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Bleach TV Anime Ends After 22 Years With Final Episode

The series’ last televised chapter closes the Thousand-Year Blood War run and leaves open the possibility of future adaptations.

Overview

  • The Bleach TV anime formally concluded with the release of its final episode on Monday, October 26, 2026, ending a 22-year run that resumed to adapt the manga’s last arc.
  • Episode 50, titled “Death & Strawberry,” adapts the manga’s closing chapters and includes a forward jump that introduces a new generation without detailing the series’ ending beats.
  • The previous episode brought the central war against Yhwach to an on-screen close across the story’s three realms, and the finale shows remaining strands of that conflict being settled.
  • The episode’s credits list new voice actors for the younger characters and the franchise announced a Bleach Fes. event in Japan for next year to celebrate the anime’s run.
  • Creator Tite Kubo’s recent one-shot expands the storyworld and provides material that could be adapted, but no new TV continuation has been confirmed.