Bleach 20th Anniversary Project & Tite Kubo New Work Presentation (News Thread)

[Yojimbo]

4/7: Special edition 20th volume of the manga on sale August 2.

6/27: Kubo says the upcoming Bleach anime will answer some manga plot holes.

 

[Frontier]

6/27: Kubo says the upcoming Bleach anime will answer some manga plot holes.

I guess he finally has a chance to do it right this time .

 

[Yojimbo]

Anime Expo live blog for Bleach panel.

Viz Media will make all 366 English-dubbed episodes of the Bleach anime available to purchase digitally in the United States for a limited time from July 5 to 7. It will be available for a limited time after that, but at a higher price. The series will be available on Apple TV app, Microsoft, and VUDU and will retail for $99.

Trailer and poster for Thousand-Year Blood War.

 

[Gold Guy]

It's good to see Bleach back (and the animation in the trailer looks really good). Here's hoping for a quick dub turnaround.

 

[Yojimbo]

7/6: Michelle Ruff confirms she will reprise Rukia.

7/10: Shiro Sagisu will return as composer and he revealed the new lyrics.

 

[Gold Guy]

Author Tite Kubo is interviewed regarding the anime.

The anime's director and producer are also interviewed.

The most interesting tidbit to me is Kubo saying that while the original anime was airing, sometimes he had to tone down the manga itself to be more in line with the anime censors, and that when the original anime was canceled, he was allowed to make the final manga arc more violent. He also implies that the final arc won't be censored in the anime.

 

[Vuxovich]

Which animation studio animates the Blood War arc?

 

[Yojimbo]

Kubo says he's involved in every step of the process this time.

 

[Gold Guy]

Which animation studio animates the Blood War arc?

Studio Pierrot is returning from the original show.

 

[Yojimbo]

7/13: Interview with producer Yoshihiro Tominaga.

7/14: New key visual released.

7/17: Kubo comments the R&D they did with coloring and is confident nothing will be omitted in the anime.

8/3: Yamashita Hiroyuki joins stuff to plus specific episodes.

8/6: New poster released.

More cast info revealed.

8/7: Will be a special 2 episode screening on September 11 ahead of the October premiere.

 

[Pronto]

Since their including fights and story elements that weren't in the manga, I wonder how many episodes this will end up being. I also wonder if they will adapt the 20th anniversary chapter and some of the light novels. They could potentially churn out 2 years' worth of material depending on pacing and just how ambitious they are.

 

[Yojimbo]

Didn't expect this rumor but Thousand-Year Blood War might be streamed by Disney+.

 

[Space Cadet]

Didn't expect this rumor but Thousand-Year Blood War might be streamed by Disney+.

I would be shocked if this was true, especially since their last attempt at airing a Shonen Jump property didn't go too well.

 

[PicardMan]

Hard to believe, but Disney has licensed a Shonen Jump property in Summer Time Rendering. You probably haven't heard of this show because they have appeared to put it in a Netflix style jail instead of simulcasting it to viewers outside of Japan (viewers in Japan are the only ones who can access it on their country's Disney+). This is kinda surprising as this is the kind of show it is (looks pretty violent, not Mickey Mouse stuff):


There is a degree of panic that Bleach will also be in Disney+ jail like Summer Time Rendering and Black Rock Shooter season 2, but Viz holds the license in America rather than Disney so at least Americans might be spared of Disney+ jail.

 

[Dragnatek]

Disney + recently added M rated TV shows and R rated movies to the service in the US and other countries have allowed that stuff on D+ for a while so if it ends up on Disney Plus in the USA there would be nothing to worry about.

 

[Yojimbo]

The obvious lock would be Netflix or Crunchyroll nowadays to get it but does Hulu stream anime? I ask because I seem to recall at one point only Hulu had OPM season 2 for example.

 

[PicardMan]

Disney + recently added M rated TV shows and R rated movies to the service in the US and other countries have allowed that stuff on D+ for a while so if it ends up on Disney Plus in the USA there would be nothing to worry about.

The obvious lock would be Netflix or Crunchyroll nowadays to get it but does Hulu stream anime? I ask because I seem to recall at one point only Hulu had OPM season 2 for example.

I've been wondering if Disney intends to stream its licenses on Disney Plus or Hulu in the US. Hulu has a long history with anime, being perhaps the dominant platform for streaming anime in the early 2010s. Although Hulu has never licensed an anime directly, they did have a close relationship with Viz and had exclusive streaming rights to Sailor Moon Crystal. The original Bleach is streaming in sub and dub on Hulu. Considering Viz is the main licensor, I'm guessing that Bleach will hopefully not be locked into the same jail Summertime Rendering and the stuff Disney licensed went to. My theory is that Bleach will probably end up like Yashahime and stream on both Crunchyroll and Hulu. Original Bleach had its dub exclusive to Toonami until it finally went to streaming in 2017, but keeping a dub exclusive to cable really limits the audience when not even 300,000 people watch anime on Adult Swim. I also predict that the dub will premiere on streaming rather than cable just like Yashahime.

 

[Gold Guy]

A lot of people on Twitter are super upset about the Bleach Disney+ rumor, but for the wrong reasons. Like others have said, D+ has TV-MA content now, so edits shouldn't be a problem. The real reason people should be upset is that, so far, none of the anime that have streamed on D+ elsewhere have gotten a simulcast in America - or any kind of release as of now, for that matter. With such a big show, I would hate to have to wait months for it.

 

[dumbfoolkid5]

Happy Birthiversary, Ichigo

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[RoyalRubble]

Looks like an episode of Thousand-Year Blood War will be screened at New York Comic-Con on October 8.