Bleach series end date and Hollywood adaptation revealed

Ian Wolf

Ian Wolf

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AUKN Staff
It has been revealed that the final episode of TV anime series <em>Bleach</em> will be broadcast on 27th March at 18.00 on TV Tokyo. Animation director Hiroki Takagi has confirmed this.


This news comes just as it was also announced that Warner Brothers are to make a Hollywood adaptation of <em>Bleach</em>. This is one of a series of anime adaptations they have the rights to, all of which are in various stages of either development or stagnation. Warner Brothers currently hold the rights to adapt <em>Akira</em>, <em>Death Note</em> and <em>Ninja Scroll</em>.

The script for the <em>Bleach</em> film is to be written by Dan Mazeau (<em>Wrath of the Titans</em>). Peter Segal (<em>Get Smart</em>, <em>The Longest Yard</em>, <em>Anger Management</em>) may work as both producer and director.
<a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.co.uk/news/2012-02-23/bleach-tv-anime-ending-on-march-27">Source 1</a> and <a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118050608">Source 2</a>
 
Oh come on it's ending for crying out loud I really thought it would go on for a while longer. First naruto and now bleach dame it I really enjoy those shows, there's still one piece, I haven't seen it yet but as soon as iv seen dragonball z I'm watching one piece
 
The anime should have ended ages ago, purely because it was going to fast and ended up being more filler than anything else. I expect we'll see it appear again though. The manga is still set to be ongoing i expect for another year or two at least, so there is still content being made. I just hope that when they do decide maybe to revisit the series, they do so a little better.
 
That seems abrupt, I knew the manga was heading towards wrapping up but didn't realise that the anime would be joining it so rapidly. I remember when I first watched Bleach and had a lot of hope for it. It ended up disappointing me and I dropped it after the first major arc, but it was still a popular show and had some great designs.

It's good in a way though; especially in the west, there's a very strong bias towards those three prominent Jump anime and it overshadows some other great shounen series. I look forward to seeing things shaken up a little bit. And it's definitely better than them running it further into the ground with years of meandering filler until the merchandise finally stops selling.

Edit: If the manga is not close to being finished, perhaps they're planning on doing the final arc as a series of lush OAVs or something. I can't imagine they'll leave anything hanging for long.

R
 
No surprise that they're putting an end to the anime for now. After all, the anime is at the near the end of the Lost Agent arc and the manga has only just began the next arc. If they went to fillers, they'd be in filler hell for ages and ratings would probably crunble.

If anything, I imagine that Naruto SD: Rock Lee no Seishun Full-Power Ninden is essentially Shueisha's "Time-slot filler". Knowing how long an arc is to Tite Kubo, give it a year or two and we'll get a 50-100 episode series that covers the final arc.
 
Ryo Chan said:
so they're not going to do the final manga arc?
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I think they will do, but they will do it in the same way Sunrise went about continuing Gintama, in that they will stop the show for now, and once the material is there, they will start again with it. If not that way, possibly as Rui said, OVAs
 
I'm not really sad about bleach ending cause they will eventually animate the final arc but the live action thing could be interesting if they fire everyone working on it now and hire people with actual talent. I'm so looking forward to Naruto SD: Rock Lee no Seishun Full-Power Ninden though :p
 
Ending this year: Bleach
Coming next year: Bleach ~Bankai~

Rui said:
especially in the west, there's a very strong bias towards those three prominent Jump anime
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I've got to be honest, I think it's pretty damn strong in Japan, too.
 
ilmaestro said:
I've got to be honest, I think it's pretty damn strong in Japan, too.
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I think one of them stands out quite a bit. It feels more like a gradient, whereas in the west it's like there are only three Jump anime at all >_>;

R
 
Ryo Chan said:
so they're not going to do the final manga arc?
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I imagine that once it's wrapped or close to wrapping up in the manga, a new series will launch. Similar to "Inuyasha: The Final Act".
 
Rui said:
ilmaestro said:
I've got to be honest, I think it's pretty damn strong in Japan, too.
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I think one of them stands out quite a bit. It feels more like a gradient, whereas in the west it's like there are only three Jump anime at all >_>;

R
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Yeah, it's a matter of proportion I suppose. If you look at "how few people pay attention to lower profile Jump series", then the West is probably "worse". If you look at "how many more people buy tanks of the big three than all the other Jump series available put together", I think Japan would look "worse". There is just such a larger market, that the lower end looks better by comparison to the smaller market.

It is a pretty steep "gradient", anyway, since OP is basically off the chart as you say.
 
How One Piece ever achieved it's apparently gargantuan level of success I will never know. I've never even actually seen it (for more than about 10 minutes anyway) but damn, Luffy must have one of the most unsightly faces I've even seen on a manga protagonist.
 
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Which one would you be more scared of bumping into in a dark park?
 
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