Bleach (season 8)

The eighth season of the "Bleach" anime series is named the . The episodes are directed by Noriyuki Abe, and produced by TV Tokyo, Dentsu and Studio Pierrot. Based on Tite Kubo's "Bleach" manga series, the episodes' plot centers on Ichigo Kurosaki's and his friends' battle against the Espada, the strongest members of former Soul Reaper captain Sōsuke Aizen's army, to save Orihime Inoue.
The season aired from December 2007 to April 2008. The English adaptation of the "Bleach" anime is licensed by Viz Media, and this arc began airing on September 26, 2009 and ended November 21, 2009 on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. Four DVD compilations, each containing four episodes of the season, were released by Aniplex between May 28, 2008 and August 27, 2008 in Japan. Viz Media released the season in two separate DVD boxes during 2011 on June 21 and September 6. The first box, however, also contains episodes from the previous season.
The episodes use three pieces of theme music: one opening theme and two closing themes. The opening theme is "After Dark" by Asian Kung-Fu Generation. The first closing theme is Kousuke Atari's , which switches in episode 154 to by RSP. To promote the second "Bleach" featured film, "", the opening and closing credits for episode 152 to 154 use footage from the film, which was released on December 22, 2007.
Episode list.
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