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{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name = Bleach
| image = Bleach (manga) 1.png
| caption = First {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volume cover, featuring [[Ichigo Kurosaki]]
| genre = {{ubl|[[Adventure fiction|Adventure]]<ref name="VizOfficial"/>|[[Martial arts film|Martial arts]]<ref name="VizOfficial"/>|[[Supernatural fiction|Supernatural]]<ref name="VizOfficial">{{cite web|url=https://www.viz.com/bleach|title=The Official Website for Bleach|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|access-date=June 18, 2023|archive-date=June 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230616082645/https://www.viz.com/bleach|url-status=live}}</ref>}}<!-- Note: Use and cite reliable sources to identify genre/s, not personal interpretation. Please don't include more than three genres (per [[MOS:A&M]]). -->
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{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = manga
| author = [[Tite Kubo]]
| publisher = [[Shueisha]]
| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher
| AUS = [[Madman Entertainment]]
| NA = [[Viz Media]]
}}
| demographic = {{Transliteration|ja|[[Shōnen manga|Shōnen]]}}
| magazine = [[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]
| magazine_en = {{English manga magazine
| NA =  {{ubl|[[Shonen Jump (magazine)|Shonen Jump]] {{noitalic|(former)}}|[[Weekly Shonen Jump (American magazine)|Weekly Shonen Jump]]}}
}}
| imprint = [[Jump Comics]]
| first = August 7, 2001
| last = August 22, 2016
| volumes = 74
| volume_list = List of Bleach volumes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Other
| title = Anime television series
| content =
* [[Bleach (TV series)|2004–2012 series]]
* [[Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War|''Thousand-Year Blood War'']] (2022–present)
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Other
| title = Anime films
| content =
* ''[[Bleach: Memories of Nobody|Memories of Nobody]]'' (2006)
* ''[[Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion|The DiamondDust Rebellion]]'' (2007)
* ''[[Bleach: Fade to Black|Fade to Black]]'' (2008)
* ''[[Bleach: Hell Verse|Hell Verse]]'' (2010)
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Other
| title = Live-action film
| content =
* [[Bleach (2018 film)|2018 film]]
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Other
| title = Media franchise
| content =
* [[List of Bleach video games|List of ''Bleach'' video games]]
* ''[[Bleach Trading Card Game]]''
}}
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'''''Bleach''''' (stylized in [[all caps]]) is a Japanese [[manga]] series written and illustrated by [[Tite Kubo]]. It follows the adventures of a teenager [[Ichigo Kurosaki]], who obtains the powers of a [[List of Soul Reapers in Bleach|Soul Reaper]]<!-- Do NOT change this to "Shinigami" as it will be treated as vandalism. The official English license of both the manga and anime use "Soul Reaper", and Wikipedia policy is to use the official English term. In this example, "Soul Reaper" links to a ''Bleach'' character article, and "Shinigami" links to the article on shinigami. -->—a ''death personification'' similar to a [[Personifications of death|Grim Reaper]]—from another Soul Reaper, [[Rukia Kuchiki]]. His new-found powers allow him to take on the duties of defending humans from [[Demon|evil spirits]] and guiding departed souls to the afterlife, and set him on journeys to various ghostly realms of existence.

''Bleach'' was serialized in [[Shueisha]]'s [[Shōnen manga|{{Transliteration|ja|shōnen}} manga]] magazine ''[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]'' from August 2001 to August 2016, with its chapters collected in 74 {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volumes. The series has spawned a [[media franchise]] that includes an [[anime]] [[Bleach (TV series)|television series]] adaptation produced by studio [[Pierrot (company)|Pierrot]] from 2004 to 2012, two [[original video animation]] (OVA) episodes, [[Bleach (manga)#Films|four animated feature films]], ten [[Rock Musical Bleach|stage musicals]], and [[List of Bleach video games|numerous video games]], as well as many types of ''Bleach''-related merchandise. A Japanese [[Bleach (2018 film)|live-action film adaptation]] produced by [[Warner Bros.]] premiered in 2018. A [[Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War|sequel]] to the anime television series, which adapts the manga's final [[story arc]], premiered in 2022.

In North America, the manga was licensed for English release by [[Viz Media]] in 2004. They have released the collected volumes and published its chapters in their ''[[Shonen Jump (magazine)|Shonen Jump]]'' magazine from November 2007 until the magazine's final issue in April 2012.

''Bleach'' received the 50th [[Shogakukan Manga Award]] for the {{Transliteration|ja|shōnen}} category in 2005. The manga had over 130 million {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes in circulation worldwide by 2022, making it one of the [[List of best-selling manga|best-selling manga]] in history.

==Plot==
{{See also|List of Bleach characters{{!}}List of ''Bleach'' characters}}
[[Ichigo Kurosaki]] is a teenager from Karakura Town who can see ghosts, a talent allowing him to meet [[Rukia Kuchiki]], a Soul Reaper who enters the town in search of a Hollow, a kind of monstrous lost soul who can harm both ghosts and humans. Rukia is one of the {{Nihongo|[[List of Soul Reapers in Bleach|Soul Reapers]]|死神|[[Shinigami]]|literally 'Death Gods'}}, soldiers trusted with ushering the souls of the dead from the World of the Living to the {{nihongo|Soul Society|{{Ruby-ja|尸魂界|ソウル・ソサエティ}}|Sōru Sosaeti|lit. "Dead Spirit World"}}, the afterlife realm from which she originates and with fighting [[List of Hollows in Bleach|Hollows]]. When she is severely wounded defending Ichigo from a Hollow she pursues, Rukia transfers her powers to Ichigo, so he may fight in her stead while she recovers. Rukia is thereby trapped in an ordinary human body, and she must advise Ichigo as he balances the demands of his substitute Soul Reaper duties and attending high school. For aid in hunting the Hollows, the pair ally with a trio of other spiritually empowered allies: Ichigo's high school classmate [[Orihime Inoue]], best friend [[Yasutora Sado|Yasutora "Chad" Sado]] and [[Uryū Ishida]], a Quincy classmate with the ability to control spiritual particles.

Eventually, Rukia is arrested by her Soul Reaper superiors and sentenced to death for the illegal act of transferring her powers to a human. Ichigo and his friends enlist the help of ex-Soul Reaper scientist [[Kisuke Urahara]], who trains Ichigo to access his own Soul Reaper powers, to enter the Soul Society and rescue Rukia. Shortly after the party's arrival in the Soul Society, conflict arises among the captains of the Thirteen Court Squads when the captain of the fifth company, [[Sōsuke Aizen]], is apparently murdered. The captains believe that the intruders might have been responsible, which causes the Soul Reapers to begin fighting amongst themselves. Thereafter, the Captain Commander Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto, issues the Soul Reapers to arrest Ichigo and his friends as suspects. However, Ichigo saves Rukia and manages to stop the war against the Soul Society. Aizen reappears and reveals his intention to obtain the {{nihongo|Hōgyoku|崩玉||lit. "Crumbling Orb"}}, an orb of immense power Urahara planted inside Rukia, by faking his death and arranging the execution. Aizen accompanies his fellow conspirators, [[Gin Ichimaru]] and Kaname Tōsen, who are the third and ninth company's captains, as they use Hollows to cover their escape into the Hollows' realm, {{nihongo|Hueco Mundo|{{Ruby-ja|虚圏|ウェコムンド}}|Weko Mundo|lit. "Hollow World"}}. Afterwards, Ichigo and Rukia reconcile with the Soul Reapers, who view the former as a powerful ally and designate him an official title as Substitute Soul Reaper.

Ichigo soon finds himself and his friends in escalating skirmishes with Aizen's army of humanoid Hollows, the [[List of Hollows in Bleach#Arrancar|Arrancar]], as they are joined by the [[List of Bleach characters#Vizards|Vizards]], Soul Reapers who were victims of Aizen's experiments in creating the Arrancar. When Ulquiorra, one of the Espada (Aizen's ten most powerful Arrancars) kidnaps Orihime, Ichigo and his allies enter Hueco Mundo to invade Las Noches. However, as Ichigo rescues Orihime, Aizen reveals her abduction was a distraction as he launches an attack on Karakura Town, in order to sacrifice everyone and create a key to the Soul King's Palace, so he can kill the Soul King who reigns over the Soul Society. Anticipating Aizen's attack, the Thirteen Court Squads had already been waiting for him by moving the entire Karakura Town to the Soul Society prior to his attack. When the Vizards join the remaining Soul Reapers, Gin reveals his agenda of killing Aizen. The latter uses the Hōgyoku to become a god-like being before killing Gin. However, Ichigo sacrifices and loses all his power to defeat Aizen, and reverts to a normal human. Subsequently, Aizen is arrested by the Soul Society.  

Months later, preparing for life after high school, Ichigo is called back into action when [[List of Bleach characters#Xcution|Xcution]], a group of Fullbringers—supernaturally aware humans like Chad, manipulate him and the others in a scheme to siphon his Fullbring abilities. After the Soul Reapers restore his Soul Reaper powers, Ichigo learns that Xcution's leader, Kugo Ginjo, was his predecessor. It is revealed that the Soul Society did not trust the substitute Soul Reapers, so they used the badge given to the Substitute Soul Reaper to monitor and restrict his power output. Ginjo felt betrayed and swore vengeance on all Soul Reapers. Despite knowing the truth, Ichigo trusts his Soul Reaper friends and defeats Ginjo. With his power restored, Ichigo once again is reinstated as a Substitute Soul Reaper.

After Ichigo regains his powers, an army of Quincies known as the {{nihongo|[[List of Bleach characters#Wandenreich|Wandenreich]]|{{Ruby-ja|見えざる帝国|ヴァンデンライヒ}}|Vandenraihi|lit. "Invisible Empire"}} appear and declare war against the Soul Society, having already enslaved many Arrancars in Hueco Mundo. The group is led by Yhwach, the ancient progenitor of the Quincies, who seeks to kill the Soul King, and rid the world of death and fear. In their first invasion, the Wandenreich kill many Soul Reapers including the Head-Captain, Yamamoto. Uryū joins Yhwach and learns the truth behind the death of his mother. Later, Ichigo and his friends aid the Soul Society in fighting the Wandenreich's second invasion, but Yhwach invades the Royal Palace and kills the Soul King. In the final battle, the surviving Shinigami, along with Ichigo and his friends, assault Yhwach's new palace and defeat his army of Sternritters. Yhwach returns to the Soul Society to destroy it, but Ichigo kills him with the help of Uryū and Aizen after the latter is temporarily released from prison.

Ten years later, Rukia becomes the new captain of the thirteenth company and has a daughter, an apprentice Soul Reaper named Ichika, with her childhood friend [[Renji Abarai]]. Meanwhile, Ichigo and Orihime have a son named Kazui, who is also a Soul Reaper. 

Two years later, Ichigo attends the Soul Funeral Ceremony for 13th Division captain Jūshirō Ukitake. While the captains are waiting in the Soul Society to perform the ritual, Ichigo joins the Lieutenants at Karakura Town to capture Hollows that will be used as a sacrifice. They are ambushed by the Beasts of Hell, led by the late Octava Espada Szayelaporro Granz. Even though the lieutenants suppress them, it is revealed that the ceremony is a process of sending the deceased captains, including Ukitake, to Hell.

==Production==
''Bleach'' was first conceived from [[Tite Kubo]]'s desire to draw a {{Transliteration|ja|[[shinigami]]}} (Soul Reaper) in a [[kimono]], which formed the basis for the design of the Soul Reapers in the series.<ref name="About 1">{{cite web|url=http://manga.about.com/od/mangaartistinterviews/a/TiteKubo.htm|title=Interview: Tite Kubo (page 1)|author=Deb Aoki|publisher=About.com|access-date=September 16, 2008|archive-date=April 24, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130424160658/http://manga.about.com/od/mangaartistinterviews/a/TiteKubo.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="LA Times">{{cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2008/aug/28/entertainment/etw-kuboweb28|title=Creator Tite Kubo surprised by 'Bleach' success|author=Charles Solomon|date=August 28, 2008|access-date=September 17, 2008|work=Los Angeles Times|archive-date=April 23, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090423115417/http://articles.latimes.com/2008/aug/28/entertainment/etw-kuboweb28}}</ref> At first, Kubo thought that the Soul Reapers should use guns, so the first title for the series was "Snipe" (as in "sniper"); however, this was changed with the inclusion of swords.<ref name="SJ 71">{{cite journal|journal=Shonen Jump #71|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|volume=6|issue=11|date=November 2008|title=Tite Kubo's Big Comic-Con Adventure!|pages=18–20}}</ref> After that, the series was meant to be named "Black" due to the color of the Soul Reapers' clothes, but Kubo thought the title was too generic. He later tried the name of "White", but came to like "Bleach" more for its association with the color white and that he did not find it too obvious.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Bleach: Interview with Tite Kubo|journal=[[Anime Insider]]|issue=61|page=39|date=October 2008|publisher=[[Wizard Universe]]|issn=1547-3767}}</ref> The original story concept was submitted to ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' shortly after the cancellation of Kubo's previous manga, ''[[Zombiepowder]]'', but was at first rejected.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/person/tite-kubo|title=Tite Kubo|website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=May 5, 2014|archive-date=December 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141215171455/http://www.metacritic.com/person/tite-kubo|url-status=live}}</ref> Manga artist [[Akira Toriyama]] saw the story and wrote a letter of encouragement to Kubo.<ref name="LA Times" /> ''Bleach'' was accepted for publication a short time later in 2001, and was initially intended to be a shorter series, with a maximum serialization length of five years.<ref name="LA Times" /> Early plans for the story did not include the hierarchical structure of the Soul Society, but did include some characters and elements that were not introduced into the plot until [[List of Bleach chapters#Volumes 21–40|the Arrancar arc]], such as Ichigo's Soul Reaper parentage.<ref name="About 1" />

Kubo has cited influences for elements of ''Bleach'' ranging from other manga series to music, foreign language, architecture, and film. He attributed his interest in drawing the supernatural and monsters to [[Shigeru Mizuki]]'s ''[[GeGeGe no Kitaro]]'' and ''Bleach''{{'}}s focus on interesting weaponry and battle scenes to [[Masami Kurumada]]'s ''[[Saint Seiya]]'', manga that Kubo enjoyed as a boy.<ref name="About 1" /> The latter is based on [[Greek mythology]] and Kubo also considered it as a source for his focus on myths, monsters and the afterlife.<ref name="SJ 71"/> The action style and storytelling found in ''Bleach'' are inspired by cinema, though Kubo has not revealed any specific movie as being an influence for fight scenes. When pressed, he told interviewers that he liked ''[[Snatch (film)|Snatch]]'', but did not use it as a model.<ref name="SJ 51">{{cite journal|journal=Shonen Jump #51|title=Bleach Interview|volume=5|issue=3|date=March 2007|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|page=328}}</ref> ''Bleach''{{'}}s [[fight choreography]] is instead constructed with the aid of rock music, which the author listens to while imagining the fights in order to give him a sense of pacing for the panel cuts and change of angles through the scenes.<ref name="About 3"/> Kubo prefers to draw realistic injuries in order to render the fight more impactful, by making the readers feel the pain the characters are feeling.<ref name="PW"/> ''Bleach''{{'s}} fight scenes are often broken up with brief gags, which the author inserts when he grows bored during the illustration process.<ref name="About 3">{{cite web|url=http://manga.about.com/od/mangaartistinterviews/a/TiteKubo_3.htm|title=Interview: Tite Kubo (page 3)|author=Deb Aoki|publisher=About.com|access-date=September 16, 2008|archive-date=November 27, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111127231536/http://manga.about.com/od/mangaartistinterviews/a/TiteKubo_3.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

''Bleach''{{'}}s plotting process is focused around [[Characterisation|character design]]. When writing plotlines or having difficulties generating new material, Kubo begins by thinking of new characters, often ''en masse'', and rereading previous volumes of ''Bleach''.<ref name="About 1" /><ref name="PW">{{cite web|author=Kai-ming Cha|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/new-titles/adult-announcements/article/1480-kubo-comes-to-comic-con-.html|title=Kubo Comes to Comic-Con|work=[[Publishers Weekly]]|publisher=PWxyz, LLC|date=August 4, 2008|access-date=September 17, 2008|archive-date=December 12, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101212092402/http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/new-titles/adult-announcements/article/1480-kubo-comes-to-comic-con-.html|url-status=live }}<!-- http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6584260.htmlTiteKubo.htm --></ref> Kubo has said that he likes creating characters that have outward appearances that do not match their true nature—an element that can be found in many ''Bleach'' characters—as he is "attracted to people with that seeming contradiction" and finds an "urge to draw people like that" when he works.<ref name="WSJ 12" /> The terminology used in ''Bleach'' has a variety of inspirations, with each category of characters bearing a different linguistic theme. Many of the names for swords and spells used by Soul Reapers were inspired by ancient [[Japanese literature]]. Hollows and Arrancars use Spanish terms. Fullbringers use English vocabulary, with names referencing rock music, and finally, both Quincy and Bounts draw on the German language. This multilingual terminology, along with the variety in apparent character ethnicities, emphasizes the international nature of the ''Bleach'' settings.<ref name="WSJ 12">''[[Shonen Jump (magazine)|Shonen Jump]]''. Volume 6, Issue 6. June 2007. [[Viz Media]]. 12.</ref>

==Themes and analysis==
''Bleach''{{'}}s plot incorporates the traditional Japanese belief of spirits coexisting with humans and their nature, good or evil, depends on the circumstances.<ref name=Feigenblatt /> An example is Orihime's backstory. She was raised from the age of three by her brother Sora, and prayed for his soul's peace after he died in a car accident.<ref name="ch6">{{cite book|author=Kubo, Tite|title=Bleach, Volume 1|year=2004|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|chapter=Chapter 6|isbn=1-59116-441-9}}</ref> As time went on, she prayed less and Sora became jealous and turned into a Hollow and attacked Orihime. Academic Patrick Drazen says this is a reminder to the audience to not abandon the old ways or risk the spirits taking offense and causing problems in the world.<ref>{{cite book|title=A Gathering of Spirits: Japan's Ghost Story Tradition from Folklore and Kabuki to Anime and Manga|publisher=iUniverse|author=Drazen, Patrick|date=June 29, 2011|pages=11–12|isbn=978-1462029426|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nnkSCqG8L4YC&pg=PA12|access-date=March 21, 2022|archive-date=March 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321180149/https://books.google.com/books?id=nnkSCqG8L4YC&pg=PA12|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Bleach'' also incorporates [[Shinto]] themes of purification of "evil spirits through charms, scrolls, incantations, and other rituals".<ref name=Feigenblatt /> Christopher A. Born regards ''Bleach'' as transmitting [[Confucian values]].<ref>{{cite journal|date=April 1, 2010|title=In the Footsteps of the Master: Confucian Values in Anime and Manga|journal=ASIANetwork Exchange|volume=17|issue=2|pages=39–53|doi=10.16995/ane.206|doi-access=free|last=Born|first=Christopher A.|issn=1943-9938}}</ref>

Von Feigenblatt describes ''Bleach'' as being culturally and religiously aware, as it draws upon [[Christianity]] and Caribbean [[Santería]].<ref name=Feigenblatt>{{cite journal|author=von Feigenblatt, Otto F.|title=Japanese Animation as a Global Product: The Lingering Traces of Nijonjinron and the Rise of Globalism and Hybridity|date=July–December 2012|journal=Journal of History & Social Sciences|issue=2|volume=3|pages=1&ndash;14|ssrn=2195562}}</ref> Spanish terms are prevalent throughout the realm of Hueco Mundo,<ref name=Feigenblatt /> while both Quincy and Bounts have been known to associate with the German language, making Kubo's world of characters diverse in race and language as well.<ref name="WSJ 12"/> Von Feigenblatt notes that the Quincy "are clearly inspired by the [[Roman Catholic]] Christian Orders of Knighthood such as the [[Sovereign Military Order of Malta]] and the [[Order of the Holy Sepulchre|Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre]] whose influence is shown in terms of the uniform worn by the Quincy as well as by the symbolism of the cross".<ref name=Feigenblatt />

==Media==
===Manga===
{{Further|List of Bleach volumes{{!}}List of ''Bleach'' volumes}}
''Bleach'', written and illustrated by [[Tite Kubo]], was serialized for 15 years in [[Shueisha]]'s [[Shōnen manga|{{Transliteration|ja|shōnen}} manga]] magazine ''[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]'' from August 7, 2001,<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:『BLEACH』15年の歴史に幕 完結記念で"全巻無料"公式アプリ配信|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2077075/full/|publisher=[[Oricon]]|access-date=March 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826230351/http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2077075/full/|archive-date=August 26, 2016|language=ja|date=August 22, 2016|url-status=live|quote={{lang|ja|『BLEACH』第1話が掲載された『週刊少年ジャンプ』(2001年8月7日) (C)デジタルリマスター版「週刊少年ジャンプ」2001年36・37号/集英社 （2/9枚）}}}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|script-title=ja:『BLEACH』20周年プロジェクトの発表をまとめて掲載。久保帯人氏のコメントも|url=https://www.famitsu.com/news/202003/21195057.html|magazine=[[Famitsu]]|access-date=February 20, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210220223245/https://www.famitsu.com/news/202003/21195057.html|archive-date=February 20, 2021|language=ja|date=March 21, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> to August 22, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-08-04/bleach-manga-to-end-on-august-22-with-important-announcement/.105006|title=Bleach Manga to End on August 22 With 'Important Announcement'|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=August 4, 2016|access-date=November 27, 2016|archive-date=November 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129024917/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-08-04/bleach-manga-to-end-on-august-22-with-important-announcement/.105006|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:「BLEACH」15年の歴史に幕！単行本が無料で読めるアプリの配信も|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/198944|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=February 20, 2021|language=ja|date=August 22, 2016|archive-date=April 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428213902/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/198944|url-status=live}}</ref> Its 698 individual chapters{{Efn|Comprising 686 listed chapters and 12 chapters which were listed as -108 to -97.}} were collected in 74 {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volumes released between January 5, 2002, and November 4, 2016.<ref name="JP1">{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-873213-8|title=Bleach 1|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=May 5, 2014|language=ja|archive-date=January 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121010445/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-873213-8|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="JP74">{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-880774-4&mode=1|title=Bleach 74|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=October 6, 2016|language=ja|archive-date=September 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912234959/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-880774-4&mode=1|url-status=live}}</ref> Shueisha published the first 21 volumes compiled into six omnibus collections under the name ''Resurrected Souls'', to celebrate the series' tenth anniversary.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:BLEACH総集編6巻連続刊行！カラーマンガも描き下ろし|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/55163|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=September 29, 2021|language=ja|date=August 19, 2011|archive-date=March 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314131111/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/55163|url-status=live}}</ref> The first collection was released on August 22, 2011;<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:BLEACH総集編6巻連続刊行！カラーマンガも描き下ろし|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/55163|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=October 20, 2023|language=ja|date=August 19, 2011|archive-date=March 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314131111/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/55163|url-status=live}}</ref> the last collection was published on January 23, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:BLEACH総集編 Resurrected Souls 6|url=https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-111094-0|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=October 20, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=October 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231020154637/https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-111094-0|url-status=live}}</ref>

North American licensor [[Viz Media]] serialized the first chapters in the print magazine ''[[Shonen Jump (magazine)|Shonen Jump]]'' from its November 2007 to April 2012 issues.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-07-27/shonen-jump-to-serialize-bleach-publish-slam-dunk|title=Viz to Serialize Bleach, Publish Slam Dunk|date=July 27, 2007|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=May 5, 2014|archive-date=April 10, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140410110400/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-07-27/shonen-jump-to-serialize-bleach-publish-slam-dunk|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-10-14/viz-shonen-jump-print-magazine-to-end-next-march|title=Viz's Shōnen Jump Print Magazine to End Next March|date=October 14, 2011|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=January 6, 2018|archive-date=December 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210030242/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-10-14/viz-shonen-jump-print-magazine-to-end-next-march|url-status=live }}</ref> The series moved to the digital anthology ''[[Weekly Shonen Jump (American magazine)|Weekly Shonen Jump Alpha]]'' in January 2012 and Viz Media released it digitally as Shueisha published new chapters in Japan.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-10-14/viz-to-launch-weekly-shonen-jump-alpha-digital-anthology|title=Viz to Launch Weekly Shonen Jump Alpha Digital Anthology|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=October 14, 2011|access-date=January 6, 2018|archive-date=April 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404114434/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-10-14/viz-to-launch-weekly-shonen-jump-alpha-digital-anthology|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-11-04/bleach-manga-gets-2-novels-penned-by-makoto-matsubara-ryohgo-narita/.108451|title=Bleach Manga Gets 2 Novels Penned by Makoto Matsubara, Ryohgo Narita|date=November 4, 2016|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=January 6, 2018|archive-date=January 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180107061541/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-11-04/bleach-manga-gets-2-novels-penned-by-makoto-matsubara-ryohgo-narita/.108451|url-status=live }}</ref> The 74 volumes were released from July 6, 2004, to October 2, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/bleach-volume-1/product/167|title=Bleach, Vol. 1|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|access-date=May 5, 2014|archive-date=September 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180908130535/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/bleach-volume-1/product/167|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/bleach-volume-74/product/5664|title=Bleach, Vol. 74|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|access-date=October 15, 2018|archive-date=October 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008061356/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/bleach-volume-74/product/5664|url-status=live }}</ref> Viz Media also released a hardcover "collector's edition" of the first volume that came with a dust jacket,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.viz.com/manga/print/bleach-volume-1C/7962|title=Bleach, Volume 1 (Collector's Edition)|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140712045628/http://www.viz.com/manga/print/bleach-volume-1C/7962|archive-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref> two box sets,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/product/bleach-box-sets-vol-1/7996|title=Bleach Box Set 1: Volumes 1–21 with Premium|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|access-date=January 6, 2018|archive-date=January 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180107061843/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/product/bleach-box-sets-vol-1/7996|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/product/bleach-box-sets-vol-2/11771|title=Bleach Box Set 2: Volumes 22–48 with Premium|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|access-date=January 6, 2018|archive-date=January 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180107061403/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/product/bleach-box-sets-vol-2/11771|url-status=live}}</ref> and twenty-five 3-in-1 volumes between June 7, 2011, and March 5, 2019.<ref name="1st 3-in-1 Vol 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/bleach-3-in-1-edition-volume-1/product/2767|title=''Bleach'' (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 1|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|access-date=May 5, 2014|archive-date=November 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181128210644/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/bleach-3-in-1-edition-volume-1/product/2767|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/bleach-3-in-1-edition-volume-25/product/5841|title=''Bleach'' (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 25|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|access-date=July 22, 2019|archive-date=April 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413144236/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/bleach-3-in-1-edition-volume-25/product/5841|url-status=live }}</ref>

A 73-page chapter, titled {{Nihongo|"New Breathes From Hell"|獄頤鳴鳴篇|Gokui Meimei-hen}}, was published in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'', to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the manga's debut in the magazine, on August 10, 2021.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Tite Kubo Pens New Bleach 1-Shot Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-08-01/tite-kubo-pens-new-bleach-1-shot-manga/.175756|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=August 1, 2021|date=August 1, 2021|archive-date=August 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810095441/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-08-01/tite-kubo-pens-new-bleach-1-shot-manga/.175756|url-status=live}}</ref> It was published in English by Viz Media's ''Shonen Jump'' online magazine and on the Shueisha's ''[[Manga Plus]]'' online platform. The one-shot ends seemingly on a [[cliffhanger]]; the character for "hen" ({{lang|ja|篇}}), used in the Japanese title of the chapter, is usually used to denote the title of a [[story arc]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Hazra|first=Adriana|title=Viz Media, Manga Plus Publish Bleach 1-Shot in English|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-08-10/viz-media-manga-plus-publish-bleach-1-shot-in-english/.176096|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=August 10, 2021|date=August 10, 2021|archive-date=August 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810083237/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-08-10/viz-media-manga-plus-publish-bleach-1-shot-in-english/.176096|url-status=live}}</ref> The chapter was digitally released as a collected volume on December 3, 2021.<ref>{{cite web|last=Harding|first=Daryl|title=Bleach's Summer One-Shot Manga Gets Released Digitally in Japan With New Cover|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2021/12/03-1/bleachs-summer-one-shot-manga-gets-released-digitally-in-japan-with-new-cover|website=[[Crunchyroll]]|access-date=December 4, 2021|date=December 3, 2021|archive-date=December 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204004304/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2021/12/03-1/bleachs-summer-one-shot-manga-gets-released-digitally-in-japan-with-new-cover|url-status=live}}</ref> A full-color version of the chapter was published digitally on September 4, 2023.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:BLEACH 獄頤鳴鳴篇 カラー版|url=https://www.shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?jdcn=08X10000000028443400|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=September 10, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=September 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230910115653/https://www.shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?jdcn=08X10000000028443400|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Anime===
{{Main|Bleach (TV series){{!}}''Bleach'' (TV series)|List of Bleach episodes{{!}}List of ''Bleach'' episodes}}
''Bleach'' was adapted by [[Pierrot (company)|studio Pierrot]] into an [[anime]] television series directed by [[Noriyuki Abe]] and broadcast for 366 episodes on [[TV Tokyo]] from October 2004 to March 2012.<ref name="Anime">{{cite web|url=http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/bleach/episodes/episodes01/index.html|title=Bleach 1–13|publisher=[[TV Tokyo]]|language=ja|access-date=May 5, 2014|archive-date=October 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017002007/http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/bleach/episodes/episodes01/index.html}}</ref><ref name="Anime2">{{cite web|url=http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/bleach/episodes/episodes30/index.html|title=Bleach 355–366|publisher=[[TV Tokyo]]|language=ja|access-date=May 5, 2014|archive-date=May 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506082026/https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/bleach/episodes/episodes30/index.html}}</ref><ref name="Bleach TV Anime Ending on March 27">{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-02-23/bleach-tv-anime-ending-on-march-27|title=Bleach TV Anime Ending on March 27|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=February 23, 2012|archive-date=April 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406125815/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-02-23/bleach-tv-anime-ending-on-march-27|url-status=live}}</ref>

In March 2020, it was announced that the manga's final story arc, "Thousand-Year Blood War", would receive a new anime project.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Bleach Manga's 'Thousand Year Blood War Arc' Gets Anime|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-03-20/bleach-manga-thousand-year-blood-war-arc-gets-anime/.157678|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=November 26, 2021|date=March 20, 2020|archive-date=March 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321010141/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-03-20/bleach-manga-thousand-year-blood-war-arc-gets-anime/.157678|url-status=live }}</ref> In November 2021, it was announced that the new project would be an anime television series.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=BLEACHanimation|number=1457513202959327237|script-title=ja:#ジャンプフェスタ 2022スーパーステージEX『BLEACH』配信決定！|trans-title=#JumpFesta 2022 Super Stage EX We're going to distribute "Bleach"!|language=ja|date=November 8, 2021|access-date=December 12, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Harding|first=Daryl|title=Bleach Event on December 18 to Present 1st Trailer and Visual for Upcoming New TV Anime Adaptation|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2021/11/29-1/bleach-event-on-december-18-to-present-1st-trailer-and-visual-for-upcoming-new-tv-anime-adaptation|website=[[Crunchyroll]]|access-date=November 29, 2021|date=November 29, 2021|archive-date=November 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129093127/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2021/11/29-1/bleach-event-on-december-18-to-present-1st-trailer-and-visual-for-upcoming-new-tv-anime-adaptation|url-status=live}}</ref> It is directed by [[Tomohisa Taguchi]] and premiered in October 2022.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:「BLEACH 千年血戦篇」は来年10月放送！ビジュアル＆PV発表、監督は田口智久|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/458312|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=December 18, 2021|language=ja|date=December 18, 2021|archive-date=December 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211219090118/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/458312|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael|title=Bleach Thousand Year Blood War Anime's Video Reveals October 2022 TV Premiere|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-12-18/bleach-thousand-year-blood-war-anime-video-reveals-october-2022-tv-premiere/.180730|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=December 18, 2021|date=December 18, 2021|archive-date=February 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216050131/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-12-18/bleach-thousand-year-blood-war-anime-video-reveals-october-2022-tv-premiere/.180730|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Films===
{{Main|Bleach: Memories of Nobody{{!}}''Bleach: Memories of Nobody''|Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion{{!}}''Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion''|Bleach: Fade to Black{{!}}''Bleach: Fade to Black''|Bleach: Hell Verse{{!}}''Bleach: Hell Verse''|Bleach (2018 film){{!}}''Bleach'' (2018 film)}}
The series has spawned four animated films: ''Bleach: Memories of Nobody'', premiered on December 16, 2006;<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:BLEACH MEMORIES OF NOBODY|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/C411430|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|access-date=November 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111053440/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/C411430|archive-date=November 11, 2021|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion'', premiered on December 22, 2007;<ref>{{cite web|last=Miller|first=Evan|title=Second Bleach Film's Title, Date Revealed|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-07-09/second-bleach-film's-title-date-revealed|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=November 11, 2021|date=July 9, 2007|archive-date=June 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190627170311/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-07-09/second-bleach-film%27s-title-date-revealed|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Bleach: Fade to Black'', premiered on December 13, 2008;<ref>{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Third Bleach Film, First Major Film Have Titles, Dates|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-07-15/third-bleach-film-first-major-film-have-titles-dates|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=November 11, 2021|date=July 15, 2008|archive-date=July 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170720225215/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-07-15/third-bleach-film-first-major-film-have-titles-dates|url-status=live}}</ref> and ''Bleach: Hell Verse'', premiered on December 4, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Bleach: Jigoku-Hen Film, Yakumo Promos Streamed (Updated)|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-09-14/bleach/jigoku-hen-film-yakumo-promos-streamed|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=November 11, 2021|date=September 13, 2010|archive-date=November 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111054524/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-09-14/bleach/jigoku-hen-film-yakumo-promos-streamed|url-status=live}}</ref> A live-action film adaptation premiered in Japan on July 20, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Live-Action Bleach Film's 2 New Ads Streamed Before July 20 Premiere|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-07-14/live-action-bleach-film-2-new-ads-streamed-before-july-20-premiere/.134265|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=November 11, 2021|date=July 14, 2018|archive-date=November 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111054521/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-07-14/live-action-bleach-film-2-new-ads-streamed-before-july-20-premiere/.134265|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Light novels===
[[Tite Kubo]] and Makoto Matsubara have co-authored three novelizations of the ''Bleach'' series, which were published by [[Shueisha]] under its [[Jump (magazine line)#Jump J-Books|Jump J-Books]] imprint. The first volume, ''Bleach – Letters From The Other Side: The Death and The Strawberry'', was published on December 15, 2004, and re-released as ''Bleach – Letters From The Other Side: The Death and The Strawberry - New Edition'' on November 4, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-703149-7|title=BLEACH-letters from the other side: The Death and The Strawberry|language=ja|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=May 4, 2014|archive-date=July 22, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722095016/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-703149-7|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-703212-3|title=BLEACH-letters from the other side: The Death and The Strawberry -new edition-|language=ja|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=May 4, 2014|archive-date=January 11, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130111081339/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-703212-3|url-status=live}}</ref> The second, ''Bleach: The Honey Dish Rhapsody'', was published on November 30, 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-703173-X|title=Bleach: The Honey Dish Rhapsody|language=ja|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=May 4, 2014|archive-date=October 8, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008060902/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-703173-X|url-status=live }}</ref> The third, ''Bleach: The Death Save The Strawberry'', was published on September 4, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-703272-7|title=Bleach: The Death Save The Strawberry|language=ja|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=May 4, 2014|archive-date=January 11, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130111082557/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-703272-7|url-status=live}}</ref> Two novelizations of the ''Bleach'' series have been co-authored by [[Ryōgo Narita]]. The first volume, ''Bleach: Spirits Are Forever With You'', and the second, ''Bleach: Spirits Are Forever With You 2'', were published on June 4, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-703265-9|title=BLEACH: Spirits Are Forever With You I|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=May 3, 2014|language=ja|archive-date=November 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106013332/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-703265-9|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-703266-6|title=BLEACH: Spirits Are Forever With You II|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=May 3, 2014|language=ja|archive-date=November 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106013339/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-703266-6|url-status=live}}</ref>

After the series ended in 2016, a series of novels were released by Shueisha.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-12-08/more-details-revealed-for-2-upcoming-bleach-novels/.109645|title=More Details Revealed For 2 Upcoming Bleach Novels|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=May 28, 2017|language=en|archive-date=June 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606042247/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-12-08/more-details-revealed-for-2-upcoming-bleach-novels/.109645|url-status=live}}</ref> The first novel, ''Bleach: WE DO knot ALWAYS LOVE YOU'', was written by the writer of ''Bleach: The Death Save The Strawberry'' Makoto Matsubara  and was published on December 27, 2016. The second, ''Bleach: Can't Fear Your Own World'', is a serialized novel written by the writer of ''Bleach: Spirits Are Forever With You'' series Narita Ryohgo and was released bi-weekly from April 28, 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-04-22/ryohgo-narita-new-bleach-novel-reveals-title-digital-serialization-starting-on-april-28/.115160|title=Ryohgo Narita's New Bleach Novel Reveals Title, Digital Serialization Starting on April 28|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=May 28, 2017|language=en|archive-date=May 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170523061810/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-04-22/ryohgo-narita-new-bleach-novel-reveals-title-digital-serialization-starting-on-april-28/.115160|url-status=live}}</ref> The first volume was released on August 4, 2017<ref>{{cite web|last=Kelly|first=Rai|title=Bleach: Can't Fear Your Own World Novels Go On Hiatus|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-07-21/bleach-cant-fear-your-own-world-novels-go-on-hiatus/.119177|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=October 30, 2018|date=July 21, 2017|archive-date=October 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030131207/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-07-21/bleach-cant-fear-your-own-world-novels-go-on-hiatus/.119177|url-status=live }}</ref> and the second volume was published on November 2, 2018. The novel series ended with the release of the third volume on December 4, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Bleach Novel Series to End With 3rd Volume|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-10-29/bleach-novel-series-to-end-with-3rd-volume/.138754|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=October 30, 2018|date=October 29, 2018|archive-date=October 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030135709/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-10-29/bleach-novel-series-to-end-with-3rd-volume/.138754|url-status=live }}</ref> [[Viz Media]] published the three volumes of ''Bleach: Can't Fear Your Own World'' between July 7, 2020,<ref>{{cite web|author1=Rafael Antonio Pineda|title=Viz Licenses New Bleach, Naruto, One Piece Novels|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-10-04/viz-licenses-new-bleach-naruto-one-piece-novels/.151867|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=October 4, 2019|date=October 4, 2019|archive-date=October 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191013043113/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-10-04/viz-licenses-new-bleach-naruto-one-piece-novels/.151867|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Bleach: Can't Fear Your Own World, Vol. 1|url=https://www.viz.com/read/novel/bleach-can-t-fear-your-own-world-volume-1/product/6339|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|access-date=November 17, 2022|archive-date=November 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221117192804/https://www.viz.com/read/novel/bleach-can-t-fear-your-own-world-volume-1/product/6339|url-status=live}}</ref> and April 20, 2021.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bleach: Can't Fear Your Own World, Vol. 3|url=https://www.viz.com/read/novel/bleach-can-t-fear-your-own-world-volume-3/product/6612|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|access-date=November 17, 2022|archive-date=November 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221117192806/https://www.viz.com/read/novel/bleach-can-t-fear-your-own-world-volume-3/product/6612|url-status=live}}</ref>

Shueisha published four novelizations based on the ''Bleach'' movies. The first volume, ''Bleach: Memories of Nobody'', was published on December 18, 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-703174-8|script-title=ja:劇場版BLEACH ―MEMORIES OF NOBODY―|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=May 6, 2014|language=ja|archive-date=March 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150322022052/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-703174-8|url-status=live}}</ref> The second, ''Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion, Another Hyōrinmaru'', was published on December 22, 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-703189-8|script-title=ja:劇場版 BLEACH The DiamondDust Rebellion もう一つの氷輪丸|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=May 6, 2014|language=ja|archive-date=March 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150322022055/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-703189-8|url-status=live}}</ref> The third, ''Bleach: Fade to Black, I Call Your Name'', was published on December 15, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-703197-3|script-title=ja:劇場版BLEACH Fade to Black 君の名を呼ぶ|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=May 6, 2014|language=ja|archive-date=August 31, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120831135104/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-703197-3|url-status=live}}</ref> The fourth volume, ''Bleach: Hell Chapter'', was published on December 6, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-703234-5|script-title=ja:劇場版BLEACH 地獄篇|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=May 6, 2014|language=ja|archive-date=September 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912234804/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-703234-5|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Video games===
{{Further|List of Bleach video games{{!}}List of ''Bleach'' video games}}
A number of video games have been created featuring characters from the ''Bleach'' series, primarily though not exclusively [[fighting game]]s. The first video game to be released from the ''Bleach'' series was ''[[Bleach: Brave Souls|Bleach: Heat the Soul]]'', which debuted on March 24, 2005, for the [[Sony]] [[PlayStation Portable]].<ref name="HTSRelease">{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/games/bleach-heat-the-soul/psp-714494|title=IGN: ''Bleach: Heat the Soul''|website=[[IGN]]|access-date=May 4, 2014|archive-date=February 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219174712/http://www.ign.com/games/bleach-heat-the-soul/psp-714494|url-status=live}}</ref> Currently, the majority of the games have only been released in Japan, though [[Sega]] has localized the first three [[Nintendo DS]] games and the first Wii game for North America.<ref name="DS2ndDetails">{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2006/07/28/bleach-2nd-details|title=Bleach 2nd Details|author=Gantayat, Anoop|website=[[IGN]]|date=July 28, 2006|access-date=May 4, 2014|archive-date=May 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140504190741/http://www.ign.com/articles/2006/07/28/bleach-2nd-details|url-status=live}}</ref> So far, all dedicated ''Bleach'' games released for [[Sony]]'s consoles have been developed and published by [[Sony Computer Entertainment|SCEI]], whereas the games for [[Nintendo]] consoles are developed and published by Sega, and the Nintendo DS games are developed by [[Treasure (company)|Treasure Co. Ltd.]]<ref name="FateRelease">{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/games/bleach-the-blade-of-fate/nds-763827|title=IGN: Bleach: The Blade of Fate|website=[[IGN]]|access-date=May 4, 2014|archive-date=May 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140504201005/http://www.ign.com/games/bleach-the-blade-of-fate/nds-763827|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="BladeRelease">{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/games/bleach-shattered-blade/wii-833630|title=IGN: Bleach: Shattered Blade|website=[[IGN]]|access-date=May 4, 2014|archive-date=May 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140504202510/http://www.ign.com/games/bleach-shattered-blade/wii-833630|url-status=live}}</ref> Two [[mobile game]]s had also been released in 2014 (''Bleach: Bankai Battle'') and 2015 (''[[Bleach: Brave Souls]]'') for the series, which are available for [[iOS]] and [[Android (operating system)|Android]].<ref name="Bankai Battle">{{cite web|url=http://corp.gree.net/jp/ja/news/press/2014/0414-01.html|script-title=ja:グリーとORATTAの共同開発タイトル「BLEACH 卍解バトル」4月14日より提供開始|publisher=GREE, Inc.|language=ja|date=April 14, 2014|access-date=May 2, 2014|archive-date=December 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181230124323/http://corp.gree.net/jp/ja/news/press/2014/0414-01.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Brave Souls">{{cite web|url=http://www.klab.com/jp/press/150723.html|script-title=ja:KLab、爽快3Dアクションゲーム「BLEACH Brave Souls」App StoreおよびGoogle Play向けに配信開始！|publisher=KLab Inc.|language=ja|date=July 23, 2015|access-date=October 7, 2015|archive-date=September 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925095249/http://www.klab.com/jp/press/150723.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, [[Line Corporation|Line]] announced the release of a game exclusive for their communication app called ''Bleach: Paradise Lost''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sherman|first=Jennifer|title=Tite Kubo's Bleach Manga Gets LINE Smartphone Game|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-07-28/tite-kubo-bleach-manga-gets-line-smartphone-game/.119451|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=October 20, 2023|date=July 28, 2017|archive-date=July 24, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724140216/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-07-28/tite-kubo-bleach-manga-gets-line-smartphone-game/.119451|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:3DタップRPG「LINE BLEACH -PARADISE LOST-」の配信がスタート。大迫力の剣戟と魅力的なキャラクターたちとの物語がフル3Dで楽しめる|url=https://www.4gamer.net/games/389/G038944/20170929025/|website=4Gamer.net|access-date=October 20, 2023|language=ja|date=September 29, 2017|archive-date=July 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710103944/http://www.4gamer.net/games/389/G038944/20170929025/|url-status=live}}</ref> In July 2023, a console video game titled ''Bleach: Soul Resonance'', published by [[Nuverse]], was announced.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bonthuys|first=Darryn|title=Bleach Is Finally Getting A New Action Game After More Than A Decade|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/bleach-is-finally-getting-a-new-action-game-after-more-than-a-decade/1100-6515792/|website=[[GameSpot]]|access-date=December 28, 2023|date=July 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231228174309/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/bleach-is-finally-getting-a-new-action-game-after-more-than-a-decade/1100-6515792/|archive-date=December 28, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> In July 2024, a video game titled ''Bleach: Rebirth of Souls'' was announced. It is set to released by [[Bandai Namco Entertainment]] for the [[PlayStation 4]], [[PlayStation 5]], [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] (via [[Steam (service)|Steam]]), and [[Xbox Series X and Series S|Xbox Series X/S]] on March 21, 2025.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Bleach Gets New Bleach: Rebirth of Souls 3D Arena Fighting Game|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-07-05/bleach-gets-new-bleach-rebirth-of-souls-3d-arena-fighting-game/.212891|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=July 6, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240706103142/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-07-05/bleach-gets-new-bleach-rebirth-of-souls-3d-arena-fighting-game/.212891|archive-date=July 6, 2024|date=July 5, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Tai|first=Anita|title=Bleach: Rebirth of Souls Game Streams Opening Movie|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-05/bleach-rebirth-of-souls-game-streams-opening-movie/.216382|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=October 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241005164634/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-05/bleach-rebirth-of-souls-game-streams-opening-movie/.216382|archive-date=October 5, 2024|date=October 5, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Bleach: Rebirth of Souls Game's Trailer Announces March 21 Release|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-12-04/bleach-rebirth-of-souls-game-trailer-announces-march-21-release/.218606|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=December 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241205055913/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-12-04/bleach-rebirth-of-souls-game-trailer-announces-march-21-release/.218606|archive-date=December 5, 2024|date=December 4, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Trading card game===
{{Main|Bleach Trading Card Game{{!}}''Bleach Trading Card Game''}}
Two [[collectible card games]] (CCG) based on the ''Bleach'' series have been produced, one in the Japanese market and a different one in North America. ''Bleach Soul Card Battle'', produced by [[Bandai]], was introduced in Japan at the [[Jump Festa]] in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bleach -Soul Card Battle-|url=http://www.carddas.com/bleach/|publisher=[[Carddass]]|access-date=October 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050112034326/http://www.carddas.com/bleach/|archive-date=January 12, 2005|language=ja}}</ref> Twenty named sets were released for the series.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:Bleach: Soul Card Battle – March Of The Death（20）ブースターパック|url=https://www.bandai.co.jp/catalog/item.php?jan_cd=4543112578648000|publisher=[[Bandai]]|access-date=October 20, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=October 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231020153412/https://www.bandai.co.jp/catalog/item.php?jan_cd=4543112578648000|url-status=live}}</ref> After ''Bleach Soul Card Battle'', Bandai introduced three more series. ''Bleach The Card Gum'', which contains 14 sets, was released in early September 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bandai.co.jp/catalog/item/4543112496447000.html|title=Bleach The Card Gum 1|publisher=[[Bandai]]|language=ja|access-date=May 9, 2014|archive-date=May 12, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512224150/http://www.bandai.co.jp/catalog/item/4543112496447000.html|url-status=live }}</ref> The next series, ''Bleach Clear Collection'', which contains six sets, was released in July 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.carddass.com/bleach/cardlist_cc6.html|title=Bleach Clear Collection 6|publisher=[[Carddass]]|language=ja|access-date=May 7, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528030142/http://www.carddass.com/bleach/cardlist_cc6.html|archive-date=May 28, 2013|df=mdy-all }}</ref> The last series, ''Bleach Clear Soul Plate'', which consists of three sets, was published in December 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.carddass.com/bleach/product_csp3.html|title=Bleach Clear Soul Plate 3|publisher=[[Carddass]]|language=ja|access-date=May 7, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202040302/http://www.carddass.com/bleach/product_csp3.html|archive-date=February 2, 2015|df=mdy-all }}</ref>

''Bleach TCG'' was introduced in the United States by [[Score Entertainment]] in May 2007,<ref>{{cite web|title=Score named official TCG licensor for Bleach|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2006-09-22/score-named-official-tcg-licensor-for-bleach|publisher=[[Score Entertainment]] via [[Anime News Network]]|access-date=October 20, 2023|date=September 22, 2006|archive-date=June 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190611193757/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2006-09-22/score-named-official-tcg-licensor-for-bleach|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialbleachtcg.com/faq.cfm#promo|title=Official Bleach TCG: FAQ|publisher=[[Score Entertainment]]|access-date=November 2, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081217153219/http://www.officialbleachtcg.com/faq.cfm#promo|archive-date=December 17, 2008|url-status=dead }}</ref> but ceased publication April 2009, just before the planned launch of its seventh expansion, ''Bleach Infiltration''.<ref name="TCG RIP">{{cite web|url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/14681.html|title='Bleach TCG' RIP|website=ICv2|access-date=May 22, 2009|archive-date=July 13, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713002103/http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/14681.html|url-status=dead }}</ref> This cancellation was attributed to the [[Great Recession|2007–09 recession]], which has heavily affected TCG sales.<ref name="TCG RIP" /> Designed by Aik Tongtharadol, the TCG is a two-player game in which each player starts with at least 61 cards: a "Guardian" card, a 60-card "main deck", and an optional 20-card "side deck". A player loses if his or her power, as dictated by the Guardian card, is reduced to zero, or if he or she is unable to draw or discard a card from his or her deck.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialbleachtcg.com/rules.cfm|title=Official Bleach TCG: Rules|publisher=[[Score Entertainment]]|access-date=November 2, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081217075805/http://www.officialbleachtcg.com/rules.cfm|archive-date=December 17, 2008|url-status=dead }}</ref> The cards for the game have been released in named sets with each set released in three formats: a 72-card pre-constructed box set containing a [[Booster pack|starter deck]] and two [[booster pack]]s, a 10-card booster pack, and a 12-pack booster box.

===Musicals===
{{Main|Rock Musical Bleach{{!}}''Rock Musical Bleach''}}
Bleach has been adapted into a series of rock musicals, jointly produced by [[Studio Pierrot]] and Nelke Planning. There have been five musicals produced which covered portions of the [[List of Bleach episodes (season 1)|Substitute]] and [[List of Bleach episodes (season 2)|Soul Society]] arcs, as well as five additional performances known as "Live Bankai Shows" and "Rock Musical Bleach Shinsei", which did not follow the ''Bleach'' plotline. The initial performance run of the ''Bleach'' musical was from August 17–28, 2005, at the Space Zero Tokyo center in [[Shinjuku, Tokyo|Shinjuku]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rmbleach.com/|title=Rock Musical Bleach official website|access-date=May 4, 2014|language=ja|archive-date=February 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222013244/http://rmbleach.com/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nelke.co.jp/stage/rmbleach/|title=ロックミュージカル『BLEACH』|work=Nelke.co.jp|publisher=Nelke Planning Co., LTD|access-date=May 4, 2014|language=ja|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505002634/http://www.nelke.co.jp/stage/rmbleach/|archive-date=May 5, 2014|df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2005-04-11/bleach-rock-musical|title=Bleach Rock Musical|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=April 11, 2005|access-date=May 4, 2014|archive-date=September 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140914134820/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2005-04-11/bleach-rock-musical|url-status=live}}</ref>

The musicals are directed by Takuya Hiramitsu, with script adaptation by Naoshi Okumura and music composed by playwright Shoichi Tama. The songs are completely original and not taken from the anime soundtrack. Key actors in the series include [[Tatsuya Isaka]], who plays [[Ichigo Kurosaki]], [[Miki Satō (actress)|Miki Satō]], who plays [[Rukia Kuchiki]], and [[Eiji Moriyama]], who plays [[Renji Abarai]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/SVWC-7359|title=Rock Musical BLEACH Saien - Live|publisher=CDJapan.co.jp|access-date=May 4, 2014|archive-date=May 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140504225808/http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/SVWC-7359|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2016, another musical was produced to celebrate ''Bleach'' 15th anniversary. The musical was directed and written by Tsutsumi Yasuyuki with [[Dream5]]'s Akira Takano and Chihiro Kai as Ichigo Kurosaki and Rukia Kuchiki respectively. The musical debuted on July 28, 2016, in AiiA 2.5 Theater Tokyo.<ref>{{cite news|website=[[Anime News Network]]|title=New Rock Musical Bleach's Cast, Visual, Debut Date Revealed|access-date=July 1, 2016|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-05-30/new-rock-musical-bleach-cast-visual-debut-date-revealed/.102639|archive-date=July 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160704015303/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-05-30/new-rock-musical-bleach-cast-visual-debut-date-revealed/.102639|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|publisher=Rock Musical Bleach|title=「ROCK MUSICAL BLEACH」 ～もうひとつの地上～|access-date=July 1, 2016|url=http://www.rmbleach.com|archive-date=June 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160626004935/http://www.rmbleach.com/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Other media===
The first ''Bleach'' artbook, ''All Colour But The Black'', was released in Japan, the United States, and Europe. The artbook compiles a selection of color spreads from the first 19 volumes of the series, in addition to some original art and author commentary.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-874173-0|script-title=ja:BLEACHイラスト集 All Colour But The Black|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=May 4, 2014|language=ja|archive-date=March 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150322092211/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-874173-0|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.viz.com/books/print/art-of-bleach-volume-1/7223|title=The Art of Bleach|publisher=[[Viz media]]|access-date=May 4, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140504191814/http://www.viz.com/books/print/art-of-bleach-volume-1/7223|archive-date=May 4, 2014|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The second artbook, {{Nihongo|''Bleach Official Bootleg: KaraBuri+''|BLEACH OFFICIAL BOOTLEG カラブリ プラス}}, was released on August 3, 2007. In addition to character guides and articles on other fictional aspects of the series, it compiles the various short comics, {{Nihongo|''Tedious Everyday Tales Colorful Bleach''|徒然日常絵詞 カラフル ブリーチ|Tsuredure Nichijou Ekotoba Karafuru Buriichi}}, that were published in ''[[V Jump]]''. The {{Transliteration|ja|[[omake]]}}-style panels are similar to those included in the main series, but reveal more of the daily lives of characters.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-874199-4|title=BLEACH OFFICIAL BOOTLEG カラブリ+|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=May 4, 2014|language=ja|archive-date=March 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150322092205/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-874199-4|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Color Bleach+: Bleach Official Bootleg'' was released in English by Viz Media on August 10, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.viz.com/books/print/color-bleach-bleach-official-bootleg-volume-1/8757|title=Color Bleach+: Bleach Official Bootleg|publisher=[[Viz media]]|access-date=May 4, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140504204559/http://www.viz.com/books/print/color-bleach-bleach-official-bootleg-volume-1/8757|archive-date=May 4, 2014|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In December 2018, another artbook, titled ''Bleach JET'' was released, which contains a massive 700 artworks from the series' 15 years tenure.<ref>{{cite web|last=Loveridge|first=Lynzee|title=Bleach Manga Gets 2-Volume, 500-Page Artwork Collection|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2018-06-04/bleach-manga-gets-2-volume-500-page-artwork-collection/.132437|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=November 17, 2022|date=June 4, 2018|archive-date=November 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221117192806/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2018-06-04/bleach-manga-gets-2-volume-500-page-artwork-collection/.132437|url-status=live}}</ref>

Seven databooks have also been released about the series. The first two, ''Bleach: Official Character Book SOULs.'' and ''Bleach: Official Animation Book VIBEs.'', were released on February 3, 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-874079-3|title=BLEACH―ブリーチ― OFFICIAL CHARACTER BOOK SOULs.|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=May 4, 2014|language=ja|archive-date=December 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151230103313/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-874079-3|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-874080-7|title=BLEACH―ブリーチ― OFFICIAL ANIMATION BOOK VIBEs.|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=May 4, 2014|language=ja|archive-date=November 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106013408/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-874080-7|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Bleach: Official Character Book SOULs.'' was later released in English by Viz Media on November 18, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.viz.com/books/print/bleach-souls-official-character-book-volume-1/7403|title=Bleach SOULs. Official Character Book|publisher=[[Viz media]]|access-date=May 4, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140504190544/http://www.viz.com/books/print/bleach-souls-official-character-book-volume-1/7403|archive-date=May 4, 2014|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The third book, ''Bleach: Official Character Book 2: MASKED'', was released on August 4, 2010. This book covers details about characters that appear 100 years prior to the story, such as former captains and lieutenants, along with the Arrancars and Visoreds. Although it was released on the same day as volume 46, ''Back From Blind'', the book only covers material up to volume 37, ''Beauty Is So Solitary''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-874845-0|title=BLEACH―ブリーチ― OFFICIAL CHARACTER BOOK 2 MASKED.|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=May 4, 2014|language=ja|archive-date=August 25, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100825082850/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-874845-0|url-status=live}}</ref> The English version was released by Viz Media on March 6, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.viz.com/books/print/bleach-masked-official-character-book-2/10109|title=Bleach MASKED: Official Character Book 2|publisher=[[Viz media]]|access-date=May 4, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140504192255/http://www.viz.com/books/print/bleach-masked-official-character-book-2/10109|archive-date=May 4, 2014|df=mdy-all}}</ref> A fourth book, ''Bleach: Official Invitation Book The Hell Verse'', was given to the first one million movie-goers of ''[[Bleach: Hell Verse]]'' on December 4, 2010. It contains character sketches, promotional posters, and the one-off Hell manga special.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:劇場版「BLEACH」入場者100万名に久保帯人描き下ろし本|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/38885|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=October 20, 2023|language=ja|date=October 11, 2010|archive-date=October 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221020120007/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/38885|url-status=live}}</ref> A fifth book ''Bleach: Official Character Book 3: UNMASKED'', was released on June 3, 2011, the same day as the volume 50 of the series. However it only covers material up to volume 48, ''God is Dead''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-874861-0|title=Bleach: Official Character Book 3: UNMASKED|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|language=ja|access-date=May 4, 2014|archive-date=November 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106013416/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-874861-0|url-status=live}}</ref> On June 4, 2012, a sixth book was released under the name ''Bleach: The Rebooted Souls''. This free booklet was distributed with ''Bleach'' manga volume 55, with the aim to provide information to readers about the manga's final arc, ''The Thousand-Year Blood War''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.s-manga.net/comics_new/cn_20120604_wj_jpc_bleach-the-rebooted-souls_hhjAYx2E.html|title=BLEACH: THE REBOOTED SOULS|publisher=s-manga.net|language=ja|access-date=May 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506181902/http://www.s-manga.net/comics_new/cn_20120604_wj_jpc_bleach-the-rebooted-souls_hhjAYx2E.html|archive-date=May 6, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> The seventh book, ''BLEACH 13 BLADEs.'', was released on August 4, 2015, and it is focused solely on the Soul Reapers and the 13 Court Squads.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:「BLEACH」死神フォーカスしたファンブックに岸本斉史、松井優征ら寄稿|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/155908|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=October 20, 2023|language=ja|date=August 3, 2015|archive-date=October 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010024708/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/155908|url-status=live}}</ref>

Shueisha published a special book ''Bleach: JCCover Postcard Book MAILs.'', which was released on December 4, 2013. It features cover pages as postcards up to volume 60 with poems on the back.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-880089-9|title=BLEACH: JCCOVER POSTCARD BOOK MAILs．|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|language=ja|access-date=May 4, 2014|archive-date=May 4, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140504153725/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-880089-9|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Reception==
[[File:Otakuthon 2014- Bleach (14850595510).jpg|thumb|300px|Fans dressed as characters from ''Bleach'' in 2014]]

===Sales===
''Bleach'' had over 90{{nbsp}}million {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} copies in circulation in Japan by 2017;<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:「BLEACH」久保帯人、ラジオ発言が「ぶっちゃけすぎ」　ワンピース作者は「嫌いです」|url=https://www.j-cast.com/2017/11/13313746.html?p=all|publisher={{ill|J-Cast|ja|ジェイ・キャスト}}|access-date=October 17, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241017001441/https://www.j-cast.com/2017/11/13313746.html?p=all|archive-date=October 17, 2024|language=ja|date=November 13, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> over 120 million {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} copies in circulation worldwide by 2018;<ref name="movieannouncement">{{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201609150004.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915195058/http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201609150004.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 15, 2016|title='Bleach' manga gets live-action film adaptation starring Fukushi|date=September 15, 2016|work=[[Asahi Shimbun]]|access-date=November 17, 2016}}</ref><ref name="moviedate">{{cite tweet|last=Official|first=Movie "BLEACH"|user=bleach_moviejp|number=960241559324078080|script-title=ja:＼＼7⃣月2⃣0⃣日公開決定／／ 全世界でシリーズ累計1億2000万部を超える超人気コミック原作。悪霊・虚〈ホロウ〉 死神の戦いを、壮大なスケールで描くバトルアクション大作『#BLEACH』の公開日が、7月20日（金）に決定|date=February 5, 2018|access-date=February 5, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2018-02-05/bleach-manga-has-120-million-copies-in-print-worldwide/.127393|title=Bleach Manga Has 120 Million Copies in Print Worldwide|date=January 23, 2017|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=March 3, 2017|archive-date=February 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180205224244/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2018-02-05/bleach-manga-has-120-million-copies-in-print-worldwide/.127393|url-status=live }}</ref> and over 130 million copies in circulation worldwide by 2022, making it one of the [[List of best-selling manga|best-selling manga series]] of all time from ''Weekly Shōnen Jump''.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:BLEACH 千年血戦篇：キービジュアルに護廷十三隊の隊長陣、星十字騎士団集結 PVでユーハバッハのせりふも|url=https://mantan-web.jp/article/20220702dog00m200033000c.html|website=[[Mantan Web]]|access-date=July 3, 2022|language=ja|date=July 3, 2022|archive-date=July 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703033525/https://mantan-web.jp/article/20220702dog00m200033000c.html|url-status=live}}</ref> During 2008, volume 34 of the manga sold 874,153 copies in Japan, becoming the 12th best-seller comics from the year. Volumes 33 and 35 have also ranked 17 and 18, respectively.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-12-19/2008-yearly-japanese-comic-ranking-no.1-25|title=2008's Top-Selling Manga in Japan, #1–25|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=December 19, 2008|access-date=December 30, 2008|archive-date=February 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203154047/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-12-19/2008-yearly-japanese-comic-ranking-no.1-25|url-status=live }}</ref> In total the manga has sold 3,161,825 copies in Japan during 2008, becoming the year's fifth best selling series.<ref>{{cite news|title=2008's Top-Selling Manga in Japan, by Series|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-01-02/2008-top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-series|date=January 2, 2009|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=January 3, 2009|archive-date=December 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201070535/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-01-02/2008-top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-series|url-status=live}}</ref> In the first half from 2009, ''Bleach'' ranked as the second best-selling manga in Japan, having sold 3.5 million copies.<ref>{{cite news|title=Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Series: 1st Half of 2009|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-06-15/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-series/1st-half-of-2009|date=June 15, 2009|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=June 15, 2009|archive-date=December 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201040334/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-06-15/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-series/1st-half-of-2009|url-status=live}}</ref> Having sold 927,610 copies, volume 36 ranked seventh, volume 37 was eighth with 907,714 sold copies, and volume 38 at 10th with 822,238 copies.<ref>{{cite news|title=Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Volume: 1st Half of 2009 (Updated)|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-06-15/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-volume/1st-half-of-2009|date=June 15, 2009|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=June 15, 2009|archive-date=December 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226191302/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-06-15/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-volume/1st-half-of-2009|url-status=live}}</ref>

North American sales of the manga have also been high, with {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes having sold over 1.2{{nbsp}}million copies by 2007.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2009-09-01/viz-release-bleach-the-movie-diamonddust-rebellion|title=Viz To Release Bleach The Movie 2: The DiamondDust Rebellion on DVD|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=September 1, 2007|access-date=September 28, 2009|archive-date=September 5, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090905091426/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2009-09-01/viz-release-bleach-the-movie-diamonddust-rebellion|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2008-05-21/viz-media-shonen-jump-welcomes-bleach-manga-creator-tite-kubo-for-ultra-rare-appearance-at-2008-san-diego-comic-con-international|title=Viz Media's Shonen Jump Welcomes Bleach Manga Creator Tite Kubo for Ultra-Rare Appearance at 2008 San Diego Comic-Con International|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=May 21, 2008|access-date=September 28, 2009|archive-date=March 15, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100315123311/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2008-05-21/viz-media-shonen-jump-welcomes-bleach-manga-creator-tite-kubo-for-ultra-rare-appearance-at-2008-san-diego-comic-con-international|url-status=live }}</ref> Volume 16 placed in the top 10 graphic novel sales in December 2006 and volume 17 was the best-selling manga volume for the month of February 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/9908.html|title=Top 100 Graphic Novels Actual--December 2006|website=ICv2|date=January 16, 2007|access-date=March 28, 2007|archive-date=July 13, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713002111/http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/9908.html|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/10271.html|title=Top 100 Graphic Novels Actual--February 2007|website=ICv2|date=March 20, 2007|access-date=March 28, 2007|archive-date=April 25, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425232412/http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/10271.html|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/10272.html|title=Civil War Finale Tops the Charts|website=ICv2|date=March 20, 2007|access-date=March 28, 2007|archive-date=April 25, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425192632/http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/10272.html|url-status=live }}</ref> In a 2010 interview, Gonzalo Ferreyra, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Viz, listed ''Bleach'' as one of six Viz titles that continue to exceed expectations in spite of the harshening manga market.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=ICv2|date=January 21, 2010|title=Interview with Viz's Gonzalo Ferreyra, Part 1|access-date=January 21, 2010|url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/16702.html|archive-date=January 30, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100130202847/http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/16702.html|url-status=dead }}</ref> By 2022, the manga had over 2.7{{nbsp}}million {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes in circulation in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hazra|first=Adriana|title=Bleach Manga Crosses 2.7 Million Copies in Print in U.S., My Hero Academia Manga Crosses 10 Million|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-04-19/bleach-manga-crosses-2.7-million-copies-in-print-in-u.s-my-hero-academia-manga-crosses-10-million/.184723|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=April 20, 2022|date=April 19, 2022|archive-date=April 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220420082017/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-04-19/bleach-manga-crosses-2.7-million-copies-in-print-in-u.s-my-hero-academia-manga-crosses-10-million/.184723|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Critical reception===
Deb Aoki from [[About.com]] considered the series as the Best Continuing Shōnen Manga of 2007, along with ''[[Eyeshield 21]]'', praising the "compelling stories, dazzling action sequences and great character development".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://manga.about.com/od/recommendedreading/tp/2007BestManga.htm|title=2007 Best Continuing Manga List&nbsp;— Top 10 Current Manga Series of 2007|publisher=[[About.com]]|last=Aoki|first=Deb|year=2007|access-date=December 13, 2008|archive-date=July 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707075024/http://manga.about.com/od/recommendedreading/tp/2007BestManga.htm|url-status=live }}</ref> She also placed the title on her list of "Top 10 Shōnen Manga Must-Reads".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://manga.about.com/od/recommendedreading/tp/top10shonen.htm|title=Recommended Reading&nbsp;— Top 10 List of Shōnen Manga Must-Reads|publisher=[[About.com]]|last=Aoki|first=Deb|access-date=December 13, 2008|archive-date=August 27, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110827065141/http://manga.about.com/od/recommendedreading/tp/top10shonen.htm|url-status=live }}</ref> The artwork and the character designs received positive response by [[IGN]]'s A.E. Sparrow. He also commented on the series' ability to handle multiple minor character plotlines at the same time, which he considered a point of appeal, in response to fans' claims about a "lack of a story" in ''Bleach''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://comics.ign.com/articles/772/772283p1.html|title=Bleach: Volume 18 review Blink and you'll miss something very cool|author=Sparrow, A. E.|website=[[IGN]]|date=March 12, 2007|access-date=November 1, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615094028/http://comics.ign.com/articles/772/772283p1.html|archive-date=June 15, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> Leroy Douresseaux from ''Comic Book Bin'' agreed with Sparrow in the number of storylines, but also praised the fighting scenes finding them comparable to the ones of popular films.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comicbookbin.com/bleach022.html|title=Bleach: Volume 22 review|author=Douresseaux, Leroy|website=Comic Book Bin|date=January 27, 2007|access-date=November 1, 2008|archive-date=October 4, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081004230511/http://www.comicbookbin.com/bleach022.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comicbookbin.com/bleach022.html|title=Bleach: Volume 20 review|author=Douresseaux, Leroy|website=Comic Book Bin|date=July 22, 2007|access-date=November 1, 2008|archive-date=October 4, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081004230511/http://www.comicbookbin.com/bleach022.html|url-status=live}}</ref> On the other hand, Mania reviewer Jarred Pine criticized the series as being plagued with stereotypes from the genre. He felt it was a rough start for the series with unimpressive battles, overused gags, and a bad introduction for central character Ichigo that causes him to come across "as a frowning punk" whose one good trait is his desire to protect. Despite this, Pine notes that he loves the series, particularly its quirky, lovable characters.<ref name="pine">{{cite web|url=http://www.mania.com/bleach-vol-01_article_82089.html|title=Bleach Vol. #01|date=February 24, 2005|publisher=Mania|last=Pine|first=Jarred|access-date=December 13, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018201823/http://www.mania.com/bleach-vol-01_article_82089.html|archive-date=October 18, 2012|df=mdy-all }}</ref> [[Jason Thompson (writer)|Jason Thompson]] said he was no longer able to take ''Bleach'' seriously after it introduced villains [[Ulquiorra]] and [[Yammy]] in a scene precisely mirroring [[Vegeta]] and [[Nappa (character)|Nappa]]'s arrival in ''[[Dragon Ball (manga)|Dragon Ball Z]]'', but acknowledged it was likely intended as a deliberate homage. He also said Kubo was able to avoid the worst artistic failings typical in series which indulge in superpowered combat, but that the battle scenes were still sometimes difficult to follow.<ref name="Thompson">{{cite news|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/house-of-1000-manga/2013-01-31|title=Jason Thompson's House of 1000 Manga - The Saga of Shonen Jump Part II|website=[[Anime News Network]]|last=Thompson|first=Jason|date=January 31, 2013|access-date=August 15, 2014|archive-date=August 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819084059/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/house-of-1000-manga/2013-01-31|url-status=live }}</ref>

===Accolades===
In 2005, ''Bleach'' was awarded the 50th [[Shogakukan Manga Award]] in the {{Transliteration|ja|shōnen}} category.<ref name="ShogakukanAward">{{cite web|url=http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html|script-title=ja:小学館漫画賞: 歴代受賞者|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja|access-date=August 19, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081217065029/http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html|archive-date=December 17, 2008|df=mdy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html|script-title=ja:の作品はオンラインで購入することができます|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja|access-date=December 14, 2006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081217065029/http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html|archive-date=December 17, 2008|df=mdy }}</ref> The English version of the manga was nominated for the "best manga" and "best theme" awards at the 2006 and 2007 [[American Anime Awards]], but did not win either category.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2007-02-07/american-anime-awards-finalists-announced|title=American Anime Awards Finalists Announced|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=February 2, 2007|access-date=September 28, 2009|archive-date=October 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026182858/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2007-02-07/american-anime-awards-finalists-announced|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-02-24/american-anime-awards-winners|title=American Anime Awards Winners|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=February 24, 2007|access-date=September 28, 2009|archive-date=August 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812015547/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-02-24/american-anime-awards-winners|url-status=live}}</ref>

In November 2014, readers of [[Media Factory]]'s ''Da Vinci'' magazine voted ''Bleach'' the 16th ''Weekly Shōnen Jump''{{'}}s greatest manga series of all time.<ref>{{cite web|last=Green|first=Scott|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/11/13-1/da-vinci-magazine-asks-japanese-readers-to-name-greatest-shonen-jump-manga|title="Da Vinci" Magazine Asks Japanese Readers to Name Greatest "Shonen Jump" Manga|website=[[Crunchyroll]]|date=November 13, 2014|access-date=January 3, 2021|archive-date=October 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010182152/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/11/13-1/da-vinci-magazine-asks-japanese-readers-to-name-greatest-shonen-jump-manga|url-status=live}}</ref> On [[TV Asahi]]'s Manga Sōsenkyo 2021 poll, in which 150,000 people voted for their top 100 manga series, ''Bleach'' ranked 23rd.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:テレビ朝日『国民15万人がガチで投票!漫画総選挙』ランキング結果まとめ！ 栄えある1位に輝く漫画は!?|url=https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1609599746&p=2|website=animate Times|publisher=[[Animate (retailer)|Animate]]|access-date=January 3, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210103111919/https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1609599746&p=2|archive-date=January 3, 2021|language=ja|date=January 3, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>

==See also==
*''[[Burn the Witch (manga)|Burn the Witch]]'', another manga series created by Kubo and set in the ''Bleach'' universe

==Notes==
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==References==
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