BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War Final Cour Trailer Released, Theater Screenings Set
The global theater rollout and Kubo's promise of expanded original content signal that the final cour is being positioned as a major event rather than a standard weekly broadcast.
Reporting from 6 sources: Anime News Network, GAME Watch (Impress), Comic Natalie, Denfaminicogamer, and 2 more.
The main promotional video for BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Calamity, the fourth and final cour of the anime adaptation, has been released. The trailer opens with an intense battle between Ichigo Kurosaki and Yhwach, and features combat sequences involving Kisuke Urahara, Yoruichi Shihouin, the Gotei 13, and Uryu Ishida. The final cour is scheduled to begin airing on Japanese television in July 2026. Ahead of the broadcast, episodes 1 through 3 will be screened in theaters for one day only on June 21. Screenings will take place at six venues across Japan, including Tokyo, Sapporo, Nagoya, Osaka, and Fukuoka. A premium stage greeting event at United Cinema Aqua City Odaiba in Tokyo will feature voice actors Masakazu Morita, Noriaki Sugiyama, Shinichiro Miki, Yuichiro Umehara, and Shunsuke Takeuchi. Attendees at the member-exclusive screening will receive a limited sticker drawn by original creator Tite Kubo. The film will also debut in U.S. theaters from June 25 to June 29. Kubo has confirmed that this final part will include additional original material expanding on the manga's ending.
The main promotional video for the final cour was released on Tuesday. The trailer was produced by PIERROT FILMS, the label under Studio Pierrot that has handled the entire Thousand-Year Blood War adaptation. Chief director Tomohisa Taguchi and director Hikaru Murata lead the production, with series composition by Taguchi and Masaki Hiramatsu. Character design is by series veteran Masashi Kudo. Shiro Sagisu returns to compose the music.
The advance theater screenings on June 21 will take place at six venues: Shinjuku Wald 9, United Cinema Aqua City Odaiba, Sapporo Cinema Frontier, Midland Square Cinema, T-Joy Umeda, and T-Joy Hakata. The premium stage greeting at the Odaiba venue will feature two separate performances. The 14:00 screening will be followed by a talk with Masakazu Morita, Noriaki Sugiyama, Shinichiro Miki, and Yuichiro Umehara. The 16:35 screening, which is exclusive to members of Tite Kubo's official fan club Klub Outside, adds Shunsuke Takeuchi to the lineup. Attendees at the member-exclusive screening will receive a limited sticker drawn by Kubo in addition to a set of three original illustration cards given to all theatergoers.
Kubo has confirmed that this final part will include even more original material than the previous parts, expanding the manga's final battles and resolutions. The third cour, The Conflict, which aired in October 2024, topped weekly rankings seven out of twelve times and was voted Best Anime of Fall 2024 by Anime Corner. The series streams on Disney+ and Hulu.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 6 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
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