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Released on July 8, 2023, Bleach: Thousands- Years Blood War Part 2 was revealed in the second teaser, which included genuine footage from the new episodes. On that date, the show ran with subtitles in six different languages, allowing many new viewers to access week-to- week simulating viewing. English viewers can so savor the legendary dub cast reprising their roles in the second portion.
Bleach: The Thousand Years Blood War About chapter 543 of the Manga, Part 2 grabbed right where Part 1 left off. The first section changed roughly sixty chapters, while the second covered a like volume. This left Black, the concluding episode of Part 2, roughly at chapter 609 of Bleach's manga. The narrative resumed with Ichigo's training under Bleach's Squad Zero and included Uryu's seeming treachery by signing with the Quincy Wandenreich. To assist recover their lost abilities, several other high-ranking Soul Reapers including Soifon, Hitsugaya, Komamura, and Hisagi participated in different training arcs or missions. Major narrative points like Rukia (who showed Bankai for the first time), Renji, and Kenpachi Zaraki also highlight their newly acquired strength. After his training, Ichigo went straight to the Soul King's palace where Yhwach's army was en route.
Following the ending of Part 1, Viz posted the first teaser trailer for Bleach: The Thousand- Years Blood War Part 2 on December 26, 2022, on their Youtube page. Along with the recovery of missing Bankai and the actual shape of Rukia's Zanpakuto, the trailer hints at the divide between Uryu and Ichigo. Being one of Ichigo's first true friends, Uryu's betrayal is especially noteworthy in Bleach since it gives the possible conflict shown in the teaser extra weight that would surely have viewers of the series on edge.
Released on May 28, 2023, a second video highlighted real material from Part 2. It draws attention to several much awaited sequences and events like the revelation of Shinji Hirako's Bankai, the struggle for the Soul Society, a fresh perspective on Ichigo, and Uryu's climb in the Quincy army hierarchy. The teaser also hinted at Sosuke Aizen's participation in the war, the previous biggest enemy of Bleach whose erratic presence might be what flips the tide of battle, either for or against the Soul Reapers. One of the most remarkable events is a massive and enigmatic creature destroying everything in its path rampaging throughout the Soul Society's Seireitei. The new Part 2 opening theme music, "star" by w.o.d., also made first appearance in the teaser.
Bleach is well-known for having an enormous cast of characters—far too many to mention here. Nearly every Japanese voice actor from the original Bleach Anime has so decided to replay their part for The Thousand- Years Blood War. With a few exceptions, the English dub cast has also generally been the same. Alain Mesa is playing Ichigo's pal Yasutora "Chad," instead of Jamieson Price. Price said on Twitter that he wanted the position passed on to someone with Mexican background, like Chad, and that request was honored.
Also recast and currently performed by Patrick Seitz, who also voices Ichigo's father in Bleach, Kenpachi Zaraki Doug Erholtz, who also voices Gin Ichimaru, is currently playing Kisuke Urahara; apparently, his former voice actor withdrew from the business. Aleks Le now voices Jushiro Ukitake, also voicing Shinji Hirako. While other parts could be recast in Part 2, most relevant characters have already been brought back in Part 1, hence there isn't much need for that. Thus yet, there has been no word of casting for new roles in Part 2; most likely, this will not be for the dub until after the subtitled episodes start to premiere.
Only Hulu in the United States and Disney Plus everywhere else outside of Asia will broadcast Part 2 of Bleach: The Thousand-Year Blood War. Part 1 streaming in both dubbed and subtitled forms is also available for those wishing to catch up on the series ahead of its comeback at those venues.
With an 88% audience approval rating at Rotten Tomatoes, Thousand- Years Blood War part 2 was rather popular. Although Rotten Tomatoes only feature two reviewer reviews for part 2, both are positive as well. Episode 9 with 7.7 has the lowest user rating of any individual episode on IMDb; all other episodes score 8.0, and most exceed 9.0. Though not quite as high as part 1 at 9.01, Bleach: Thousand- Years Blood War - The Separation has an 8.69 average rating on MyAnimeList. Additionally quite good was ScreenRant's own Thousand- Years Blood War Part 2 review.
Many readers felt the extra material in part 2, which wasn't found in the Manga, improved the narrative. Part 2's animation quality is generally rather good; some quite beautiful scenes, including Senjumaru's Bankai assault, abound. Fans greeted Part 2's many much awaited events—Rukia's first Bankai activation, Kenpachi activating his zanpakuto's Shikai—with great delight when they at last happened. Though it was challenging to match the buzz of part 1, overall the second section was rather successful.
After the end of part 2, on September 30, 2023 a teaser for part 3 of Thousand- Years Blood War become public. The teaser hinted at some expected conflicts including the entrance of Ichigo at the Soul King's palace, the conclusion of Yhwach vs. Squad Zero's Ichibe, and more. Released for Shonen Jump's Jump Festa event on December 16, 2023, another teaser featuring some fresh footage. Both trailers showed just a "2024" release window without mentioning any particular date.
It was reported on May 30, 2024 that the Anime Expo in Los Angeles will host a special panel for Thousand- Years Blood War from July 4–7, 2024. A "sneak peek" of the third section was hinted at for the panel, and many supporters want a more exact release date would be announced at this time. At least the panel will provide the first public update regarding Thousand- Years Blood War Part 3 since December; by this point in time the studio should have much more to exhibit. Additionally scheduled for the discussion are several of the voice actors from English dub, including Robbie Daymond and Xander Mobus.
After almost a decade of inactivity, Bleach: Thousand- Years Blood War sparked fresh franchise interest. Naturally, this fresh curiosity about where the show is headed during its second run results from In the realm of Shonen Jump, bleach is somewhat unusual. Originally part of Shonen Jump's "big three" with Naruto and One Piece, Bleach was a huge hit for most of its initial run. Sadly, declining fan interest resulted in the cancellation of the anime adaptation for the series in 2012, years before Bleach's manga end in 2016.
Though the ending of the series was polarizing, the anime version of the concluding arc, Bleach: Thousand- Years Blood War, was well received. Many have been wondering what to expect from the second phase of the revival after phase 1 of Thousands-Year Blood War ends on December 26, 2022.