Bleach manga was created by Kubo Tite and was released in Japan for the first time on 01/05/2002 by Shonene Jump Japan. As the manga grew more and more popular it was made into an Anime which was broadcasted at 6:30 every Tuesday on TV Tokyo. Then on 2004/06 Viz Media began publishing the manga in english and it wasn't long before the Anime was translated in english and currently airs on YTV every Friday at 10:30 in Canada and on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim in the US. Bleach Network will bring all the news on the latest Bleach Anime episodes, mangas and games we will also provide you with episodes and mangas to download so you can enjoy Bleach.

Bleach Anime Plot

Ichigo Kurosaki is a rough-and-tumble teenager who has always had the special ability to see spirits. The story begins with the sudden appearance of an oddly-dressed stranger in Ichigo's bedroom. This stranger is the shinigami Rukia Kuchiki, who is surprised at his ability to see her. Their resulting conversation is interrupted by the appearance of a hollow, an evil spirit. After Rukia is severely wounded during battle trying to protect Ichigo, she decides to transfer half of her powers to Ichigo, hoping to give him the opportunity to face the hollow on an equal footing. Ichigo unintentionally absorbs almost all of Rukia's powers during the attempt instead, allowing him to defeat the hollow with ease. The next day, Rukia turns up in Ichigo's classroom as a transfer student. Much to his surprise, she now appears to be a normal human. She theorizes that it was the unusual strength of Ichigo's spirit that caused him to fully absorb her powers, thus leaving her stranded in the human world. Rukia has transferred herself into a gigai (an artificial human body) while waiting to recover her abilities. In the meantime, Ichigo must take over her job as a Shinigami, battling hollows and guiding lost souls to the afterlife.

Bleach characters move from world to world by several means. Shinigami open passages between worlds by means of their zanpakuto. Moths created during soul burial, called hell butterflies, make these routes safe. Human souls usually cross between planes through birth into the human world or soul burial by shinigami. Living humans can also use special portals to move between worlds, but this is dangerous. While hollows are portrayed as able to move between planes at will by opening rifts in space, they usually remain in Hueco Mundo due to the risk of discovery in Soul Society or the human world. Encounters between characters crossing realms are a driving plot force in Bleach.