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So yea, they pretty much started with a new part of the series now, and I find it quite enjoyable. Waiting for episode 70 now.

You beat me to the thread! =)

I saw the first couple episodes, and I thought it was entertaining. I'm looking forward to the rest. I've never wanted to get into animes over 26 episodes because I feel like the story will drag too much, but I'm going to give this a shot.

Any idea how long this series is supposed to be?

Started reading the managa last year after I heard enugh rave reviews on it I wanted to check it out for myself....I was instantly hooked. Although, I've been waching the anime from the begining now and again.

Anyway....it's a good series....

I've seen some of the manga for this and i can't say i like it as much as the anime. I'm waiting on episode 71 to get fansubbed and put onto the net. I got so hooked on this when i started watching it in half term. Watched like the whole series in a week. Awesome series, needless to say

I gave up on the anime after the soul society arc. I was disappointed by the way they handled it, especially since it's now nothing more than a cliché shonen. And I haven't heard a lot of good things about the filler arc (some young girl wanting to play games?), so I'm afraid I'm done with Bleach.

I'll agree with you on that. It has gone a bit downhill since the Soul Society arc (which i loved although i wished that they would have just got on with it and...done what they went there to do) and yeah, this filler is a bit dumb, but i'm just waiting for something interesting to happen.

My interest has fallen since the fillers started. Which is kind of depressing because I was really liking Bleach. How long will this go on anyways?

The new little girl is really annoying. I was looking forward to what happens. Instead I get some annoying girl slapping ichigo around and making him play games.

I haven't watched any of the filler episodes yet (Lunar just resumed subbing the series after a short hiatus), so I've nothing to say about them.

The manga, however...

an offtopic question, why the hell did you change your name? SA-kun was much better.

Somewhere along the line, I decided it was time for a handle change and registered as "soulsteelgray" anywhere I went. I considered keeping my user name as SA-kun just for GFF, but eh.

Blame it on my want for a single internet identity.

Hmm one question, when is epi 70 gonna be released? I am too lazy to look it up >.>

Episode 70 was released over a week ago by the fansub group Datte Bayo who does an insansly good job on their fansubs.

I got hooked on this series after watching a few episodes, and now can't wait for episode 71 to come out. At first I didn't think I would like it, didn't sound too interesting, but I found it surprisingly good. I haven't read the manga yet, but it's way ahead of the anime right?

Er, kinda yes and kinda no. The anime was in danger of catching up to the manga, so that's why all these filler episodes are being produced.

Eh, they do a good job for a speed group. Lunar is the way to go for bleach subs, though. A little behind now, but catching up. 67 and counting.

I just got the first 40 episodes from a friend, so I'm gonna be watching those over the weekend, sporadically. I've already seen the first 6-7 episodes anyway, but now I got something to watch for a while.

I'll come back later with my impressions of the show (After I get done watching, obviously).

I'm current with Lunar's Bleach subs, and we're in the midst of a truly boring filler arc. The Soul Society arc was pretty good, and it ended well. But now Bleach is going nowhere until this filler is gone. Those of you who stopped watching after episode 62 haven't missed anything yet.

Yeah they wrapped up the little girl (Rin Rin) thing really horribly and are moving to the Bount concept right now. The three really fade into the background with no satisfactory explanation too. I still watch Bleach for the popularity factor, I'm not particularly disappointed with it, although they are really shoving the whole "Ichigo + Renji = hate" concept way too much.

The filler is better than the Naruto filler. Man, I just watched episode 174 of that and... ugh. At least Bleach we can still count on people getting hacked into peices.

I'm enjoying this filler at the moment.
If only for the end theme My Pace lol.
Downloaded the single yesterday, and am enjoying heaps.

And I agree there are certain character rivalries they're taking waaay too far.

hm... I've yet to watch the anime, but apparantly from what I heard, it has some unfavorable detractions from the manga.

So I'll be sticking to the manga for now. Although the OST rocks >_>

I thought that Lunar Anime's subs aren't particularly good, especially with regards to Ichimaru Gin. All those contractions they added when he spoke was annoying - they should've just left the voice actor to do his job.

Whee! I'm not the only one who doesn't really like the filler arc. I was actually expecting something better, but in the end, I was disappointed. I think the peak of my disappointment, or I guess it could also be the lowest point, was the fact that...



I haven't followed the manga at all, but I'm hoping that something good will happen--soon! However, I'd like to say that the new ending theme rocks.

The new Shinigami Cup bits were pretty funny though.

That's the thing, though. They try to liken Gin's accent to a southern accent. Non-Japanese speakers can't even tell a difference in Gin's accent.

OMGFILLERFTL?

So yeah, they haven't been that good. Has there ever been an anime that had a filler on par with the quality of the source manga?

Nekobo:

I was about to give up after the SS arc, thinking that all filler arcs suck by default. (looks at Naruto) To my surprise, the new arc is actually decent. Not good, but not bad either.

Anyone know when Ep. 71 is supposed to air? I thought it was last week.

I liked this new arc too, even though it isn't as cool as Soul Society it's good.

Bleach 71 will air on March 7. I don't know why they took a break, but it's only one week so it isn't that bad.

Yuna,



The SS arc is dang good - it's a crime to compare a filler arc to it. IMO, the goodness of SS arc is on the same level of Rurouni Kenshin's Kyoto arc. Simply gold, that is.

I have to disagree with the Kenshin Kyoto Arc comparison. Bleach focuses too much on the battles, the bigger the better with things blowing up left and right, where the focus in Kenshin was more on the story, and it found a good balance between drama and battle. Maybe it's just because Kenshin and Shishio are such brilliant characters compared to Ichigo, Aizen en Rukia's brother, but Kenshin is far superior to Bleach.

^Maybe, but it's OK, just enjoy it I like to say. ^.^

Uh yeah his name is Ishida. Oh and...

Thanks for the feedback, Enkidu.

Perhaps I should have been more specific in my comparison. In my mind, Kyoto is far above and beyond SS in terms of plot and character development. I realize that Rurouni Kenshin in general, and the Kyoto arc in particular, is the epitome of a very rare breed of animation brilliance. But in terms of viewer enjoyment, IMHO, SS managed to capitivate me in the same fashion as Kyoto because of plot twists that I didn't see coming at all.

I see your point, and I have to agree, now that I understand it better. Out of the entire Kenshin series, the Kyoto Arc was easily the most enjoyable (although Reminiscence is the best in terms of story and overall quality), just as SS is a lot better than the filler crap and the first random episodes.

And on a bright note, the current Bleach fillers are nowhere near as bad as the filler crap that followed the Kyoto arc.

Back to Bleach. Am I the only one who actually enjoys the introduction of the three new plushies? Kon was great and still is great, but he needs new companions. Let's hope that they somehow stay when the show goes back on track.

Bleach is pretty decent. I started watching it, and was expecting the typical kind of routine anime where there's comedy, then a monster appears, and Ichigo transforms into a ghost to kill it, repeating until the end of the series.

I was pleasantly surprised when an actual story started developing, and before I knew it, the Soul Society story arc was over at episode 60-something. It's a fun anime to watch, and one of the few I tune into often.

1) I agree with you completely there. The fillers after the Kyoto arc were so bad that I ended up eradicating them from my mind. Still, those post-Kyoto fillers weren't nearly as horrendous as the last episode...

2) No, you're not; I love the new plushies! Chad and his plushie are hilarious. :tpg: The duck thing was also pretty cute. Truthfully speaking, I was actually getting tired of Kon and his...thing for Inoue.

Hmm.. I wonder how predictable the Soul Suckers are going to be? As in trying to tempt Ishida to join them willingly, to gain their powers but use them for good. That seems obvious for a plot twist, and that it will be refused. I don’t read ahead in the Manga but some things dont need to be in the manga.

I like how the new plushies add to the comedy of the show. I especially thought it was amusing seeing how...

On the side note, did they decide to not air a Bleach episode this week? They seem to do that more and more often.

That should answer your question.

I took a break from Bleach right after the...

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I don't know why. I figured I'd catch up later. I really like the new cast of characters that've appeared, especially the

I agree with everyone on this that Kon is funny and all but the new plushies add more humor than just Kon, especially Nove and Chado those two just go together.

I love the new plushies as well. It made watching the ending credits more entertaining now that I knew what they were. Initially, I thought it was just the most random ending credits I've ever seen, since the plushies weren't quite in the show yet when it came out. Sunset Swish's "My Pace" isn't nearly as catchy a song as YUI's "LIFE", which I absolutely loved.

The new plushies are funny and cute; I hope they stay even after the fillers.

I've only started watching bleach a little after christmas and I've seen the first ten episodes. For the first ten they were very entertaining. Like I've said many times, I'm stuck on dial up and I can only see them when my friend burns them for me but he's stuck doing the damnable Senior Project so he can't burn any more for my untill way later.

What is the point of the plushies? Don't Claude/Ririn/Nova kick enough arse for them not to warrant being toys. They should get to do something, since they seem to be more powerful than enyone else of the gang

Aparently the anime has been licenced....It was inevitable....

From: AnimeOnDVD

Let's just hope they don't kill the voices... I could imagine the voice of Yusuke from Yu Yu Hakusho being Ichigo's voice.

Son of a..I said that.

It's a shame that Viz got hold of it. It would have been awesome if Funi licenced Bleach. Anyway, I might consider watching the anime again.

I thought this was unconfirmed, since it hasn't been mentioned officially by Viz? Also, animesuki is still hosting and Lunar hasn't acknowledged this as official, either.

Either way, it will eventually get licensed. I'm just glad it's not by Funimation or 4Kids (poor One Piece, RIP Shaman King).

As of right now, it's licensed in Europe (as the site that broke the story is London-based and the licensor being based in Amsterdam).

If it were licensed in the US, there would be an official press release or some crap like that.

End of story.

i was hoping funimation would be able to obtain it. oh well they got speed grapher and desert punk (sunabouzu) at least

just wondering, ifbleach does get officially lcense of wateva, does that mean we can no longer dl any of the epsisodes from anime suki or elsewhere on the net?

The torrents will no longer be listed on Animesuki but you'll probably be able to continue to find them on other tracker sites.

I believe DB will continue subbing it :D

I love Bleach, it's one of my favorite anime series... (I like it more than Naruto). I think the Soul Society arc is really great.. However, i don't really like the current fillers. Hope it gets back to the manga storyline soon ^_^

I haven't seen this anime, but the drawings look pretty cool. My friends are all watching it and are pretty addicted to it. I'll give it a try!

Outlaw - That's a mad looking signature!

Finally watched episode 71. <3.

You should check it out it's interesting characters and they don't annoy you with constant flashbacks with clips from previous episodes. They do flash backs in one entire episode and explain everything. The comedic scenes are also great, they give a good quick laugh.

Freaking shit!! Does anyone know when the hell Bleach OST 2 is coming out yet?

Anyway, I feel slightly stupid asking this, but while reading the new arc of the manga (ch. 210+ or something, the most recent ones), I seemed to have forgotten how Ichigo

Can anyone refresh my memory? Been a while since I picked up on it.

I don't think it's really been explained yet.

well Viz confirmed that they licensed bleach for good. oh well . that wont stop db from subbing it.

They can sub it in america untill they transfer the rights to show it on american television. Nothing illegal about that yet, so we might get a year or two reprieve.

I don't know. Naruto is still being fansubbed, despite currently airing on American television. Of course, the fansubs are lightyears ahead of the dubbed show.

Wrong info.

Correct Info.

VIZ MEDIA NAMED MASTER LICENSOR FOR
HIT JAPANESE ACTION MANGA SHONEN JUMP’s BLEACH

TV Tokyo Corporation And Shueisha Inc. Appoints VIZ Media To Represent Broadcast, Home Video And Merchandising Rights In The Americas, Europe And Oceania For SHONEN JUMP’s BLEACH!

San Francisco, CA, March 15, 2006 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, announced today that it has secured from worldwide licensors, TV TOKYO Corporation and Shueisha Inc., the television, home video and merchandising rights to SHONEN JUMP’S BLEACH in the Americas, Europe and Oceania. The appointment of VIZ Media as Master Licensor was facilitated by TV TOKYO Medianet, the licensing arm of TV TOKYO.

VIZ Media plans to introduce a dynamic rollout strategy that will leverage the strong manga (graphic novels) and entertainment brands into a broad licensing and marketing program. BLEACH’s television broadcast partner and key licensing partners will be determined shortly.

It is licensed in the America not Europe. :(

ain't that sucky .. .. o.O
But hopefully dattebayo will continue subbing them.

I wouldnt mind a few DVDRs of this show, since it will have the same fate/handling as Naruto has

I cant wait to see what kind of merchandise that awaits at a Hot Topic in the coming year or so.

Okay, quite a strange happening occurred. I finished getting Dattebayo's episode 73. It all starts out okay with the opening credits, but then the rest is a series of live footage of these mechanical contraptions. Is this a joke.
The file name is: YHBT Bleach 73 [1978AAE1] and its 175 MB.

There was no episode 73 this week. YHBT = You Have Been Trolled (or Tricked or something). pwnd? :(

edit: in the torrent description: Bleach 73 Joke Episode by DB

Oh I see. I have been tricked. Is this an early April Fool's?

::deletes file::

I've also got fooled by that torrent, but i found myself getting addicted to that stupid "show" heck it was really addicting, but the singing after the end of one contraption kidna got annoying.

Double Post:
Well spatula if you looked at DB's mainsite they have some, it seems this is random or whenever the subber is really drunk or high.

Yeah, I tend to go straight to animesuki (which no longer hosts the Bleach links) so I rarely if not have ever gone to their main site. I just searched up 73 on isohunt.

DB has been doing those fake subs for a long time, starting with Naruto. Like it was said before, they have a whole long list of them on their tracker page.

If you're looking for a place to replace finding them now that animesuki will no longer host them, go to www.baka-updates-com. They seem to have no qualms in linking to licensed anime. I would recommend just setting up their RSS feed in your browser. Makes things take 2 seconds to know what has been released.

the latest chapter of bleach, prepare for the typical shonen anticlimax:



you could get the latest hq in www.bleach7.com.

I'm a bit sad about Bleach being Licensed, because I liked Lunar sub better than Dattebayo's.
They're both good but DB leaves a few of japanese expressions untranslated.

This week's episode wasn't so bad. The show is airing at a new time over there now. Since Gintama will air very soon , the next episode will be 2 hours O.o..

edit : i think i got that wrong. both episodes will be an hour. So that's freakin sweet for Gintama. i can't wait.

Any one seen the Sword Frenzy? I think it is a some kind of special epi. (since it was only 30 min... no way it could have been a movie.) The Sword Frezy was alright... err how do you use spoiler tag?

It was the second OVA.

I found it entertaining as well. Especially with all the other characters from SS showing up.

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Remove the spaces.

I don't know if the translation was bad on my sub but:



I'm confused. :P

Everybody, Bleach is going to Adult Swim this fall. Now if only they did the same thing with Naruto despite the average dub (as it gets better later on).

Just read the good news. Glad to see Bleach is making it there as opposed to Toonami.

Caught up with the anime recently and am hoping the fillers won't go overboard like Naruto has with crap quality and constantly delaying the next arc.

I'm actually enjoying the Bleach fillers. Maybe it helps that it doesn't have as much of a filler-feel since I don't keep up with the manga like I do with Naruto.

Nice that Bleach'll be on Adult Swim. I probably won't watch it as usual, but it'll there just in case I'm bored. A lot of the jokes (applies to most anime anyway) in Bleach seem like they just won't be delivered very well in a dub. Meh, I see them getting butchered, but whatever.

Looks like I'd better start preparing myself for the onslaught of new BLEACH fans and the presence of BLEACH merchandise at Hot Topic.

That's terrifying in a way, but I'll probably nab a tasteful keychain (not those gigantic rubber ones) if those ever get made. I guess it isn't that bad, unless people start sporting their Bleach backpacks, shirts, hats, and pins simultaneously.

Adult Swim, eh? I'm sure most of us saw it coming anyways. Oh well. At least when I mention Bleach to my "lunch buddies" ( :edgartpg: ), they'll know what I'm talking about. I'm pretty sick of hearing about InuYasha every single time I run into them!

Hopefully, the dub doesn't get butchered. It'd be nice to get a voice actor for Ichigo similar to the Japanese one. The whole throaty tone suits the character quite well. I'd hate to see that go away. :p

I think the reason for it being on adult swim is probably due to the massive blood lost that everyone gets in a fight.

This episode was just boring as well. I was watching Gintama instead @.@...

So any idea when the fillers for this'll end?

I heard the filter is for their movie.

Has anyone seen the new opening and ending sequences yet?

It was interesting to see how the new opening slightly resembled the first one. I don't mind the new OP song either.

Yeah, if they made like a pewter keychain of Zangetsu I'd pick one up in a heartbeat.

As for the dubs, call me crazy but I always thought the VA for Yusuke from Yu Yu Hakusho would be pretty decent for Ichigo. But not quite his Yusuke voice. If it were deeper it'd be perfect.

The OP was rather boring, but I enjoyed the new ED - great voice.

Bleach's Op's where doing great til this one came up.

Only Bleach endings i hated most are Happy People and my pace.

Guys, one question.

You guys watched "sealed sword frenzy" right? Well end of that Ichigo uses his bankai to get his Tensa Zangetsu to kill Baishin right? Well I just realized that one of the filter mentioned that you can't use Bankai in human world... anyone can clear that out?

I'm not a huge fan of BEAT CRUSADERS, so the song has a ways to go in growing on me, but the style of the OP was a nice blend between *~Asterisk~'s and D-tecnoLife's. I like it.

No.. I think they said that since he's a substitue shinigami again he cannot use bankai. He has to relearn to use it as long as he's a substitute.

I remember hearing their OP for Beck. I don't follow them, so I wasn't expecting the new Bleach OP to be in English. I saw the raw for it a few days before the sub came out, and I was unable to pick up all of what they were singing.

Man, I miss *~Asterisk~ and Ichirin no Hana already, and of course, LIFE. The new opening and ending didn't instantly please me like the three I mentioned did.

Where the hell did Renji go?

damn. i didn't notice the opening by Beat Crusaders... They did a cool job with Beck's opening. wtf happened ? >.>..

Bah.. they having a rest again!
next epi. to be on 2nd May! .. ..

BAH, the last couple epi was like... so boring that I fell alseep.

I have a question. I'm up to date on the anime but i haven't seen any of the manga. What volume is right before the fillers started? I want to carry on with the story 'cause these fillers are boring the hell out of me.

Volume 21 concludes the Soul Society arc and leaps into the Vaizard/Arrancar arc.

The manga right now.. is also boring... maybe it will get more intresting since Ichigo won. >.>

Bleach 77 thoughts

Not much. Same question as before: where the hell is Renji? Oh, and next episode isn't til May 2? Osnap.

I like how the ending song credits video features all the chicks sprawled on the floor.

...Hot.

Yeah, I'll agree. After the insanely mind-blowing plot twists at the beginning of the arc, it kind of fell flat with all the battles and whatnot.

Does anyone know where to get news on when the next OST is coming out?
There's a track that I really want which isn't on OST1 and I hope it's one OST2

With the whole "Bountou" thing going on, at first it REALLY lost my interest with this new set of "baddies", but somehow I like how some parts are tying up. Also, I surprisingly like the new OP theme, it's quite catchy like the 2nd season OP theme.

Ugh, I think Bleach will become another Naruto... I hope not.

I have been bored with the current arc already ><;

Heh? epi 78 is out already?

I've stopped watching bleach since I've stopped watching naruto, and thats when the fillers started. At first I gave up on it but then I read the up coming arc in the manga and that cought my interest.

*gets back into this thread after weeks* SO..... what's been going on with this anime?

isn't it some vampire thing o_0 (I haven't watched it for months either ~_~)

Yea it is some kind of vampire. Expect that it can live "forever", but it is gay. In the anime they introduce this vampire as "bount" and it discrives that it is like quincy expect they live forever as long as they suck soul from human. And a shinigami is involed with them who ditched the soul society.

I guess this filler is still going on since ANN have more episodes up in their line-up.

After 3 weeks, the new episode is out;

http://yhbt.mine.nu/t/b78.torrent

bounto .. .. o.O .....

DIE VAMP!!! DIE !!!!

just want to ask, I wonder if any of you had these bleach doujins?
http://shop.twinbells.org/bleach01.php

their existence toward non-japan community is close to void.

Episode 78 was every... well... empty I should say. It didn't settle me in for good . IT was waste of memory on my PC.

And I guess the main character, ICHIGO, wins right? lol

just like goku and naruto >=p.

Does anyone know which chapter i can start after the soul society arc?

Chapter 182 starts the current arc in the manga.

Epi 79
 

I just finished watching episode 79, and it covered some important stuff. But it wasn’t that interesting.

After reading chapter 225 of the Bleach manga, I have a theory, was wandering if anyone else agreed/disagreed

Yes! I'm agree to your opinion. But I think they are different from Vaizard/Shinigami/Quincy. I suppose they have different kind of power... let's just wait till next chapter.

I don't quiet agree. I think develpoing from minor to major is.... well... off handed.

Hmmm I've watched 30 eps, and waiting for 31-40 torrent to finish then the 41-59 too finish and so on.... hmmm so when do fillers start? are they still going? Are they mostly good?

Does anyone know where to get the torrent for ost1, or a website that has direct download?

Fillers start at episode 64, they are still going, I don't know if they're good because I stopped watching when the fillers started airing.

I stopped as well. This whole Bount arc is really boring. I did get used to the new opening theme at least.

whats a site to watch Bleach on other than Youtube ?

Torrent sites. There should be a sticky or something about downloading anime.

About the manga, it's up to 229 as I know it. About the Chad/Inoue thing

Still, the manga is in this "power up" mode before so it's slow right now.

Also about the Quincy

Yea, I stopped watching it after the fillers started as well, I watch one of the new episodes that come out and every now and then to see how far it is along.

I have only seen bleach music videos at YouTube. :/
At least thats what the search field brings up.

The Bleach fillers are alright. I just caught up over the weekend. (That break in April messed up my viewing routine). Anyway, there's been a lack of LOL and AWESOME throughout the filler but it's ok. It's all about those clips at the end they show anyway. They remain to be ridiculously random and often funny imo.

Okay finally the manga is going somewhere.

Ch. 230

Is it just me, or has like the filler episodes been stuck at episode 80 for the longest time. I was starting to get afraid that ALL of the series has been licensed, I know the 1st season has hit American airwaves...but I don't know about the rest.

Dont forget, maybe this is just a first filler arc. Perhaps there would be 2nd, 3rd, 4th.

Let's hope not.

Its up to 83 now, with another one-hour special coming up... and for those of you who can't find the episodes you can download the torrents and some direct episodes at www.bleachportal.net

Ch. 231 spoiler... Am I the only manga reader here? =\ But the M7 lq release was horrific... but beggars can't be choosers.

I also read manga.

Bleach is getting pretty much boring now. It is DBZ with swords instead of fist fight. I am sick and tired of Ichigo powering up, for instance, he first learned bankai, I am pretty sure that is more then enough for a Shinigami since he is able to move fast like that. Now he is mastering his hollow form to be "stronger", like seriously, now what? Fusion?

I'm just not really feeling the whole "power up" arc right now. I didn't like it in Soul Society and I don't like it now.

I think this is the sad state of most shounen mangas, since Bleach lost its appeal after the Soul Society arc for me. For now it seems bouncing around the arrancar deal. Naruto already fell into this trap long before, like a year ago. If anything, it is rare for me to encounter a long manga (20+ vol) that kept with the rhythm since first go, although I can readily name a couple that have.

I thought that the manga lost steam sometime during the one-night attack against everyone (Mala Suerte!, I think). It still managed to hold my attention before that happened.

Err, I dont think so. At first glance I was just like you, disappointed by how this arc seems goes nowhere. I restrained myself reading bleach around 2 months. Because it seems I lost track of the story, I reread the entire vaizard arc, and to be honest, I began to enjoy this one afterward.

The main reason I felt this arc getting lame probably because I only read fragments, if you read the entire chapters again, you *might* enjoy this series again just like me.:)

It's true about reading a chapter at a time vs. reading a volume at a time. One chapter a week doesn't hold my attention very long, but reading entire volumes at one sitting can do wonders at how you view the manga. There are pros and cons with both though.

Pros with reading full volumes in one sitting is that you get sucked in with more force, almost like you can't put it down and that you have to read as much as you can before you decide to do something else. The story unfolds more clearly. Cons with this however is that, in cases such as mine, you leave the manga hanging for around a year until next summer break, then when you pick it up again, you forget just about everything except for main characters' names or whatever else significant. The adjustment varies depending on what genre you're reading or how much knowledge of the previous volumes are needed for catching up now; it might even take rereading previous volumes to get the ball rolling once again.

Manga serials like Shounen Jump are those weekly chapters, where some pros can be you get a little dosage per week instead of heavy injections. But in the case like Bleach, it seems disconnected. And for people like me, we forget to remind ourselves every week that there's a new chapter out and don't really bother devoting ourselves to it every week. To me it's a chore to remember, and I would much rather wait until a break until I can massively download and catch up with things.

Sorry for the long rant.

If anyones interested in the english dub.... I visited the ANN bleach page today and they have Kate Higgins (Sakura in Naruto) listed as one of the VAs.

EDIT: She'll be doing Karin....

EDIT 2: According to Kate Higgins in a email to Bleach7.com, Michelle Ruff will be doing the voice of Yuzu, and Ichigo has also been cast, but she forgot who was going to do his voice.

For those interested, the movie's official site just went live. The full title is 劇場版BLEACH MEMORIES OF NOBODY or, taking out the annoying little "gekijouban" part, it's simply "BLEACH: MEMORIES OF NOBODY." Hm.

Unfortunately, I can't really read the summary they have on the site (which is pretty barebones at the moment) besides "Soul Society" and something that looks like "plan" in katakana.

www.bleach-movie.com

The movie's official site updated again with TV spot #2 and the first teaser trailer. Both are actually fairly similar. There's not much in way of content unless you like looking at Ichigo trying to look cool. December's still five months off, so I suppose they've got more up their sleeve to show us.

There is teaser site for Bleach game for Wii. But hell that movie trailer is pretty sweet.

Reading up to 235

That trailer came out a long time ago.. Why would they talk about it so recent...?

Alright, I've been away from the anime fillers. What's been going on with the filler arc? Are we still going to get the real thing yet?

I haven't been following the anime lately either because of the filler episodes.

What episode features the new ED (or was it OP or both)?

It was just a new ED. MOVIN!! began in episode 87.

Imho the show gets worse with every episode. If this continues we will soon hit the niveau of dragon ball z.

You want the main cast for the English dub? Okay!

Ichigo - Johnny Yong Bosch
Rukia - Michelle Ruff
Isshin - Patrick Seitz
Karin - Kate Higgins
Orihime - Stephanie Sheh
Tatsuki - Wendee Lee
Ishida - Derek Stephen Prince

Damn... They chose the black ranger to work on Ichigo? lol. Hey , its also a good thing. He did a great job with Kaneda from AKIRA.

The others..well whatever to them. I was hoping that Wendee Lee would play the role as Kuukaku or that one captain with those huge tits. (forgot her name)

Rangiku Matsumoto

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/5...ngiku02of2.jpg

I still say that Mona Marshall would have been a better Tatsuki. Wendee Lee is an interesting choice for Tatsuki's character none the less. And I wouldn't have minded Kari Wahlgren as Orhime. All and all we will just have to wait and see how it all turns out in the end....

And for some reason I'm seeing Mary Elizabeth McGlynn as Kuukaku though, either her, or maybe Yoruichi. But I know they're probaly not going to get her...

Somehow I'd always imagined the guy who played Yusuke on the Yu Yu Hakusho dub would be a good Ichigo if he used a slightly deeper version of his Yusuke voice.

I don't know about Johnny Bosch. He's a great voice actor, but after hearing the deep, sort of raspy Japanese voice of Ichigo for so long, hearing Vash will definitely be a little jarring.

Is it just me on in every fight Ichigo lose more blood that normal human ever have? Gee I love Bleach but it's to much... way to much for one fight =P

I've noticed that as well. Also, I've always found the "spilling" of blood to be unrealistic. The delayed effect and splashing sound seemed silly to me.

Which is why the anime is heading to adult swim..

So any news on the anime going back to the original arc, yet?

Yeah. This: cut-freeze-look-silence-splash-blood-Arghhh!! Well I like it sometimes but every time he get cut hes loosing more and more blood and what? Hes still alive. 5 min on ground and hes back in action.

The manga's still not that far enough for the anime to safely move into the normal swing of things just yet. It's only chapter 237 and the arc has pretty much seems like it's just barely begun.

Regarding the blood thing. You have to factor in that half the time he's in Soul Reaper mode and technically souls can't die unless they have some sort of sickness or if vital parts of their body are broken, then I guess the soul would "die" in a sense. Like be reincarnated or something. or attack [Viz:] the Saketsu Chain and the Hakusui soul sleep [fan translated:] the Pressure points that control spiritual energy. And then the soul reaper part of the soul dies, but they aren't dead-dead.

So my only guess would be that a soul reaper can bleed a lot and faint from lack of blood...but they won't die from it unless the injury is very serious. Not a bunch of big gaping wounds. A bunch of characters bled a lot and they didn't drop dead, they survived. All they did was faint. Maybe spiritual power plays a part in how bad the wound is perceived. As for Ichigo, the fact that he's could have something to do with it as well as the other point I made in the paragraph about spiritual power.

Then again...maybe I'm just reading to much into this and it just has to do with the anime laws :ashamed: .

Well, when they 'see' Aizen dead, how come they believe it to be so? If souls can't die, then they shouldn't be suprised to see Aizen with a sword through him.

Also, the captain the Zaraki kills to become captain... he dies too

Ive realised that bleach is getting worse each episode. cant really be bothered to watch it these days. cant wait for it to return to the manga's plot, which is much better.

wonder where souls go after they die? soul's soul society?

maybe the soul just cease to exist :P

the bounto arc really should end soon. i dont like it

Well, Like I said, if vital parts of the body get hit/broken the soul 'dies'. From what it looked like Aizen was stabbed through the heart, same thing goes with Kaien when A Soul can die, but not in the sense that a body can seeing as how they are alredy dead. They can get cut up a lot, but my only guess can be that they won't die in a fight until something vital is hit. So they won't techicly die from blood loss. But don't take my word on it.

As for what happens to souls when they die, my guess would be reincarnation. Given the whole that keeps coming up now and then.

I was always under the impression that when you die in soul society you are reborn in the human world. When you die in the human world you are sent to soul society.

Didn't they touch on that in one of the episodes during the anime? When they were explaining why the Quincy threw off the balance of the worlds.

Yes, they touched how Quincy threw off the balance of souls. Since the souls that is slain by Quincy isn't sent to Soul Society, meanwhile Soul Cutter does.

Is the filler over yet? :)

sad to say.. ... NO

At least it's better the Naruto episodes we've seen the last 6 months.

I know i'm in the minority here but i've actually enjoyed the bounto arc a lot.

:biggrin:

I just downloaded the 2nd OST of Bleach. It's basically GARBAGE.

...I assume most of the music comes from the Bounto Arc.

I downloaded the 2nd OST as well, and I agree with you completely. Less than half of what was on the OST I actually found decent, and even less of the tracks I liked.
And, yes, some, if not most, of the tracks come from the Bounto arc. I believe there were five tracks or so that I immediately identified as being used in the arc, and I have to say that it's not Sagisu's best work, in my opinion.

Bleach7.com's got Dattebayo's Episode 92 up, and from what I saw it looks like we're going to see the Bounto for a quite a bit longer. Mainly because it's shaping up to be a each-person-fights-one-bounto type deal.

the Bounto arc will probably last to episode 100+
why cant the Bountos just die?


oh and the new soundtrack, i have downloaded it. just listened a few tracks, not very good tracks. Deleted the OST
Bleach is losing its qualities. I like Bleach, one of the very few anime series I watch. I dont wanna see it go "Naruto"

This is currently one of my favourites.

I love the overall style of the Anime though and the Shinigami outfits made out to look like the Samurai is a plus. My favourite character is Urahara Kisuke. The guy has such a laidback calm demeanour, the intelligence and the fighting abilities. Of course, he IS the former Captain of the 12th Division and the founder of that Technological Institute. The guy's a genius inventor.

Kenpachi is pretty crazy himself too.

Oh gawd, if (when) Kenpachi gets into the fight with the Bounto, he'd probably try to kill all of them at once just for fun. XD But, yes, it would be awesome to see Kenpachi fight again.

Because, it would ruin the "plot" of the arc. :P
But, seriously, I wish they would die too (on the bright side, they probably will...eventually).
And trust me, I don't think anyone wants to see Bleach go Naruto.

I find Rukia's fights pretty boring.

Commence 'dub sucks' raid.

I personally have no problem with the dubbing. Rukia sounds a bit monotone, but the dialogue provided didn't really allow her to do much else. Looking forward to how they handle the scene of her getting kicked in the face.

It's not that bad, in fact, I think I like it. I never really got into Bleach but if it's on TV it'll be easier to watch (don't ask why, it's always been like that for me).

Johnny Yong Bosch sounds wierd with a deep(er) voice than usual though.

I liked the clip. I mean to me it sounds like a pretty solid dub for a more-then-51-episode-series. Unlike Naruto did. I mean if anyone hates it they should be glad it wasn't Ocean Studios they got to do the dub.

LJ's already in the 'OMG! teh dub is the sux!' mode. They're mainly all angry over the term soul reaper. Um...hello. Soul Reaper is an official term used on the JAPANESE DVD covers.

What the hell is wrong with Soul Reaper? I've always heard Shinigami translated as 'Grim Reaper' before Bleach. Calling them Soul Reapers sounds pretty accurate to me. It also makes sense. They are reaping souls. I don't see the problem.

Did they expect them to keep it as Shinigami? Dont tell me they wanted them to call them death gods. Like some fansub groups do. Which is a fucking stupid name if you ask me.

The dub actually didn't seem to bad. Unfourtanately Ichigo's voice I feel sucks. Badly. Rukia's didn't sound that bad though, I always picutred her as having a deeper, more monotone English voice. Since this will be showing on AS, the editing will probably be minimal to, so all around it looks like it might actually be worth watching.

Actually....they DID want Viz to keep it "Death God" :ashamed:. What they seem to be forgetting like I said, Soul Reaper was used on one of the first DVD covers in the line "I hate soul Reapers..." Not to mention it was used in a B-station clip when Masakazu Morita and Shinichiro Miki were doing their own english version.

But it would seem that it equils the whole Ratio insted of Light thing or the liking dubs or subs better on whatever you saw first. Personaly I think it's stupid the way they don't open up and try the dub (or subs for that mater) before they make an opinion based off of a term that really can mean Death God, Grim Reaper, or Soul Reaper...

I hope that last bit made sence...

Soul Reaper... Grim Reaper... How about Deathbringers? Or something entirely new that makes them sound more positive and less frightening? Like...
Justice Keepers or something similarly sad?

Watched the first episode last night (dubbed). The voices weren't bad at all. Acting was good, Rukia's VA was able to slip in and out of serious and silly behavior pretty well. There's still room for improvement, which I'm sure will come about once the VAs get used to their characters.

And who gives a fuck about the Shinigami/Death Reaper/Soul Reaper business. It's all the same thing, anyway, you weeaboos.

Agreed with Kurado. Ichigo's voice in the trailer was a bit awkward but it worked out fine when you watch the whole episode. All the voices were good, even his sisters(which some people were complaining about for some reason). Looks like another solid dub from Viz.

This long without a post? Wow.

Anyway, really like the new OP and ED.

i honestly thought they stopped airing it ^_^;
Are they still going on with the fillers, I dont really like the way they kind of messed with the story of the manga.

It's still about the bountu, yes.

ahh eps 98 was nice and the op and ed are good too, there are some surprising apprearances in the opening animation!

YUI - Rolling Star <3 <3 <3 Awesome op, and the ed is okay. These Bountu need to die faster.

The dubs are alright. I like Ichigo's and Tatsuki's voices the best. I'm just waiting on Urahara Kisuke and how his voice is going to sound.

As for episode 98 of the sub...

Glad to see Kenpachi in the anime again, at least these fillers have gotten more interesting.

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Jouhou.

OH SNAP!! SAY WORD!!! Sorry about that and Thanks for the heads up.
Hahah, I guess I'll stop dl in random order and start from the beginning =p

I agree... i mean at least Bleach's filler eps are connected unlike naruto where like every 3 eps its a different mission

The 100th epi was lame IMO.

well at least it's starting to get back to normal. it's almost at the end of the filler. the epsidode beginnings have the arrancar in there, with grimmjaw in one of them.

Yup, you're right. They've already shown Ulquiorra and Grimmjow. I give the filler maybe like 5 or 6 episodes. 3 for those last 3 Bounto (the straight sword-wielding lady and whale rider may die in the same episode), the big guy and then a two part for Kariya.

As for the manga:

Hahahaha yeah the current bleach fillers aren't that great, but its a hell lot better compared to naruto fillers
anyone know when the bleach fillers end and continue with the manga plot?

They seem to be taking down bountu at a fairly quick rate, so I'm going to estimate about a month and a half more of this arc. No idea if they have more planned, though. ...Probably do.

Can't wait to see some of the stuff I glanced over in the manga finally animated, though. It's going to be sweet.

Nope, Bleach will not stop the fillers yet. The new opening video to accompany the rolling star music has a brandnew character (who is designed awesomely by the way) and new enemies. The bad thing is...



But to be honest, anything is better than the Bounto saga.

Actually, the fillers are ending very soon. Many are speculating that they may be up just before the year ends. The intro and ending to the last episode of the Bleach had previews of the of the Bleach movie that's going to be released soon. The new girl's name is Senna, and the animation quality (ridiculous) should've been enough to hint that this wasn't the regular show.

Caught up with the manga so far, and pretty much

Well, it looks like the filler episodes are over and the Arrancar arc is starting up in the anime. Episode 110's title is more than proof enough, especially given the student they're introducing.

Finally the end of the filler!


What exactly does this Arrancar arc involve?

Well...

Can I ask dose anyone here like the english dub of bleach, it seems i'm the only one in this world that like's dubbed anime?

Also my fav chars on bleach are rukia,renji, and toushiro.

I don't have anything against it, since it seemed good so far (and they did not replace the good opening music with some utter crap, like Naruto did).

And about the 3 souls...

Hehehehe... hate to interrupt with manga storyline... but oh well.

What did you guys think of episode 109? When I started watching I wasn't sure if the animation was different or whether I had forgotten in the 2 weeks off but I didn't like the animation as much in this episode. There was some dialogue that seemed weird to me but I think it had some little hints to what might be coming up.

Episode 109 surprised me with

That's pretty much it.

Yeah i added bleach to my suggestion list thingy.. Dattebayo was stupid to stop Naruto for Pokemon... But im glad he still does Bleach though =D

Ohh, so I've finally caught up to the manga (which I had never read until last week) and just realized that the anime is back to the manga storyline now. Good stuff <3. I guess that's the reason for the new ending theme ("Sakura Biyori" by Mai Hoshimura), which is also <3.

Well 111 is now out and I must say I'm enjoying the new episodes as some of the earlier ones

Yay, Bleach is good again. For someone who doesn't read the manga, these past two episodes have been real jaw-droppers.

Is the new chapter out yet?

I was quite surprised to see that. I had to take a good look before I realised who it actually was.

There was one other thing they left out:

Oh man, loving Bleach right now. I'm liking the Latin music they got going too with the Arrancar.

And they got to one of my favorite moments from the manga finally, that it even brought a sentimental tear to my right eye like it did when I read it...

Yeh the episodes now are sweet, I really enjoy waking up on the last few Fridays before Uni goes back knowing that a new episode of bleach is out. 114 was good but did anyone think...



People have been saying that the anime is too close to the manga now and they'll probably have more fillers, just one question, are there any fillers out there in Bleach or Naruto or whatever that people think are good because everyone seems to complain about them.

Yeah, 114's animation and consistency as back up to what it was pre-Bounto. I was worried it was going to look like shit from then on (therefore ruining damn good manga scenes).

The manga is absolutely phenomenal now, and you can tell it's building up to something even with the major defeat of one of the characters and a ridiculous plot twist. For those of you who are following the manga, here's a link to chapter 262 where all this takes place.

BTW, I also like the theme they gave the Arrancar and, this may see minor, the sound the garganta makes when it opens/closes.



So far, we've only had the Bounto arc. It was ok, but nowhere near as good as SS or what we've read of the Arrancar arc. Looking at what's happening in the manga at the moment, we'll probably see a filler arc. Hopefully not as long as the Bounto one, but filler nonetheless.

Which episode is the new story arc starting on? I skipped out the Bounto arc.

Around 110 or so. They're only like 3 or 4 episodes into the new arc. If you see Hirako, the blond guy, flaoting around somewhere then you're at the right episode.

On that note, what chapter of the manga starts where they're at in the anime now? My friends keep teasing me about how "important" Inoue becomes later on and I guessed but I was only partly correct, so I want to catch up on what happens in advance.

The last episode (114) ends as manga chapter 195 ends. Totally awesome. <3

And yes, 110 is the first episode of the Arrancar arc. It was a long wait for those of us who waited for it, that's for sure.

115 was fucking amazing. The show's back up to where it was before in terms of animation quality and consistency, and the execution of the manga scenes was spot on. One thing that really got me riled up was .

The anime's moving fast, or at least it seems that way. If the next episode they spend it mainly building up to the confrontation shown, that's a good sign they're pacing themselves.

Oh, Bleach Chapter 263 spoilers for you guys who are interested. Translated text + shots of the chapter inside.

http://www.narutomania.com/forums/bl...ers-60952.html

Yeh 115 was good, I got goosebumps in one bit (when you watch it you'll know where). I does definately seem like it's building up to something awesome, I can't wait!! If other anime's or previous episodes of bleach are anything to go by then I think episode 120 is going to be SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEET, most of my favourite episodes seem to be multiples of 10

still lovin the anime. but seriously...who knows then this series is going to finally END??

btw...when's the movie coming out?

Whoo, the new chapter got somewhere, but not as much as I expected =(

Wait, you mean 264? It looks like it's a setup for the


265 is going to be wild, that's for sure. Now all we need to see is who Ishida is going to confront.

I hated how it just ended her dodging his blade. :gonk: I expected him to be along with Shinigami... (I can't wait to see his Bankai if he got one.)

She's... going to get raped if he uses it. I don't even think he's even got one. Remember, he's not a shinigami anyone, but who knows what he can do now. Imagine if he actually releases.

BTW, if you want, I can link you to chapter 264. Jesus, another rank revealed.

Please do, wait I will just PM you right now =P

Sent the PM, I'm sure you're going to enjoy the latest happenings. Just from the text available now and the pictures, he's a bastard.

Episode 116 came out last night. I saw it this morning and it's just a set up episode for upcoming fights. But I did enjoy it, it had good laughs in it. I especially liked the conversation about the onigiri, hahah.

Holy shit, 117 & 118 were awesome. D-Roy's encounter dragged on a little too long, but everything else was nicely down. 118 especially... damn. I like how they keep the battle going at a good clip, unlike quite a few shows. 119 won't be for another 2 weeks so it looks like they're giving the manga room to advance.

About that...

I have to say 118 was pretty damn awesome. Ikkaku kicked ass and took names.

I have a bit of a question though..

Yeh I enjoyed 118 too

A couple of questions for you guys
1. Watching the episodes it seems like the higher the number of the arrancar the weaker they are. If that's the case then Grimmjow being 6 or whatever he is would be right up there with probably Aizen, the 2 other ex-shinigami and Ulquiorra above him
2. When the Arrancar came down to earth and searched for people with spirit power shouldn't they have found the Vaizard as well or do the Vaizard hang out in Hueco too

Ahhh after 2 weeks 119 came out woot! In that extra week I was watching some old episodes and there were a few things I didn't get

I think the episodes in the 50's are probably my favourite, especially 58 (if you've seen that ep you know which bit inparticular I'm talking about) when he kicks ass without his sword in 54 is pretty awesome too

Ep. 121
Woooa, awesome episode. I read the manga for these fights but I think the anime was way better. Especially Ichigo's fight.

Yeh 121 was really good. The animation was soooo good, really impressive. I'm annoyed that the theme songs been changed though, the old one was one of my favourite theme songs ever, so catchy

Wow, the manga is fucking rollingseeing as the latest chapters have been fantastic. Beware the spoilers if you don't follow the manga, though that should be obvious.



Definitely can't wait to see all this animated, and with the manga progressing at this rate, my fears of another filler season look like they're unfounded.

Well, 122 is available.

I used to watch this way before it came out here, but I stopped in the middle of that godawful Bounto Arc. I'd like to start watching again, so could someone tell me which episode is a good one to start on and give a brief summary of what's happened by the end of the Bounto Arc?

The Bounto arc ended at either ep. 108 or 109. As for a summary of what's important to note:

Just wondering what volume the bleach manga is up to. My friend started getting it and I'm thinking about getting half each so we don't need to spend as much

The bount arc ended at episode 109. It ended pretty well, even if you hated the arc since


The new arc is based (more or less) on ichigo's inner battle, which some of you may know about, and some of you may not.
Also, you learn alot about what the hell Aizen's really doing, and you get to meet about a dozen new characters that seem to be pretty dynamic.

So get episodes 109-125 (current). Some of them rock. Some of them are crappy filler, but they're all worth watcing in my opinion.

Again, you can get them from Dattebayo.

Is this week a no new episode week. I've been waiting for 127 to get released but there's been nothing, any help people?

According to Bleach7, there's no anime this week.

I'm bumping this for the sole purpose of complaining about the new episode. Holy crap, that was bad...like, DBZ bad. They might as well have skipped this week, because nothing freaking happened. And with no Naruto tomorrow, I'm really feeling shafted.

Yeh there are definite shades of DBZ. You think that the decisive battle is going to come soon but then you get hit with a multitude of episodes where you are pretty much screaming at the characters on screen because the problem is so obvious. Oh well, I have faith in the writers abilities to make awesome fight scenes when the time comes so I guess I'll just be patiently waiting for that.

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Teal, huh? Nice.
Yeah, I'm confused about the ranking.
Spoilers

Yeah, here's a picture that has the colors close to what Kubo used.



As for the ranking...

Oh hey, here's the Bleach thread! Yeah, I read 290 and had no place to express my psych-titude.

Bohahah, I found the Bleach thread. I only recently started watching it, but I got really into it really quickly. Up to episode 125 or something.

Anyway, I came here to ask a favor. Does anyone have a decent quality rip of the very first opening song -- Asterisk, by Orange Range -- in mp3? I downloaded one, but it sounds like somebody recorded it from a set of speakers. Volume's real low and everything sounds muffled.

But wait--there's more!

I got into Bleach very quickly, too. This anime just grabs you. And, I can't believe how long it has been running in Japan, both manga and anime-wise.

I had been watching Bleach on Adult Swim for the last year or so, but now that they've stopped airing it I've switched over to the fansubbed version. I don't know why, but for some reason it's more addicting to watch in this form (maybe because I can watch it at my own pace or something, which will suck once I catch up to the current episodes).

Also, I just had to throw in that I freakin' love the third OP, "Ichirin no Hana". This is quickly becoming my favorite anime OP ever.

Yeah, it's strangely addictive. I had a friend pestering me to watch it for months before I finally caved, and I caught up within only a few days. Sure it was only in the 60-70 range at the time, but that's an impressive pace for me.

"Rolling Star" is by far my favorite Bleach OP so far. It starts around the end of the Bound arc, and I think it's the 5th one.

They haven't stopped airing it. They took a break so the weekday episodes wouldn't out run the weekend episodes. They are only running weekday episodes, with Death Note airing on the weekend.

In fact, Bleach should be coming on in about 8 minutes.

That's a pretty good quality song. Thanks!

Although it seems I failed to clarify. :p Do you have just the TV edit? I think it's on the first OST's soundtrack, actually.

Nope, I never bother to keep TV edits around unless they're all I can find. Even if I download an entire OST I tend to seek out the full versions of the OP & ED to replace them.

Ah. I listened to the full version you linked, and it's a good song, don't get me wrong. Anyone happen to have a decent quality TV edit or Asterisk?

Comment probably driven on the fact that the beginning riff sounds better :)

K_ Tak delivers: ~Asterisk~ (OST Ver.).mp3

Gettin' it now. Thanks!

I didn't mean they stopped airing the series in general, I just meant they stopped airing new episodes. There hasn't been any word on when they'll start back to airing new episodes again, and all the ones they air throughout the week are still reruns (this is at least the second time they've cycled through episodes on the weekday, so I don't think catching up to the ones on the weekend was a concern).

I heard people say that one of the reasons they stopped airing new episodes is because they needed time to dub more episodes. Don't know how true that is, but I wouldn't be surprised since they've been showing a new episode almost every week for about a year now. Plus, Toonami stopped Naruto at a time for the same reason, so it's most likely true.

I don't like that version. I was really upset that the beat changed. I think they came out with the tv version first then re-did the song for the single, or something like that.

I prefer the tv version even if it's only a minute and a half.
So here's the TV-RIP version.
Asterisk~TV-RIP

I should of put in my last response that if you diddnt like this version, I'd do a tv-rip (which has already been done, thanks!)

Ah, I see what you meant.

I wouldn't say most likely--I would say it IS true. They did the same thing with InuYasha. I checked the Adult Swim website, and they have up to episode 30 planned for the weekdays. So, that takes us well into next month.

I wonder if they're going to do the Bleach movie?

I wouldn't be surprised if they did show the movie eventually, since they have a pretty good track record for showing the movies of series they air (I think the only ones they haven't showed so far is the FMA movie (they said they were going to sometime last year, but they never did) and the GitS: SAC movie (since Sci-Fi aired it)).

I have to say with the Naruto movies getting aired, the Bleach movie has a high possibility, though I don't imagine seeing that one up until this time next year at the earliest.

Thanks jouhou! That was exactly what I was looking for. K_Takahashi, thanks for your link too though, cuz I liked the song by itself anyway.

I like "My Pace." The ending song for that arc. I don't know if it's just the music, or the ending credits that made me like it.

Unfortunately, the internets say after two more episodes it's going to be fillers. The pace is still pretty good for me. I just hope the pace of each episode stays good even after fillers.

Friendly Reminder: Please remember to use spoiler tags since not everyone reads the manga.
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Rather than make an entire thread for it (which would surely close nearly after its creation) and since I've already asked a similar question --

Does anyone have the soundtrack for Bleach that's willing to share? I just realized there're a handful of songs I'd like to have.

Well, thanks for the reminder, I finally managed to find "Hanabi" again. I like that track. XD I did a little poking around and found Gendou's Music. Seems like they have a decent selection of individual tracks. Otherwise, just hit up the torrent sites.

Hehehe, Just watched 146 of the anime, totaly called Tomoko Kaneda playing Nell right.

Hate to bring the topic of the OST back up, but I just realized there are two songs I'm looking for, but neither the first or second OST have them, from what I can tell.

The first is the song that plays when Ichigo is training with Uruhara, and he gains his resolve. It's during the second half of the episode fairly near the end, when he lifts his sword into the air. Link.

The second song appears a lot in the series. It's on this particular episode, where Yoruichi's explaining the concept of Bankai to Ichigo fairly early on in the episode.
Link.

When who raises their sword? Urahara or Ichigo?
During Urahara: that track is unreleased, during Ichigo: just a variation of "Number 1" with no vocal (I don't think they'll ever release a "number 1" track without vocal.)

The last one is also unreleased.

So far, no new about OST3. I've been waiting for a while now.

Lets get this thread up again.

So I was watching Bleach last year. Started OK and got steadily better. I was enjoying immensely the Soul Society arc, limped through Bounto arc, and then just had to take a break once the Arrancar filler started up. I stopped watching for about 8 months.

It helped. Just have to keep taking breaks every so often through this filler.

That said, a spoiler-light rant about the Kasumi-Ooji filler:


Also, about Chad/Sado's upgrade and my thoughts on him in general:


Manga question:


For you guys talking about the soundtrack, get the movie soundtracks, they're basically show OSTs and have some of the better music.

Also, fun-fact: I found an online store selling some series 1 bleach figurines for $0.00. No shit. I even tried joke ordering 100 and it still cost $0.00. But I didn't get them. Because a) I didn't want to be on the hook, b) there's still shipping cost, and c) these figures were fantastically ugly.

For this thread to not come up is for good reason : Its dragging on too long for a villian who is , hands down, the worst character ever created. That aside :

Manga

Unfortunately the anime/manga got too fast too boring on my side.