Fans of the worldwide famous Bleach series are eagerly awaiting the final installment of Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, slated for release next year. The animation studio behind the production, Studio Pierrot is pouring effort into crafting Ichigo’s climactic anime saga, where the battle against the Sternritter concludes the manga’s last major arc. While no exact premiere date is set, a new trademark filing for “Bleach: Mirrors High” has stirred excitement.
Registered by Shueisha in the U.S., Japan, and Europe under the gaming category, it suggests a potential new console or mobile game set in the Shinigami realm. Details about “Mirrors High” remain scarce, but it joins a legacy of Bleach games, like Bleach: Rebirth of Souls, which recently revived Tite Kubo’s iconic characters in the gaming world.
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Calamity anime will premiere on 2026!
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Calamity is set to mark the final chapter of the anime series.
Thousand-Year Blood War Part 3 – The Conflict debuted on October 5 and wrapped up on December 28 with a special one-hour finale.
The first cour launched in October 2022 and concluded in December that year, featuring a one-hour special that merged episodes 12 and 13. In the U.S., Viz Media streams the series on Hulu.
The second cour premiered in July 2023, streaming on Hulu in the U.S., Star+ in Latin America, and on Disney+ in select other regions.
Bleach, crafted by writer and artist Tite Kubo, is a Japanese manga that chronicles the journey of Ichigo Kurosaki, a fiery teenager who inherits the powers of a Soul Reaper—a mystical figure akin to the Grim Reaper—through an encounter with Rukia Kuchiki, a seasoned Soul Reaper. These newfound abilities thrust Ichigo into the role of protector, battling malevolent spirits known as Hollows and escorting lost souls to the afterlife, leading him through enigmatic supernatural realms.
The manga ran in Shueisha’s Weekly Shōnen Jump from August 2001 to August 2016, with its story compiled into 74 tankōbon volumes. Bleach has expanded into a vast media franchise, encompassing an anime series by Studio Pierrot that aired from 2004 to 2012, two original video animations (OVAs), four animated films, ten stage musicals, and a variety of video games, alongside a wide array of merchandise. A live-action film adaptation, produced by Warner Bros., debuted in Japan in 2018.
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