At Anime Expo, VIZ Media shared the world premiere trailer of Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War and new key art for the anime set to arrive in October 2022.
As reported by Anime News Network, the trailer focuses on the Stern Ritter characters and this new anime will be based on the "Thousand Year Blood War" arc of Tite Kubo's manga.
World Premiere of BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War PV at #AnimeExpo.
The Quincy King has arrived. Ichigo, please save Soul Society. #BleachTYBW pic.twitter.com/luu5xO9flX
— VIZ (@VIZMedia) July 3, 2022
Kubo himself appeared in a video message to fans during Bleach's Anime Expo panel and said that fans can "expect modern contemporary coloring and a new and refreshing viewing experience with the new anime."
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War will premiere on TV Tokyo in October and VIZ Media will be releasing the series in English.
The story will cover the final arc of the manga, which covers volumes 55-74, and the series' returning cast will also include characters that didn't appear in the original anime but are reprising their roles from the Bleach: Brave Souls video game.
The Bleach manga was first released in Weekly Shonen Jump in 2001 and ended its run in 2016. Its popularity led to an anime adaptation that ran for 366 episodes from 2004 to 2012 alongside four films, two OVAs, video games, novels, stage plays, and even a live-action film that was released in 2018.
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