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TV Tokyo shared the new trailer and key visual for Season 4 of the Bleach: The Thousand-Year Blood War anime adaptation. No release date has been detailed yet, and more information will appear in the future.

It was also confirmed that this will be the final season of the Bleach anime series, and it adapts the final arc of the manga. The new teaser trailer shows the dual swords that represent Ichigo Kurosaki’s true shikai form transforming into the single sword that he uses for his Bankai, Tensa Zangetsu. After the transformation, the sword is shown shattered in half.

You can check out the teaser trailer for Season 4 of the Bleach: The Thousand-Year Blood War here:

Additionally, Viz Media confirmed that Season 4 will receive an English release. The company also confirmed that the English title for Bleach: The Thousand-Year Blood War Part 4 is The Calamity. You can also take a look at the new key visual showcasing Ichigo below.

Season 4 of the Bleach: The Thousand-Year Blood War anime is currently in production with no announce release date. Part 3 of the anime series premiered in October 2024 and recently ended on December 28, and is now available on Hulu and Disney Plus. Viz Media handles the manga outside of Japan.

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The release date for the new Part 3 of the Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War anime series has been decided. The new arc, titled The Conflict, will begin airing in Japan at 11pm JST (7am ET/10am PT) on October 5, 2024. [Thanks, ryokutya2089!]

According to leaker ryokutya2089, the new season of the anime series will premiere a month from now. Coincidentally, the release date for the new season falls on the same day that the original Bleach anime adaptation released in back in 2004 in Japan. Similarly, the first season of the Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War anime premiered in Japan on October 11, 2022.

As a reminder, a teaser trailer for the new anime arc of Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War appeared on July 8, 2024. It briefly showcased the opening and ending theme songs for the new season. Additionally, a key visual image featuring the main characters appeared alongside the teaser trailer.

The release date for the Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 3: The Conflict falls on October 5, 2024 at 11pm JST. Parts 1 and 2 of the anime series are now available on Hulu in the United States and Disney+ worldwide. Viz Media handled the localization of the manga.

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Part 3 of the Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War anime series will premiere in October 2024. A new trailer showed the new release window alongside a glimpse at the opening and ending theme songs for the series.

The opening theme song for the new part 3 of Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War will be performed by Six Lounge and is titled “Kotoba ni Sezu Tomo” (or “Without any words,”) while the ending song is called “Monochrome” and is performed by suisoh. The new trailer depicts various of the key characters in the season unleashing their Bankai abilities, and you can check it out here:

In addition, a new key visual art for Part 3 The Conflict was revealed and it features Ichigo Kurosaki standing with his zanpakuto unsheathed next to Orihime Inoue, Yasutora “Chad” Sado, and Ganju Shiba.

Here is the key visual:

An estimate 2024 release date for the new Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War anime season was previously confirmed in October 2023 with the release of a short teaser trailer.

Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 3 “The Conflict” will premiere in October 2024. The exact release date will appear at a later date. Parts 1 and 2 of the anime series are now available on Hulu in the United States and Disney+ worldwide. The manga was localized by Viz Media.

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From April 26 to May 26, 2024, a collaboration event and cafe will celebrate the 20th anniversary of Bleach. The event will have two parts: an exhibition of signature scenes from the anime and manga and a collaboration cafe. [Thanks, PR Times!]

News of this event first appeared in late March 2024. However, at the time, it was unclear what kind of event this would be. The Locus of Brave part of the event will allow visitors to look at dynamic decorations, as well as artwork from the Bleach anime and manga. As for the collaboration cafe, the characters will look like regular high schoolers. This includes people who weren’t high schoolers in the original setting.

The reason why the characters look like regular high schoolers is because this is from the High School Warfare April Fool’s joke. Because of that, the food items you can get are either jokes on common Japanese school tropes or references to the characters’ in-universe seating numbers. For example, Ichigo and Renji’s dishes are “Hayaben Taiketsu,” which are lunch boxes. “Hayaben” in Japanese is a term for when you eat your lunch before it’s actually lunchtime. Here are the menu items you can get at the Bleach collaboration cafe:

As for the limited goods, you can expect to find pretty ordinary items. There will be can badges, acrylic stands, postcards, and keychains. Merchandise will use both the Locus of Brave key visual and the High School Warfare designs.

The Bleach event in Japan will take place from April 26 to May 26, 2024. Tickets start from 1300 JPY ($8.55), and they'll take place at the Yokohama Landmark Tower.

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The Bleach anime series will be celebrating its 20th anniversary this year with a special event in Yokohama. The event is scheduled to start on April 26, 2024 at the Yokohama Landmark Tower. [Thanks, Ryokutya2089!]

The special event titled "Bleach The Locus of Brave" is set to begin this spring and feature an exhibition that will show off artwork from Bleach series. There will also be special merchandise on sale at the event. The event is currently scheduled to run from April 26. 2024 through to May 26, 2024. More details will be revealed at a later time.

Alongside the announcement of the special event, the official Bleach 20th Anniversary website has launched and revealed brand new artwork featuring Ichigo and all of his various enemies and rivals throughout the series. The characters shown in the artwork include Renji, Ikkaku, Kenpachi, and Byakuya from the Soul Society Arc; Ulquiorra, Grimmjow, Nnoitra, Gin, and Aizen from the Arrancar Arc; Ginjo and Tsukishima from the Fullbringer Arc; and Yhwach and Ishida from the Thousand-Year Blood War Arc. The new artwork for the Bleach 20th Anniversary can be seen below:

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The website also details various collaborations. Bleach will be collaborating with EPOS Card to launch special card designs. Card applications for these specific designs will open on March 29, 2024. Bleach will also be releasing a special MV with SennaRin's song "Reaper" at the AnimeJapan 2024 Aniplex booth on March 23, 2024.

The original Bleach anime series began airing in 2004 through to 2012 and received four feature-length animated films during its initial run. The anime returned after nearly ten years with Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War in 2022, and the new season is scheduled to air in 2024.

"Bleach The Locus of Brave" special event is set to begin on April 26, 2024 in Yokohama.

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A recent leak suggests that Tite Kubo will be making a major Bleach announcement in the issue of Weekly Shonen Jump. Weekly Shonen Jump No. 16 is slated to feature the Bleach announcement, and that is expected to appear on March 16, 2024. [Thanks, Ryokutya2089!]

It is currently unknown if the Bleach announcement will be in relation to the manga, which ended its serialization back on August 22, 2016. It could also pertain to the ongoing anime adaption of Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War. Tite Kubo is also behind the spin-off Burn the Witch.

Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War began airing worldwide on October 11, 2022, and follows Thousand-Year Blood War arc of the manga series. This adaption of the final arc of the manga series came ten years after the original anime series aired in Japan. The previous season of the anime covering the Fullbringer arc finished airing in March 2012 in Japan. Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 1 and Part 2 are currently available on Hulu in the United States and Disney+ worldwide for streaming. There are currently 26 episodes total in the Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War anime adaption. Part 3 of the ongoing anime series will release in 2024.

Back in December 2023 during Jump Festa 2024, Shueisha revealed plans to release a new Rukia and Renji audiobook based on the 2016 novel We Do Knot Always Love You that focused on the marriage of Rukia Kuchiki and Renji Abarai. The audiobook features Fumiko Orikasa as Rukia, Kentaro Ito as Renji, and Ryotaro Okiayu as Byakuya, who reprised their roles from the anime. The publisher also announced that a brand new rock musical show would be releasing in Japan in 2024. No further information about the rock musical show has been revealed at this time.

The Bleach manga was serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump and published by Shueisha. The Bleach manga was published by Viz Media outside of Japan. On August 10, 2021, Tite Kubo released a 73-page chapter called "New Breathes From Hell Arc" which explored the previously unexplored underworld in the Bleach universe called Hell.

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The new Studio Pierrot WcDonald’s McDonald’s anime shorts run has begin as part of the Savory Chili WcDonald’s Sauce promotion. The first episode is available online in Japanese or with an English dub, and the first of four manga chapters is online.

Each week, a different sort of story with new characters will appear. Each one naturally promotes the new type of sauce. (It has chili, garlic, ginger, and soy sauce in it.) The first episode involves Mitero and Hashirune racing to get to McDonald’s to get the nuggets and the new sauce first. 

Here’s the first episode in Japanese with subs:

And here is the English dub:

As for the manga, people need to scan the QR code on the bag of McDonald’s food to get access to each of the weekly manga chapters. The first is available now, with the second arriving on March 4, 2024.

In case the studio’s name sounds familiar, it is because Studio Pierrot has been making anime since 1980. In addition to the new McDonald’s WcDonald’s anime shorts, it worked on major adaptations like Black Clover, Bleach, Blue Dragon, Hikaru no Go, Naruto, Boruto, Saiyuki, Sanrio Boys, Tokyo Ghoul, Urusei Yatsura, and Yu Yu Hakusho. It also worked on Bleach, Naruto, and Yu Yu Hakusho game cutscenes. 

The second McDonald’s episode and chapter will appear on March 4, 2024. The third follows on March 11, 2024. Things wrap up on March 18, 2024, as that’s when the final anime episode and manga chapter appear.

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Jaran, a service for booking trips, will have a collaboration commercial with Yu Yu Hakusho from January 31, 2024. The commercial will feature the main four characters from the show, as well as Toguro (the younger one), relaxing in a hot tub. [Thanks, Game Watch!]

Yusuke’s voice actor, Nozomu Sasaki, will be in charge of narrating the commercial. It will apparently feature lines and familiar catchphrases from the episode previews. Aside from scenes of the character relaxing in a hot tub, it’ll show some cuts from the original anime.

Some preview scenes show Yusuke and Toguro fighting in the Dark Tournament. So, the look of the commercial will change between the show’s retro aesthetic and the more modern art style. Yu Yu Hakusho is an anime and manga series by Yoshihiro Togashi, who later created Hunter x Hunter. It was wildly popular in the 90’s, though recently Netflix produced a live-action adaptation of the show.

It follows delinquent Yusuke who becomes a Spirit World Detective after he dies saving a kid, an act which the Spirit World did not expect. The show focuses more on the action and fighting rather than Yusuke’s detective gigs.

The commercial for Jaran featuring the Yu Yu Hakusho characters will appear on its YouTube channel on January 31, 2024.

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Studiopolis, commented on it recasting Yoruichi in Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War. It stated it is due to an error the casting coordinator made when they mistakenly thought that her original voice actress Wendee Lee was unavailable. [Thanks, ANN!]

The American post-production and dubbing studio Studiopolis explained the situation in further detail to Anime News Network. Essentially, Studiopolis had always intended to keep as many of the original Bleach cast as possible when dubbing Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War. It thought that Wendee Lee could not make the recordings and went on to cast Anairis Quiñones. At this point, Quiñones had already recorded several episodes’ worth of lines. This is in line with some of Lee’s comments on social media regarding the situation. Quiñones is still in Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War as Hiyori.

Quiñones originally announced that she is no longer playing Yoruichi on October 21, 2023. At the time, she did not give any details as to why Studiopolis recast her as Yoruichi in Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War. The situation grew out of hand when several voice actors reacted with sympathy to Quiñones’s Tweet. Many on Twitter may have seen some of Lee’s replies to those comments, with Lee expressing disappointment that people ed Quiñones. Lee has since deleted the majority of these replies.

Lee has since apologized to Quiñones privately. However, Quiñones stated on Twitter on October 23, 2023 that she has not responded yet to Lee’s apology. She also stated that Lee needs to apologize to voice actors such as Faye Mata, Daman Mills, and Jenny Yokobori. These were some of the voice actors who expressed their for Quiñones.

Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War is available on Disney+. Viz Media handles the manga outside Japan.

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Part 3 of the Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War anime series was confirmed in a new announcement trailer for the season. Additionally, the trailer revealed that the release date for the new cour of episodes is set for 2024. However, no exact release window was given yet. Part 2 of the anime series concluded in 2023 with episode 26.

It is still unknown how many episodes the new cour will have. Part 1 of the new Bleach anime series was titled “The Blood Warfare”, with Part 2 titled “The Separation”. The official localized name for Part 3 will be “The Conflict”.

You can check out the new announcement trailer for Part 3 of Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War here:

Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War started airing on October 11, 2022, and picks up after the end of the original anime series, which appeared between October 2004 and March 2012 in Japan.

Parts 1 and 2 of the Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War anime series are available on Disney+ and Hulu for streaming. Part 2 of Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War finished airing on September 30, 2023, and both parts are comprised of 13 episodes each. Part 3 will release sometime on 2024. The Bleach manga was localized by Viz Media.

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The four new Naruto episodes that Studio Pierrot is working on for the 20th anniversary of the Naruto anime will be delayed. Originally, the first episode would have aired on September 3, 2023. However, according to a tweet on the official Boruto social media , the studio will delay these episodes. This is so the studio can increase their overall quality.

The full statement includes the fact that it has been six years and five months since Studio Pierrot worked on Naruto. Since these episodes will be to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Naruto anime, it decided to delay them in order to improve their quality. It apologizes to fans who have been waiting for the broadcast. More information on when they’ll premiere will appear on official social media s, as well as the Naruto website.

There weren’t a lot of details on what the new episodes would entail. What we do know is that Studio Pierrot previously stated that this will be “newly-made animation,” which was the same wording it used for the “Road of Naruto” trailer. There is the chance, then, that these episodes will not be completely new content.

Naruto and Boruto are available on streaming services such as Netflix and Crunchyroll. More information on when the 20th anniversary Naruto episodes will start airing will appear on Naruto’s official social media s and website.

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Four new episodes of the Naruto anime will appear in September 2023, and FLOW will perform the opening and ending theme songs. The new episodes will be based on the original series, and they will be released to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the release of the show. Author Masashi Kishimoto is in charge of writing the script for the new episodes. [Thanks, Comic Natalie!]

The opening theme for the new Naruto anime episodes will be a 20th anniversary version of FLOW's classic opening song "GO!!!," and the ending song will be a cover of Orange Range’s “Viva Rock.” Additionally, a teaser visual depicting Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, and Kakashi was shared through the Naruto official website.

You can check out the teaser visual here:
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The original Naruto anime debuted on October 2002 in Japan, and the four new episodes are celebrating the anime’s 20th anniversary. The new episodes will focus on the pre-Shippuden events of the series, and they will air weekly for four consecutive weeks starting on September 3, 2023. We don't know if Crunchyroll will simulcast them worldwide yet, as it is the current source for Boruto and the original Naruto.

As part of the 20th anniversary celebration, two new figures of Naruto and Sasuke wearing 20th Anniversary special costumes will appear as prizes amusement facilities throughout Japan. Additionally, the Minato Namikaze one-shot manga is now available to read worldwide.

The Naruto and Boruto anime can be found on Crunchyroll, and Viz Media handles the manga localizations.

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The Naruto anime project to commemorate the show's 20th anniversary will air starting on September 3, 2023. It will not be a full-fledged series or a remake. Rather, we'll get four new Naruto episodes. The official Twitter did not give much information beyond this.

The tweet announcing the animation project ends by implying that there won’t be any details about the plot until the air date in September 2023. We know that it will focus on the pre-Boruto events of Naruto. But it's still unclear as to what era of his life it'll cover. There's also the chance that it'll simply retread material that had already been adapted. The wording of the Naruto 's tweet about the episodes is not "new" anime but rather "newly-made animation"

This may seem like splitting hairs. However, Studio Pierrot used the same wording for the “Road of Naruto” trailer it released in 2022. Instead of simply editing together clips from the show, it re-animated scenes such as Sasuke’s fight with Haku from the earlier episodes. So there is always the chance that at least one of the episodes will take past Naruto content and re-animate them rather than be completely new.

The new animation project for Naruto will air on September 3, 2023. It will also air at the Naruto live event on September 3, 2023. Tickets for Naruto The Live will be available from July 18, 2023.

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Alongside the Narutop 99 best character poll, a number of other polls appeared to have fans weigh in on other elements of the series. One was a March 13-24, 2023 "Naruto Best Bout" survey dedicated to finding the best fights in the series. Now that the results are in, they've been shared in a Studio Pierrot video with actual examples from the top 10 fights in the anime.

First, here's the video going over all the match-ups. Note that if you haven't kept up with the Naruto and Naruto Shippuden anime adaptations and manga, this 10 best fights video will contain spoilers.
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And here's the full list of the top 10 fights, with direct links to each one in the showcase.

1. Sakura Haruno and Chiyo vs Sasori (Kazekage Rescue)
2. Naruto Uzumaki vs Sasuke Uchiha (Naruto and Sasuke)
3. Rock Lee vs Gaara (Chuunin Exams)
4. Kakashi Hatake vs Obito Uchiha (The Great Ninja War: Obito Uchiha)
5. Naruto Uzumaki vs Pain (Two Saviors)
6. Sasuke Uchiha vs Itachi Uchiha (Master’s Prophecy and Vengeance)
7. Might Guy vs Madara Uchiha (Infinite Tsukuyomi: The Invocation)
8. Minato Namikaze vs The Masked Man (Nine Tails Taming and Karmic Encounters)
9. Neji Hyuga vs Kidomaru (Sasuke Retrieval)
10. Sasuke Uchiha vs Deidara (Master’s Prophecy and Vengeance)

The full results for the Narutop99 character popularity poll will be revealed in April 2023. The winning character will star in their own short manga.

People can find the Naruto, Naruto Shippuden, and Boruto anime on Crunchyroll, and Viz Media handled the English release of the manga.

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The voting for Narutop 99, the Naruto 20th Anniversary Character Popularity Poll, ended. While the overall results are being counted, the official Naruto website opened another special poll allowing fans to decide the Naruto series' best battles.

The campaign, which called "Naruto Best Bout," will run from March 13-24, 2023. The voting page lists a number of the most iconic duels across the Naruto and Naruto Shippuden anime series. It doesn't appear to include any anime-original fights and also seems to be largely focused on one-on-one duels, with one exception.

Here are the current contenders for the Naruto best battle title Narutop poll.

Note: The list below may contain minor spoilers for events in the Naruto anime and manga. 4j3j6l

• Rock Lee vs. Gaara during the Chunin Exams arc.
• Neji Hyuga vs. Kidomaru during the Sasuke Retrieval arc.
• Sakura Haruno and Chiyo vs. Sasori during the Kazekage Rescue arc.
• Sasuke Uchiha vs. Deidara during the Master's Prophecy and Vengeance arc.
• Sasuke Uchiha vs. Itachi Uchiha during the Master's Prophecy and Vengeance arc
• Naruto Uzumaki vs. Pain during the Two Saviors arc.
• Minato Namikaze vs. The Masked Man during the Nine-Tails Taming and Karmic Encounters arc.
• Kakashi Hatake vs. Obito Uchiha during The Great Ninja War: Obito Uchiha arc.
• Might Guy vs. Madara Uchiha during the Infinite Tsukuyomi: The Invocation arc.
• Naruto Uzumaki vs. Sasuke Uchiha during the Naruto and Sasuke arc.

You'll need a Twitter to vote, and can do so by visiting the official Narutop99 website. Click on the banner below your selection to cast a vote.  Like the main poll, you can vote once per day during the campaign period.

Naruto and Naruto Shippuden are available to stream on various platforms. Its successor series, Boruto, will end "Part 1" of its story in March 2023.

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