Yahoo Sport Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 2 release schedule
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War picked up the story of Ichigo, Rukia and the soul society over a decade after the hit anime was last on screen.
Fans of Tite Kubo's original manga were particularly excited about the return since the franchise's final arc remained unadapted when the show was officially canceled back in 2012.
Production company VizMedia announced ahead of the release that Bleach's epic finale would be released in four 'cours' of 13 episodes, with breaks in between each cour.
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 2 began airing on Disney+ in the UK on July 8, with subsequent episodes released every Saturday on the platform. Viewers in the US can watch the sequel series on Hulu.
Bleach: Thousand Year Blood War Part 2 release schedule: When is episode 22 out?
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 2 releases new episodes every Saturday.
In an announcement shared on August 22, staff confirmed that episode 22 would act as a recap of the series thus far, airing on September 2.
More excitingly, they confirmed that Bleach: Thousand Year Blood War Part 2 would conclude with an epic, hour-long finale episode combining episodes 25 and 26 on September 30.
Episode 14 - 'The Last 9 Days' (July 8, 2023)
Episode 15 - 'Peace from Shadows' (July 15, 2023)
Episode 16 - 'The Fundamental Virulence' (July 22, 2023)
Episode 17 - 'Heart of Wolf' (July 29, 2023)
Episode 18 - 'Rages at Ringside' (August 5, 2023)
Episode 19 - 'The White Blaze' (August 12, 2023)
Episode 20 - 'I Am The Edge' (August 19, 2023)
Episode 21 - 'The Headless Star' (August 26, 2023)
Episode 22 - 'The Blood Warfare, Separation' (September 2)
Episode 23 - TBC
Episode 24 - TBC
Episode 25 & 26 - Finale (September 30)
Bleach season 16 aired all the way back in 2012, and anime viewers have spent the subsequent decade wondering whether the final arcs of Tite Kubo's legendary manga would ever be adapted for the small screen.
How to watch Bleach: Thousand Year Blood War Part 2 on Disney+
If you don't already subscribe to Disney+, you can sign up for £7.99 a month or £79.90 for a full year.
If you need a bit of a refresher on the Shinigami saga, you can catch up on all 16 seasons of Bleach (a staggering 366 episodes, if you're wondering) on Disney+.
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War also features the full English voice cast reprising their roles, including Johnny Yong Bosch as Ichigo Kurosaki, Michelle Ruff as Rukia Kuchiki, as Uryu Ishida, Stephanie Sheh as Orihime Inoue, Wally Wingert as Renji Abarai, and Doug Erholtz as Kisuke Urahara.
Anime fans should also be excited by the addition of Daiki Yamashita (Midoriya in My Hero Academia) and Asami Seto (Nobara Kugisaki in Jujutsu Kaisen) as two new characters.
Bleach: Thousand Year Blood War streams on Disney+ in the UK with new episodes released weekly on Saturdays. In the US the full show is available on Hulu.
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