Manga and anime producer VIZ Media has introduced Bleach: Thousand-12 months Blood Battle Half 2, based mostly on Tite Kubo’s manga, will debut on Hulu within the U.S., Star+ in Latin America, and Disney+ in choose international locations internationally on Saturday, July eighth, 2023.
Within the collection, Ichigo Kurosaki turns into a Substitute Soul Reaper caught within the turmoil of the Soul Society, a spot the place deceased souls collect. When new Soul Reapers and a brand new enemy seem in his hometown of Karakura, Ichigo jumps into the battlefield along with his Zanpakuto to assist these in want. In the meantime, the Soul Society notices a sudden surge within the variety of Hollows being destroyed within the World of the Residing, and obtain stories that residents within the Rukon District have gone lacking. Lastly, the Seireitei, residence of the Soul Reapers, comes beneath assault by a bunch calling themselves the Wandenreich, instigating conflict. The historical past and reality stored hidden by the Soul Reapers for a thousand years is lastly dropped at mild.
Half 2 will premiere with Episode 1 at 7:30 AM PDT on Hulu, Star+ and Disney+, simulcast with English; Latin American Spanish; Brazilian Portuguese; French; German; and Italian subtitles. VIZ Media holds worldwide rights (excluding Asia). Half 1 of the collection presently streams in Argentina; Australia; Austria; Balkans; Baltics; Belgium; Bolivia; Brazil; Canada; Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; Czech Republic; Denmark; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; El Salvador; Finland; France; Germany; Gibraltar; Greece; Guatemala; Honduras; Hungary; Iceland; Eire; Liechtenstein; Luxembourg; Mexico; Netherlands; New Zealand; Nicaragua; Norway; Panama; Paraguay; Peru; Poland; Romania; Slovakia; South Africa; Sweden; Switzerland; Turkey; the UK; Uruguay; and Venezuela.
The award-winning and bestselling manga collection “Bleach” has over 130 million copies in print since its debut in Weekly Shonen Leap (2.7 million copies within the U.S.). 366 episodes of the anime collection had been produced, airing in Japan 2004-2012. Along with the manga and anime, the Bleach universe consists of video video games, musicals, and a live-action movie adaptation.
The Bleach: Thousand-12 months Blood Battle Half 2 Japanese forged consists of Masakazu Morita as Ichigo Kurosaki; Fumiko Orikasa as Rukia Kuchiki; Noriaki Sugiyama as Uryu Ishida; Yuki Matsuoka as Orihime Inoue; Hiroki Yasumoto as Yasutora Sado (Chad); Kentaro Ito as Renji Abarai; Shin-ichiro Miki as Kisuke Urahara; Satsuki Yukino as Yoruichi Shihoin; Binbin Takaoka as Shigekuni Genryusai Yamamoto; Houko Kuwashima as Soi Fon; Shouto Kashii as Rojuro Ohtoribashi; Aya Hisakawa as Retsu Unohana; Masaya Onosaka as Shinji Hirako; Ryotaro Okiayu as Byakuya Kuchiki; Tetsu Inada as Sajin Komamura; Akio Otsuka as Shunsui Kyoraku; Tomokazu Sugita as Kensei Muguruma; Romi Park as Toshiro Hitsugaya; Fumihiko Tachiki as Kenpachi Zaraki; Ryusei Nakao as Mayuri Kurotsuchi; Hideo Ishikawa as Jushiro Ukitake; Naomi Kusumi as Ichibe Hyosube; Yoji Ueda as Oh-Etsu Nimaiya; Tomoyuki Shimura as Tenjiro Kirinji; Rina Sato as Senjumaru Shutara; Ayumi Tsunematsu as Kirio Hikifune; Takayuki Sugo as Yhwach; Yuuichirou Umehara as Jugram Haschwalth; Shunsuke Takeuchi as Askin Nakk Le Vaar; Ayana Taketatsu as Bambietta Basterbine; Yuki Ono as Bazz-B; Yumi Uchiyama as Candice Catnipp; Natsuki Hanae as Gremmy Thoumeaux; and Satoshi Hino as Lille Barro.
Different credit embrace animation manufacturing by Studio Pierrot; normal supervision by Tite Kubo; collection directing by Tomohisa Taguchi; character design by Masashi Kudo; music by Shiro SAGISU with Half 1 Opening Theme Music “Scar” by Tatsuya Kitani, Ending Theme Music “Saihate” by SennaRin, and Half 2 Opening Theme Music “STARS” by w.o.d.
“By way of his visible genius, Tite Kubo has had an indelible impression on the fandom world and the course of manga and anime historical past,” stated Brad Woods, Chief Advertising and marketing Officer VIZ Media. “He’s additionally a supremely gifted and achieved storyteller, and it’s a nice honor for VIZ Media to amass this last arc in his legendary catalogue Bleach: Thousand-12 months Blood Battle for followers all over the place.”
Whitney is a contract author specializing in VFX-driven fantasy movie & TV in addition to preschool animation.
