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Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Calamity Anime to Debut in 2026
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
A panel for the Bleach franchise at Anime Expo on Friday revealed that the anime's fourth part, titled Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Calamity, will debut in 2026 on TV Tokyo and its affiliates. The panel also revealed a new visual.
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Calamity will be the final season of the anime.
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 3 - The Conflict premiered on October 5 and concluded in a one-hour final episode on December 28.
The anime's first cours (quarter of a year) premiered in October 2022, and ended in December 2022 with a one-hour special that combined the anime's 12th and 13th episodes. Viz Media is streaming the anime on Hulu in the U.S. The anime is streaming on Disney+ internationally, and Ani-One Asia is streaming the series in many Asian countries.
The anime's second cours premiered in the United States on Hulu, in Latin America on Star+, and in select other countries internationally on Disney+ in July 2023.
The anime will run for four cours with breaks in between.
The anime covers the rest of the original manga up through its ending. The Thousand Year Blood War arc is the final arc of the manga, and covers volumes 55-74.
Sources: Bleach anime's X/Twitter account, Comic Natalie via Crunchyroll
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