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[[File:bleach-anime-groupshot.jpg|frame| <smalldiv style="font-size:80%;">The [[Five-Man Band]], clockwise from top: [[Gentle Giant|Yasutora 'Chad']] [[The Big Guy|Sado]], [[Cloudcuckoolander|Orihime]] [[The Chick|Inoue]], [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|Ichigo]] [[The Hero|Kurosaki]], [[Action Girl|Rukia]] [[The Lancer|Kuchiki]] and [[Stoic Spectacles|Uryu]] [[The Smart Guy|Ishida]]. [[My Friends and Zoidberg|And]] [[Plucky Comic Relief|Kon.]]</smalldiv> ]]

Ichigo Kurosaki would have liked to have been an [[Ordinary High School Student]]. Unfortunately, his ability to see and hear ghosts (and his orange-colored hair) kept getting in the way of a normal life. This is all he knows of the spirit world until the day he encounters Rukia Kuchiki, a [[Shinigami|Soul Reaper]] whose profession requires her to destroy evil spirits ("Hollows") and send good spirits ("Pluses" or "Wholes") to the afterlife. When Rukia is injured while trying to slay a powerful Hollow about to kill Ichigo and his family, she offers the boy a portion of her powers to defeat it in her place. Unfortunately, his abnormally-high amount of spiritual energy absorbs ''all'' of her power instead, forcing him to take up her duties until she can recover and return home.

''Bleach'' starts off as a quirky [[Urban Fantasy]] action-comedy, but soon becomes a much more standard [[Shonen|Shonen Fightin' Anime]] with the start of the Soul Society [[Story Arc|arc]]. In it, Rukia is arrested by her fellow Shinigami for the crime of transferring her powers to a human, and taken back to the afterlife ("Soul Society") to be executed. Naturally, Ichigo wants to mount a rescue. Training montages, [[Shonen Upgrade|Shonen Upgrades]] and [[Xanatos Gambit|ridiculously complicated plans]] ensue. This arc is infamous for introducing [[Loads and Loads of Characters]] (tripling the previous cast; [[Word of God|manga author]] [[Tite Kubo]] has admitted that when he creates new characters, he does it to avoid writers' block), drastically changing the formula and tone of the series, and for [[Arc Fatigue|its sheer length]], which coined the meme, "Are they still in Soul Society?"

After [[Long Runners|10 long years]], the manga is announced to enter its final arc, [http://www.animenewsnetwork.comcc/news/2012-02-01/tite-kubo-bleach-manga-to-enter-final-arc which began on February 8, 2012]. The anime ended after 7 1/2 years on March 27, 2012 in favor of the ''[[Naruto]]'' spinoff ''[[Rock Lee's Springtime of Youth|Rock Lees Springtime of Youth]]'', leaving the ending to be the only arc not planned to be adapted to animation.

* The Lost Agent Arc (Volumes 49-54; episodes 343-366)

The English dub is currently{{when}} running in America on [[Cartoon Network]]'s [[Toonami]] block. The Japanese version is now broadcasting the new episodes on a one-week delay from Japan on [http://www.hulu.com/bleach Hulu], or on a 1hr delay for [http://www.crunchyroll.com/bleach Crunchyroll] subscribers, as well as a one-week delay for free viewers.

[http://www.animenewsnetwork.comcc/news/2012-02-22/warner-develops-live-action-film-of-tite-kubo-bleach-manga On February 22, 2012, Warner Brothers Studios announced the licensing and planned development of a live-action Hollywood movie.]

Feel free to check out [[Bleach/Characters|Ichigo's companions character sheet]] and six more on the other side of the link. ''Bleach'' is also amongst those few anime that earned its own [[Die for Our Ship/Anime and Manga/Bleach|Die Forfor Our Ship]], [[Bleach/Ho Yay|Ho/Foe Yay]], [[Fan Nickname/Anime and Manga/Bleach|Fan Nickname]], [[Bleach/Radar|Getting Crap Past The Radar]], ''and'' [[Complete Monster/Bleach|Complete Monster]] pages. This page has gotten so long that it is necessary to give both the movies and the Anime [[Bleach Movies|their own page]] and [[Bleach/Characters/Anime|character sheet]]. ''Under Construction'' - See the discussion page as to why.

It now has a page discussing one of its DS outings, ''[[Bleach: theThe 3rd Phantom]]''.

''[[I Thought That Was|Note: This article is not about a laundry detergent]] or the [[Nirvana]] album. Sorry. It also (usually) has nothing to do with [[Brain Bleach]] or [[Bleached Underpants]].''

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