{"rewrite":{"id":"r_89f6ce847242695a2674016d","clusterId":"c_0743c1511ade7ce0807c0b20","slug":"bleach-thousand-year-blood-war-delays-final-two-episodes-to-october","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Delays Final Two Episodes To October","summary":"The production committee for Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Calamity, the fourth and final part of the Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War anime, announced on Saturday that episodes 49 and 50 are delayed to Monday, October 19 and Monday, October 26, airing at 24:00 on TV Tokyo, with BS TV Tokyo following on October 20 and October 27 and streaming starting October 20. The committee said the schedule changed to allow additional quality improvements heading into the climax and apologized to viewers for the wait. Until the main story resumes, TV Tokyo airs a Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War climax selection: episode 7 on September 19, episode 28 on September 26, episode 46 on October 5, and episode 48 on October 12. The Calamity premiered on July 25 and is set to run for 10 episodes. Tite Kubo created Bleach, which ran in Weekly Shonen Jump from 2001 to 2016 and ended at 74 volumes.","whyItMatters":"The final two episodes of Bleach's last arc now land two weeks later than planned, and a recap run of four earlier episodes fills the gap on TV Tokyo.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eTwo weeks before the delay notice, the official website posted a preview for episode 48, \u0026#34;The End Two World,\u0026#34; set to premiere Saturday, September 12. The synopsis picks up after Uryu slammed Wahrwelt\u0026#39;s central island into the Distortion, annihilating both. Yhwach, who had reclaimed every Schrift and raised the power of The Almighty, no longer needs the Distortion and vanishes, declaring he will destroy the Seireitei as a final amusement. With his Bankai shattered and his Zanpakuto broken, Ichigo cannot stand. The flame of his courage is about to go out, and then men he once crossed swords with appear before him.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe episode\u0026#39;s staff listings for script, storyboard, episode director, and chief animation director were all still marked TBA.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003ejo0ji performs the opening theme, \u0026#34;I-BULL.\u0026#34;\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e9Lana performs the ending theme, \u0026#34;Rasen\u0026#34; (Spiral).\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eTomohisa Taguchi is chief series director, with Hikaru Murata as series director.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eViz Media and Fathom Entertainment screened the first three episodes in U.S. theaters on June 25-29 in 943 theaters, in Japanese with English subtitles and with the English dub, plus a behind-the-scenes conversation with Tite Kubo, Taguchi, and Murata.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnime Corner gave the year as 2026, writing, \u0026#34;Episode 49 and Episode 50 to October 2026.\u0026#34; The official accounts describe the gap filler as a \u0026#34;Climax Selection\u0026#34; of four episodes. Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War is running for four cours with breaks. The Thousand Year Blood War arc covers volumes 55 through 74 of the manga, which has more than 130 million copies in circulation. Viz Media streams the series on Hulu in the U.S., Disney+ carries it internationally, and Ani-One Asia streams it across many Asian countries.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Calamity pushes episodes 49 and 50 to October 19 and 26. The production committee says the schedule changed to improve quality heading into the climax.","twitterPost":"Four weeks of Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War reruns (episodes 7, 28, 46, 48) will air on TV Tokyo before the delayed final two episodes arrive October 19 and 26.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Calamity has moved its final two episodes to October 19 and 26, with the production committee citing quality improvements ahead of the climax. 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