Leak Suggests Tite Kubo Will Make Bleach Announcement

A recent leak suggests that Tite Kubo will be making a major Bleach announcement in the upcoming issue of Weekly Shonen Jump. Weekly Shonen Jump No. 16 is slated to feature the upcoming Bleach announcement, and that is expected to appear on March 16, 2024. [Thanks, Ryokutya2089!]

It is currently unknown if the Bleach announcement will be in relation to the manga, which ended its serialization back on August 22, 2016. It could also pertain to the ongoing anime adaption of Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War. Tite Kubo is also behind the spin-off Burn the Witch.

Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War began airing worldwide on October 11, 2022, and follows Thousand-Year Blood War arc of the manga series. This adaption of the final arc of the manga series came ten years after the original anime series aired in Japan. The previous season of the anime covering the Fullbringer arc finished airing in March 2012 in Japan. Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 1 and Part 2 are currently available on Hulu in the United States and Disney+ worldwide for streaming. There are currently 26 episodes total in the Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War anime adaption. Part 3 of the ongoing anime series will release in 2024.

Back in December 2023 during Jump Festa 2024, Shueisha revealed plans to release a new Rukia and Renji audiobook based on the 2016 novel We Do Knot Always Love You that focused on the marriage of Rukia Kuchiki and Renji Abarai. The audiobook features Fumiko Orikasa as Rukia, Kentaro Ito as Renji, and Ryotaro Okiayu as Byakuya, who reprised their roles from the anime. The publisher also announced that a brand new rock musical show would be releasing in Japan in 2024. No further information about the rock musical show has been revealed at this time.

The Bleach manga was serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump and published by Shueisha. The Bleach manga was published by Viz Media outside of Japan. On August 10, 2021, Tite Kubo released a 73-page chapter called “New Breathes From Hell Arc” which explored the previously unexplored underworld in the Bleach universe called Hell.