Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War is coming this fall, and fans are excited for the anime's long-awaited comeback. It's been more than a decade since Bleach released a new anime episode based on Tite Kubo's popular shonen manga series, but Ichigo and other soul reapers are finally returning to the small screen, and now, the anime has shared details for the first episode of the upcoming season.
The official website of Bleach shared a synopsis for the premiere of Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, which its titled The Blood Warfare. The first images and synopsis have also been revealed.
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You can read the official synopsis of the first episode of Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War below:
"It is observed that Hollows are disappearing one after another in the real world, and the Soul Society and Technology Development Bureau is in an uproar. Meanwhile, in Karakura Town, two newly appointed shinigami named Ryunosuke Yumiki and Shino Madarame encounter a Hollow as soon as they arrive. Ichigo Kurosaki and his companions help the two who were helpless amidst the sudden attack. But two days later, a man wearing a mask appears before Ichigo and the others who interacted with Ryunosuke who has finally regained consciousness. And all the while, strange things are happening in the Soul Society."
In addition to these details, Bleach also announced the key staff for the first episode ahead of its release. Tomohiso Taguchi worked on the storyboard and screenplay while Cindy H. Yamauchi served as the animation director. Masashi Kudo returns as the chief animation director, and series creator Tite Kubo helped develop the adaptation ahead of its big return.
If you're not familiar with the final arc of Tite Kubo's manga, you can read the official synopsis of Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War below:
"The Wandenreich, a group within the Quincy, will finally rise to strike back against the Shinigami and the Soul Society, resulting in an all-out war between the two factions. The world of the Soul Society is also under siege from a dramatic imbalance of Hollows being destroyed."
If you want to know more about the upcoming season, check out everything we know about Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War here.
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