Following the airing of today’s final episode,
production was announced for a fourth and final season for the anime adaptation
of “ Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War ,” the final
arc of Tite Kubo ’s iconic manga . The press release did not
reveal production details, but listed that this final season will be titled
“ Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 4 – The Calamity .”
Since its original announcement, it was known that
“ BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War ” would adapt the entirety
of the original work, and so far a total of forty episodes have aired. For his
part, Tite Kubo published the original manga in Shueisha ’s Weekly
Shonen Jump magazine between August 2001 and August 2016,
compiling the work into a total of 74 volumes.
General synopsis of Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War
Substitute Soul Reaper Ichigo Kurosaki spends his days
battling Hollows, dangerous evil spirits that threaten Karakura Town. Ichigo
carries out his quest with his closest allies: Orihime Inoue, his childhood
friend with a talent for healing; Yasutora Sado, his high school classmate with
superhuman strength; and Uryuu Ishida, Ichigo's rival in the Quincy. Ichigo's
vigilante routine is disrupted by the sudden appearance of Asguiaro Ebern, a
dangerous Arrancar who heralds the return of Yhwach, a former Quincy king.
Yhwach seeks to reignite the age-old blood feud
between the Soul Reaper and the Quincy, and sets out to wipe out both the human
world and Soul Society forever. Yhwach launches a two-pronged invasion of both
Soul Society and Hueco Mundo, home of Hollows and Arrancar. In retaliation,
Ichigo and his friends must fight alongside old allies and enemies to end
Yhwach's campaign of destruction before the world itself comes to an end.
Source: Comic Natalie
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