Happy 20th To The Bleach’s Animated Adaptation

The first episode aired on October 4, 2004, on TV Tokyo.

Whenever a manga like One Piece or a light novel like Sword Art Online becomes popular, they adapt into animated series. The 2001 manga Bleach, written and illustrated by Tite Kubo, is one of those series.

The first episode aired on October 4, 2004, on TV Tokyo. Its last episode aired on March 27, 2012, on TV Tokyo.

Without counting Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, currently airing in Japan and streaming internationally, the series spanned 16 seasons.

Now we’re in October 2024, which means the series is 20 years old.

Story (Spoilers Ahead)

The story centers on the titular protagonist, Ichigo Kurosaki (because of his…