[Anime] Bleach

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...

Spoiler:

Holy freakin' crap. Ichigo nearly killed Hiyori in 216. I honestly thought that he would.

The "training" that the Vizoreds seem to be giving to Ichigo in 217 is actually quite entertaining to read. Hijinks are everywhere. And then, of course, Anti!Ichigo returns at the very end! Yay!

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Originally Posted by Enkidu

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.

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Originally Posted by evant

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.

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Originally Posted by Piano

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.

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.

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Originally Posted by chrno_crusades

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 was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by chato

Everybody, Bleach is going to Adult Swim this fall.

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

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by Rydia

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

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.

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Originally Posted by ComCrimson

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.

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Originally Posted by Taegueki

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

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.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Chapter 182 starts the current arc in the manga.

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Originally Posted by Imkylepiano=)

hmmm so when do fillers start? are they still going? Are they mostly good?

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.

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Originally Posted by Taegueki

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.

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Originally Posted by Dee

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.

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.

I was speaking idiomatically.

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.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

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.

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Originally Posted by Rydia

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

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

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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

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Originally Posted by chato

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

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.

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Originally Posted by jouhou

I find Rukia's fights pretty boring.

Spoiler:

Why doesn't Rukia have her Zanpaktou? She just keeps using "magic" Does she get it back in the manga?

Spoiler:

And that is precisely why the fillers can't let her have it back just yet.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.