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How Long is Bleach: Thousand Year Blood War?
For those unaware, it’s important to stress just how long the Thousand Year Blood War is in Bleach’s manga. This is not just another season, but a deep and long saga. Bleach’s Thousand Year Blood War spans over 206 chapters, just under one-third of the entire Bleach manga. Considering that the other two-thirds have been adapted into around 300 episodes (roughly accounting for fillers), you get an idea of the potential scale of Thousand Year Blood War. So, we can be confident in saying that the Bleach: Thousand Year Blood War anime won’t be a one-cour run, but how many episodes might it take to adapt the whole thing?
How Many Episodes Will Bleach: Thousand Year Blood War Have?
Bleach: Thousand Year Blood War will have a total of 52 episodes. These will be split into four cours with some breaks in between, but when those breaks will occur is unconfirmed. Thousand Year Blood War’s episode count of 52 is considerably shorter than some fans previously predicted. Based on previous adaptation speeds, I first speculated it to be around 108 episodes long, and potentially longer. Not counting filler episodes, the last three non-filler seasons – 12, 14 and 16 – progressed at a speed of just over 2 chapters per episode. If that pace continued in TYBW, there would be around 100 episodes of content. Most contemporary anime adaptations fall into 12 or 13-episode cours, accounting for each anime season. Therefore, 108 episodes – or 9 12-episode cours – would have made sense. With Thousand Year Blood War having an episode count less than half that prediction, it has unsurprisingly been adapted considerably faster than the average Bleach series before.
How Many Seasons Will Bleach: Thousand Year Blood War Have?
While we know the total episode length of Bleach: Thousand Year Blood War, there’s little confirmation about how these cours will be arranged beyond Season 2’s announcement for Summer 23. It has been reported that there will be some breaks in-between Thousand Year Blood War’s cours, meaning we’re unlikely to see a continuous, multi-cour run like the previous Bleach series. However, splitting cours doesn’t necessarily lead to new seasons – many series have split-cour single seasons, while some have one cour each year as a separate season. Right now, it looks like announcements are being made at the end of each cour. Of course, if there is any change to this pattern, we’ll update this page. Want the latest on all things Bleach? Make sure you follow us on Twitter!
