End of Bleach?

[miaka love]

i didn't start read the manga yet still watch the anime

[numberr7]

Originally Posted by jamtopno

The Manga is still going on however the Anime has ended.

do you have information to back this up?

[numberr7]

well nevermind. i found some concrete info to confirm that for the time being, Bleach will not be airing on TV in Japan.

A recent television program listing in Japan reports that the Bleach television anime series will end its run in TV Tokyo's 6:00 p.m. Tuesday timeslot on March 27. When a Twitter follower of Bleach animation director Hiroki Takagi sent him an image of the listings, Takagi responded by saying, "So quick. I was going to paste it… /(^o^)\"

Shueisha, the publisher of Tite Kubo's original manga, had already announced that the weekly Naruto SD: Rock Lee no Seishun Full-Power Ninden anime will premiere on TV Tokyo on Tuesday, April 3 at 6:00 p.m.

But that does not mean permanently. Bleach being so popular I would say there is a good chance that they will continue it again after awhile.
hmmm to forever stop airing bleach would be in comparison to say that YOU Cannot eat any MEAT anymore... lol

[jamtopno]

Originally Posted by numberr7

well nevermind. i found some concrete info to confirm that for the time being, Bleach will not be airing on TV in Japan.




But that does not mean permanently. Bleach being so popular I would say there is a good chance that they will continue it again after awhile.
hmmm to forever stop airing bleach would be in comparison to say that YOU Cannot eat any MEAT anymore... lol

No idea when they would start with the new arc in Anime, however the Manga is alrady in its new arc and it looks good. If you want I can help you out with the Manga.

[numberr7]

hmm well just to see what's going on in the bleach world i'll probably check it out. i have a site i go to that has translated manga. thanks though

[jamtopno]

Thats great, you'll love the new arc.

[Ed Nightray]

Originally Posted by jamtopno

First of all, Welcome to AC. Yup the end was not quite what I expected, however the new Arc looks promising. I would suggest that you start reading the Manga. I hate to read, however for the love of Bleach I started reading.

Thanks for the greetings =D
With the exception of some fillers, Bleach is really one of the best anime/manga out there. But, after episode 366 I blocked bleach out of my system until my rage came down XD. Cant believe it was replaced for some Naruto parody (No offense guys). Whats the new Arc about? I am gonna take your advise and start to read the manga during summer vacation.

I also want to add something... Even the battle between Ichigo and Aizen lacked something. But I guess that is a topic for another Forum.

[singingponguin]

Originally Posted by jamtopno

First of all, Welcome to AC. The Manga is still going on however the Anime has ended. You can catch up with the Manga from Ch. 480, if you have completed watching all the 366 episodes.



First of all, Welcome to AC. Yup the end was not quite what I expected, however the new Arc looks promising. I would suggest that you start reading the Manga. I hate to read, however for the love of Bleach I started reading.

hey, thanks for posting which chapter we should start on if we want to continue with the Bleach story! i'll miss the anime, but hopefully i can find the manga to bridge that gap. thanks again!

[dongfabijr]

i agree @jamtopno i started to read bleach manga now..because i also really love bleach

[numberr7]

found some interesting theories on the future of Bleach.

Posted by Josh Tolentino at Japanator

If TV Tokyo says the TV series is ending, I see no reason to doubt their word. However, I certainly doubt that it's over. Barring some kind of production-side shakeup that resulted in Bleach's outright cancellation behind the scenes, there's no way they'd just leave the story unfinished.

If you've been following the manga or anime (ideally via our convenient weekly recaps), then you'd know that Bleach in either form is nowhere near resolution.

And a March 27th date is far too soon to write up an alternate ending, ala the first Fullmetal Alchemist series. At best it'll be enough time end the current arc in progress, which itself doesn't exactly have the most final of conclusions.

So, what's the real story behind this? What'll really happen? I've got a few theories:

Spoiler

Theory #1: They're going to make a movie out of it.

By "movie" I don't mean those non-canon filler productions that pop up every so often. The conclusion could be done as a feature film.

If the words that the Bleach manga is truly in its "final" story arc, they could be cutting the TV series to let the manga build towards the end, and then time a movie release to tell the whole story of the final arc, just in time for the last chapters of the manga.

It's not unheard of. Whereas the first Fullmetal Alchemist TV series had an alternative ending (due to the fact that the manga wasn't done with), the later, canon-faithful Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood series was produced and coordinated just right to end at the exact same time (or at least around the same time) as the manga. On the late-night front, Blood-C recently aired its gruesome ending via a feature film.

This could be the same thing. The way the Bleach manga paces itself, devoting months worth of chapters to covering just a few minutes or hours worth of battle (it took Bleach ten years to cover roughly 6-8 months of Ichigo's life), a feature-length production could conceivably cover the whole arc.

Alternatively, the end could come via a series of OVA, or even a simple limited, single-season series, ala current late-night anime.


Theory #2: They're taking a break.

It could be that the series is just taking a break to, as always, let the manga pull ahead and build up material. It's possible that they just haven't announced the return.

But then again, why would they bother "ending" the series at all? The common solution to manga slowness is filler material. Naruto, Dragon Ball, and countless other long-running series kept on truckin' long after they had caught up to their parent manga. Hell, Naruto went into filler mode for something like a year while the manga went on to jump forward in time.

Again, barring some kind of production-side shakeup or deal (perhaps Naruto SD was always meant to take over the timeslot while Bleach kicked back), it doesn't make sense to go off the air when they could be making filler instead.


Theory #3: Bleach 2/Bleach Shippuden/Bleach Kai/The New Adventures of Bleach

"Final" doesn't always mean "final". The manga may be in its "final" arc, but no one but Kubo knows for sure how long that will last. For all we know, the "Final Holy War" might take as long as the fight against Aizen did, which would put us in the haul for another decade of Bleach.

In that case, there's plenty of time to plan out and produce a sequel to the anime, perhaps under a different name.


Theory #4: It really is over.

Though I said it would be unlikely that they'd leave the Bleach anime hanging while the manga went on, there's just enough wiggle room in the conclusion of the current Fullbringer arc to allow the anime to cut and run off with little more than a "And they lived happily ever after."

Yes, the manga (and eventually the anime) does raise some questions that will be left unanswered if this truly is the end, but none of them are particularly pressing (no one's been kidnapped yet), and they could plausibly just roll the credits after Ichigo resumes work as a hollow killer. It'll be a disappointing anti-climax, but it is an arguably clean ending.


Theory #OH GOD MAKE IT STOP: It's in Hollywood's hands now

Bleach will continue in live action. Warner Brothers have bought all the rights to everything Bleach, including The New Adventures of Bleach and the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. Robert Pattinson is Eddie Kurosaki, a high school student living in a wholesome American town when Roxy, a ghost dressed in black, enlists him to defeat The Hollow Ones, horrible monsters wearing weird bone masks.

That's what I can think of off the top of my head. What are your theories?