Anime · TV Aichi
Bleach
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Masakazu Morita
Ichigo Kurosaki (voice)
416 eps
Fumiko Orikasa
Rukia Kuchiki (voice)
416 eps
Hiroki Yasumoto
Yasutora Sado (voice)
416 eps
Yuki Matsuoka
Orihime Inoue (voice)
416 eps
Noriaki Sugiyama
Uryu Ishida (voice)
416 eps
Tomoko Kaneda
Nel Tu (voice)
3 eps
Junko Noda
Tatsuki Arisawa (voice)
2 eps
Fumihiko Tachiki
Kenpachi Zaraki (voice)
1 eps
Tetsu Inada
Sajin Komamura (voice)
2 eps
Daisuke Ono
Shūkurō Tsukishima (voice)
1 eps
Sayori Ishizuka
Franceska Mila Rose (voice)
2 eps
Kentaro Ito
Renji Abarai (voice)
367 eps
Ryotaro Okiayu
Byakuya Kuchki (voice)
366 eps
Mitsuaki Madono
Kon (voice)
366 eps
Toshiyuki Morikawa
Kaname Tōsen (voice)
10 eps
Houko Kuwashima
Soifon (voice)
3 eps
Kiyoyuki Yanada
Tessai Tsukabishi (voice)
7 eps
Katsuyuki Konishi
Shuhei Hisagi (voice)
7 eps
Koji Yusa
Gin Ichimaru (voice)
1 eps
Shin-ichiro Miki
Kisuke Urahara (voice)
5 eps
Masaya Onosaka
Shinji Hirako (voice)
8 eps
Yuji Ueda
Sora Inoue (voice)
2 eps
Binbin Takaoka
Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto (voice)
4 eps
Ryusei Nakao
Mayuri Kurotsuchi (voice)
5 eps
Taro Yamaguchi
Chojiro Sasakibe (voice)
2 eps
Nobuyuki Hiyama
Ikkaku Madarame (voice)
3 eps
Jun Fukuyama
Yumichika Ayasegawa (voice)
1 eps
Keijin Okuda
Akon (voice)
4 eps
Masahito Yabe
Zennosuke Kurumatani (voice)
1 eps
Daiki Yamashita
Ryunosuke Yuki (voice)
3 eps
Asami Seto
Shino Madarame (voice)
4 eps
Takayuki Sugo
Yhwach (voice)
6 eps
Wataru Komada
Asguiaro Ebern (voice)
3 eps
Daiki Hamano
Lüdaas Friegen (voice)
2 eps
Daisuke Gori
Dondochakka Birstanne (voice)
2 eps
Kumi Sakuma
Emilou Apacci (voice)
4 eps
Takehito Koyasu
Pesche Guatiche (voice)
2 eps
Koichi Yamadera
Quilge Opie (voice)
4 eps
Yuuichirou Umehara
Jugram Haschwalth (voice)
5 eps
Akio Otsuka
Shunsui Kyoraku (voice)
3 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Bleach actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Bleach reads strongest on Spectacle, World Building and Bingeability.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The story
What it's about
For as long as he can remember, Ichigo Kurosaki has been able to see ghosts. But when he meets Rukia, a Soul Reaper who battles evil spirits known as Hollows, he finds his life is changed forever. Now, with a newfound wealth of spiritual energy, Ichigo discovers his true calling: to protect the living and the dead from evil.
The run
Seasons
2 seasons · 416 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
20044 episodes
Season 1 · Complete
Bleach
2004366 episodes
6.9IMDbBest episode · S01E271 Ichigo Dies! Orihime, the Cry of Sorrow!
Season 2 · Complete
Thousand-Year Blood War
202250 episodes
8.2IMDbThe final arc of the Bleach series, where Ichigo Kurosaki and the Soul Reapers face off against the powerful Quincy army, led by Yhwach, in a battle that threatens the balance of all worlds.
Best episode · S02E37 SHADOWS GONE
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S02E37
SHADOWS GONE
Lille undergoes further transformation to hunt down and pass judgment on Kyoraku.
- Directed by Shinichirou Ueda
- Written by Masaki Hiramatsu
S02E06
The Fire
Shigekuni Genryusai Yamamoto confronts Yhwach for the first time in a thousand years. As Yhwach finally draws his sword against Genryusai, the Soul Reapers notice an abnormal change taking place across the Seireitei.
- Directed by Ema Saito
- Written by Masaki Hiramatsu
S02E35
DON'T CHASE A SHADOW
The change in Mayuri's Spiritual Pressure is also felt elsewhere by Urahara and Kyoraku.
- Directed by Ema Saito, Shintaro Matsui
- Written by Masaki Hiramatsu
S02E07
Born in the Dark
Shigekuni Genryusai Yamamoto learns that the Yhwach he defeated was an impostor. The real Yhwach then reveals himself and easily kills Genryusai, sending a wave of shock and devastation across the Soul Reapers.
- Directed by Shinichirou Ueda
- Written by Masaki Hiramatsu
S01E271
Ichigo Dies! Orihime, the Cry of Sorrow!
As Ichigo Kurosaki's Hollow form completely takes him over, he begins battling Ulquiorra Cifer again.
- Directed by Yasuto Nishikata
- Written by Masahiro Okubo
S01E309
Fierce Fighting Conclusion! Release, the Final Getsuga Tenshō!
Ichigo Kurosaki uses the Final Getsuga Tenshō against Sōsuke Aizen.
- Directed by Yoshifumi Sueda
- Written by Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S02E43
BLOOD FOR MY BONE
- Directed by Shinichirou Ueda
- Written by Masaki Hiramatsu, Tomohisa Taguchi
S02E42
SON OF DARKNESS
- Directed by Shintaro Matsui
- Written by Masaki Hiramatsu, Tomohisa Taguchi
S02E41
GOD OF THUNDER
- Directed by Chen Dali
- Written by Masaki Hiramatsu, Tomohisa Taguchi
S02E40
MY LAST WORDS
- Directed by Tomohisa Taguchi, Hikaru Murata
- Written by Masaki Hiramatsu
S02E39
THE VISIBLE ANSWER
- Directed by Itoko Nagai
- Written by Masaki Hiramatsu
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Kento Shimoyama
Writer
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Rika Nakase
Writer
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Masashi Sogo
Writer
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Masaki Hiramatsu
Writer
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Masahiro Okubo
Writer
Tomohisa Taguchi
Writer
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Michiko Yokote
Writer
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Mio Imamura
Writer
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Kenta Shimoyama
Writer
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Natsuko Takahashi
Writer
Genki Yoshimura
Writer
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Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Momoko AsaharaProducer
- Genki NegishiProducer
- Tasuku HondaProducer
- Makoto HijikataProducer
- Yoshihiko TominagaProducer
Writing
- Kento ShimoyamaWriter
- Rika NakaseWriter
- Masashi SogoWriter
- Masaki HiramatsuWriter
- Masahiro OkuboWriter
- Tomohisa TaguchiWriter
Direction
- Yuji SekimotoDirector
- 白井武史Director
- Takeshi YamaguchiDirector
- Yoshinori OdakaDirector
- Mitsutaka NoshitaniDirector
- Takeshi TomitaDirector
Cinematography
- Kazuhiro YamadaDirector of Photography
Music
- Shiro SagisuOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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