Bleach Thousand Year Blood War: Here’s when and where to watch

The Bleach Thousand Year Blood War storyline is finally here to make this season even more exciting. Bleach went on indefinite hiatus in March 2012 despite being one of the Big Three anime. More than a decade later, the anime is finally returning to the airwaves, and fans are overjoyed.

With that stated, let's look at the streaming information for Bleach's new arc.
The anime's official trailer was released in July 2022. Fans have been anxiously awaiting its release since then. The anime debuted in Japan on October 11, 2022, at 2:00 a.m. JST. Due to time zone differences, most territories outside Japan received the anime on October 10, 2022.

Tite Kubo, the show's original manga artist and creator, and Studio Pierrot, the show's original animation studio, have come together to complete the Bleach franchise. This new series, however, came with many changes that left some fans in a state of disappointment and confusion. First, Disney+ obtained the rights to the entire Bleach franchise, causing Crunchyroll, a popular anime streaming app, to abruptly retire the series from their platform. Hulu+ managed to retain its rights to the original and new series of Bleach; however, this is only applicable within the United States, as Disney+ is streaming the new series worldwide. Second, while many of the original cast and crew have returned for the finale, there was a major turnaround with Tomohisa Taguchi replacing Noriyuki Abe as the main director.

Critical to any anime is its first scene. Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War's first episode "The Blood Warfare" starts out with narration by the King of Quincy himself, Yhwach, and step-by-step details of his restoration. The show then switches over to Soul Society's Research and Development center, where it's revealed that hundreds of Hollows have disappeared from Soul Society and entered into the World of the Living. Mayuri Kurotschi, the head of the center, alludes to knowing who caused this to occur and lays the groundwork for the core conflict within the show: That is, the revival of The Quincy, Soul Society's greatest enemy.

Moving into the World of the Living, two new Soul Society squad officers are introduced, Shino Madarame and Ryunosuke Yuki, and they are assigned to Karakura City, one of the main settings in the original series. After splitting up to patrol the area for Hollows, Ryunosuke finds himself running away from a gigantic, spider-like Hollow, and discovers Shino has been defeated and is being held hostage by a group of Hollows.

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This is just the start of Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War and avid fans and casual watchers alike will just have to wait and see how the story unfolds in the next episode.