The Bleach Fan Club

[Pokestick, good times.]

Hmm, I would argue that Wikipedia is very trustable nowadays, but you never know with anime.
They did make it look a lot like an ending, but it would work with a "short break" too. I guess.

Spoiler:

Ichigo being a shinigami inside his regular body would make a lot of sense (as we don't see any of his dead bodies lying around anywhere), though it would defeat the entire point of humans not being able to see him, and Kon's existence :P
Tbh, it's probably just Kubo kicking consistency in the curb.

[I like Pokemon (...)]

Thanks Zam. Yeah, as he said, I won't have my laptop with me. I will be able to come on every now and then (aiming to come at least once a week for manga), but I'll lurk on my phone.
And it'd be funny if I quit.. *Looks at postcount*

Originally Posted by RASENCERO

Happy birthday Capt. ILPy!!! Here have this cake.

8D Thank you very much!

Originally Posted by smile!

Still does not understand So you got a day off school because it's your birthday?

*Facepalm*
Okay, the teachers are going on strike. What this means is that they refuse to work for that day. If there are no teachers, then the school cannot be open, because there is no one who can teach (or at least very few people who can). This means the school is closed.
This also happened to have happen on my birthday. So they aren't closing it BECAUSE it is my birthday, but it is a coincidence.

Originally Posted by smile!

8D Haven't played chess in a while I blame ILPy

I need to play too.

Originally Posted by REvan342

Keiri....

Welcome to the Bleach Fan Club! I am the Captain of the 12th Squad, I like Pokemon (...), though I also go by ILP/Ilpy/Ilpeh/Ilpizzy/Aielpy/Aaroniero/Anternero/Ant/Any other nickname.

Originally Posted by Renyui!

So it isn't ending..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Bleach_episodes
'As of March 27th, 2012 episode 366 will be the last episode of Bleach to Air on TV Tokyo. It is now scheduled to Air on TV Osaka starting with episode 367 on Tuesday April 3rd, 2012. The yet to be verified time slot is 6:30pm jst (UTC/GMT +9:00) on Tuesdays.'
Good work guys.

Googling "TV Osaka Bleach" gets quite a few results. I have a feeling that it isn't one of those "oh Wikipedia" kind of things.

In fact, I went onto the official TV Osaka website, and through Google Chrome's translate, I found Bleach.
Just ctrl+F and type "BLEACH". Bleach is written in English with the Katakana next to it.
Tuesday Evening 6:00 pm to 6:30 pm.

[REvan342]

After this last episode thats coming up, is there going to be another season>??

[Pokestick, good times.]

If you mean the "last episode" that came this week, then apparently it'll just continue elsewhere.

EDIT: manga

Spoiler:

Ahhhh, Urahara in Hueco Mundo. This will be fun.
Nazi Quincys having some fun. Badmouthing Aizen. Guess that's to imply how AWESOMELY powerful the next guy is.

...I had thought those girls died though o3o
This arc is full of minor character-surprises.

[minchan]

Hey guys, been busy and distracted and whatnot lately (sorry) but I came across something kinda cool.

Did you guys hear Scandal's cover of Asterisk and Alones? (You know, Scandal is the group that did Shoujo S, the 9th(?) opening, and the last opening Harukaze... Asterisk is the 1st opening and Alones is the 5th? 6th? something like that... Too lazy to look it up.) But yeah, with Harukaze they seem to have released covers of those two songs.

Maybe this was common knowledge and I'm just late...? XD But anyway I found them online... They're really cool. I recommend listening to them. (I'm not sure if they are on YT or not - didn't check... but if not and you wanna hear them I can send them to you...)

It's too bad the versions with those songs are out of print now because they were limited editions. But of course the files are floating around online... XD Hahaha...

---

Oh and what's this about the anime...?? Surely there's not enough content...?? Maybe it's reruns?? =/ I'm confused now. @.@

[Pokestick, good times.]

Scandal making covers on Asterisk and Alones? o3o
Me gusta.

Shoujo S is the 10th opening and Alones is the 6th. Don't ask why I know this from the back of my head :P

[minchan]

And I found them on YT too~

Asterisk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reVi4CxrLho

Alones
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1zXnXMsIhY

\(^O^)/

In other news, I've also finally reached the first episode in the anime which has MASK for the ending. (The last ending song...)

And in commemoration of that, I was bored (and avoiding homework) so I downloaded all the opening and ending songs and made a playlist of them. =D

Ah the nostalgia...

[Pokestick, good times.]

Those are actually pretty good.

[-Lapras-]

Scandal are ok for studio versions just don't bother with their live stuff, chick can't sing.

[Pokestick, good times.]

Yeah, I've noticed that o3o

But the sad truth is that most Japanese music is heavily computerized.
Though I suppose that applies to almost all pop music.

[-Lapras-]

And then you get people like Yui or Rie Fu who sound just as good if not better live.


Using a Bleach songs to keep it cool for discussion.

[Pokestick, good times.]

Yeah, but Yui is God and Rie Fu is awesome.

They're exceptions :P

Bleach has some really nice songs actually.

[SwiftSign]

Originally Posted by -Lapras-

And then you get people like Yui or Rie Fu who sound just as good if not better live.


Using a Bleach songs to keep it cool for discussion.

Life is like a Boat is one of the most played songs on my iTunes ^-^ Although I don't think it was a good theme song for bleach really, it's just a good normal song.

[Pokestick, good times.]

No, LILaB isn't very Bleachy :P

Rolling Star is sodding amazing though.
As is all Yui's stuff.

[Zameric]

Hey everyone! Sorry I haven't been around in a while.
I watched episode 366 earlier today on Crunchyroll.
I noticed a couple things in the the scenes during the ending credits...

Spoiler:

Soifon was beating up on two wooden posts with pictures of Urahara and Shinji on them.
I didn't know that she has a problem with Shinji... >.>
Did I just miss something earlier?

And the scene where Kira, Hisagi, and Tetsuzaemon are drinking together.
Kira seems to be on a drunken rant about his new captain, Rose.
I wonder if this will be some kind of foreshadowing for future chapters/episodes.

Originally Posted by -Lapras-

And then you get people like Yui or Rie Fu who sound just as good if not better live.


Using a Bleach songs to keep it cool for discussion.

Uh, I think Rei Fu was lip-synching during that performance... >.>

Originally Posted by minchan

And I found them on YT too~

Asterisk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reVi4CxrLho

Alones
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1zXnXMsIhY

\(^O^)/

In other news, I've also finally reached the first episode in the anime which has MASK for the ending. (The last ending song...)

And in commemoration of that, I was bored (and avoiding homework) so I downloaded all the opening and ending songs and made a playlist of them. =D

Ah the nostalgia...

Nice find! Those were pretty good covers.


Just wondering, have any of the opening or ending themes been produced for Bleach, or did they all already exist?

[Pokestick, good times.]

From the top of my head I know Asterisk already existed, but they made an alternative version of the song just for Bleach.
Alones I know for a fact already existed.

...I guess you could assume none of the others were made specifically for Bleach either, since their lyrics would most likely be Bleach-related in that case.

[-Lapras-]

Most of the time they're new songs for opening and endings, couldn't tell you which ones were just selected from an album though. Reason is the bands use it as marketing, not really worth marketing an old song now is it.

[I like Pokemon (...)]

Looks like the club has been doing well without me 8D

Spoiler:

Ah, it's nice to see Harribel's fraccion again.

The Tres Bestia? I kind of like that.

And I like that they're actually strong! I think Bleach power levels mean that we forget that these three were subordinates to the third most powerful Arrancar in Hueco Mundo..

Okay, good, we aren't wasting time. Mayuri is getting straight to the point and I like it.

GAH They're skipping out words!

This is not good. Yamamoto is angry and he is not thinking straight.

Well, hey, they lasted half a chapter. I think that's a record?

Blah, still kind of slow for my liking.

Originally Posted by minchan

Did you guys hear Scandal's cover of Asterisk and Alones? (You know, Scandal is the group that did Shoujo S, the 9th(?) opening, and the last opening Harukaze... Asterisk is the 1st opening and Alones is the 5th? 6th? something like that... Too lazy to look it up.) But yeah, with Harukaze they seem to have released covers of those two songs.

Listened to them. They're good, but I am just so used to the originals (which I must have been listening to for how many years now?) that they just sound... strange to me. Though I'll admit, the first singer right at the beginning of Alones was really good. I think to someone who hadn't heard the originals first (or hadn't heard them for a long time before hearing this one), it would be a good song.
Don't think I'll listen to it very often though.

Originally Posted by Zameric

Just wondering, have any of the opening or ending themes been produced for Bleach, or did they all already exist?

I'd have to double check on each of them (which I am too lazy to), but I'm pretty sure that they're just popular rock/pop songs that have been cut down and slapped with some animation. I'm pretty sure that's standard nowadays, and in fact, the only anime that I can think of off of the top of my head that had a song made for it was Dragonball Z.

[-Lapras-]

Chapter

Spoiler:

Harribel's lot, ouch. Well I guess it's time for the first real fight of the arc I guess

[Pokestick, good times.]

Hot diddly-oh, forgot it's wednesday today.
Chapter;

Spoiler:

Harribel's fraccion, another nice way of Kubo ranting over how powerful some unimportant characters are, just so he can kill them off to imply how scary the enemy is.

They're quincy? OH MY GOOOOOOOOOO-oh wait we knew that.
But the word skipping is PISSING ME OFF :D
Thought it was a typesetting error at first actually.

NEXT CHAPTER: ICHIGO AND NEL VS NAZI SUNGLASSES-HORRIBLE-HAIRCUT MAN. WHO UNTIL WE LEARN HIS TRUE NAME I SHALL CALL IGOR.

[minchan]

For the openings/endings it depends from anime to anime, song to song.

Some anime have songs done specifically for them, most notably the ones which have the seiyuu sing the themes. (More often those are slice of life or romantic comedies though.)

For Bleach, mostly they are just regular songs.

I don't know if some of them were written with Bleach in mind or not, but maybe. It's hard to know. I do know that some of them got a later actual release than the song's TV debut though. (I'm pretty sure chAngE is one of them...?)

I'll do some research later and let you guys know. I want to know too - I really love finding out more about Japanese music. XD

[Zameric]

According to a friend of mine, Manga Reader is blocking Americans from viewing the manga on their website....

Manga 488

Spoiler:

Yay, Nelchiru is back!
There must be some kind of fanart some where of Ichigo and Kenpachi, with Nel and Yachiru hangin' off their shoulder.

Tres Bestia, that's a great nickname for them.
But I also like The Amazons

Hell yeah, looks like the captains might start fighting soon!

That Quincinazi bastard took out the Tres Bestia?!
I hope he gets a serious beat down from deathberry now! D:<
Why do Mila Rose's defeats seem like fan service?

Originally Posted by I like Pokemon (...)

Spoiler:

This is not good. Yamamoto is angry and he is not thinking straight.

Spoiler:

Yeah, he's pretty pissed. xD
But I think he's still relatively level headed.
He's making sure to prevent the recent incident from happened again.
I think he's one of those kind of fighters that pissing them off only makes them more deadly.
Seems like a bit of non-titillating fan service, sort of.

[smile!]

Manga~~~

Spoiler:

Ohlook, we get to see more new haircuts. Yeah.

So the pace is picking up again... Hopefully next chapter will get faster. I can't wait to see some fights already. Curbstomping aside, that is.

I used to think Quincys only use arrows, but apparently that Captain has a sword... interesting.

*sigh* Ichigo went to save Orihime, and Aizen came to FKT.
Next he went to save Dondochakka, and Emperor Zangetsu is going to Soul Society.

KUBO Y U NO WRITE ORIGINAL PLOT?

Mayuri ordered his Squad to kill off Rukongai members? Certainly sounds like him. I guess I forgot how... heartless he could be, given that in the last arc he was mostly with Nemu and fellow Captains.

"You failed to kill that man." I'm assuming this is the Emperor Zangetsu they are talking about. Or.. his great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather maybe, since Quincys live a normal human life, no?

Ah well. Don't go fighting with each other yet, the Quincys are coming.

[Pokestick, good times.]

MANGA 489

Spoiler:

OH BOY, GERMAN. IT'S LIKE IN THE BOUNT ARC AGAIN (AKA this is going to be so awkward in the anime).

So the evil captain guy pulls out his sword-bow (nicccceee) and prepares to fight le Ichigo (still), we get to see some cool Vice-captain stuff and Kurotsuchi is making a surprising amount of sense... WAIT WOULDN'T THAT MAKE THE EVIL QUINCY MASTER BLOW PEOPLE'S HEADS UP-MAN 1000 YEARS OLD? DAFAAAAAA-
ALSO CAPTAIN COMMANDER BACKSTORY APPROACHING AWW YEEEEE-

[-Lapras-]

Yeah, the Japanese seiyuu do seem to struggle with other languages, I guess they are probably just reading a script and haven't actually studied it. I hope it's better than Asuka though.