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The Agent of the Soul Reaper Saga (死神代行篇, Shinigami Daikō Hen) is the first season of the Bleach anime series. The episodes are directed by Noriyuki Abe, and produced by TV Tokyo, Dentsu and Studio Pierrot. [1] In the English release by Viz Media, the title is changed to The Substitute. [2]
The series follows the adventures of high school student Ichigo Kurosaki who can see spirits and becomes a Soul Reaper, after assuming the duties of Soul Reaper Rukia Kuchiki. Viz Media obtained the foreign television, home video and merchandising rights to the Bleach anime from TV Tokyo Corporation and Shueisha on March 15, 2006. [ 2 ]
When creating the manga series, Kubo commented that Rukia Kuchiki, the first character he created, did not seem like a lead character, so he created Ichigo to be the series protagonist. [6] Ichigo is voiced by Masakazu Morita in the Japanese version of the anime and by Johnny Yong Bosch in the English dub. [9] [10]
The series resumed airing on March 2, 2008, [43] but went back on hiatus on November 21, 2009, after the 167th episode. The series returned to the block with new episodes on August 28, 2010, replacing Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. [44] The anime joined the relaunched Toonami anime block, when it returned to Adult Swim on May 27, 2012. [45]
Ichigo Kurosaki (黒崎 一護, Kurosaki Ichigo) is a fictional character in the Bleach manga series and its adaptations created by author Tite Kubo.He is the main protagonist of the series, who receives Soul Reaper powers after meeting Rukia Kuchiki, a Soul Reaper assigned to patrol around the fictional city of Karakura Town.
An anime adaptation, produced by Studio Pierrot and TV Tokyo, premiered on TV Tokyo on October 5, 2004. [12] These arcs were adapted into the first 63 episodes; the first twenty-episode season 1 acts as a prelude to the second and third seasons in which Ichigo enters the Soul Society. [13] [14] [15] Episode 63 aired on October 1, 2006. [16]
Orihime Inoue [Jp. 1] is a fictional character in the Japanese manga series Bleach and its anime adaptation created by Tite Kubo.She is one of Ichigo Kurosaki's friends. Like the many other characters in the series, she quickly develops powers of her own after Ichigo becomes a Soul Reaper.
The anime series is directed by Tomohisa Taguchi and premiered on TV Tokyo in October 2022. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ a ] The series will run for four cours with off-season breaks in between. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The first cours, subtitled The Blood Warfare , consists of 13 episodes and ended in December of the same year.