Summary
The third part ofBLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War, which was previously announced to be coming sometime this fall, revealed a definite broadcast date. The upcoming third part of the final arc, subtitledThe Conflict, is set to premiere on October 5 at 23:00 JST, forming part of the fall 2024 anime season, which is stacked with a variety of highly anticipated anime titles both new and returning.
BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 3 – The Conflictwill stream on Disney+ and Hulu, and it is the third of four cours planned to cover the final arc of Tite Kubo’s magnum opus.
Series Background and Cast Information
How Many Episodes Can We Expect From Part 3?
The news of the expected start date ofBLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 3was released via official social media channels of theBLEACHanime as well as VIZ Media, along with a previously released key visual depicting Ichigo andthe original Rukia rescue squad(except Ishida). The upcoming third cours airs about a year after the second cours. The series is set for four cours in total, the first of which aired for 13 episodes from October to December 2022, with the second cours airing another 13 episodes from October to December 2023.
The upcoming third installment of Studio Pierrot’sThousand-Year Blood Waradaptation is also set for a 13 episode run, and the various trailers and visuals released in anticipation position this part as the darkest yet. Absolutely incredible visuals have been teased in these trailers, and given the overwhelming quality of the past two cours ofBLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War, fans will be counting the minutes until they can watch it again.
BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood Waris directed by Tomohisa Taguchi (Akudama Drive) at Studio Pierrot, where he writes the series script alongside Masaki Hiramatsu, with original series character designer Masashi Kudo (director,Terminator Zero), art direction by Yoshio Tanioka and Shiro Sagisu returning as composer. The Thousand-Year Blood War has had a star-studded cast which includes Masakazu Morita as series protagonist Ichigo Kurosaki; Fumiko Orikasa as Rukia Kuchiki; Yuki Matsuoka as Orihime Inoue, Noriaki Sugiyama as Uryū Ishida, Rie “Tsundere Queen” Kugimiya as Nemu Kurotsuchi, Romi Park as Tōshirō Hitsugaya, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Äs Nödt, Takayuki Sugō as Yhwach and many, many others.
BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 3– The Conflict will pick up from where the second part left off, with series antagonist Yhwach and the strongest of the Sternritter launching an attack against the Zero Squad in a falsified Reiokyu. The third part will air in Japan on October 5 at 23:00 JST.
