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Bleach (manga)

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Alternative title:
Блич (Russian)
ブリーチ (Japanese)
境·界 (Chinese (PRC))
死神 (Chinese (Taiwan))
漂靈 (Chinese (Hong Kong))
블리치 (Korean)
Genres: action, supernatural
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary:
Bleach follows the adventures of Ichigo Kurosaki, a teenager with the ability to see spirits,who accidentally steals the powers of the Soul Reaper Rukia Kuchiki while saving his family and subsequently assumes her duties while she convalesces. Since that event, Ichigo has to fight hollows, evil spirits that attack people.In the process he makes new Friends with special abilities. After various events, Rukia is sentenced to death by her Soul Reapers' superiors for her actions, leading Ichigo to encounter them to save her life. He also encounters former Soul Reaper Sōsuke Aizen, who created an army of powerful hollow called arrancar to destroy the Soul Reapers organization, Soul Society. 
Ichigo Kurosaki has always been able to see ghosts, but this ability doesn't change his life nearly as much as his close encounter with Rukia Kuchiki, a Soul Reaper and member of the mysterious Soul Society. While fighting a Hollow, an evil spirit that preys on humans who display psychic energy, Rukia attempts to lend Ichigo some of her powers so that he can save his family; but much to her surprise, Ichigo absorbs every last drop of her energy. Now a full-fledged Soul Reaper himself, Ichigo quickly learns that the world he inhabits is one full of dangerous spirits and, along with Rukia--who is slowly regaining her powers--it's Ichigo's job to protect the innocent from Hollows and help the spirits themselves find peace.
User Ratings: 1955 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 415 votes (Eng:171, sub:164, dub:60, edit.dub:5, ?:3, raw:2, raw:2, others:8
4 Spanish subtitled
2 Italian dubbed
1 German dubbed
1 Portuguese
)
 Excellent: 632 votes (Eng:327, sub:195, dub:82, raw:8, ?:5, raw:1, others:14
4 Spanish
3 Spanish subtitled
2 German
1 Italian
1 French subtitled
1 French
1 english & indonesian
1 Portuguese
)
 Very good: 388 votes (Eng:242, sub:88, dub:40, ?:5, raw:4, edit.dub:3, raw:2, others:4
1 Russian
1 Indonesian
1 German
1 French
)
 Good: 247 votes (Eng:179, sub:38, dub:15, edit.dub:2, raw:2, ?:2, raw:1, others:8
3 French
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Spanish
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Dutch
1 Italian
)
 Decent: 106 votes (Eng:76, sub:17, dub:10, others:3
1 German edited dub
1 Spanish
1 Indonesia
)
 So-so: 58 votes (Eng:42, sub:8, dub:2, raw:1, others:5
2 Portuguese
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Finnish
1 French
)
 Not really good: 34 votes (Eng:23, sub:4, dub:3, raw:1, others:3
1 Korean
1 Portuguese
1 Spanish
)
 Weak: 25 votes (Eng:20, sub:3, dub:2)
 Bad: 12 votes (Eng:8, sub:2, dub:2)
 Awful: 16 votes (Eng:9, sub:5, dub:2)
 Worst ever: 22 votes (sub:15, Eng:5, dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
Seen in part or in whole by 4800 users, rank: #3 (of 6694)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.106 (Very good), std. dev.: 1.9265, rank: #732 (of 7414)
Weighted mean: 8.014 (Very good), rank: #1043 (of 7414) (seen all: 8.19 / seen some: 8.15 / won't finish: 5.83)
Bayesian estimate: 8.013 (Very good), rank: #422 (of 3483)
Number of tankoubon: 74
Number of pages: 200
Volumes:
#01. The Death and the Strawberry
#02. Goodbye Parakeet, Goodnite My Sister
#03. Memories in the Rain
#04. Quincy Archer Hates You
#05. Rightarm of the Giant
#06. The Death Trilogy Overture
#07. The Broken Coda
#08. The Blade and Me
#09. Fourteen Days of Conspiracy
#10. Tattoo on the Sky
#11. A star and a stray dog
#12. Flowers on the precipice
#13. The Undead
#14. White Tower Rocks
#15. Beginning of the Death of Tomorrow
#16. Night of Wijnruit
#17. Rosa Rubicundior, Lilio Candidor
#18. The Deathberry Returns
#19. The Black Moon Rising
#20. End of Hypnosis
#21. Be My Family or Not
#22. Conquistadores
#23. Mala Suerte!
#24. Immanent God Blues
#25. No Shaking Throne
#26. The Mascaron Drive
#27. goodbye, halcyon days.
#28. Baron's Lecture Full-Course
#29. The Slashing Opera
#30. There is no Heart Without You
#31. Don't Kill my Volupture
#32. Howling
#33. THE BAD JOKE
#34. King of The Kill
Chapter titles: We have 708
Vintage:
2001-01-31 (one-shot in Akamaru Jump, Winter 2001)
2001-08-06 to 2016-08-22 (Weekly Shōnen Jump, 2001 #36/37 to 2016 #38)
2004-06 (US publication begins)
2007-04-19 (Mexico)
Release dates: We have 545
Links: We have 3
Trivia: We have 3
Reviews:
Bleach GN 55 (Apr 21, 2013)
Bleach GN 50-51 (Dec 8, 2012)
Bleach GN 48-49 (Nov 2, 2012)
Bleach GN 44-45 (Aug 25, 2012)
Bleach GN 36 (Oct 8, 2011)
Bleach GN 34 (Feb 25, 2011)
Bleach GN 30 (Mar 17, 2010)
Bleach GN 26 (Apr 11, 2009)
Bleach GN 8 (Sep 30, 2005)
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Bleach Rock Musical (Apr 11, 2005)
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Artbook
    All Colour but the Black: The Art of Bleach (Artbook) 2008-10-07 (from $17.99)
DVD (Region 1)
    Bleach - The Substitute [w/ Manga] (DVD 1) 2008-07-22
Fanbook
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Story & Art: Tite Kubo
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher: Shueisha
English staff
English cast
Translation:
Christine Dashiell (vol 49)
Joe Yamazaki

Adaptation: Lance Caselman
Cover Design:
Jimmy Presler (20th Anniversary Edition)
Sean Lee
Yukiko Whitley (Collector's Edition)
Design: Sean Lee
Editing:
Daniel Gillespie (Collector's Edition)
Kit Fox
Pancha Diaz (vol. 20, 21)
Yuki Takagaki (vol. 12, 15, 16, 20)
Editor-in-Chief:
Hyoe Narita
Yumi Hoashi
Executive VP: Hyoe Narita
Graphics: Sean Lee
Interior Design: Izumi Hirayama (Collector's Edition)
Production manager: Noboru Watanabe
Publisher: Seiji Horibuchi
Retouch & Lettering: Mark McMurray (vols. 16,17,19,20,22,23,24)
Sr. Director of Licensing & Acquisitions: Rika Inouye
Touch-up & Lettering:
Andy Ristaino
Dave Lanphear (vol. 3, 5, 6, 7, 8)
Eric Erbes (Collector's Edition)
Evan Waldinger (vol. 21)
Mark McMurray (vol. 16, 20)
VP of Marketing: Liza Coppola
VP of Publishing: Alvin Lu
VP of Strategic Development: Yumi Hoashi
(none)
English companies
Distributor: Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
Licensed by: Viz Media
Online Distribution: MANGA Plus
French cast
French staff
Translation: Anne-Sophie Thévenon

Editing: Thomas Lameth
(none)
French companies
Lettering: Bakayaro!
Publisher: Glenat
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Translation:
Marc Bernabé (Glénat España/Panini Comics; Spain ed.)
Marcelo Vicente (Editorial Ivréa)
Marta E. Gallego (Spain ed.; Catalan ed.; Glénat España/Panini Comics; Spain ed.)
Pablo Tschopp (Editorial Ivréa)
Rafael Morata (Glénat España/Panini Comics; Catalan ed.)
Verónica Calafell (Glénat España/Panini Comics; Catalan ed.)

Consultant:
Enric Piñeyro (Spain ed.; Catalan ed.)
Editing:
Félix Sabaté (Spain ed.; Catalan ed.)
Mar Calpena (Spain ed.; Catalan ed.)
Editorial Director:
Joan Navarro (Spain ed.; Catalan ed.)
Graphic Design:
José Miguel Alvarez (Spain ed.; Catalan ed.)
Luis Domínguez (Spain ed.; Catalan ed.)
(none)
Spanish companies
Licensed by: Grupo Editorial Vid (Mexico; expired)
Publisher:
Editorial Ivréa (Argentina)
Glénat España
Grupo Editorial Vid (Mexico)
Panini Comics (Spain; since 2012; Colombia; Mexico; since 2015)
Translation:
Daruma Serveis Lingüístics (Spain; Glénat España/Panini Comics)
Italian cast
Italian staff
Translation: Simona Stanzani
(none)
Italian companies
Publisher: Planet Manga
German staff
German cast
Translation: Daniel Büchner
(none)
German companies
Publisher: Tokyopop Germany
Dutch staff
Dutch companies
(none)
Publisher: Kana Netherlands
Dutch cast
(none)
Russian staff
Russian cast
Translation: Ekaterina Ryabova

Editor-in-Chief: Elena Zhikarentseva
Production manager: Alexander Zhikarentsev
(none)
Russian companies
Publisher:
Comix-ART (Design By)
Эксмо
Polish staff
Polish cast
Translation: Paweł Dybała
(none)
Polish companies
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
Translation:
Drik Sada (vol 25+)
Ricardo Cruz (vol 1-24)
(none)
Portuguese companies
Editorial Production: Mythos Editora
Publisher: Planet Manga
Chinese (PRC) staff
Chinese (PRC) companies
(none)
Chinese (PRC) cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)
Chinese (Hong Kong) staff
Chinese (Hong Kong) companies
(none)
Chinese (Hong Kong) cast
(none)

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