Brand new details and a showcase trailer for the final arc of the Bleach TV anime, the Thousand-Year Blood War arc, have been revealed during the Jump Festa 2022 Super Stage. This is following the announcement early last year that the anime would finally be returning after an eight-year hiatus, and only now has it been shown off. It featured the first teaser trailer, teaser visual, and an explanation of the full staff and cast, as well as confirmed a release window of October 2022 on TV Tokyo in Japan.
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War is finally here! ⚔️ pic.twitter.com/7NXLiO82HB
— VIZ (@VIZMedia) December 18, 2021
The director of the anime, which will be titled Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, will be Tomohisa Taguchiat Studio Pierrot, who will also be in charge of writing the series composition. Taguchi is known for directing a variety of animated works, mostly notably Persona 4: The Animation, Persona 4 The Golden Animation, Persona 3 the Movie: #2 Midsummer Knight’s Dream, and most recently Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna. Masashi Kudo is also returning to cover the design of the characters, and Shiro Sagisu is returning to compose the music. The official description of the upcoming anime reads as follows:
“BLEACH follows the story of Ichigo Kurosaki. When Ichigo meets Rukia he finds his life is changed forever.”
Also joining the original Bleach voice cast will be a set of returning voice talents from the Bleach: Brave Souls game, including:
- Naomi Kusumi as Ichibe Hyosube
- Yoji Ueda as Oetsu Nimaiya
- Tomoyuki Shimura as Tenjiro Kirinji
- Rina Sato as Senjumaru Shutara
- Ayumi Tsunematsu as Kirio Hikifune
- Takayuki Sugo as Yhwach
- Yuichiro Umehara as Jugram Haschwalth
- Shunsuke Takeuchi as Askin Nakk le Vaar
- Ayana Taketatsu as Bambietta Basterbine
- Yuki Ono as Bazz-B
- Yumi Uchiyama as Candice Catnipp
- Natsuki Hanae as Gremmy Thoumeaux
- Satoshi Hino as Lille Barro
Crunchyroll will be streaming the original series in its entirety in October 2022. Will you be watching? Let us know!