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.
| Volume | Release date | Episodes |
| 1 | February 2, 2005 | 1–4 |
| 2 | March 2, 2005 | 5–8 |
| 3 | April 13, 2005 | 9–12 |
| 4 | May 11, 2005 | 13–16 |
| 5 | June 1, 2005 | 17–20 |
| Volume | Release date | Episodes |
| 1 | July 27, 2005 | 21–24 |
| 2 | August 24, 2005 | 25–28 |
| 3 | September 28, 2005 | 29–32 |
| 4 | October 26, 2005 | 33–36 |
| 5 | November 23, 2005 | 37–41 |
| Volume | Release date | Episodes |
| 1 | December 21, 2005 | 42–45 |
| 2 | January 25, 2006 | 46–49 |
| 3 | February 22, 2006 | 50–53 |
| 4 | March 29, 2006 | 54–58 |
| 5 | April 26, 2006 | 59–63 |
| Volume | Release date | Episodes |
| 1 | May 24, 2006 | 64–67 |
| 2 | June 28, 2006 | 68–71 |
| 3 | July 26, 2006 | 72–75 |
| 4 | August 23, 2006 | 76–79 |
| 5 | October 25, 2006 | 80–83 |
| 6 | November 22, 2006 | 84–87 |
| 7 | December 20, 2006 | 88–91 |
| Volume | Release date | Episodes |
| 1 | January 24, 2007 | 92–95 |
| 2 | February 28, 2007 | 96–99 |
| 3 | March 28, 2007 | 100–104 |
| 4 | April 25, 2007 | 105–109 |
| Volume | Release date | Episodes |
| 1 | June 27, 2007 | 110–113 |
| 2 | July 25, 2007 | 114–117 |
| 3 | August 22, 2007 | 118–121 |
| 4 | September 25, 2007 | 122–126 |
| 5 | October 24, 2007 | 127–131 |
| Volume | Release date | Episodes |
| 1 | December 19, 2007 | 132–135 |
| 2 | January 23, 2008 | 136–139 |
| 3 | February 27, 2008 | 140–143 |
| 4 | March 26, 2008 | 144–147 |
| 5 | April 23, 2008 | 148–151 |
| Volume | Release date | Episodes |
| 1 | May 28, 2008 | 152–155 |
| 2 | June 25, 2008 | 156–159 |
| 3 | July 23, 2008 | 160–163 |
| 4 | August 27, 2008 | 164–167 |
| Volume | Release date | Episodes |
| 1 | November 26, 2008 | 168–171 |
| 2 | December 17, 2008 | 172–175 |
| 3 | January 28, 2009 | 176–179 |
| 4 | February 25, 2009 | 180–184 |
| 5 | March 25, 2009 | 185–189 |
| Volume | Release date | Episodes |
| 1 | May 27, 2009 | 190–193 |
| 2 | June 24, 2009 | 194–197 |
| 3 | July 22, 2009 | 198–201 |
| 4 | August 26, 2009 | 202–205 |
| Volume | Release date | Episodes |
| 1 | November 25, 2009 | 206–208 |
| 2 | December 16, 2009 | 209–212 |
| Volume | Release date | Episodes |
| 1 | January 27, 2010 | 213–216 |
| 2 | February 24, 2010 | 217–220 |
| 3 | March 25, 2010 | 221–224 |
| 4 | April 25, 2010 | 225–229 |
| Volume | Release date | Episodes |
| 1 | May 26, 2010 | 230–233 |
| 2 | June 23, 2010 | 234–237 |
| 3 | July 21, 2010 | 238–241 |
| 4 | August 25, 2010 | 242–245 |
| 5 | September 22, 2010 | 246–249 |
| 6 | October 27, 2010 | 250–253 |
| 7 | November 24, 2010 | 254–257 |
| 8 | December 15, 2010 | 258–261 |
| 9 | January 26, 2011 | 262–265 |
| Volume | Release date | Episodes |
| 1 | February 23, 2011 | 266–270 |
| 2 | March 23, 2011 | 271–274 |
| 3 | April 27, 2011 | 275–278 |
| 4 | May 25, 2011 | 279–282 |
| 5 | June 22, 2011 | 283–286 |
| 6 | July 16, 2011 | 287–291 |
| 7 | August 24, 2011 | 292–295 |
| 8 | September 21, 2011 | 296–299 |
| 9 | October 26, 2011 | 300–303 |
| 10 | November 23, 2011 | 304–307 |
| 11 | December 14, 2011 | 308–311 |
| 12 | January 25, 2012 | 312–316 |
| Volume | Release date | Episodes |
| 1 | February 22, 2012 | 317–321 |
| 2 | March 21, 2012 | 322–325 |
| 3 | April 25, 2012 | 326–329 |
| 4 | May 23, 2012 | 330–333 |
| 5 | June 27, 2012 | 334–337 |
| 6 | July 25, 2012 | 338–342 |
| Volume | Release date | Episodes |
| 1 | August 22, 2012 | 343–346 |
| 2 | September 26, 2012 | 347–350 |
| 3 | October 24, 2012 | 351–354 |
| 4 | November 21, 2012 | 355–358 |
| 5 | December 19, 2012 | 359–362 |
| 6 | January 23, 2013 | 363–366 |
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.
| Collection | Release date | Episodes |
| 1 | June 11, 2008 | 1–20 |
| 2 | May 20, 2009 | 21–41 |
| 3 | February 17, 2010 | 42–63 |
| 4 | November 3, 2010 | 64–79 |
| 5 | December 15, 2010 | 80–91 |
| 6 | January 12, 2011 | 92–109 |
| 7 | February 16, 2011 | 110–121 |
| 8 | March 16, 2011 | 122–133 |
| 9 | June 15, 2011 | 134–145 |
| 10 | August 17, 2011 | 146–156 |
| 11 | November 16, 2011 | 157–167 |
| 12 | March 21, 2012 | 168–179 |
| 13 | May 23, 2012 | 180–193 |
| 14 | July 4, 2012 | 194–205 |
| 15 | October 24, 2012 | 206–217 |
| 16 | January 9, 2013 | 218–229 |
| 17 | April 17, 2013 | 230–242 |
| 18 | July 3, 2013 | 243–255 |
| 19 | November 20, 2013 | 256–267 |
| 20 | March 19, 2014 | 268–279 |
| 21 | May 21, 2014 | 280–291 |
| 22 | August 20, 2014 | 292–303 |
| 23 | January 7, 2015 | 304–316 |
| 24 | March 11, 2015 | 317–329 |
| 25 | May 20, 2015 | 330–342 |
| 26 | August 5, 2015 | 343–354 |
| 27 | November 18, 2015 | 355–366 |
| Bleach Bankai Box Set | Release date | Episodes |
| 1 | May 21, 2014 | 1–133 |
| 2 | May 21, 2014 | 134–229 |
| 3 | April 6, 2016 | 230–303 |
| 4 | April 6, 2016 | 304–366 |