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  • ‘BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War’ Returns with Part 2

    ‘BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War’ Returns with Part 2

    Viz Media announced today that BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War is officially set to return with Part 2. The first episode of Part 2 will debut on Saturday, July 8th at 7:30 AM PDT on Hulu in the United States, Star+ in Latin America and Disney+ in select international territories. Viz Media also confirmed that the series will feature English, Latin American Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, and Italian subtitles.

    Along with the confirmation of Part 2‘s release date, Viz Media also unveiled a brand-new poster for the series, as seen below.

    BLEACH is an award-winning manga that has sold over 130 million print copies since it debuted in Weekly Shonen Jump — of those sales, 2.7 million were within the United States. The series ran from 2001 to 2016 and features 74-volumes. The anime, which spanned 366 episodes and ran from 2004 until 2012, is still regarded as one of the best animes of all time.

    “Through his visual genius, Tite Kubo has had an indelible impact on the fandom world and the course of manga and anime history. He is also a supremely gifted and accomplished storyteller, and it is a great honor for VIZ Media to acquire this final arc in his legendary catalogue BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War, for fans everywhere.”

    Brad Woods, Chief Marketing Officer VIZ Media 

    While Part 1 featured an opening theme song – “Scar” – by Tatsuya Kitani, Part 2 will feature an opening theme song, titled “Stars”, by w.o.d..

    The synopsis for the series is as follows:

    Was it all just a coincidence, or was it inevitable?

    Ichigo Kurosaki gained the powers of a Soul Reaper through a chance encounter. As a Substitute Soul Reaper, Ichigo became caught in the turmoil of the Soul Society, a place where deceased
    souls gather. But with help from his friends, Ichigo overcame every challenge to become even stronger.

    When new Soul Reapers and a new enemy appear in his hometown of Karakura, Ichigo jumps back into the battlefield with his Zanpakuto to help those in need. Meanwhile, the Soul Society is observing a sudden surge in the number of Hollows being destroyed in the World of the Living. They also receive separate reports of residents in the Rukon District having gone missing. Finally, the Seireitei, home of the Soul Reapers, comes under attack by a group calling themselves the Wandenreich.                                                                  

    Led by Yhwach, the father of all Quincies, the Wandenreich declare war against the Soul Reapers with the following message: “Five days from now, the Soul Society will be annihilated by the Wandenreich.”

    The history and truth kept hidden by the Soul Reapers for a thousand long years is finally brought to light.

    All things must come to an end—as Ichigo Kurosaki’s final battle begins! 

    Fans in the United States can catch up on Part 1 now as the series is currently streaming on Hulu.

  • RUMOR: ‘Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War’ May Be Heading to Disney+

    RUMOR: ‘Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War’ May Be Heading to Disney+

    Disney has been quite busy trying to continue building its streaming platform. They invested quite a bit when they purchased all of 20th Century Fox to make use of its library, building upon it as one of the biggest competitors to join the market and producing original productions for Marvel, Star Wars, and more. Now, they have started embracing their international audiences with original Korean dramas and even trying to venture into anime, such as Star Wars Visions. If a new rumor is anything to believe, they may have seen the opportunity in building their anime offerings.

    Known leaker @SugoiLITE has taken to Twitter to share that the upcoming continuation of the Bleach anime might be getting a new home. Supposedly, Disney has acquired the streaming license for Disney+ as the show is about to get its revival to tell the final saga from the manga, Thousand-Year Blood War. We have to keep in mind that there is no official confirmation and we’ll have to take it with a grain of salt.

    https://twitter.com/SugoiLITE/status/1558106191146143745

    There is still something interesting if this does turn out to be true. Disney+ has been trying to become a strong competitor with Netflix. Disney’s three streaming service totaled even managed to surpass Netflix’s subscriber count and while the numbers are slowing down, as to be expected with more competitors entering the market, it’s still seeing growth. Disney has recently upped the price with a new ad-supported model added in, which is likely to shake up things moving forward but we’re entering the cost-covering era for these streaming ventures. We’ll see if this potentially pays off for the streaming service.

    Source: Twitter