BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War (TYBW) anime has revealed a music video featuring “Reaper” by SennaRin. The announcement came at the Anime Japan 2024 event, and the video features scenes from the first two parts of the anime adaptation. SennaRin previously performed the first cour’s ending theme song “Saihate,” and you can check out the new music video below.
The first cour, subtitled The Blood Warfare, ran for 13 episodes from October to December 2022. The second cour was subtitled The Separation and ran for 13 episodes from July to September 2023. The upcoming third cour is subtitled The Conflict and is set to premiere this year.
Studio Pierrot previously produced the original TV anime adaptation of Tite Kubo’s BLEACH manga, which aired between October 2004 and March 2012 with a total of 366 episodes. VIZ Media licensed it in English, and they describe the BLEACH: TYBWA story:
The peace is suddenly broken when warning sirens blare through the Soul Society. Residents there are disappearing without a trace and nobody knows who’s behind it, meanwhile, a dark shadow is also extending itself toward Ichigo and his friends in Karakura Town…
BLEACH: Arrancar the Beginning musical was also recently announced. The musical is coming in 2024 and will be the first one for the franchise since 2015. Meanwhile, the anime is celebrating its 20th anniversary with various projects this year.
Source: Official Website, Anime Japan 2024
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