I’ve seen this anime series just recently after my officemate recommended this to me. He said it likes it better than Naruto. I hear about it a lot and it’s pretty popular on different anime communities. So out of curiousity, I got myself a copy and watched it starting from episode one. After watching 20 episodes, I am now a huge fan.

Doing a quick search on my trusted Wikipedia, I found out that this series came out on October 5, 2004 and is still on-going. This started out as a manga (like most anime TV series) created by Tite Kubo that was published on 2001.

Bleach is an action TV series with a mix of comedy and drama. Currently, there are a little more than 100 episodes. Based on my observation, it seems taht the setting of the story is a modern day Japan. Even their outfits look like today’s current trend except when the characters are fighting either on the human world on the Soul Society’s world.

The main character in the story is Kurosaki Ichigo, a high-school student who lives with his father and two sisters. There is something special about Ichigo’s family. They can see spirits invisible to normal people. One day, the city was attacked by something no one can see except for Ichigo. Apparently, it was chasing after a spirit of a child who Ichigo used to talk to. Suddenly, a girl wearing a samurai suit with a sword knocks out the monster. Later on, Ichigo met this girl (Kuchiki Rukia) and found out that she’s a Shinigami (Soul Reaper) who’s mission is to hunt down Hollows (evil spirits) and bring good spirits to the Soul Society. Eventually, Ichigo will become a Soul Reaper himself. If you want to find out how, just watch it for yourself ’cause I think I’ve already given too much spoilers.

I’m currently watching the Fansub version and nothing else is available. I heard it was already dubbed in English and currently being aired in some parts of north America. One of the comments I read on anime forums is that they didn’t like the way it was dubbed. I know this happens a lot but since I haven’t seen the dubbed version, I couldn’t comment on it.

I can see why my friend likes it better than Naruto and that’s because it’s really good. I like both anime series and I don’t think one’s better than the other. But this series has got to be one of the few anime TV series today that can give me the excitement that I haven’t felt in a while. So far, I enjoyed every single episode that I watched and would recommend this to everyone who watches martial arts action anime.

The story has a close resemblance to YuYu Hakusho considering there are three worlds and the main character was chosen to search and destroy monsters from the evil world.

Resources

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_(manga)
• Screenshots can be found at http://www.shinigamicentral.net/gallery/index.php?cat=11

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