Bleach’s last anime aired on television goes back to March 27, 2012. After teasers and rumors, the Bleach anime returns just over 10 years later. Ichigo, the protagonist of the series, makes a return along with his fellow companions, will jump into a new arc that was never touched from the original manga, Thousand Year Blood War Arc. Dates have swirled the series would return on television in 2022. During the annual Jump Festa held in Japan, a new trailer dropped, along with a window date for October 2022.

Bleach’s manga creator, Tite Kubo, celebrates the anime return with a special visual from his twitter timeline:

#ジャンプフェスタ 2022 スーパーステージEX内で公開された、TVアニメ『BLEACH 千年血戦篇』ティザーPV &ビジュアルの解禁を記念して、久保帯人先生よりコメントが到着しました！〈スタッフ〉#BLEACH #BLEACH_anime pic.twitter.com/xR0cEACuSd

— 久保帯人＆スタッフ (@tite_official) December 18, 2021

With Bleach making a return, anime fans will relive the golden times when One Piece, Naruto and Bleach aired the same years in early 2000s. While Naruto finished airing, the series continues in a sequel titled Boruto. Bleach anime returns to television on October 2022, during the fall season of anime. Now you feel like number one.

Source: Crunchyroll