“Teen Ichigo becomes a Soul Reaper to protect his town from Hollows and greater threats alongside friends.”
Bleach
BLEACH - ブリーチ -
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Synopsis
Teen Ichigo becomes a Soul Reaper to protect his town from Hollows and greater threats alongside friends.
Ichigo Kurosaki is an ordinary high schooler—until his family is attacked by a Hollow, a corrupt spirit that seeks to devour human souls. It is then that he meets a Soul Reaper named Rukia Kuchiki, who gets injured while protecting Ichigo's family from the assailant. To save his family, Ichigo accepts Rukia's offer of taking her powers and becomes a Soul Reaper as a result. However, as Rukia is unable to regain her powers, Ichigo is given the daunting task of hunting down the Hollows that plague their town. However, he is not alone in his fight, as he is later joined by his friends—classmates Orihime Inoue, Yasutora Sado, and Uryuu Ishida—who each have their own unique abilities. As Ichigo and his comrades get used to their new duties and support each other on and off the battlefield, the young Soul Reaper soon learns that the Hollows are not the only real threat to the human world.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 372 sampled reviews
What 372 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.11 · split reception
5.5 pts
Recommenders 8.6 · others 3.1
↓ 0.45
Running avg · Jun 2007 → Mar 2026
- 7 “Great up through the soul society arc, about 60-70 episodes in. after that, almost nothing but filler and repetitive fights.”
- 9 “Bleach has an Interesting Art and Outstanding Fighting Scene's, I Really Can't Believe how did they make such an awesome Fighting Scene's Like that It Amazed Me a Lot.”
- 10 “I started watching Bleach 2 years ago and it was the first anime I watched and it remains my favorite anime ever. The characters are awesome, the action is outstanding, everything is just the best....”
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- Format 366 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 146h 24m all episodes
- Aired Oct 2004 – Mar 2012 Fall 2004
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-0246 catalog
Produced by
- TV Tokyo Producer
- Aniplex Producer
- Dentsu Producer
- TV Tokyo Music Producer
Licensed by
- VIZ Media Licensor