 The Bleach 20th Anniversary Project & Tite Kubo New Project Presentation livestream announced on Saturday that the anime series is making a return. The new anime will adapt the final manga arc, Sennen Kessen-hen (Thousand-Year Blood War arc), which spans from the 55th to the 74th volume. The announcement commemorating the manga's 20th anniversary comes approximately eight years after the last anime episode aired in 2012.Synopsis A paranormal action-adventure about sword-wielding guardians of the afterlife. Ichigo Kurosaki never asked for the ability to see ghosts—he was born with the gift. When his family is attacked by a Hollow—a malevolent lost soul—Ichigo becomes a Shinigami, dedicating his life to protecting the innocent and helping the tortured spirits themselves find peace. The peace is suddenly broken when warning sirens blare through the Soul Society. Residents there are disappearing without a trace, and nobody knows who's behind it. Meanwhile, a dark shadow is also extending itself toward Ichigo and his friends in Karakura Town. When a mysterious group of warriors calling themselves the Wandenreich attacks, Ichigo Kurosaki heads to Hueco Mundo to help his friend Nel Tu. And when the Wandenreich takes the fight to Soul Society, an all-out war between Shinigami and Quincy breaks out! (Source: VIZ Media, edited) Prior to serialization, Tite Kubo published a pilot chapter in December 2000. The supernatural adventure manga debuted in Weekly Shounen Jump in August 2001. After a 15-year serialization, Kubo ended the series in August 2016. Shueisha published the 74th and final volume in November that year. Bleach has a cumulative 120 million copies of its compiled volumes in print worldwide. The television anime series produced by Studio Pierrot began airing in Fall 2004 and ended with 366 episodes in Winter 2012, covering the first 54 volumes. The manga also inspired two Jump Festa specials in June 2005 and March 2006, and four anime films in 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2010 December. VIZ Media acquired the series' master license in March 2006 and serialized the manga in English in its print edition of Shounen Jump magazine between November 2007 and March 2012. The manga concurrently moved to the Weekly Shonen Jump Alpha digital anthology in January 2012. The company published the 74th and final volume in October 2018 and released the 26th home video installment of the anime in September 2015. A live-action film adaptation produced by Warner Bros. Japan opened in Japan in July 2018. Directed by Shinsuke Satou (Gantz, I Am a Hero), the film grossed over 541 million yen (approximately US$4.9 million). Bleach won the 50th Shogakukan Manga Award in the Shounen division in 2005. Announcement Official site: https://bleach-20th-anniversary.com/ Official Twitter: @BLEACHanimation Source: Comic Natalie Bleach: Sennen Kessen-hen on MAL Correction: An earlier version of this news stated that the anime will return in 2021. A premiere date for the anime has not been announced yet. MyAnimeList regrets this error. |
VindstotApr 6, 2020 10:48 AM
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| Well, i guess i can wait for 2021. At least it gives them plenty of time to work on it. Hope to see a big finale! Can't wait for this arc! |
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| YES, YES, YES. I'm so happy. Thank you my Lord for a beautiful day Thank you my Lord, I'm so happy to say Thank you my Lord, for the anime that grow There'd be nothing I know, without Bleach we know |
| ### ||| 私はアニメと日本文化が大好きです ||| ###"Kago-ni noru hito, katsugu hito, sono mata waraji-o tsukuru." ### |
| And on this day I am truly happy |
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| What a time to be alive. I remember signing one of those shitty change.org petitions years ago just hoping for a return somehow lol. This is honestly surreal. We're getting a Burn the Witch movie this year too. I feel blessed. LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! |
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| And people says that completed stuff doesn't get animated. |
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| As much as I hated the way Bleach ended, I can't wait to see this animated and for Bleach to now have a complete adaptation. And maybe they can fix the problems the manga had to allow for a smoother ending that wasn't rushed to hell. Also, please for the love of god, all I ask is that they bring back the same music composer from the original series. Please. |
| People on MAL refuse to actually enjoy watching anime. Your taste in anime isn't a personality trait. MAL is literally just anime Twitter as its own website lol. |
| I remember people talking about how good Bleach was back in middle school, so its decline was pretty sad even for someone who never watched the show (I read a bit of the manga, but that was a while ago). This is super uplifting and nostalgic, I'm really happy for the creator that his work will get a proper end. |
Remember who was number one? |
 Kickstarter for Rokujouma is fully funded. Good work everyone. Lets wait for the result of our hard work together. |
| No. way. YES!!!!! This is amazing!!! |
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| Last month I went on a huge nostalgia trip down memory lane by watching all the Bleach OPs/EDs and now we are getting the anime adaptation of Bleach's final arc in 2021. That preview trailer looks awesome so 2021 can't come here soon enough. |
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| Welcome back, Bleach! It’s been a bloody long time. Let the classic Waifu Wars return xD. I’m guessing this’ll air sometime around Summer 2021/Fall 2021 since the manga started serialising in Aug 2001 but I’ve got no qualms with that whatsoever. Still some 200+ chapters to adapt after all. Pretty sure Studio Pierrot is going to be in charge of this again. To be honest, their track record over the recent years has been pretty unsatisfactory but here’s to hoping they’ll treat this project with extra care. Heck, it is one of the top sellers Bleach after all! I just can’t get enough of the Bankai and sword action scenes of this show, lol. For now, it’s time to look forward to the Burn the Witch adaption. |
#Anime4Life be my Life Motto! #PrayForKyoAni  |
| Hyped af! My first anime is back |
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| "Ichigo becomes a Soul Reaper" You mean Shinigami (Its said at the end of the synopsis). Soul Reaper is the Viz Media name. Prior to serialization, Tite Kubo published a pilot chapter in December 2020." You mean 2000. |
| If you see that my post is exactly 1 month old (or more) from when it was posted... Don't waste your time, especially when you want to reply with something petty & insignificant. Assume that I've moved on (because I have). |
| welp i expected at least a decade for any anime sequel of this but 8 years is close enough lol |
| It doesn't matter how trash the ending was, there's still some hype moments I'm dying to see animated. That, and if the same composer comes back, then we'll have some more Bleach OSTs! |
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| I AM FLIPPING OUT!!!! WHAAATTTTT??? BLEACH IS COMING BACK??!!! NEVER THOUGHT I'D SEE THE DAY! I HAD PUT ALL EXPECTATIONS TO REST! THIS IS CRAZY AMAZING NEWS! Bleach was my first official anime and I thoroughly enjoyed it (so much so that I became a full fledged anime fan and I'm still here all these eons later! The impact was clearly deep.lol) So you know for sure that I am very very excited for it's proper finalization. EXCITED EXCITED EXCITED!! |
hahaha Naru, also how I felt when I learned how to read all my Kana. Barakamon is everything!!:'D |
| Finally first good news of 2020. |
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| Yoooooooooooo Kubo lets gooo. This comeback he got is incredible with all the news going on for him. |
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| Oh my God! Really? one of the most favorite and amongst the first anime of my anime watching years is coming back,soooo Happy! Looks like some of the fans prophecies finally came true about the restart of the anime, and I know how bad the last arc was as I have read the manga but still am super excited to see it in animation |
| I remember enjoying watching Bleach on Animax, although I didn't really like it much by the time it reached the end but for the sake of nostalgia, I'm definitely going to watch this, glad to have Ichigo back on screen! |
 「あなたのためなら世界中を敵にしてもかまわない」 "If it was for your sake I wouldn't mind even if I had to turn the whole world into my enemy" |
| There is a God after all... I just hope this doesn't sucks. After D.Gray-man Hallow and Toaru Majutsu no Index III, if this ends disappointing me too I'm going to cry... @ronald_bastian You shouldn't worry much about the anime having a different cast of voice actors. They kept all the available voice actors for the app game Bleach Brave Souls, so I don't think they are going to change them. It would be stupid. |
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| Finally after so many years of waiting. We will see Bleach last arc animated. Maybe if we are lucky enough, after the final arc , we can get Can't Fear Your Own World novels animated. |
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| About damm time! <3 |
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| Time to finish the manga before this starts airing. |
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| The day finally come, for us to use bankai again! |
| I guess I will re-watch old Bleach before this starts... :) |
| Holy shit, is this actually for real? I was sure the day would never come. Will definitely watch this, although the final arc was pretty shitty... |
| Omg, it's actually happening! It's been years! Didn't think they would actually adapt it, given the fall of popularity of the manga, making it get a rushed ending. Damn I remember reading untill some point of the war, then putting in on hold to come more chapters and then never picking it up again opps...Still kinda hyped, having glimpses of the overall plot |
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| I knew in my heart that a big 3 anime wouldn't be left alone like that, it makes perfect business sense to animate it. I'm so happy! The dream came true~ |
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| OMGGGGG I didn't expect this 😭😭😭 |
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| Damn, 20 years already? I feel old. The anime still seems to be in pre-production. If I had to guess, I'd say It won't be released in early 2021, more likely towards the fall or winter season. Still great news for all the Bleach fans. Here I am hoping, that they'll get a talented staff for this. |
MaceChanMar 21, 2020 2:28 PM
| Neat, I can watch this trainwreck of an arc with voice acting now! I hope they'll fix all the terrible writing and plot issues Kubo rushed through but odds are they won't. |
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| Nice news! I was recently thinking it should get a final arc anime adaptation and surprise surprise.. |
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