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Ani-One Asia Streams Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Anime
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Ani-One Asia announced on September 30 that it will stream Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, the television anime based on the "Thousand Year Blood War" arc of Tite Kubo's Bleach manga, beginning on October 11 at 12:30 a.m. GMT +8. The anime will stream in Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, Fiji, Hong Kong, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, India, Indonesia, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, New Caledonia, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Seychelles, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.
The anime will run for four cours (quarter of a year) with breaks in between. The show will premiere in Japan on October 10. The anime will cover the rest of the original manga up through its ending.
Tomohisa Taguchi (Twin Star Exorcists, Kino's Journey - The Beautiful World, Akudama Drive) is replacing Noriyuki Abe to direct the anime at Studio Pierrot. Masashi Kudo is returning as the character designer, and Shiro Sagisu is returning to composing the music.
Tatsuya Kitani, who performed theme and image songs for the "Bleach Ex" exhibition, is singing the opening theme song "Scar," while SennaRin is singing the ending theme song "Saihate" (The Farthest Reaches).
The show's Japanese returning cast also includes cast members who have not appeared in the anime, but are reprising their roles from the Bleach: Brave Souls game.
The Thousand Year Blood War arc is the final arc of the manga, and covers volumes 55-74.
Kubo launched Bleach in Weekly Shonen Jump in 2001, and ended it in August 2016.
The manga inspired a television anime adaptation that ran for 366 episodes from 2004 to 2012. The anime franchise also includes four films and two OVAs. Additionally, the franchise has also inspired video games, novels, stage plays, and a live-action film that opened in July 2018.
