The Jump Super Studio EX stage for Bleach: Sennen Kessen-hen (Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War arc)—the anime adaptation of the final arc in Tite Kubo's supernatural adventure manga—unveiled a teaser visual (pictured) and teaser promo on Saturday. Aniplex simultaneously opened an official website, revealing new staff and cast. The anime series will begin airing on TV Tokyo in October 2022.

Staff
Director, Series Composition: Tomohisa Taguchi (Akudama Drive, Sousei no Onmyouji)
Character Design: Masashi Kudou (Bleach, Kami no Tou)
Music: Shirou Sagisu (Berserk, SSSS.Gridman)
Studio: Studio Pierrot

Cast
Ichibei Hyousube: Naomi Kusume (Kingdom 2nd Season)
Ouetsu Nimaiya: Youji Ueda (Vinland Saga)
Tenjiirou Kirinji: Tomoyuki Shimura (Shingeki no Kyojin)
Senjumaru Shutara: Rina Satou (Ao no Exorcist)
Kirio Hikifune: Ayumi Tsunematsu (Fate/Zero)
Yhwach: Takayuki Sugou (Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2199)
Jugram Haschwalth: Yuuichirou Umehara (Goblin Slayer)
Askin Nakk Le Vaar: Shunsuke Takeuchi (Kanata no Astra)
Bambietta Basterbine: Ayana Taketatsu (Mahou Shoujo Tokushusen Asuka)
Bazzard Black: Yuuki Ono (Beastars)
Candice Catnipp: Yumi Uchiyama (Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei)
Gremmy Thoumeaux: Natsuki Hanae (Vanitas no Karte)
Lille Barro: Satoshi Hino (Overlord)

Binbin Takaoka (Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu) will voice Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryuusai, replacing the late Masaaki Tsukada.

Prior to serialization, Kubo published a pilot chapter in December 2000. Weekly Shounen Jump debuted the manga the following August. After a 15-year run, Kubo ended the manga in August 2016. Shueisha published the 74th and final volume in November that year. Bleach has a cumulative 120 million copies of its compiled volumes in print worldwide.

Studio Pierrot adapted the manga into a television anime that began airing in Fall 2004 and ended with 366 episodes in Winter 2012, covering the first 54 volumes. The manga also received two Jump Festa specials in June 2005 and March 2006, and four anime films in 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2010 December.

VIZ Media acquired the series' master license in March 2006 and published the manga in English in its print edition of Shounen Jump magazine from November 2007 to March 2012. The manga simultaneously switched to the Weekly Shonen Jump Alpha digital anthology in January 2012. The company released the 74th and final volume in October 2018 and the 26th home video installment of the anime in September 2015.

Teaser PV


Official site: https://bleach-anime.com/
Official Twitter: @BLEACHanimation

Source: PR Times