watch? Well, the answer doesn’t matter at all there is no way you are not watching this if you have already watched the rest of it and you like the anime and hope to get a conclusion and if you are not I really don't know why are you watching it I guess to just spread hate again
the fans got the rewards of their wait and patience because everything got ... way better in this arc on all levels:
The art style, the music, the story, and the animation are fantastic, you can't ask for anything better than this. and from The first episode,
the anime will surpass your expectations everything about the anime was amazing words can't fully express how amazing it was
I easily can say Bleach: Sennen Kessen-hen has been much better than any of us probably expected and that is reflected in its rank on MAL.which shows how much people are enjoying this season
p.s this part has three of the best fight scenes I ever watched in bleach maybe after Ichigo vs Ulquiorra and anime overall
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We have reached the end of the first chapter out of the 4 parts of the Thousand Year War - Bleach, a war that brought together two poles, and between them, there is an ancient history written in blood!
- The Quincy led by King Yhwach, who announced the beginning of the planned invasion since he suffered the greatest loss that almost ended the Quincy dynasty and dried it from existence on the Soul Society, which is under the protection of the Guti 13 led by the man who killed thousands of them 200 years ago, Yamamoto Genryusai
- The movement of the Vandenreich forces sparked a declaration of war, in which the deputy commander of the 1st Division, Sasakibe, was the first chess piece to fall, followed by a series of massive losses incurred by the Gotei 13: Commander Kuchiki Byakuya, Deputy Commander Abarai Renji, robbed the Bankai of several commanders, which led to the curbing of the main force of the Shinigami and Deterring It Perhaps the greatest loss to the Soul Society since the inception of Gote 13 was the fall of Supreme Commander Yamamoto Genryusai
- Quincy's forces did not suffer major losses, and compared to what was already achieved, the first battle in this war was a crushing victory for Vandenreich's forces, but! Winning the battle does not necessarily necessitate winning the war, and the time granted by the Quincy King by ordering his followers to temporarily withdraw after slaughtering the Guardian of Hell for Goethe 13 may pay his soul for it!
- Instead of the complete annihilation of the enemies, especially with their morale and fighting spirit shattered, after the fall of the pillar on which their leader and the teacher had their backs to each other, Yhwach tended to withdraw for reasons that are currently still unknown to anime followers!
- At this time, the Gotei had already begun to gather itself together, and after appointing Kyorak Shinsui as the successor to his mentor in command of the last 13 Gotei forces, he began to weave his strategy to turn the tables and restore dignity to the Shinigami community, and we will witness the effectiveness of this man's leadership in the upcoming second part.

Bleach has never looked better. Thousand-Year Blood War presents an impressive transformation for the series that hopefully will continue throughout the run. Action scenes are crisp and inventive. Quincies are a terrifying villain group that is very effectively established with minimal screentime. The anime mostly elevates the source material, often improving upon the original work. Some comedic relief was lost in the adaptation process, but that’s a small price for a beautiful adaptation.

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