BLEACH
Bleach is a world-renowned supernatural action franchise created by mangaka Tite Kubo. Debuting in 2001, it follows Ichigo Kurosaki, a high school student who gains the powers of a Shinigami (Soul Reaper) to defend the human world and navigate complex multi-realm conflicts across the Soul Society, Hueco Mundo, and Wandenreich.
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Created by Tite Kubo, Bleach originated as a manga series in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump in August 2001.
Over its 15-year original run, the manga produced 686 chapters compiled into 74 tankōbon volumes, winning the 50th Shogakukan Manga Award in 2005.
The intellectual property expanded into a massive media franchise including a 366-episode original TV anime series running from 2004 to 2012, four theatrical animated feature films, a 2018 live-action movie adaptation, multiple OVAs, a series of light novels, official databooks, dozens of video games across console and mobile platforms, and the multi-part modern anime revival series Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War running from 2022 through 2026.
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The franchise began with the introduction of Ichigo Kurosaki, an orange-haired teenager capable of seeing spirits in Karakura Town.
His life changes when he meets Rukia Kuchiki, a Shinigami assigned to eliminate evil spirits called Hollows.
When Rukia is severely injured defending Ichigo's family, she attempts to lend him part of her power; Ichigo inadvertently absorbs almost all of it, becoming a Substitute Shinigami. This setup launched an overarching story arc moving from local spirit hunting to grand multi-dimensional warfare involving the Gotei 13, the Arrancar led by Sousuke Aizen, Fullbringers, and the Quincy army known as the Wandenreich.
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For physical media collectors and franchise enthusiasts, Bleach offers an extensive catalog of print and home video items.
Key collectible manga releases include the original 74 Japanese tankōbon volumes, the English 3-in-1 omnibus editions by Viz Media, and the 10th-anniversary omnibus collection Bleach: Resurrected Souls, which compiled the first 21 volumes into six special books. Collector interest also focuses on official lore companion books such as Bleach: Official Character Book SOULs, VIBEs, MASKED, UNMASKED, KaraBuri+, and 13 BLADEs., alongside original anime DVD home packages, gaming media spanning GameCube to PlayStation 3, and light novel epilogues expanding on canonical lore.
Tite Kubo's spin-off series Burn the Witch is set in the same universe as Bleach, focusing on the Western Branch of the Soul Society in London.
