Tokyo Anime Dispatch

What Was Announced On June 21, 2026, Aniplex published two official BLEACH updates: the reveal of the new main visual for the final cour and a broadcast-and-streaming schedule for BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War . The visual puts Ichigo Kurosaki in a shattered landscape, with Yhwach looming overhead, and it makes the final conflict feel immediate rather than abstract. The broadcast schedule is just as concrete: TV Tokyo network: July 25, 2026, at 11:00 PM JST Hiroshima TV: August 4, 2026, at 1:29 AM JST Niigata Broadcasting: August 4, 2026, at 1:30 AM JST Sendai Broadcasting: August 10, 2026, at 1:20 AM JST BS TV Tokyo: July 27, 2026, at 12:30 AM JST AT-X: August 2, 2026, at 11:00 PM JST, with repeat broadcasts on Mondays at 4:30 AM JST and Saturdays at 6:00 AM JST Streaming: from July 26, 2026, at 12:00 PM JST, with releases rolling out every Sunday The same-day visual article describes the poster in more detail: broken, barren ground; a battle-worn Ichigo kneeling wit...

On June 21, 2026, Aniplex announced that the final cour of BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War will receive a one-day theatrical preview in Japan. The notice, posted on May 19, 2026, says the first three episodes of the final section will screen in theaters before the TV rollout, and that the Japanese subtitle for the arc is written as 禍進譚 . For fans who have followed the franchise for years, the announcement turns a broadcast milestone into a cinema event. This is a deliberately staged launch. The official page combines a limited screening, a cast stage greeting in Tokyo Bay, and a live viewing that carries the same moment to theaters across the country. That mix makes the announcement feel less like a standard schedule update and more like the opening ceremony for the end of a major anime run. What Was Announced The one-day preview will be held at six theaters nationwide, including Shinjuku Wald 9, United Cinemas Aqua City Odaiba, Sapporo Cinema Frontier, Midland Square Cinema, T-J...