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Bleach

Story: Tite Kubo

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Anime 2004–2012 · Manga 2001–2016

Anime 7.8

Ichigo Kurosaki becomes a substitute Soul Reaper and inherits a war that outlasts the first TV run. One manga; Thousand-Year Blood War is the final arc the 2004 anime never reached.

Where to keep reading

Select the anime you finished to find your continuation.

Continue with Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War

Manga

Volume 55, Chapter 480

Same 74-volume Bleach manga. Volume 55 is the TYBW start.

The 2004 anime stops at the end of Fullbring. Thousand-Year Blood War starts on the page at Volume 55, Chapter 480 — same Bleach manga, not a new book.

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TYBW: The Calamity is listed as July 2026 · Final cour, still airing. That’s a later season — the chapter above is the continuation now.

Series Run

Anime

October 2004 – March 2012

ran 8 years

Finished

Next: TYBW: The Calamity · July 2026

Manga

August 2001 – August 2016

ran 15 years

Finished

Source material

Some stories start as a novel, then a comic, then an anime. Pickup below names the medium the recommendation is for.

WorkRole
Manga
Bleach
2001–2016 · ran 15 years
Anime follows this
  • Manga. 74 volumes, 686 chapters. TYBW is the last arc of the same manga.

English edition

Where the official translation stands, when the next volume is due, and where to buy the recommended pickup.

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