Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Streams Last Promo Ahead of Final Two Episodes
The trailer closes out a four-cour adaptation that carries the original manga through its ending, so the October 26 episode finishes the Bleach anime's run on the final arc rather than setting up anything further.
Key Facts
- Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Calamity episode 49 airs on October 19, and the finale, episode 50, airs on October 26.
- The Calamity debuted on TV Tokyo on July 25 at 11:00 p.m. JST and runs for 10 episodes.
- A marathon screening and talk event is scheduled for October 25 at United Cinemas Aqua City Odaiba in Japan.
- The Thousand Year Blood War arc is the final arc of Tite Kubo's Bleach manga and covers volumes 55 to 74.
- Viz Media and Fathom Entertainment screened The Calamity's first three episodes in U.S. theaters on June 25-29.
Reporting from 2 sources: Anime News Network, Anime Corner.
The Bleach franchise's official YouTube channel posted "the last" promotional video for Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Calamity on Friday, ahead of the fourth and final part's closing episodes. Episode 49 airs October 19 and episode 50, the series finale, airs October 26. Both were delayed while staff said they were improving the anime's quality as it heads toward its climax, and a "climax selection" of episodes ran in the weeks before episode 49. The Calamity debuted on TV Tokyo on July 25 at 11:00 p.m. JST and began streaming in Japan the next day at noon, running for 10 episodes. The first half of the new promo looks back over the arc and the path toward the final confrontation between Ichigo Kurosaki and Yhwach. A marathon screening and talk event is set for October 25 at United Cinemas Aqua City Odaiba, one day before the finale.
The final promo arrives with two theme songs already attached to the cour: jo0ji performs the opening "I-BULL" and singer-songwriter 9Lana performs the ending "Rasen" (Spiral). The Thousand Year Blood War arc adapts volumes 55 through 74 of the manga, the final arc.
The October 25 event at United Cinemas Aqua City Odaiba has a named guest list.
- Masakazu Morita, the voice of Ichigo Kurosaki
- Noriaki Sugiyama, the voice of Uryu Ishida
- Tite Kubo, the original creator
- Hikaru Murata, the director
- Sadahiko Tominaga, the animation producer
The manga ran in Weekly Shonen Jump from 2001 to 2016 and ended at 74 volumes, with more than 130 million copies in circulation worldwide. The original anime adaptation aired from 2004 to 2012 and produced four theatrical films before the franchise returned in 2022 with Thousand-Year Blood War. Kubo has said the final part includes more original material than the previous parts, expanding the manga's final battles. Viz Media and Fathom Entertainment screened the first three episodes of The Calamity in U.S. theaters on June 25 to 29.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.