Bleach/Season One
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| Season One Bleach | |
| Season Premiere | October 5, 2004 |
| Season Finale | April 5, 2005 |
| Episode Count | 26 |
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Season One of Bleach premiered on October 5, 2004. This debut season of Bleach consists of one storyline as well as the beginning of a second.
Episodes 1–20, "The Substitute" or "Agent of the Shinigami" in Japanese, introduce many of the main characters, particularly Ichigo Kurosaki and Rukia Kuchiki, a soul reaper who funnels nearly all of her power into Ichigo so that he can save his family from a hollow. From then on, Ichigo is drafted into service of fighting hollows and unknowingly imbues many of his friends and family members with enhanced spiritual powers. The arc ends when Rukia is brought back to the soul society in order to stand trial for the actions which empowered Ichigo. Ichigo is trained and sent off with several of his compatriots into the soul society on a rescue mission.
Episodes 21–26, "Soul Society: The Sneak Entry," pick up the rescue mission in the soul society and ends shortly after the team breach the magic barrier surrounding the inner city. The remaining 15 episodes of the storyline make up the first half of the second season.
This season began airing in English on Adult Swim on September 8, 2006, after being licensed by Viz Media in early 2006, and finished on March 3, 2007. The series was broadcast Sundays at 12:30AM without breaks until the end of the second season.
Contents |
[edit] Theme Songs
[edit] Opening
[edit] Ending
- 1x01—1x13 - "Life is Like a Boat" by Rie Fu
- 1x14—1x25 - "Thank You!!" by HOME MADE KAZOKU
- 1x26—2x12 - "Houkiboshi" by Younha
[edit] Episodes
| # | # | Title | Original Japanese Airdate | US Airdate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Day I Became a Shinigami | October 5, 2004 | September 8, 2006 |
| 2 | 2 | A Shinigami's Work | October 12, 2004 | September 15, 2006 |
| 3 | 3 | The Older Brother's Wish, the Younger Sister's Wish | October 19, 2004 | September 22, 2006 |
| 4 | 4 | Cursed Parakeet | October 26, 2004 | September 29, 2006 |
| 5 | 5 | Beat the Invisible Enemy! | November 2, 2004 | October 7, 2006 |
| 6 | 6 | Fight to the Death! Ichigo vs. Ichigo | November 9, 2004 | October 14, 2006 |
| 7 | 7 | Greetings from a Stuffed Toy | November 16, 2004 | October 21, 2006 |
| 8 | 8 | June 17, a Memory of Rain | November 23, 2004 | October 28, 2006 |
| 9 | 9 | Unbeatable Enemy | November 30, 2004 | November 4, 2006 |
| 10 | 10 | Assault on Trip at Sacred Ground! | December 7, 2004 | November 11, 2006 |
| 11 | 11 | The Legendary Quincy | December 14, 2004 | November 18, 2006 |
| 12 | 12 | A Gentle Right Arm | December 21, 2004 | November 25, 2006 |
| 13 | 13 | Flower and Hollow | December 28, 2004 | December 2, 2006 |
| 14 | 14 | Back to Back, a Fight to the Death! | January 11, 2005 | December 9, 2006 |
| 15 | 15 | Kon's Great Plan | January 18, 2005 | December 16, 2006 |
| 16 | 16 | Encounter: Renji Abarai! | January 25, 2005 | December 22, 2006 |
| 17 | 17 | Ichigo Dies! | February 1, 2005 | January 5, 2007 |
| 18 | 18 | Reclaim! The Power of the Shinigami | February 8, 2005 | January 12, 2007 |
| 19 | 19 | Ichigo Becomes a Hollow! | February 15, 2005 | January 19, 2007 |
| 20 | 20 | Gin Ichimaru's Shadow | February 22, 2005 | January 26, 2007 |
| 21 | 21 | Enter! The World of the Shinigami | March 1, 2005 | February 2, 2007 |
| 22 | 22 | The Man Who Hates Shinigami | March 8, 2005 | February 9, 2007 |
| 23 | 23 | The Sentence of Rukia, Before the 14th Day | March 15, 2005 | February 16, 2007 |
| 24 | 24 | Assemble! The 13 Divisions | March 22, 2005 | February 23, 2007 |
| 25 | 25 | Penetrate the Center with an Enormous Bombshell? | March 29, 2005 | March 2, 2007 |
| 26 | 26 | Formation! The Worst Tag | April 5, 2005 | March 9, 2007 |
