The 14th and final episode of the Bleach: Sennen Kessen-hen – Soukoku-tan (Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Conflict) television anime announced on Saturday that the fourth part of the anime series, subtitled Kashin-tan (The Calamity Arc), will serve as the final season. The official website also revealed an announcement promo, a visual (pictured above), and a final episode visual for the current arc (pictured right).
Produced by Pierrot, the first part and second part aired in Fall 2022 and Summer 2023, respectively. The third part began airing on October 5. Hulu simulcast the anime series in the U.S. and subsequently streamed an English dub. Disney+ streamed the anime worldwide.
Sennen Kessen-hen (Thousand-Year Blood War) adapts the final arc of Tite Kubo‘s Bleach manga, which spans from the 55th to the 74th volume. Prior to the series’ serialization, Kubo published a pilot chapter in December 2000. The action adventure manga debuted in Weekly Shounen Jump in August 2001. After a 15-year serialization, Kubo ended the series in August 2016. Shueisha published the 74th and final volume in November of that year.
VIZ Media acquired the series’ master license in March 2006 and serialized the manga in English in its print edition of Shounen Jump magazine between November 2007 and March 2012. The manga concurrently moved to the Weekly Shonen Jump Alpha digital anthology in January 2012. The company published the 74th and final volume in October 2018 and released the 26th home video installment of the anime in September 2015.
The first television anime by Pierrot began airing in Fall 2004 and ended with 366 episodes in Winter 2012, covering the first 54 volumes. The manga also inspired four anime movies in 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2010 December.
Announcement
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Source: Comic Natalie
