"And so the blade has..", the very last words of a great series, meant to parallel the same quote from the very first chapter, for when "the blade fell" a journey that lasted 15 years started.
For this post I will mention how Bleach managed to survive after it ended back in 18th of August, the year of 2016, how it was and is still being promoted and/or supported:
2016:
- a light novel was published by the name of "We Do Knot Always Love You". The novel was received well and was a best seller for weeks.
2017:
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a light novel called "Can't Fear Your Own World" was published. Also a number 1 best seller in books. The novel was so material-heavy that a sequel was announced.
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Bleach Brave Souls managed to do something huge for its 2nd anniversary, that was by introducing the first original design of Ichigo. But the thing that blew everyone's minds was the announcement of movies & manga characters, this step is still deemed to this day as the biggest step KLab took.
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Bleach paradise line, a mobile game was released
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Bleach Bluray DVDs were announced, so far we have 4 blurays
2018
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it was announced that the novel series "Can't Fear Your Own World" was so huge that it weighed more than 5 books, so far we know it's a trilogy, but it could be more than that.
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an Artbook was announced & is expected to be released this December, it will have 720 pages and over 800 colorspreads, it will also be a databook, and it will include Burn The Witch
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this artbook is called Bleach JET (because the first artbook was all colour but black, so now the "black" or Jet, as in "jet black", is the title of the second artbook), it is promoted by #I'M STILL BLEACH. There was a PV to announce it
how many series get such luxury?. You can follow the official Bleach Instagram account, that's where it was announced after releasing a series of 9-12 pictures for 15 days. -
a few sketches were released to promote this preorder book. The most notable ones were a drawing of Ichigo wearing a shirt with the words "and a little sequel" written on it, as well as a sketch of preteen Kazui and preteen Ichika in school uniforms. my guess is that we will see a One shot about them or it won't be just a OS but part of sometimes bigger, just like Naruto, remember the "Naruto project"? When kishimoto drew a One shot for the kids as well as other stuff
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Burn The Witch is a One shot by Kubo that he drew for Shonen Jump's 50 anniversary, it is implied to be set in the Bleach universe.
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Kubo's involvement in the novels was described by both authors of WDKALY & CFYOW
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Ichigo, Rukia, & Aizen were announced to be playable characters in JUMP FORCE, a console game for PS4, Xbox, PC. Also, the Royal Palace will be a stage.
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KLab did a collab with another mobile game company, the game is coming out this year. The characters are not chibified this time, you can look it up in YT, it looks so cool
would be cooler if it was for PS4 -
Nendroid Ichigo was announced
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Bleach Box Set 3 was announced and released last month
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Funko pops of Grimmjow, Renji, & a special Bankai Renji were announced for 2019
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HYPLAND is doing a collaboration with Bleach, they're releasing clothes, shoes...etc. It's happening this Saturday
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HYPLAND will continue the collaboration next month
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it was announced that not only will Shuhei use his Bankai in CFYOW, but Shinji's Bankai was also revealed, it is called "Sakashima Yokoshima Fusagari"
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The narration heavily implies that Kubo was going to reveal Shinji's Bankai against Gerard. This is because his Bankai is said to "do miracles"
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CFYOW will be added as a main story in BBS, the main villains are confirmed to be adapted as well as both Shinji and Hisagi. KLAb is promoting this with "Get Ready For The Future, 2019", they also announced that something "greater than resurrection" will come soon, as well as espada remakes
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Bleach live action film is now on Netflix, NETFLIX DID NOT MAKE IT, and despite not doing so great in the box office, the majority of people agree that it was enjoyable & was described by several fans and articles that it is the best live movie adaption of an anime/manga in the 2000s.
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the novel, Spirits Are Forever With You, which was released in 2012, is now no.15 in best selling books. It has the same author as CFYOW which explains the boost in sales.
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SJ released an article to celebrate volume 74 after asking fans why they love BLEACH, it was a really heartwarming read
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also they changed their twitter header to the front cover of vol.74 with Ichigo & Rukia
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BLEACH is getting a booth in JUMP FESTA to celebrate studio pierrot's 40th anniversary. It has been 6 years since Pierrot tweeted anything Bleach related
nice add ons
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BLEACH manga sales reached 120 millions copies, making it SJ's 6th best selling series. This number was achieved after the anime ended, after having nothing to promote it while it was still serialising, even after "fans" swore that no one cares about it anymore and that no one will buy the volumes after it ended.
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Bleach paradise line mobile game is still not dead. EDIT: apparently it's not doing so great :(
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Bleach Bankai Battle mobile game is still not dead
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BLEACH is no.5 for TV Tokyo in terms of sales
- EDIT: There’s a twitter account for that Bleach Endless Memories photo generator https://twitter.com/BLEACH_ENDLESS
I'll edit this post if someone points out other official stuff that are being done to promote the BLEACH series, and I will edit any mistake if someone points it out.
So here you go, BLEACH is still being promoted & appreciated, whether it's dead or alive, whether it's loved or hated, this series ended 2 years ago and is still being talked about everyday, an announcement comes out every few months, merchandise is suddenly being made after being denied of even figurines, just ENJOY, whether this promotion is leading for something bigger, like a manga sequel or spin off, more novels or sequel to the live action film, an OVA or anime adaption of the Thousand-Year Blood War arc, even if it's just done to show respect to one of the greatest shonen jump titles, it doesn't matter, BLEACH has earned its place as both a classic & a highly respectable series !!!
Submitted by DewDrop97 | #Specialdealer Special Offer Online Shopping Store 2016
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