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The anime adaptation of Tite Kubo's Bleach manga was produced by Studio Pierrot and directed by Noriyuki Abe, featuring music arranged by Shirō Sagisu. It began broadcasting in Japan on October 5, 2004, on TV Tokyo. It ceased broadcasting on March 27, 2012; a total of 366 episodes were aired before the anime concluded. However, it was announced on March 20th 2020 that the final arc of the manga would finally be animated and began airing on October 11, 2022.[2] The series can be streamed on Hulu, Apple TV, and Prime Video.

Content[]

The anime version of the story generally follows the manga quite closely, but diverges in some important aspects: in particular, seasons 4 and 5 (Bount arc), season 8 (The New Captain Shūsuke Amagai arc), season 12 and 13 (Zanpakutō Unknown Tales arc and Beast Swords arc) and season 15 (Gotei 13 Invading Army arc) are anime-only arcs, not written by Tite Kubo. Commonly called "filler" episodes, these anime-only arcs were necessitated by the anime's approximately weekly production schedule outpacing the manga, as the manga chapters need to be published before manga-based content can be animated. Roughly, each episode of the anime covers the equivalent of two to four chapters of the manga. Additionally, there would be an Omake shown at the end of every episode with the Shinigami Illustrated Picture Book being the most common one shown. Many of the omakes shown comprise of manga omakes and anime original ones that sometimes add to anime filler arcs.

In addition to the regular series, the anime also comprises four movies and two OVAs.

Production[]

Episodes 1-167 were made and broadcast in 4:3, with episodes 168+ made and broadcast in 16:9 wide screen. The latter episodes of the anime were simulcast on Crunchyroll, and the English dubbed version aired on Adult Swim. The original anime is currently available on Hulu with the omakes shown at the end of each episode cut out.

  • Production Studio: Studio Pierrot
  • TV Network: TV Tokyo


Main Cast[]

Appearance Character Japanese Voice English Voice
Ep366IchigoCharaPic Ichigo Kurosaki Masakazu Morita Johnny Yong Bosch
Ep364RukiaCharaPic Rukia Kuchiki Fumiko Orikasa Michelle Ruff
Ep347OrihimeCharaPic2 Orihime Inoue Yuki Matsuoka Stephanie Sheh
Ep344UryuCharaPic Uryū Ishida Noriaki Sugiyama Derek Stephen Prince
Ep351SadoCharaPic2 Yasutora Sado Hiroki Yasumoto Marc Worden (Episode 2-79)

Jamieson Price (Episode 86-366)
Alain Mesa (Episode 367+)

Ep320KonCharaPic2 Kon Mitsuaki Madono Quinton Flynn
Ep113IsshinCharaPic Isshin Kurosaki Toshiyuki Morikawa Patrick Seitz
Ep329UraharaCharaPic Kisuke Urahara Shinichirō Miki Michael Lindsay (Episodes 4-214)

Doug Erholtz (Episodes 231+)

Ep246YoruichiCharaPic Yoruichi Shihōin Satsuki Yukino

Shirō Saitō (cat form)

Wendee Lee

Terrence Stone (cat form)

Ep363RenjiCharaPic Renji Abarai Kentarō Itō Wally Wingert
Ep366ByakuyaCharaPic Byakuya Kuchiki Ryōtarō Okiayu Dan Woren
Ep199KenpachiCharaPic Kenpachi Zaraki Fumihiko Tachiki David Lodge (Ep 20 to 243)

Patrick Seitz (Ep 244+)

Ep257HitsugayaCharaPic Tōshirō Hitsugaya Romi Park Steve Staley
Ep279AizenCharaPic Sōsuke Aizen Shō Hayami Kyle Hebert
Ep35GinProfile Gin Ichimaru Kōji Yusa Doug Erholtz
Ep221ShunsuiKyōraku Shunsui Kyōraku Akio Ōtsuka Steve Kramer
Ep286MayuriProfile Mayuri Kurotsuchi Ryūsei Nakao Terrence Stone
206Yamamoto profile Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto Masaaki Tsukada (Episodes 24-366)

Binbin Takaoka (Episodes 367-)

Neil Kaplan
Ep366ShinjiHirako Shinji Hirako Masaya Onosaka Roger Craig Smith,
Aleks Le (Episode 369+)
192Nelliel alt Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck Tomoko Kaneda Colleen O'Shaughnessey
Ep138GrimmjowProfile Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez Junichi Suwabe David Vincent
Ep269UlquiorraProfile2 Ulquiorra Cifer Daisuke Namikawa Tony Oliver
Ep344GinjoProfile Kūgo Ginjō Hiroki Tōchi Travis Willingham,
Christopher Swindle (Episode 374+)
Ep353TsukishimaProfile Shūkurō Tsukishima Daisuke Ono Matthew Mercer
Ep390YhwachProfile Yhwach Takayuki Sugō Richard Epcar
Ep380HaschwalthProfile Jugram Haschwalth Yūichirō Umehara Robbie Daymond
Ep374IchibeiProfile2 Ichibē Hyōsube Naomi Kusumi Aaron LaPlante
Ep124KariyaProfile Jin Kariya Tōru Ōkawa Troy Baker
Ep168ShūsukeAmagai Shūsuke Amagai Ken'yū Horiuchi Joey Lotsko
Ep175RurichiyoKasumiōji Rurichiyo Kasumiōji Reiko Takagi Eden Riegel
236Muramasa alt Muramasa Yūichi Nakamura Jamieson Price
Ep320NozomiProfile Nozomi Kujō Hisako Kanemoto Julie Ann Taylor
Ep326InabaProfile Kagerōza Inaba Toshio Furukawa Cam Clarke

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