Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Bleach Anime Ending / Ended at episode 366(Final episode)

Last month on the possibility of the Bleach anime coming to an end after 7.5 years on March 27, though the details weren't particularly concrete. Now a TV listing on the online edition of Newtype Magazine confirms what many believed to be the series finale, pinpointing the final chapter for episode 366.

Here's the listing as it appears on the site:
While this looks to spell the end of the Bleach anime as we know it—WebNewtype doesn't normally mark series which are known to return or go on hiatus as having final episodes—odds are it could return or get rebooted in some form after more of Tite Kubo's manga has been produced.

A picture of one magazine's anime TV listings which lists the Bleach anime as ending on March 27th has been posted to 2ch and has been working its way around the internets. Here is the picture in question with the ending mark:
It is already known that the new Naruto SD: Rock Lee no Seishun Full Power Ninden (which is gonna suck) is taking over Bleach's time slot, however the fate of the show itself has been unknown. Most of the 2ch matome blogs are taking this image to mean that episode 366 on 3/27 is the last epiode of Bleach and that it is not simply a timelot change and/or rebranding.

Bleach animation director Hiroki Takagi also posted this image to his twitter and has been replying to other twitter users about it, suggesting that it is indeed true. However, it should also be noted that this image is missing an ending mark on Chihayafuru which is known to be 25 episodes based on NTV's website.
Everyone ready for what seems to be the last bankai?