List of Bleach episodes


Bleach is an anime television series based on Tite Kubo's manga series of the same name. It was directed by Noriyuki Abe, produced by TV Tokyo, Dentsu and Studio Pierrot, and aired in Japan from October 5, 2004, to March 27, 2012, running for a total of 366 episodes. The series follows the adventures of high school student Ichigo Kurosaki who can see spirits and becomes a Soul Reaper, after assuming the duties of Soul Reaper Rukia Kuchiki.
Viz Media obtained the foreign television, home video and merchandising rights to the Bleach anime from TV Tokyo Corporation and Shueisha on March 15, 2006. Subsequently, Viz Media contracted Studiopolis to create the English adaptation of the anime, and has licensed its individual Bleach merchandising rights to several different companies. The English adaptation of the Bleach anime premiered on Canada's YTV in their Bionix programming block on September 9, 2006. Cartoon Network in the U.S. began airing Bleach the following evening on September 10 as part of Adult Swim.
Forty-five pieces of theme music are used for the episodes: Fifteen opening themes and thirty closing themes. Several CDs that contain the theme music and other tracks have been released by Studio Pierrot.
A sequel anime television series that adapts the final story arc of the manga, titled Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, premiered on October 11, 2022. It is directed by Tomohisa Taguchi and produced by the same companies as the original series.

Episodes

Season 8: ''The Arrancar Part 3: The Fierce Fight'' (2007–08)

Season 16: ''The Lost Agent'' (2011–12)

DVD releases

Japanese

The 88 DVD compilations of the series are grouped by season and were released in Japan by Aniplex between February 2, 2005, and January 23, 2013.
VolumeRelease dateEpisodes
1February 2, 20051–4
2March 2, 20055–8
3April 13, 20059–12
4May 11, 200513–16
5June 1, 200517–20

VolumeRelease dateEpisodes
1July 27, 200521–24
2August 24, 200525–28
3September 28, 200529–32
4October 26, 200533–36
5November 23, 200537–41

VolumeRelease dateEpisodes
1December 21, 200542–45
2January 25, 200646–49
3February 22, 200650–53
4March 29, 200654–58
5April 26, 200659–63

VolumeRelease dateEpisodes
1May 24, 200664–67
2June 28, 200668–71
3July 26, 200672–75
4August 23, 200676–79
5October 25, 200680–83
6November 22, 200684–87
7December 20, 200688–91

VolumeRelease dateEpisodes
1January 24, 200792–95
2February 28, 200796–99
3March 28, 2007100–104
4April 25, 2007105–109

VolumeRelease dateEpisodes
1June 27, 2007110–113
2July 25, 2007114–117
3August 22, 2007118–121
4September 25, 2007122–126
5October 24, 2007127–131

VolumeRelease dateEpisodes
1December 19, 2007132–135
2January 23, 2008136–139
3February 27, 2008140–143
4March 26, 2008144–147
5April 23, 2008148–151

VolumeRelease dateEpisodes
1May 28, 2008152–155
2June 25, 2008156–159
3July 23, 2008160–163
4August 27, 2008164–167

VolumeRelease dateEpisodes
1November 26, 2008168–171
2December 17, 2008172–175
3January 28, 2009176–179
4February 25, 2009180–184
5March 25, 2009185–189

VolumeRelease dateEpisodes
1May 27, 2009190–193
2June 24, 2009194–197
3July 22, 2009198–201
4August 26, 2009202–205

VolumeRelease dateEpisodes
1November 25, 2009206–208
2December 16, 2009209–212

VolumeRelease dateEpisodes
1January 27, 2010213–216
2February 24, 2010217–220
3March 25, 2010221–224
4April 25, 2010225–229

VolumeRelease dateEpisodes
1May 26, 2010230–233
2June 23, 2010234–237
3July 21, 2010238–241
4August 25, 2010242–245
5September 22, 2010246–249
6October 27, 2010250–253
7November 24, 2010254–257
8December 15, 2010258–261
9January 26, 2011262–265

VolumeRelease dateEpisodes
1February 23, 2011266–270
2March 23, 2011271–274
3April 27, 2011275–278
4May 25, 2011279–282
5June 22, 2011283–286
6July 16, 2011287–291
7August 24, 2011292–295
8September 21, 2011296–299
9October 26, 2011300–303
10November 23, 2011304–307
11December 14, 2011308–311
12January 25, 2012312–316

VolumeRelease dateEpisodes
1February 22, 2012317–321
2March 21, 2012322–325
3April 25, 2012326–329
4May 23, 2012330–333
5June 27, 2012334–337
6July 25, 2012338–342

VolumeRelease dateEpisodes
1August 22, 2012343–346
2September 26, 2012347–350
3October 24, 2012351–354
4November 21, 2012355–358
5December 19, 2012359–362
6January 23, 2013363–366

English

The first 32 DVD compilations have been released by Viz Media in the United States. 26 DVD collection box set of the series were released from June 10, 2008, to September 29, 2015. From July 19, 2016, to December 7, 2021, Viz released the series on Blu-Ray, with a total of 13 sets, half the number of DVD sets.
The series has been released in the United Kingdom by Manga Entertainment in half-season sets, then re-released into season sets.
CollectionRelease dateEpisodes
1June 11, 20081–20
2May 20, 200921–41
3February 17, 201042–63
4November 3, 201064–79
5December 15, 201080–91
6January 12, 201192–109
7February 16, 2011110–121
8March 16, 2011122–133
9June 15, 2011134–145
10August 17, 2011146–156
11November 16, 2011157–167
12March 21, 2012168–179
13May 23, 2012180–193
14July 4, 2012194–205
15October 24, 2012206–217
16January 9, 2013218–229
17April 17, 2013230–242
18July 3, 2013243–255
19November 20, 2013256–267
20March 19, 2014268–279
21May 21, 2014280–291
22August 20, 2014292–303
23January 7, 2015304–316
24March 11, 2015317–329
25May 20, 2015330–342
26August 5, 2015343–354
27November 18, 2015355–366

Bleach Bankai Box SetRelease dateEpisodes
1May 21, 20141–133
2May 21, 2014134–229
3April 6, 2016230–303
4April 6, 2016304–366