Bleach (stylized as BLEACH) is a Japanese anime television series based on Tite Kubo's original manga series of the same name. It was produced by Studio Pierrot and directed by Noriyuki Abe. The series aired on TV Tokyo from October 2004 to March 2012, spanning 366 episodes. The story follows the adventures of 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.
Viz Media obtained foreign television and home video distribution rights to the Bleach anime in March 2006. Bleach was broadcast in the United States on Adult Swim from September 2006 to November 2014.
Bleach: 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 10, 2022 on Hulu.
Plot[]
When Ichigo Kurosaki obtains the powers of a Soul Reaper—a death personification similar to the Grim Reaper—from another Soul Reaper, Rukia Kuchiki. He realizes that his newfound powers force him to take on the duties of defending humans from evil spirits and guiding departed souls to the afterlife. Together with his Friends: Quincy survivor Uryū Ishida who uses spiritual particles, Orihime Inoue who has a group of protective spirits called Shun Shun Rikka and Yasutora Sado ("Chad") who has strength equal to the Hollows encased in his arm. They will do anything to protect the soul society, Hueco Mundo and the world of the living from the forces of evil.
Air Date[]
October 5, 2004 – March 27, 2012