Granblue Fantasy Adds Ichigo Kurosaki In BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War Crossover
This is Granblue Fantasy's first major anime crossover of 2026, offering free recruitment of a flagship character rather than requiring a gacha pull.
Reporting from 1 source: 4Gamer.net.
Cygames announced a Granblue Fantasy collaboration with BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War, running July 22 to August 3. Players can recruit SSR Ichigo Kurosaki by clearing event quests, with a second secret SSR character arriving July 27. Limited gacha draws and event weapons are also available.
The event, titled "BLEACH ECHOES IN THE BLUE HOLLOW," launches July 22 at 17:00 JST and closes August 3 at 20:59 JST. The story brings Ichigo Kurosaki and other Soul Reapers into the Granblue world to fight monsters and resolve an anomaly. Players who clear INTERLUDE #01 recruit Ichigo as an SSR unit. A second INTERLUDE, releasing July 27, unlocks a second SSR character whose identity is being kept secret. Extra quests and treasure collection yield the limited summon stone Byakuya Kuchiki & Kenpachi Zaraki & Mayuri Kurotsuchi, plus the weapons Zangetsu and Asauchi. A Collaboration Limited Gacha runs alongside the event, and players can draw the Collaboration Limited 10-Part Gacha up to five times for free by completing event progress or Soul Reaper Substitute Agency orders.
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