BLEACH is also celebrating April Fools with a special project called THE HIGH SCHOOL WARFAREwhich includes special high school visuals for Rukia Kuchiki, Yoruichi Shihoin, Orihime Inoue, Rangiku Matsumoto, and many others. You can check them out together below.

There is also a special chibi version:

You can watch the entire program below, with the visuals revealed at the very beginning:

PIERROT FILMS, previously known as Pierrot’s second studio, is animating the new anime. Studio Pierrot previously produced the original TV anime adaptation of Tite Kubo’s BLEACH manga, which aired between October 2004 and March 2012 with a total of 366 episodes. VIZ Media licensed it in English.

BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 3 -The Conflict- was the third part of the new anime. It premiered on October 5 last year, topping our weekly rankings 7/12 times. PIERROT FILMS, the new brand of Pierrot’s second studio, is animating.

The first part was voted Best Anime of Fall 2022, the second one ended up as a close runner-up behind Bungo Stray Dogs in Summer 2023, and the third one was again on top in Fall 2024. The anime is streaming on Disney+ and Hulu.

While the new adaptation has had a lot of original content, Tite Kubo said that Part 4 will have even more. The key staff for the anime includes Hikaru Murata as the director, Tomohisa Taguchi and Masaki Hiramatsu in charge of the series composition, Masashi Kudo as the character designer, and Shiro Sagisu as the music composer. Chief animation directors include Yukio Hasegawa, Sei Komatsubara, Masashi Kudo, and Kumiko Takayanagi.

BLEACH: Rebirth of Souls was also released March 21, 2025.

Source: SHONEN JUMP YouTube Channel
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