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BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War Finale Sets Episode 50 Preview And Staff
The final episode of BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War, Episode 10 of Part 4 and Episode 50 overall, is titled "DEATH & STRAWBERRY" and premieres on Saturday, October 26.
Reporting from 2 sources: Anime Corner, AnimationXpress Anime.
Why it matters
The finale adapts a ten-years-later epilogue rather than stopping at the Yhwach fight, which fits Tite Kubo's stated plan to add more original material to Part 4 than earlier parts carried.
Key Facts
- BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War Episode 50, the series finale, is titled "DEATH & STRAWBERRY" and premieres on Saturday, October 26.
- The fourth and final cour of BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War, subtitled The Calamity, began on July 25 and delayed its final two episodes to improve quality.
- Masaki Hiramatsu wrote the script for BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War Episode 50, with Hikaru Murata on storyboard and episode direction.
- The fourth BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War Blu-ray and DVD collection and Original Soundtrack III are scheduled for release in Japan on 24 March 2027.
- Tite Kubo's Bleach manga ran in Weekly Shonen Jump from 2001 to 2016 and ended at 74 volumes, with more than 130 million copies in circulation worldwide.
The fourth cour, subtitled The Calamity, began on July 25 and delayed its last two episodes to improve quality. The released synopsis sets the finale ten years after the Thousand-Year Blood War: the Seireitei, burned to scorched earth in the fight against Yhwach, has been rebuilt, and a new Gotei 13 captain is about to be appointed on the day the final reconstruction district is finished. As the inauguration ceremony proceeds under a clear sky, the Department of Research and Development detects an ominous spiritual pressure. The episode credits list Masaki Hiramatsu on script, Hikaru Murata on storyboard and episode direction, and Kiyoshi Komatsubara, Kumiko Takayanagi and Masashi Kudo as chief animation directors, with Kazumi Inadome among the animation directors.
The finale is the tenth episode of The Calamity, a cour that ran 10 episodes and pushed its last two back to improve quality. A special ending movie followed the broadcast. It opens with Tite Kubo's illustration from the manga's first volume, then looks back at the series' cast and pays tribute to the staff behind the final adaptation.
A second video collects the Bleach The Stories visuals, tracing Ichigo Kurosaki through 15 forms from the Substitute Arc to the Thousand-Year Blood War. Masashi Kudo, a chief animation director on the finale, also drew a bonus image for the fourth Blu-ray and DVD collection and the cover for Thousand-Year Blood War Original Soundtrack III. Both releases are scheduled for Japan on 24 March 2027.
The manga ran in Weekly Shonen Jump from 2001 to 2016 and closed at 74 volumes, with more than 130 million copies in circulation worldwide. The original anime aired from 2004 to 2012 and produced four theatrical films before the franchise returned in 2022.
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