Bleach

Bleach

Alternative Titles

Synonyms

Japanese

BLEACH - ブリーチ -

English

Bleach

Information

Type

TV

Aired

Oct 5, 2004 to Mar 27, 2012

Episodes

366

Duration

24 min per ep

Season

fall 2004

Broadcast

Tuesdays at 18:00 (JST)

Studios

Pierrot

Licensors

VIZ Media

Status

Finished Airing

Source

Manga

Rating

PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Themes

Demographics

Shounen

Statistics

Rank

710

Score

7.96

Scored by

1173972

Popularity

36

Members

2049619

Favorites

76841

External Links

Synopsis

Ichigo Kurosaki is an ordinary high schooler—until his family is attacked by a Hollow, a corrupt spirit that seeks to devour human souls. It is then that he meets a Soul Reaper named Rukia Kuchiki, who gets injured while protecting Ichigo's family from the assailant. To save his family, Ichigo accepts Rukia's offer of taking her powers and becomes a Soul Reaper as a result. However, as Rukia is unable to regain her powers, Ichigo is given the daunting task of hunting down the Hollows that plague their town. However, he is not alone in his fight, as he is later joined by his friends—classmates Orihime Inoue, Yasutora Sado, and Uryuu Ishida—who each have their own unique abilities. As Ichigo and his comrades get used to their new duties and support each other on and off the battlefield, the young Soul Reaper soon learns that the Hollows are not the only real threat to the human world. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Background

Bleach adapts the first 54 volumes of Tite Kubo's manga series of the same name. In addition, 4 anime-original arcs were broadcast in-between and during the adaptations of original arcs of the manga.

Characters

Related

Adaptation

Bleach

Alternative Setting

Burn the Witch

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