Ichigo - Good Bye, Until Next time

Ichigo   - Good Bye, Until Next time

The last episode of Bleach aired today - I am sad

Editorial Opinion
By KingLobo - Mar 27, 2012 03:03 PM EST
Filed Under: Anime & Manga



For more than 11 years or so Bleach has been a mainstay of Anime and Manga for literally hundreds of millions of people. Bleach didn't come to the US until 2006, when it has run on Cartoon Network ever since. Bleach has spawned 2 original video Animations (OVA's) and 4 feature animated films, seven rock musicals, numerous video games and merchandise. While the Manga will go on for another story arc to finally end the anime has run it's course.

I could post a plot sysnopsis from a wiki page or try to make one myself, but really all you need to know, is that this was/is one of the greatest anime series ever. It has everything; a coming of age story, fantastic action and power scales, the artwork is amazing and consistently improving. After 10 years of anime the stories never got stale or old. The method of leaving some story lines hanging and then revisiting them in later seasons was brilliant. The minds behind the manga, somehow were able to span years and tie story points together in such a logical way, that even though it had been years you knew and undertood the what's and whys.

Bleach to me is shoulder to shoulder with DragonballZ. Although these are dynamically different types of anime fans or either or both will know what I mean.

Over the years if you read or watch consistantly you form a bond or kinship with certain charaters. When we in the US, were young who didn't want to be or pretend to be HE-MAN or Voltron, or superman/batman or someone else from the superfriends? Imagine if those cartoons lasted for 11 years, and not the off and on couple. As an adult you appreciate things about anime series that as a child you don't. Such as the artwork, direction, writing, and content. If these things are great and you can relate to them then you feel such a strong connection to the characters.
For me this was Bleach. (and Dragonball Z)

IF you've made it this far in the article, and you are a bleach fan and or a DBZ fan...who hasn't at one point said in their head or even outloud..."BANKAI!" or "Kamehameha" - it just pops up subconsciously. I am a grown man and I have no problems admitting that I love these shows and think about the very cool and quoteable action tag lines. - It's like saying "up up and away" or "High Ho Silver" or "I Have the POWER!", or "Live Long and Prosper"

I know I'm a dork.

TO ME Bleach was those things. A weekly staple for 366 episodes.

Now there is talk about a live action movie since the anime has run it's course. I have some very strong feelings about this. I REALLY hope they don't do one. I know this flys in the face of my fan boy status but seriously I can't think of ANY Live Action manga or anime adaptation that has been any good...maybe "Death Note". Prime example is DB:Evloution. The last thing I want is for Hollywood to bastardize the franchise and completely eliminate any chance of any type of follow up. (series, movies, etc...) That is what has happened to DB.

Ichigo Kurosaki is a teenager gifted with the ability to see spirits. His life is drastically changed by the sudden appearance of a Soul Reaper—one who governs the flow of souls between the human world and the afterlife.

Goodbye - until next time

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headlopper
headlopper - 3/27/2012, 3:51 PM
Although I've never watched it , I didn't want that fact to preclude me from commenting.

Bleach is #2 in ranking, Naruto Shippuuden is #1.

The reason I decided to comment is because I feel THE EXACT SAME WAY with the # 3 rated , which is 'One Piece'.
If a television show could be a religion , this is the one I'd worship.

So I really empathize with you! Fortunately 'One Piece' is still going strong , and so I look forward to my new episode every Saturday night!

Chin up! Jump on board the 'Thousand Sunny'!

KingLobo
KingLobo - 3/27/2012, 4:01 PM
Yeah Couldn't ever get into One Piece. BUT that's not saying anything really...I'm glad at least one person understands me :)
headlopper
headlopper - 3/27/2012, 4:41 PM
I guess we're just two adults that'll never outgrow cartoons.
pesmerga44
pesmerga44 - 3/27/2012, 4:53 PM
Truth be told I definitely don't believe this is the end of Bleach anime they might be waiting for Kubo to finish his last arc and then they will make either an OVA mini series or basically a Bleach 2 "ala Naruto Shippuden". I had good memories of Bleach but like many Soul Society is where it ended.
Lilvic92
Lilvic92 - 3/27/2012, 8:45 PM
Naruto is a far superior anime and manga in my opinion...Sasuke.
MoonDoggyX
MoonDoggyX - 3/28/2012, 10:38 AM
For me, its Naruto Shippuuden, Bleach, then Dragonball Z. I too know how ya feel buddy. I haven't been able to watch Bleach for about the last 50 episodes or so, but I can't wait to catch up! Though Goku is one of my favorite heroes on any genre, Naruto and bleach have built on what made Dragonball awesome. Naturally, that's just because they came after kind of how Star wars is better that the original star trek, then TNG, Babylon 5 and Battlestar improved over that. DBZ is my most revered anime, but a lot of have taken its formula and ran with it for better and worse.

Since i can't watch it, how did the series end...?
MoonDoggyX
MoonDoggyX - 3/28/2012, 10:47 AM
@Lilvic92 - Yeah, buddy! Naruto, and Shippuuden, might be the best writing i've ever seen in an anime series, PERIOD. Literarily speaking, this series really knows how to pack a punch when it needs to...
pesmerga44
pesmerga44 - 3/29/2012, 12:07 AM
Well just to let you all know nothing touches the king of manga and anime One Piece Pirate King Luffy FTW. Its awesome when One Piece manga beats the next 7 mangas combined in number sold
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-11-30/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-series/2011

In Japan One Piece is king nothing comes close and if it wasn't for a shitty 4kids digging their evil claws into it first it would have a much bigger following here.
Spidey1996
Spidey1996 - 4/1/2012, 9:24 AM
You mean yesterday's episode was the last one?
Are you serious?! :(
KingLobo
KingLobo - 4/2/2012, 5:47 AM
depends where you saw it...but as far as the series the last episode aired last Tuesday. (#366)
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