Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 3 coming to Disney+ and Hulu in October

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One of anime’s biggest comeback stories was Bleach. Despite being one of the biggest manga and anime of its time, an excess of filler and several poorly executed story arcs in the manga led to Bleach being cancelled before it could adapt the grand finale. In 2022, a full decade after its first broadcast, Bleach came back with Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War. In October 2024, the third part of this anime reboot will air.

Aniplex confirmed the release window at its Anime Expo 2024 panel along with a teaser trailer to properly announce the release. Say what you will about Bleach, but few words send shivers down anime fans’ spines like Ichigo’s shout of “Bankai!”, so the trailer gave us everything we needed. Part three of Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, subtitled The Conflict, will air in October 2024.

The Thousand-Year War anime aims to give anime fans the closure that manga readers got when the Bleach manga ended in 2016. It finally adapts the manga’s final story arc in four parts. The first aired in 2022, the second in 2023. With the third part coming in just a few months, we expect the final part of Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War to arrive sometime in late 2025, finally ending Ichigo’s journey as a Soul Reaper.

Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War is streaming on Hulu in the US and on Disney+ in most international markets, so don’t expect the film to be included in your Crunchyroll subscription.

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