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Soul Reapers can be seen as a mix between Samurai's and Grim Reapers (or Death Gods) that try to maintain a healthy balance of spiritual beings by protecting them from evil forces; at least in theory. Most Soul Reapers have feelings and a personality like humans, but they can still be brutal and careless for anything unrelated to the bloody massacre of their enemies. Soul Reapers have no god, but instead believe that they are governed by an unseen King of ancient times. High on the list of those who hate the Soul Reapers are corrupted souls of deceased men and women known as Hollows: souls who haven’t gone to the Underworld, but instead linger on to hunt living and non-living souls.
Hollows exist for one reason and one reason only: to consume souls. They are motivated by fear, and act purely on vicious instinct, because a lack of eating souls would comence in their slow degeneration and entrance into the oblivion they themselves have created. They’ll change and evolve with time, eventually compressing into each other and merging into a Skyscraper mass of mindless violence. Some of these Hollows have former souls of intense power containing fragments of sanity, which in time evolve and become the Elite of the Hollow caste. The Elite return to human porportions and become the most formidable forces in the Bleach Universe.
The story eventually reveals two different types of Hollow/Soul Reaper hybrids: Soul Reapers who’ve gained some powers of the Hollow, and vice-versa. Both have ties to the organizations they were previously a part of, but Soul Reapers will not accept members to their order who have been ‘Tainted’, and Hollows who wield Soul Reaper weapons are so over-powerful they avoid all control.
Nearly 200 episodes of Bleach Anime and Over 300 issues of Manga have been made. All greatly popular, and star a bounty of interesting characters. This Anime is currently being dubbed into English, and translated Books of Manga are sold in many different countries. Anime is composed of the stories in the Manga produced for weekly Televsion broadcast and the Manga is a weekly comicbook of a dozen pages or so in black and white in Shonen Jump Magazine.
There is another movie in the series of movies staring Rukia named Bleach: Fade to Black.
Toys, Dolls, Key chains, clothes, books, art, cards, CD’s from the show’s soundtrack, CD cases for the show soundtrack, necklaces… even things like a paperweight can all be found with Bleach logos. As it is immensely popular it offers a seemingly endless amount of things to sell to its prospective fan base.
The Bleach franchise is about a boy named Ichigo. He encounters spiritual beings and receives the powers of a Soul Reaper from a girl named Rukia. Ichigo and his friends defeat evil spiritual beings called Hollows, and make a journey to a land called the Soul Society.
Story & Overview
Bleach begins with the introduction of a high school student named Ichigo Kurosaki, a 15 year old boy renowned for his rare, orange hair. The setting takes place in what seems to be a fully developed, 21st century suburb in which Ichigo lives a normal life. Accompanying him are his two sisters, a multitude of friends, and his father. Ichigo's mother, whom he greatly adored, was killed when he was only a child. The event radically changed his personality, mainly because he blamed himself for her death.
One day a Soul Reaper named Rukia Kuchiki appears in Ichigo's bedroom looking for an evil spirit (Hollow) that might be in the area. The two talk, and we later find that the nearby evil spirits are looking for Ichigo in order to consume his soul. They were drawn to him for his abnormally large cache of spirit energy, a cache greater than any human's before him.
After fighting and eliminating the spirit, Ichigo goes on to become a substitute Soul Reaper due to accidentally absorbing most of Rukia's Soul Reaper powers. Forced to fight by his side, Rukia stays in the world of the living for longer than expected, in time coming to know Ichigo as a person. She and Ichigo provide temporary spiritual protection for the city, until one day Rukia is mysteriously taken back to the Soul Society by two superior Soul Reapers. Ichigo and his most trusted friends set out to rescue her, thus beginning a long journey into the unknown.
Soul Reapers can be seen as a mix between Samurai's and Grim Reapers (or Death Gods) that try to maintain a healthy balance of spiritual beings by protecting them from evil forces; at least in theory. Most Soul Reapers have feelings and a personality like humans, but they can still be brutal and careless for anything unrelated to the bloody massacre of their enemies. Soul Reapers have no god, but instead believe that they are governed by an unseen King of ancient times. High on the list of those who hate the Soul Reapers are corrupted souls of deceased men and women known as Hollows: souls who haven’t gone to the Underworld, but instead linger on to hunt living and non-living souls.
Hollows exist for one reason and one reason only: to consume souls. They are motivated by fear, and act purely on vicious instinct, because a lack of eating souls would comence in their slow degeneration and entrance into the oblivion they themselves have created. They’ll change and evolve with time, eventually compressing into each other and merging into a Skyscraper mass of mindless violence. Some of these Hollows have former souls of intense power containing fragments of sanity, which in time evolve and become the Elite of the Hollow caste. The Elite return to human porportions and become the most formidable forces in the Bleach Universe.
The story eventually reveals two different types of Hollow/Soul Reaper hybrids: Soul Reapers who’ve gained some powers of the Hollow, and vice-versa. Both have ties to the organizations they were previously a part of, but Soul Reapers will not accept members to their order who have been ‘Tainted’, and Hollows who wield Soul Reaper weapons are so over-powerful they avoid all control.
Anime & Manga
A recent page from the Bleach Manga.
OAV
Original Animated Videos are produced outside the Bleach Continuity, but can usually be fit into the timeline at one point or another. They are not shown on Television, unlike the Anime, and cost fans a sum to purchase and watch on DVD. In some cases OAV’s can continue the plot of an Anime recently cancelled, but in most cases they function as supplementary additions to the main Anime that include a condensed version of the most popular attacks and characters drawn in a higher level of quality. Current OAV’s for Bleach include the following:- Memories in the Rain
- The Sealed Sword Frenzy
Movies
Bleach Movies are made for the big screen, and carry a high production value. This can be generally described as an Entire new story arc compressed into about two hours. Although Bleach movies do not come from the Manga directly, the plot is usually very strong. Current Bleach Movies are included below:- Bleach: Memories of Nobody
- Bleach: The Diamond Dust Rebellion
There is another movie in the series of movies staring Rukia named Bleach: Fade to Black.
Merchandising
Bleach sells many different items, like this Lighter.
Bleach games
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Bleach: Erabareshi Tamashii |
PS2 | Sony Computer Entertainment Incorporated |
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Bleach DS 4th: Flame Bringer |
DS | Dimps Corporation |
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Bleach: Heat of the Soul 6 |
PSN, PSP | Eighting Co., Ltd. |
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Bleach: Soul Carnival |
PSN, PSP | |
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Bleach: The 3rd Phantom released on Sept. 15, 2009 |
DS | Sega |
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Bleach Versus Crusade released on Dec. 18, 2008 |
WII | Lancarse, Treasure |
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Bleach: Dark Souls released on Oct. 7, 2008 |
DS | Treasure |
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Bleach: Heat the Soul 5 released on May 15, 2008 |
PSP | Eighting Co., Ltd. |
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Bleach: The Blade of Fate released on Feb. 29, 2008 |
DS | Treasure |
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Bleach: Shattered Blade released on Oct. 9, 2007 |
WII | Polygon Magic |
| Name: | Bleach |
| Total games: | 18 games |
| First game: | Bleach: Heat the Soul |
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Ichigo Kurosaki first in Bleach: Blade Battlers |
18
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Rukia Kuchiki |
16
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Uryu Ishida first in Bleach: Dark Souls |
13
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Orihime Inoue first in Bleach: Heat the Soul |
13
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Gin Ichimaru |
12
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Kisuke Urahara |
12
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Yasutora Sado |
12
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Toshirou Hitsugaya |
11
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Byakuya Kuchiki |
9
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Renji Abarai |
9
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