Bleach season 11
Bleach | |
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Season 11 | |
No. of episodes | 7 |
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Original network | TV Tokyo |
Original release | February 10 March 24, 2009 | –
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The eleventh season of the Bleach anime series, released on DVD as The Past Arc (過去篇, Kako Hen),[1] is directed by Noriyuki Abe, and produced by TV Tokyo, Dentsu and Studio Pierrot.[2] The seven episode season is based on Tite Kubo's Bleach manga series. The episodes' plot follows the flashback arc of the series' storyline which retells the Vizard's past.
The season aired from February to March 2009 on TV Tokyo in Japan.[3] The English adaptation of the anime is licensed by Viz Media,[4] which was announced that this season will start airing on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim on May 29, 2011 and ended on July 10, 2011.[5] Aniplex collected the season in a series of two DVD compilations. The first DVD volume was released on November 26, 2009 and the second on December 16, 2009.[1]
The episodes use two pieces of theme music: one opening theme and one closing theme. The opening theme is "Velonica" by Aqua Timez[6] while the ending theme is "Sky Chord (Otona ni Naru Kimi e)" (Sky chord 〜大人になる君へ〜, Sukai Kōdo ~Otona ni Naru Kimi e~, lit. "Sky Chord (To the Adult You)") by Shion Tsuji.[6][7]
Episode list
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Storyboarded by | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | English air date |
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206 | 1 | "The Past Chapter Begins! The Truth from 110 Years Ago" Transliteration: "Kako Hen Kaishi! Hyakujū Nen Mae no Shinjitsu" (Japanese: 過去編開始!110年前の真実) | Masami Anno | Rokou Ogiwara | Michiko Yokote | February 10, 2009 | May 29, 2011[5] |
207 | 2 | "12th Division's New Captain, Kisuke Urahara" Transliteration: "Jūnibantai Shin Taichō, Urahara Kisuke" (Japanese: 十二番隊新隊長、浦原喜助) | Shigeyuki Miya | Yasuhito Nishikata | Masashi Sogo | February 17, 2009 | June 5, 2011[5] |
208 | 3 | "Aizen and the Genius Boy" Transliteration: "Aizen to Tensai Shōnen" (Japanese: 藍染と天才少年) | Hideyo Yamamoto | Tomoko Hiramu | Rika Nakase | February 24, 2009 | June 12, 2011[8] |
209 | 4 | "Muguruma 9th Division, Moves Out" Transliteration: "Muguruma Kyūbantai, Shutsudōse Yo" (Japanese: 六車九番隊、出動せよ) | Hitoyuki Matsui | Eiko Nishi | Genki Yoshimura | March 3, 2009 | June 19, 2011[8] |
210 | 5 | "Hiyori Dies? The Beginning of Tragedy" Transliteration: "Hiyori Shisu? Higeki no Hajimari" (Japanese: ひよ里死す? 悲劇の始まり) | Hiroaki Nishimura | Hiroaki Nishimura | Masahiro Ōkubo | March 10, 2009 | June 26, 2011[8] |
211 | 6 | "Betrayal! Aizen's Secret Maneuvers" Transliteration: "Uragiri! An'yaku no Aizen" (Japanese: 裏切り!暗躍の藍染) | Shigeyuki Miya | Mitsue Yamazaki | Kento Shimoyama | March 17, 2009 | July 3, 2011[8] |
212 | 7 | "Rescue Hirako! Aizen vs. Urahara" Transliteration: "Hirako o Sukue! Aizen VS Urahara" (Japanese: 平子を救え!藍染VS浦原) | Hideyo Yamamoto | Ōkura Shirakawa | Masashi Sogo | March 24, 2009 | July 10, 2011[9] |
References
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- ^ a b "BLEACH 過去篇 上 DVD" [Bleach The Past arc DVD] (in Japanese). Amazon.com. Retrieved October 5, 2009.
- ^ "ぴえろ Bleach =ブリーチ=" [Pierrot Bleach =Staff=] (in Japanese). Studio Pierrot. Retrieved April 7, 2009.
- ^ 第214-226 [Episodes 214-226] (in Japanese). TV Tokyo. Retrieved April 19, 2009.
- ^ "Viz Officially Announces Bleach Anime". Anime News Network. March 15, 2006. Retrieved April 13, 2009.
- ^ a b c "Revised 4/25/2011". Adult Swim. Archived from the original on June 28, 2011. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
- ^ a b TV Tokyo, Dentsu, Studio Pierrot (October 14, 2008). "ウェコムンド編、再会!". Bleach. TV Tokyo.
- ^ TV Tokyo, Dentsu, Studio Pierrot (January 13, 2009). "激動決着!最強は誰だ". Bleach. TV Tokyo.
- ^ a b c d "Revised 6/8/2011". Adult Swim. Archived from the original on June 28, 2011. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
- ^ "Revised 6/22/2011". Adult Swim. Archived from the original on June 28, 2011. Retrieved June 27, 2011.