Bleach

Season 2 · 40 Episodes

Thousand-Year Blood War

Thousand-Year Blood War

202240 Episodes

The final arc of the Bleach series, where Ichigo Kurosaki and the Soul Reapers face off against the powerful Quincy army, led by Yhwach, in a battle that threatens the balance of all worlds.

Episodes

The Soul Society is observing a sudden surge in the number of Hollows being destroyed.

Guest Stars

Binbin Takaoka

Binbin Takaoka

Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto (voice)

Ryusei Nakao

Ryusei Nakao

Mayuri Kurotsuchi (voice)

Taro Yamaguchi

Taro Yamaguchi

Chojiro Sasakibe (voice)

Nobuyuki Hiyama

Nobuyuki Hiyama

Ikkaku Madarame (voice)

Jun Fukuyama

Jun Fukuyama

Yumichika Ayasegawa (voice)

Keijin Okuda

Keijin Okuda

Akon (voice)

Masahito Yabe

Masahito Yabe

Zennosuke Kurumatani (voice)

Daiki Yamashita

Daiki Yamashita

Ryunosuke Yuki (voice)

Asami Seto

Asami Seto

Shino Madarame (voice)

Takayuki Sugo

Takayuki Sugo

Yhwach (voice)

Wataru Komada

Wataru Komada

Asguiaro Ebern (voice)

Daiki Hamano

Daiki Hamano

Lüdaas Friegen (voice)

Kazumasa Fukagawa

Kazumasa Fukagawa

Shinigami (voice)

Sho Nogami

Sho Nogami

Shinigami (voice)

Tomohiro Yamaguchi

Tomohiro Yamaguchi

Shinigami (voice)

Tsuguo Mogami

Tsuguo Mogami

Shinigami (voice)

Yuji Kameyama

Yuji Kameyama

Shinigami (voice)

Arrancars Nel Tu and Pesche Guatiche have come to seek Ichigo’s help explaining that Hueco Mundo is under attack by an unknown enemy. Unable to ignore the situation, Ichigo and his friends decide to set out for Hueco Mundo.

Guest Stars

Tomoko Kaneda

Tomoko Kaneda

Nel Tu (voice)

Sayori Ishizuka

Sayori Ishizuka

Franceska Mila Rose (voice)

Shin-ichiro Miki

Shin-ichiro Miki

Kisuke Urahara (voice)

Binbin Takaoka

Binbin Takaoka

Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto (voice)

Ryusei Nakao

Ryusei Nakao

Mayuri Kurotsuchi (voice)

Keijin Okuda

Keijin Okuda

Akon (voice)

Daiki Yamashita

Daiki Yamashita

Ryunosuke Yuki (voice)

Asami Seto

Asami Seto

Shino Madarame (voice)

Takayuki Sugo

Takayuki Sugo

Yhwach (voice)

Wataru Komada

Wataru Komada

Asguiaro Ebern (voice)

Daiki Hamano

Daiki Hamano

Lüdaas Friegen (voice)

Daisuke Gori

Daisuke Gori

Dondochakka Birstanne (voice)

Ayumi Sena

Ayumi Sena

Cyan Sung-Sun (voice)

Kumi Sakuma

Kumi Sakuma

Emilou Apacci (voice)

Hitomi Harada

Hitomi Harada

Menoly Mallia (voice)

Takehito Koyasu

Takehito Koyasu

Pesche Guatiche (voice)

Megumi Ogata

Megumi Ogata

Halibel (voice)

Koichi Yamadera

Koichi Yamadera

Quilge Opie (voice)

Yuuichirou Umehara

Yuuichirou Umehara

Jugram Haschwalth (voice)

Yu Oomoto

Yu Oomoto

Quincy (voice)

Yuuto Suzuki

Yuuto Suzuki

Quincy (voice)

Toshinari Fukamachi

Toshinari Fukamachi

Quincy (voice)

Mahito Funaki

Mahito Funaki

Quincy (voice)

Yuichi Jose

Yuichi Jose

Quincy (voice)

Jun Yokoyama

Jun Yokoyama

Quincy (voice)

Ichigo and his friends arrive in Hueco Mundo to confront Quilge Opie and learn that their latest enemy are Quincies.

Guest Stars

Tomoko Kaneda

Tomoko Kaneda

Nel Tu (voice)

Sayori Ishizuka

Sayori Ishizuka

Franceska Mila Rose (voice)

Kentaro Ito

Kentaro Ito

Renji Abarai (voice)

Shin-ichiro Miki

Shin-ichiro Miki

Kisuke Urahara (voice)

Binbin Takaoka

Binbin Takaoka

Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto (voice)

Ryusei Nakao

Ryusei Nakao

Mayuri Kurotsuchi (voice)

Daiki Yamashita

Daiki Yamashita

Ryunosuke Yuki (voice)

Asami Seto

Asami Seto

Shino Madarame (voice)

Takayuki Sugo

Takayuki Sugo

Yhwach (voice)

Daisuke Gori

Daisuke Gori

Dondochakka Birstanne (voice)

Ayumi Sena

Ayumi Sena

Cyan Sung-Sun (voice)

Kumi Sakuma

Kumi Sakuma

Emilou Apacci (voice)

Takehito Koyasu

Takehito Koyasu

Pesche Guatiche (voice)

Koichi Yamadera

Koichi Yamadera

Quilge Opie (voice)

Yuuichirou Umehara

Yuuichirou Umehara

Jugram Haschwalth (voice)

Akio Otsuka

Akio Otsuka

Shunsui Kyoraku (voice)

Takahiro Sakurai

Takahiro Sakurai

Izuru Kira (voice)

Kaito Ishikawa

Kaito Ishikawa

Riku Togakushi (voice)

Tsuguo Mogami

Tsuguo Mogami

Taketsuna Gori (voice)

Makoto Furukawa

Makoto Furukawa

Asuka Katakura (voice)

Wataru Hatano

Wataru Hatano

Hidetomo Kajomaru (voice)

Ken Narita

Ken Narita

Ryuken Ishida (voice)

Yuki Ono

Yuki Ono

Bazz-B (voice)

Masashi Igarashi

Masashi Igarashi

Shinigami (voice)

Shuta Morishima

Shuta Morishima

Shinigami (voice)

Keiichi Nakagawa

Keiichi Nakagawa

Quincy (voice)

Kenta Sasa

Kenta Sasa

Spirit Researcher (voice)

Jouji Nakata

Jouji Nakata

Ayon (voice)

The Wandenreich mobilizes its elite force, the Stern Ritter, to annihilate the Soul Society. Creating massive flaming pillars of Reishi as a distraction, the Stern Ritter easily enter the Soul Society to bring carnage to the Soul Reapers.

Guest Stars

Tomoko Kaneda

Tomoko Kaneda

Nel Tu (voice)

Houko Kuwashima

Houko Kuwashima

Soifon (voice)

Tetsu Inada

Tetsu Inada

Sajin Komamura (voice)

Shin-ichiro Miki

Shin-ichiro Miki

Kisuke Urahara (voice)

Masaya Onosaka

Masaya Onosaka

Shinji Hirako (voice)

Ryusei Nakao

Ryusei Nakao

Mayuri Kurotsuchi (voice)

Keijin Okuda

Keijin Okuda

Akon (voice)

Asami Seto

Asami Seto

Shino Madarame (voice)

Takayuki Sugo

Takayuki Sugo

Yhwach (voice)

Wataru Komada

Wataru Komada

Asguiaro Ebern (voice)

Kumi Sakuma

Kumi Sakuma

Emilou Apacci (voice)

Koichi Yamadera

Koichi Yamadera

Quilge Opie (voice)

Yuuichirou Umehara

Yuuichirou Umehara

Jugram Haschwalth (voice)

Akio Otsuka

Akio Otsuka

Shunsui Kyoraku (voice)

Wataru Hatano

Wataru Hatano

Hidetomo Kajomaru (voice)

Yuki Ono

Yuki Ono

Bazz-B (voice)

Shouto Kashii

Shouto Kashii

Rojuro Ōtoribashi (voice)

Aya Hisakawa

Aya Hisakawa

Retsu Unohana (voice)

Romi Park

Romi Park

Toshiro Hitsugaya (voice)

Hideo Ishikawa

Hideo Ishikawa

Jushiro Ukitake (voice)

Shouto Kashii

Shouto Kashii

Marechiyo Ōmaeda (voice)

Rintaro Nishi

Rintaro Nishi

Tetsuzaemon Iba (voice)

Kaya Matsutani

Kaya Matsutani

Rangiku Matsumoto (voice)

Kohei Matsumoto

Kohei Matsumoto

Hiyosu (voice)

Miho Saiki

Miho Saiki

Rin Tsubokura (voice)

Ayana Taketatsu

Ayana Taketatsu

Bambietta Basterbine (voice)

Takaya Hashi

Takaya Hashi

Robert Accutrone (voice)

Yasuhiro Mamiya

Yasuhiro Mamiya

Mask De Masculine (voice)

Tomoaki Maeno

Tomoaki Maeno

NaNaNa Najahkoop (voice)

Kenichi Inoue

Kenichi Inoue

Technology Development Bureau Staff (voice)

Kentaro Kumagai

Kentaro Kumagai

Technology Development Bureau Staff (voice)

Tsuguo Mogami

Tsuguo Mogami

Technology Development Bureau Staff (voice)

Quilge Opie uses his power to imprison Ichigo inside the Garganta. As he tries to break free, Ichigo begins to hear, through his Soul Phone, the screams of the Soul Reapers falling to the enemy's onslaught.

Guest Stars

Fumihiko Tachiki

Fumihiko Tachiki

Kenpachi Zaraki (voice)

Houko Kuwashima

Houko Kuwashima

Soifon (voice)

Tetsu Inada

Tetsu Inada

Sajin Komamura (voice)

Katsuyuki Konishi

Katsuyuki Konishi

Shuhei Hisagi (voice)

Shin-ichiro Miki

Shin-ichiro Miki

Kisuke Urahara (voice)

Masaya Onosaka

Masaya Onosaka

Shinji Hirako (voice)

Binbin Takaoka

Binbin Takaoka

Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto (voice)

Ryusei Nakao

Ryusei Nakao

Mayuri Kurotsuchi (voice)

Taro Yamaguchi

Taro Yamaguchi

Chojiro Sasakibe (voice)

Nobuyuki Hiyama

Nobuyuki Hiyama

Ikkaku Madarame (voice)

Keijin Okuda

Keijin Okuda

Akon (voice)

Takayuki Sugo

Takayuki Sugo

Yhwach (voice)

Kumi Sakuma

Kumi Sakuma

Emilou Apacci (voice)

Koichi Yamadera

Koichi Yamadera

Quilge Opie (voice)

Yuuichirou Umehara

Yuuichirou Umehara

Jugram Haschwalth (voice)

Akio Otsuka

Akio Otsuka

Shunsui Kyoraku (voice)

Romi Park

Romi Park

Toshiro Hitsugaya (voice)

Hideo Ishikawa

Hideo Ishikawa

Jushiro Ukitake (voice)

Rintaro Nishi

Rintaro Nishi

Tetsuzaemon Iba (voice)

Kaya Matsutani

Kaya Matsutani

Rangiku Matsumoto (voice)

Kohei Matsumoto

Kohei Matsumoto

Hiyosu (voice)

Miho Saiki

Miho Saiki

Rin Tsubokura (voice)

Ayana Taketatsu

Ayana Taketatsu

Bambietta Basterbine (voice)

Yasuhiro Mamiya

Yasuhiro Mamiya

Mask De Masculine (voice)

Tsuguo Mogami

Tsuguo Mogami

Technology Development Bureau Staff (voice)

Ryota Suzuki

Ryota Suzuki

Young Chojiro Sasakibe (voice)

Yoshitsugu Matsuoka

Yoshitsugu Matsuoka

Äs Nödt (voice)

Ryu Yamaguchi

Ryu Yamaguchi

PePe Waccabrada (voice)

Reina Ueda

Reina Ueda

Meninas McAllon (voice)

Nobuaki Kanemitsu

Nobuaki Kanemitsu

Driscoll Berci (voice)

KENN

KENN

Berenice Gabrielli

Takahiro Fujiwara

Takahiro Fujiwara

Jerome Guizbatt (voice)

Kenji Takahashi

Kenji Takahashi

Technology Development Bureau Staff (voice)

Kento Hama

Kento Hama

Shinigami (voice)

Daisuke Hirose

Daisuke Hirose

Shinigami (voice)

Shigekuni Genryusai Yamamoto confronts Yhwach for the first time in a thousand years. As Yhwach finally draws his sword against Genryusai, the Soul Reapers notice an abnormal change taking place across the Seireitei.
Director
Ema Saito

Guest Stars

Yusuke Kobayashi

Yusuke Kobayashi

Royd Lloyd (Voice)

Shigekuni Genryusai Yamamoto learns that the Yhwach he defeated was an impostor. The real Yhwach then reveals himself and easily kills Genryusai, sending a wave of shock and devastation across the Soul Reapers.
Rescue efforts are being made across the Seireitei to find and help those who've survived the Stern Ritter attack. Meanwhile, Ichigo meets with Mayuri Kurotsuchi about fixing his broken Tensa Zangetsu.

Guest Stars

Ayumi Tsunematsu

Ayumi Tsunematsu

Kirio Hikifune

Tomoyuki Shimura

Tomoyuki Shimura

Tenjirō Kirinji

Rina Sato

Rina Sato

Senjumaru Shutara

Squad Zero brings Ichigo back to the Royal Palace to prepare for the coming battle. Meanwhile, Kyoraku is appointed as the new Head Captain to lead the Thirteen Court Guard Squads.
Kenpachi Zaraki removes his eye patch to fight Retsu Unohana, a.k.a. Yachiru Unohana, “The First Kenpachi.” Meanwhile, Ichigo and Renji head to Hoohden to meet Oh-Etsu Nimaiya, the man who is said to have created the Zanpakuto.

Guest Stars

Yoji Ueda

Yoji Ueda

Ōetsu Nimaiya (voice)

Ichigo is kicked out of the Royal Palace by Oh-etsu Nimaiya for failing his test. When Ichigo next opens his eyes, he finds himself standing in front of his house in the World of the Living.

Guest Stars

Toshiyuki Morikawa

Toshiyuki Morikawa

Isshin Kurosaki (voice)

Yuhko Kaida

Yuhko Kaida

Ikumi Unagiya (voice)

Sayaka Ohara

Sayaka Ohara

Masaki Kurosaki (voice)

Ken Narita

Ken Narita

Ryūken Ishida (voice)

Squad 10 Captain Isshin Shiba of the Thirteen Court Guard Squads decides to not report his encounter with the Quincy named Masaki Kurosaki in the World of the Living to the Head Captain.
Ichigo learns that he is the child born of a Soul Reaper and a Quincy. Finally understanding the truth behind his heritage, Ichigo decides to return to Hoohden with a renewed resolve to finish what he has started.

Guest Stars

Jin Urayama

Jin Urayama

Wolfman Clan Elder (voice)

Ichigo prepares to leave the Royal Palace to return to the Seireitei but is stopped by Hyosube, who claims that Ichigo cannot defeat Yhwach as he is now.

Guest Stars

Ayana Taketatsu

Ayana Taketatsu

Bambietta Basterbine (voice)

Reina Ueda

Reina Ueda

Meninas McAllon (voice)

Aoi Yuuki

Aoi Yuuki

Liltotto Lamperd (voice)

Yumi Uchiyama

Yumi Uchiyama

Candice Catnipp (voice)

Nao Toyama

Nao Toyama

Giselle Gewelle (voice)

Yhwach sets his plan to end the world in nine days in motion.

Guest Stars

Shouto Kashii

Shouto Kashii

Marechiyo Ōmaeda (voice)

Hideyuki Tanaka

Hideyuki Tanaka

BG9 (voice)

Mayuri receives a call from Urahara, who had stayed behind in Hueco Mundo.

Guest Stars

Ayana Taketatsu

Ayana Taketatsu

Bambietta Basterbine (voice)

Ryo Kuratomi

Ryo Kuratomi

Cang Du (voice)

The Stern Ritters drive the Soul Reapers deeper into a corner.

Guest Stars

Ayana Taketatsu

Ayana Taketatsu

Bambietta Basterbine (voice)

Kensei Muguruma joins the battle against Masculine.
Director
Itoko Nagai

Guest Stars

Naomi Kusumi

Naomi Kusumi

Ichibē Hyōsube (Voice)

A fearless Rukia takes on Äs Nödt.
Director
Chen Dali
Isane and Yachiru are attacked by Gwenael.

Guest Stars

Hisayo Mochizuki

Hisayo Mochizuki

Yachiru Kusajishi (voice)

Yukana

Yukana

Isane Kotetsu (voice)

Tadashi Miyazawa

Tadashi Miyazawa

Guenael Lee (voice)

Natsuki Hanae

Natsuki Hanae

Gremmy Thoumeaux (voice)

Shunsuke Takeuchi

Shunsuke Takeuchi

Askin Nakk Le Vaar (voice)

Candice, Meninas, Giselle, and Liltotto try to take down Kenpachi.
Ichigo tries to stop Yhwach upon learning that his real target lies within the Royal Palace.

Guest Stars

Kenta Miyake

Kenta Miyake

Charlotte Chuhlhourne (Voice)

Koji Ishii

Koji Ishii

Dordoni Alessandro Del Socaccio (Voice)

Daisuke Kishio

Daisuke Kishio

Luppi Antenor (Voice)

Houko Kuwashima

Houko Kuwashima

Cirucci Sanderwicci (Voice)

Ikkaku, Yumichika, and the Arrancars work together to fight off Giselle’s zombies.

Guest Stars

Takaya Hashi

Takaya Hashi

Robert Accutrone (voice)

Yhwach finally enters the Royal Palace.

Guest Stars

Tsuyoshi Koyama

Tsuyoshi Koyama

Gerard Valkyrie (Voice)

Shunsuke Takeuchi

Shunsuke Takeuchi

Askin Nakk Le Vaar (Voice)

Satoshi Hino

Satoshi Hino

Lille Barro (Voice)

Soichiro Hoshi

Soichiro Hoshi

Nianzol Weizol (Voice)

Yhwach confronts Hyosube, who is protecting the real Royal Palace.
Yhwach performs Auswählen to bestow power to his fallen Royal Guards.
The battle between Squad Zero and Yhwach's Royal Guards for the Soul King rages on.
Ichigo and his friends hurry to the Reio Greater Palace to stop Yhwach.
Ichigo tries to remove the impaled sword from the Soul King and save his life.
Ukitake takes the place of the slain Soul King by releasing the power of Mimihagi.
Director
Itoko Nagai
Yhwach is overflowing with power from having absorbed the Soul King.

Guest Stars

Junichi Suwabe

Junichi Suwabe

Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez (voice)

Show Hayami

Show Hayami

Sōsuke Aizen (voice)

The Soul Reapers regroup to prepare their counterattack against the Quincies.

Guest Stars

Junichi Suwabe

Junichi Suwabe

Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez (voice)

Yhwach builds his new castle, Wahr Welt.
Director
Chen Dali
Kenpachi and Mayuri's group advance through Vier Ast.

Guest Stars

Bin Shimada

Bin Shimada

Pernida Parnkgjas

The change in Mayuri's Spiritual Pressure is also felt elsewhere by Urahara and Kyoraku.
Nemu ignores Mayuri's orders by intervening in his battle against Pernida.

Guest Stars

Bin Shimada

Bin Shimada

Pernida Parnkgjas

Lille undergoes further transformation to hunt down and pass judgment on Kyoraku.
As the battle between the soul reapers and the quincies rages, Haschwalt finds himself confronted by Bazz-B inside Wahrwelt
Director
Chen Dali

Guest Stars

Takayuki Sugo

Takayuki Sugo

Yhwach (voice)

Yuuichirou Umehara

Yuuichirou Umehara

Jugram Haschwalth (voice)

Yuki Ono

Yuki Ono

Bazz-B (voice)

Marina Inoue

Marina Inoue

Jugo (voice)

Hiroshi Kamiya

Hiroshi Kamiya

Huburt Alexander Kleich (voice)

Chiaki Kobayashi

Chiaki Kobayashi

Bazz (voice)

Hiroshi Naka

Hiroshi Naka

Johann Seydlitz (voice)

Ryota Takeuchi

Ryota Takeuchi

Algora Lallau (voice)

Kyoraku has paved the way for the soul reapers to reach the enemy's stronghold within Wahrwelt, but Gerard Valkyrie prevents them from advancing any further.
Director
Itoko Nagai
Haschwalt suddenly attacks Uryu to pass judgement. The ensuing explosion and smoke draw Ichigo to the scene where he and Uryu are reunited.