The BLEACH anime is set to reach its conclusion next week with Episode 50 of BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Calamity. Ahead of the finale, a new “THE STORIES VISUAL – Final Battle” has been revealed, depicting Ichigo Kurosaki delivering a final strike during his climactic battle against Yhwach.
BLEACH Finale Airs October 26 as Ichigo and Yhwach’s Final Battle Approaches
BLEACH THE STORIES final battle visual
Episode 50, the final episode of BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Calamity, will air on the TV Tokyo network on October 26 at 24:00 JST.
The newly released visual commemorates the broadcast of Episode 49 and depicts the decisive moment in the thousand-year conflict between the Soul Reapers and Quincies, with Ichigo Kurosaki facing Yhwach in the final battle.
BLEACH was serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump from 2001 to 2016 and follows Ichigo, who gains the powers of a Soul Reaper after meeting Rukia Kuchiki. The manga has more than 130 million copies in circulation.
The original TV anime aired from 2004 to 2012. The Thousand-Year Blood War adaptation began with its first cour in 2022, followed by the second in 2023 and the third in 2024. The final cour, The Calamity, began airing in July 2026.
Four-Hour BLEACH Opening and Ending Theme Listening Party Announced
To mark the anime’s conclusion, a special listening party featuring opening and ending themes from across the BLEACH anime series will begin on October 23 at 7:00 p.m. JST.
The event will run for approximately four hours, with fans listening simultaneously to a playlist spanning songs from the Substitute Soul Reaper Arc through BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Calamity.
The playlist includes themes performed by artists such as ORANGE RANGE, UVERworld, YUI, Aqua Timez, ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION, SCANDAL, Aimer and Tatsuya Kitani, alongside songs from the latest Thousand-Year Blood War installments.
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