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All About Bleach - The Series
From Kubo Tite the creator of Zombie Powder (a series that only lasted 27 chapters in the Weekly Shonen Jump before cancellation)
comes the Bleach anime and manga series. First debuting in the Weekly Shonen Jump on January 5th 2002, Bleach has currently
released a total of 22 full volumes in Japan and become one of the most popular series winning the very prestigious Shogakukan
Manga Award for best Shonen series in 2005. Licensed by VIZ Media for distribution in the Americas a total of 13 volumes have
been released completely translated to English with 16 volume release dates currently announced. Bleach has quickly become
one of the most popular anime series to an English speaking audience.
The Bleach manga series was adapted to an anime series in 2004 with its first episode of syndication on October 5th, 2004
replacing F-Zero GP Legend in the 6:30PM timeslot. Bleach remained at this timeslot for the first 54 episodes before it was
moved to a more prominent timeslot airing at 7:27PM every Tuesday night on TV Tokyo. On March 15th of 2006 it was announced
that the Bleach anime series had been licensed for television, home video, and merchandising by VIZ Media for the Americas,
Europe, and Oceania and now plans exist to air the Bleach anime series during the Adult Swim timeslot on Cartoon Network starting
September 2006.
All About Bleach - What It's All About
In a world where death lurks around every corner but not seeable to normal humans eyes, Kurosaki Ichigo along with his family
run a local clinic. Ichigo has the very unusual and special ability to see the spirits, but because this is nothing special
to him he reacts to it as merely an annoyance in his life, helping those when he cares. His whole world will be turned upside
down when a small mysterious woman appears inside his room, she is a Shinigami (death god) known as Kuchiki Rukia. The Kurosaki
family is then attacked by a hollow and leads Ichigo to his first step of accepting the role and responsibility that a Shinigami
must take on. The early parts of Bleach mainly focus on the developing relationships between all of the main characters, rather
than the actual jobs of a Shinigami. However as the series progresses and events continue to unfold the story begins to get
deeper into the world of these Shinigami in the Soul Society.
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