by Joseph Luster September 11, 2022

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A premiere event was held this weekend for the Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War anime, and in addition to showing off the first two episodes, a broadcast date was officially unveiled. Bleach will return to the airwaves for what is being planned as a four-season run, and while those seasons won’t air back-to-back, it’s all set to kick off on October 10.

Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War will open to Tatsuya Kitani’s “Scar” theme song, and SennaRin will perform the ending theme, “Saihatte.” 

Check out the new trailer that debuted along with the news:

Tomohisa Taguchi is directing the new arc at studio Pierrot, with Masashi Kudo on character designs and Shiro Sagisu on music. The latest cast additions are:

• Berenice Gabrielli: KENN (Penema in Platinum End) 
• Jerome Guizbatt: Takahiro Fujiwara (Pippin in Berserk: The Golden Age Arc)
• Asguiaro Ebern: Wataru Komada (Yutaka Gotanda in Tribe Nine)
• Luders Friegen: Daiki Hamano (Matheus Johann Weiss in Saga of Tanya the Evil)

Here’s the full cast list:

• Ichigo Kurosaki – Masakazu Morita
• Rukia Kuchiki – Fumiko Orikasa
  
• Uryu Ishida – Noriaki Sugiyama
  
• Orihime Inoue – Yuki Matsuoka
  
• Yasutora Sado (Chad) – Hiroki Yasumoto
  
• Renji Abarai – Kentaro Ito
  
• Kisuke Urahara – Shin-ichiro Miki
  
• Yoruichi Shihoin – Satsuki Yukino
  
• Shigekuni Yamamotogenryusai – Binbin Takaoka
  
• Sui-Feng – Houko Kuwashima
  
• Rojuro Ohtoribashi – Shouto Kashii
  
• Retsu Unohana – Aya Hisakawa
  
• Shinji Hirako – Masaya Onosaka
  
• Byakuya Kuchiki – Ryotaro Okiayu
  
• Sajin Komamura – Tetsu Inada
  
• Shunsui Kyoraku – Akio Otsuka
  
• Kensei Muguruma – Tomokazu Sugita
  
• Toshiro Hitsugaya – Romi Park
  
• Kenpachi Zaraki – Fumihiko Tachiki
  
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi – Ryusei Nakao
  
• Jushiro Ukitake – Hideo Ishikawa
  
• Ichibee Hyosube – Naomi Kusumi
  
• Ouetsu Nimaiya – Yoji Ueda
  
• Tenjiro Kirinji – Tomoyuki Shimura
  
• Senjumaru Shutara – Rina Sato
  
• Kirio Hikifune – Ayumi Tsunematsu
  
• Yhwach – Takayuki Sugo
  
• Jugram Haschwalth – Yuuichirou Umehara
  
• Askin Nakk Le Vaar – Shunsuke Takeuchi
  
• Bambietta Basterbine – Ayana Taketatsu
  
• Bazz-B – Yuki Ono
  
• Candice Catnipp – Yumi Uchiyama
  
• Gremmy Thoumeaux – Natsuki Hanae
  
• Lille Barro – Satoshi Hino

Synopsis:

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! 

Via Crunchyroll News