BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 2 -The Separation- anime revealed the preview for episode 12 (episode 25 overall). The episode is titled “THE MASTER” and will air on Saturday, September 30. You can check out the preview images, staff and synopsis below:
BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War episode 25 staff:
- Screenplay: Masaki Hiramatsu
- Storyboard: Shinichiro Ueda
- Episode Director: Shinichiro Ueda
- Animation Directors: Minami Shiba, JIWOO, Mika Okubo, Kazuo Takigawa
- Chief Animation Director: Hijiri Komatsubara
The official website describes the story for the episode:
Having escaped alone from the cage set up in the false Soul King Palace, Yhwach faces the Ichibe Hyosube who guards the true palace of the spiritual king. Wielding a huge brush-like zanpakuto, Hyosube tells him not to call him by his name so casually. A giant hand that he then manifests knocks Yhwach away from the palace. Meanwhile, inside the “cage of life,” the ability of the Stern Ritter torments Oetsu, and Kirinji violently slashes at Hashwalth. Then, Uryu confronts Shutara…
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…
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Source: Official Website
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