Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 3 Unsheathes An October Release Date In New Trailer

An October release date for Bleach: The Thousand-Year Blood War Part 3 – The Conflict was revealed alongside a new trailer during Anime Expo on the weekend. While the trailer is mostly a montage of Soul Society’s captains unleashing their Bankai abilities, there was a brief teaser of the upcoming clash between series protagonist Ichigo Kurosaki and Yhwach before the screen faded to black.

In a separate video, the production staff behind the next season of Bleach revealed a few more details about the show, including how it will make heavier use of CGI and will also feature new scenes not originally found in the manga source material. The two previous seasons of Bleach also featured additional scenes, and once again, series creator Tite Kubo was involved in the production of this expanded content. One exciting development here is that fans will get to see a captain’s Bankai that was never revealed in the manga.

“Part 3 will show some brand-new, never-before-seen Bleach content,” chief series director Tomohisha Taguchi said. “We worked with Kubo-sensei again to create new scenes that would supplement the stories covered in the original manga.”

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