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Bleach is a Japanese manga series that became a hugely popular anime, following a teenager who gains the ability to see and interact with ghosts and must protect the living world from evil spirits. The franchise was significant in the 2000s anime boom and is known for its distinctive art style, creative fight scenes, and influence on anime and manga culture globally.
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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 teenager Ichigo Kurosaki, who obtains the powers of a Soul Reaper —a death personification similar to a Grim Reaper—from another Soul Reaper, Rukia Kuchiki. He uses his newfound powers to defend humans from evil spirits called Hollows and guides departed souls to the afterlife, which sets him on journeys to various ghostly realms.
Bleach was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from August 2001 to August 2016, with its chapters collected in 74 tankōbon volumes. The series has spawned a media franchise that includes an anime television series adaptation produced by Pierrot from 2004 to 2012, two original video animations (OVAs), four animated feature films, ten stage musicals, and numerous video games, as well as various types of merchandise. A Japanese live-action film adaptation produced by Warner Bros. premiered in 2018. Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, a sequel to the anime television series that adapts the manga's final story arc, premiered in 2022.