After faking his death and his reappearance caused a fight with some people, Aizen escapes into Hueco Mundo, the realm of Hollows, and later kidnaps Orihime as she is instrumental in creating the Oken, a power that will allow him to kill the Soul King, the ruler of the Soul Society.Īfter being trained by the Vizards, other exiled Soul Reapers and the victims of Aizen's experiment, Ichigo and his friends travel into Hueco Mundo. Aizen plans to conquer the Soul Society by using the Hōgyoku, a legendary powerful substance turning Hollows into half Soul Reapers.

After this, it is revealed that ex-squad captain Sōsuke Aizen framed Rukia for the crime and has been illegally experimenting on Soul Reapers and Hollows. When Rukia is sentenced to death for transgressions in the human world and sent to the Soul Society, Ichigo meets Kisuke Urahara and Yoruichi Shihōin, who unbeknownst to him are two exiled Soul Reapers, to allow himself and his friends to save Rukia. Although initially reluctant to accept their responsibility, he takes her place, and during this time they discover that a few classmates are spiritually aware and have their own powers: Quincy survivor Uryū Ishida uses spiritual particles, Orihime Inoue has a group of protective spirits called Shun Shun Rikka and Yasutora Sado ('Chad') has strength equal to the Hollows encased in his arm.

In Karakura Town, high school student Ichigo Kurosaki becomes a substitute Soul Reaper ( 死神, Shinigami, literally, ' Death God'), when Rukia Kuchiki risks her life to protect him from a Hollow. The series adapts Kubo's manga with the main story arcs and introduces anime exclusive ones. Bleach was broadcast in the United States on Adult Swim from September 2006 to November 2014.īleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, a sequel series that covers the manga's final story arc, also animated by Pierrot and directed by Tomohisa Taguchi, premiered in October 2022. Viz Media obtained foreign television and home video distribution rights to the Bleach anime in March 2006. In addition to adapting the manga series it is based on, the anime periodically includes original self-contained storylines and characters not found in the manga. His newfound powers force him to take on the duties of defending humans from evil spirits and guiding departed souls to the afterlife.

The story follows the adventures of Ichigo Kurosaki after he obtains the powers of a Soul Reaper-a death personification similar to the Grim Reaper-from another Soul Reaper, Rukia Kuchiki. The series aired on TV Tokyo from October 2004 to March 2012, spanning 366 episodes. It was produced by Studio Pierrot and directed by Noriyuki Abe. Bleach (stylized as BLEACH) is a Japanese anime television series based on Tite Kubo's original manga series of the same name.

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