Thankfully, Kubo Tite-sensei is still tweeting, but please continue to pray for Japan and/or help Japan.
Bleach © Kubo Tite/Shueisha [Serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump]
Published in Indonesia by PT Gramedia/m&c!
Baraggan Luisenbarn's Fracciones attack the four pillars protecting Karakura Town; Soul Reapers Hisagi—Bleach 38's cover boy—Yumichika and Kira manage to defend their pillars, but Ikkaku's crumbles, after the 11th Division 3rd Seat refuses to reveal his bankai in combat.
What will happen to Ichigo's beloved town now?
You follow the anime? Then you have an idea of what happens, or doesn't happen to Karakura-chou.
Meet the Banchou 4 of 12 by Suzuki Nakaba
Friends lend Kongou Banchou their strength to take on the Five Dark Vows, but will it be enough? Survival is at stake in an eerie cave located deep within Mt. Fuji in Meet the Banchou 4.
(Blizzard Axel 10, the other Suzuki Nakaba shounen manga (but with toned-down testosterone), also streets this Wednesday, but blurbed way below.)
Goal Den Age 3 of 3 by Takaoka Eisei & Tsunamoto Masaya
The third DO WANT! m&c! manga is the final Goal Den Age, which not only ups its SRP by over 20% to IDR 20,000/volume, but also sees Kazu picked by the national soccer team, leaving his friends behind. But no need for tears; they all promise to reunite when Japan competes on the world stage. In the meantime, Kazu will have to make good on his promise to bring honor to the Land of the Rising Sun via the football pitch.
Previewing the other finale Go! Hiromi Go! (volume 8), the debuting School Crisis! by Igarashi Kaoru and other continuing series Below The Cut.
Reissues [RE-STO]
Ten shoujo manga—among them, Miyawaki Yukino series (My Fragile Love, NG Boy x Paradise) and an Aoki Kotomi (OMG!) anthology—up for grabs, in case you missed their premieres.
m&c! manga and manhua (2011.03.23)
- Bleach 38 of 49+ by Kubo Tite
- Blizzard Axel 10 of 11 by Suzuki Nakaba
- Go! Hiromi Go! 8 of 8 by Asou Mikoto [Finale]
- Goal Den Age 3 of 3 by Takaoka Eisei & Tsunamoto Masaya [Finale]
- The Impeccable Twins Final Chapters 16 of 20: Dalang Iblis (bagian kelima) by Khu Lung, Cai Jing Dong
- Magical x Miracle 3 of 6 by Mizutani Yuzu
- Meet the Banchou (Kongoh Bancho) 4 of 12 by Suzuki Nakaba
- [Premiere] School Crisis! (Gakuen Crisis!) by Igarashi Kaoru
- The Story of Wang Fenglei 9 of 10 by Tony Wong
Blizzard Axel 「ブリザードアクセル」 |
Go! Hiromi Go! 「GO!ヒロミGO!」 |
Goal Den Age 「GoalDenAge」 |
Magical x Miracle |
Other languages
English Magical x Miracle (TOKYOPOP: six volumes)
Kongoh Bancho 「金剛番長」 by Suzuki Nakaba |
Gakuen Crisis! 「学園クライシス!」 |
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[RE-STO] Reissues (2011.03.23)
- Check Mate by Yuki Riko
- Cold Heart by Hoshimori Yukimo
- Moon Love's Secret by Taamo
- My Fragile Love 1 of 3 by Miyawaki Yukino
- My Fragile Love 2 of 3 by Miyawaki Yukino
- My Fragile Love 3 of 3 by Miyawaki Yukino
- NG Boy x Paradise 1 of 3 by Miyawaki Yukino
- NG Boy x Paradise 2 of 3 by Miyawaki Yukino
- NG Boy x Paradise 3 of 3 by Miyawaki Yukino
- OMG! by Aoki Kotomi
Bleach 「BLEACH-ブリーチ-」 by Kubo Tite
Shueisha Weekly Shonen Jump, shounen
Volume 38 first published in Japan 2009.04
Volume 38: Fear for Fight chapters:
323.
324. (originally in Weekly Shonen Jump installment)
325. (originally )
326.
327.
328.
329.
330.
331.
Awards
Best Shounen Manga, 50th Shogakukan Manga Awards
Other languages
English Bleach (34 volumes per 2011.03 • volume 35 street date: 2011.06.07), French (Glénat; tome 42 ships 2011.05.04), Spanish (Glénat in Spain, Grupo Editorial Vid in Mexico), German (TOKYOPOP Germany), Dutch (Kana), Russian (Эксмо), Polish (JPF), Portuguese (Planet Manga) and simplified Chinese (Chuang Yi: volume 48 per 2011.01.18)
Related
Kubo Tite and Makoto Matsubara co-authored two Bleach novels: BLEACH-letters from the other side: The Death and The Strawberry (Japan release: 2004.12) and BLEACH: The Honey Dish Rhapsody (2006.10).
The Bleach All Colour But The Black artbook, compiling color spreads from manga volumes 1 through 19 with original art and author annotations, released in Japan (2006.12), USA (The Art of Bleach, 2008.10) and France (All colour but the black: Recueil des illustrations de Bleach, 2008.11).
Companion guidebooks have also been published: Bleach SOULs and Bleach VIBEs released 2006.02 in Japan (The English Bleach SOULs. Official Character Book shipped 2008.11 in North America, while the French version streeted 2009.11). A third Bleach Official Bootleg: KaraBuri+ guidebook released 2007.08 in Japan. (English Color Bleach+: The Bleach Official Bootleg street date: 2010.08.10.)
Adaptations
Studio Pierrot's Bleach anime adaptation first broadcast in October 2004, continuing to this day. Season 14 opened with episode 266 in April 2010; latest episode 313 aired 2011.03.15). Seiyuu Morita Masakazu and Orikasa Fumiko star as Kurosaki Ichigo and Kuchiki Rukia, with Park Romi and Namikawa Daisuke playing 10th Division captain Hitsugaya Toshiro and Arrancar Ulquiorra Cifer respectively. Two OAVs and four theatrical movies—Memories of Nobody, The DiamondDust Rebellion, Another Hyōrinmaru, Fade to Black, I Call Your Name and Bleach: The Hell Verse—have been released. Additionally, Warner Bros. has confirmed it will be producing a Bleach live-action film.
At least eight drama CDs have been produced. Featuring the original anime cast, the drama CDs were bundled with the DVDs.