BLEACH (manga)
BLEACH (ブリーチ) is a shonen manga created by manga-ka Kubo Tite (久保帯人) and serialized in Weekly Shounen Jump. It has been turned into a TV anime produced by Pierrot which is currently still running on TV Tokyo and also several games. The manga is being translated in the USA by Viz Media.
Contents
Synopsis
Kurosaki Ichigo is a high school student who has always had the power to see and talk to ghosts. One day, he meets the shinigami (death god or "Soul Reaper" in the VIZ translation) Rukia, and in order to protect his family from being consumed by a Hollow - a fallen soul - he must borrow Rukia's powers and become a shinigami himself. As Ichigo fills in for Rukia as a shinigami, he and his friends become more and more immersed in the spiritual world of Soul Society, the afterlife for good spirits and the realm of the shinigami, and soon their world is turned upside-down.
Main Cast
- Kurosaki Ichigo - Masakazu Morita
- Kuchiki Rukia - Orisaka Fumiko
- Inoue Orihime - Matsuoka Yumi
- Ishida Uryuu - Sugiyama Noriaki
- Sado Yasutora - Yasumoto Hiroki
- Arisawa Tatsuki - Noda Junko
- Kurosaki Isshin - Morikawa Toshiyuki
- Kurosaki Karin - Kugimiya Rie
- Kurosaki Yuzu - Sena Ayumi
- Kon - Madono Mitsuaki
Music
The opening and ending themes of BLEACH have featured various Sony Music Entertainment artists. Many of them were relatively new artists at the time and have been able to use their participation in the popular anime as a stepping stone for further success.
| Opening Theme Songs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| # | Artist | Title | Episodes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | ORANGE RANGE | * ~Asterisk~ | 1 - 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | UVERworld | D-tecnoLife | 26 - 51 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR | Ichirin no Hana | 52 - 74 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | BEAT CRUSADERS | TONIGHT,TONIGHT,TONIGHT | 75 - 97 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | YUI | Rolling star | 98 - 120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Aqua Timez | ALONES | 121 - 143 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION | After Dark | 144 - 167 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | KELUN | CHU-BURA | 168 - 189 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Aqua Timez | Velonica | 190 - 214 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | SCANDAL | Shoujo S | 215 - 242 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Porno Graffitti | Anima Rossa | 243 - 265 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | miwa | chAngE | 266 - 291 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | SID | Ranbu no Melody | 292 - 316 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | ViViD | BLUE | 317 - 342 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | SCANDAL | HARUKAZE | 343 - "now" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Movie Theme Songs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| # | Artist | Title | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Aqua Timez | Sen no Yoru wo Koete | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Sambomaster | Hikari no Rock | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Porno Graffitti | Koyoi, Tsuki ga Miezu Tomo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | T.M.Revolution | Save the One, Save the All | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
External Links
- BLEACH Official Site (anime, manga, games)
- TV-Tokyo's BLEACH Site (anime)
- Pierrot's BLEACH Site (anime)
- BLEACH Fan
- Anime News Network's BLEACH Page
