A "Bleach" Reboot Is In The Works, And Not A Moment Too Soon
Bleach, which along with Naruto and One Piece was a titan of 2000s anime, will return in 2021.
BLEACH ANIME is coming back for 2021!!!!!!!!! and also burn the witch ova is coming for 2020we did it๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ#BLEACH #BleachBloodWarAnime pic.twitter.com/gIEidAOrQA
โ Ichigo_m (@bleach_fan20) March 18, 2020
The anime met an anti-climactic end in 2012 after steadily losing fans for seasons. It was canceled before the final story arc of the manga, "Thousand Year Blood-War," was adapted. Several things led to this, including the health concerns of series creator Tite Kubo and tensions with the Shonen Jump editorial staff. A video on the topic by Super Eyepatch Wolf posted in 2016 has gained over 3.4 million views.
The reboot will pick up where the anime left off, meaning Bleach will finally see a proper conclusion. While the series ultimately proved divisive as fans realized its flaws, the news of a rebooted anime from their childhood naturally had old fans thrilled.
Bleach fandom today pic.twitter.com/e2bxB3XCBc
โ ๐ Ken Xyro | แ( แ )แ (@KenXyro) March 18, 2020
Ichigo at the end of episode 366, โSee you againโฆโ AND BOY WAS HE FUCKING RIGHT. BLEACHโS ANIME IS FINALLY COMING BACK AFTER 8 LONG ASS YEARS. pic.twitter.com/Eju68MNyP7
โ marv ๐โก๏ธ (@bankaism) March 18, 2020
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Additionally, Kubo's one-off manga Burn The Witch will also be receiving an anime adaptation. It's unclear where these will stream in the U.S., but anime fans will surely find a way to watch the conclusion of Bleach when it drops in 2021.
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King Crimson
The only problem is that the final arc of the manga also ended anticlimactically because Kubo's editors told him he had to wrap things up sooner than he planned and he was forced to pull a solution to the conflict out of his ass. So unless the anime is going to change the manga ending to line up with whatever he originally wanted, it will probably still end rather unsatisfactorily.
CainChin
Yeah this is one of the few instances where it would be way better for an anime to branch out from the manga and go its own original way and even better if it's supervised by Tite Kubo.
Those few last chapters oh boyโฆ
Red123
Jeez, just give Kubo a break.
The poor guy's been worked to the bone for years, let him rest.
chancestohr
Hope Kubo does a better job with Burn The Witch than Kishimoto did with Samurai 8.
CainChin
Burn The Witch didn't get past the one shoot format since it came some years ago so I don't think it will be published as an ongoing series in manga format as there are no news about that.
Imo the Ova most likely will be a bonus for people who buy the dvd/blu ray for the last season of Bleach they just announced.
chancestohr
Burn The Witch is also getting a serialized manga.
CainChin
That's nice to hear since they are taking so much time I guess they really are planning each step or arcs the series is going to go through and polishing stuff before they start serialitzation.