The staff behind the new Bleach anime unveiled a second preview video, unveiling more of the show’s cast members, giving us a look at the new theme song, and that the anime is being split into four cours, meaning the anime is airing throughout the year with over 50 episodes, with a few breaks in between cours.
The PV was released at the Thousand-Year Blood War Arc advance screening event that was available to 1,000 people, featuring Ichigo, Rukia, and Uryu’s voice actors. The PV featured the new theme song “Scar” by Tatsuya Kitani, with the ending theme song “Saihate” (最果て) being sung by SannaRin.
The PV also unveiled new cast members including Wataru Hatano as Hidetomo Kajōmaru, KENN as Berenice Gabrielli, Takahiro Fujiwara as Jerome Guizbatt, Wataru Komada as Asguiaro Ebern, and Daiki Hamano as Luders Friegen.
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War debuts on October 10.
▍Bleach: Thousand Year Blood War PV2
▍Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Advance Screening
At the advance screening event held at The Grand Hall in Tokyo, voice actors for Kurosaki Ichigo, Kuchiki Rukia, and Ishida Uryu, Masakazu Morita, Fumiko Orikasa, and Noriaki Sugiyama respectively were present at the event, watching the first 2 episodes of the anime with 1,000 fans.
During the event, the voice actors were asked how they felt when finding out that the Bleach anime was returning. Orikasa said that “As a fan, I was happy but at the same time I thought “Wait, I’m going to be playing this role? You want me to do this?” and I was nervous when I held the original work in my hands, because of all of the fan’s expectations”
Sugiyama meanwhile said that he was amazed by the technological, and creative improvements of the creators after all this time, and said that the last 10 years didn’t feel “wasted’ when waiting for this. He also mentioned how it’s the first time Bleach is being broadcasted again after over 10 years. While he’s not sure how long it will take, he wants to perform and record for the series to the very end, and live up to fans’ expectations.
The event capped off with Morita, telling audiences that even though it has taken over 10 years, his dream of finishing the series as Kurosaki Ichigo is being fulfilled, with his iconic words “leave it to me”, as he looks forward to being a part of what he, the crew, and the fans are building together.
▍Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Anime Staff
Original Author and Supervisor: Tite Kubo
Director: Tomohisa Taguchi
Series Composition: Masaki Hiramatsu and Tomohisa Taguchi
Character Design: Masashi Kudo
Art Director: Yoshio Tanioka
Chief Animation Director: Kumiko Takayanagi, Michio Hasegawa, and Sei Komatsubara
Sound Director: Yukio Nagasaki
Editing: Akinori Mishima
Art Setting: Toshiki Amada
Color Designer: Saori Goda
CGI Director: Kazushi Goto and Toshihiro Sasaki
Director of Photography: Kazuhiro Yamada
Sound Director: Yukio Nagasaki
Sound Production: Zack Promotion
Music: Shiro Sagisu
Animation Studio: Studio Pierrot
▍Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Anime Cast
■ Ichigo Kurosaki – CV: Masakazu Morita
■ Rukia Kuchiki – CV: Fumiko Orikasa
■ Shunsui Kyōraku – CV: Akio Ohtsuka
■ Retsu Unohana -CV: Aya Hisakawa
■ Bambietta Basterbine – CV: Ayana Taketasu
■ Kirio Hikifune – CV: Ayumi Tsunematsu
■ Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto – CV: Binbin Takaoka
■ Kenpachi Zaraki – CV: Fumihiko Tachiki
■ Jūshirō Ukitake – CV: Hideo Ishikawa
■ Yasutora Sado – CV: Hiroki Yasumoto
■ Suì-Fēng – CV: Houko Kuwashima
■ Renji Abarai – CV: Kentaro Ito
■ Shinji Hirako – CV: Masaya Onosaka
■ Ichibē Hyōsube – CV: Naomi Kusumi
■ Gremmy Thoumeaux – CV: Natsuki Hanae
■ Uryū Ishida – CV: Noriaki Sugiyama
■ Senjumaru Shutara – CV: Rina Satou
■ Tōshirō Hitsugaya – CV: Romi Park
■ Byakuya Kuchiki – CV: Ryotaro Okiayu
■ Mayuri Kurotsuchi – CV: Ryusei Nakao
■ Lille Barro – CV: Satoshi Hino
■ Yoruichi Shihōin – CV: Satsuki Yukino
■ Kisuke Urahara – CV: Shinchiro Miki
■ Rōjūrō Ōtoribashi – CV: Shouto Kashii
■ Askin Nakk Le Vaar – CV: Shunsuke Takeuchi
■ Yhwach – CV: Takayuki Sugo
■ Sajin Komamura – CV: Tetsu Inada
■ Kensei Muguruma – CV: Tomokazu Sugita
■ Tenjirō Kirinji – CV: Tomoyuki Shimura
■ Ōetsu Mimaiya – CV: Yōji Ueda
■ Jugram Haschwalth – CV: Yuichiro Umehara
■ Orihime Inoue – CV: Yuki Matsuoka
■ Bazz-B – CV: Yuuki Ono
■ Candice Catnipp – CV: Yumi Uchiyama
■ Hidetomo Kajōmaru – CV: Wataru Hatano
■ Berenice Gabrielli- CV: KENN
■ Jerome Guizbatt- CV: Takahiro Fujiwara
■ Asguiaro Ebern- CV: Wataru Komada
■ Luders Friegen- CV: Daiki Hamano
