The Bleach (insert silly name here) thread [Archive]

Advent_Nebula

12-18-2005, 10:02 PM

bakafoo

12-19-2005, 01:57 AM

And it's time to stalk the DVD.

12-19-2005, 11:29 AM

*rubs hands together* Any Bleach is good Bleach. Can't wait. /images/graemlins/happy.gif

Funkatron

12-19-2005, 09:53 PM

That pic that showed up in the last thread got translated:
http://www.livejournal.com/community/soul_society/515567.html#cutid1
The link has a spoilerific pic, so I'll quote:

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Shinigami in high school! Yes, the arc that follows from the SS arc will be animated. BUT! Not so soon. First, the anime series will go into original scenarios, as already mentioned plenty of times on this comm. After the manga has progressed enough, the series will go back to following the story. The original scenarios will take place in the human world, not Soul Society. But, will shinigami still appear? Wait and see!

(Yes, that means that the above image is purely fan service for this article.)

Upcoming anime schedule:
12/20 ep62
12/27 break
01/03 break
01/10 one-hour special (ep 63-64) * end of SS arc
01/17 original scenario begins

Lastly, the Bleach movie is confirmed for release in December 2006. Still no further details for now

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hmm..description is spoilerific, too

crosbie394

12-20-2005, 02:32 AM

I think a good 15-20 episodes of filler should be enough; don't you guys?

stfram

12-20-2005, 02:40 AM

Gak.

At least when when we get to the 10th, it'll be a double episode.

It'll be interesting to see how they handle the filler eps, but if Kubo is involved in the planning, they should be good.

crosbie394

12-20-2005, 02:45 AM

I was wondering what the whole filler arc could be about. I'm hoping for generic hollow battles, rampant humour, and a small dose of don kanoji.

bakafoo

12-20-2005, 04:20 AM

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I think a good 15-20 episodes of filler should be enough; don't you guys?

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Go for 26, last I heard.

guyver83

12-20-2005, 09:37 AM

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and a small dose of don kanoji.

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This guy alone is great..

O-chan

12-20-2005, 10:59 AM

Okay...so let me get this straight?

The pictures in the first post are from an OAV that's going to be released?

A Movie is coming out by December 2006.

The Soul Society Arc ends January 10th and the filler arc starts January 17th.

Okay.

O-chan

harrywang

12-20-2005, 11:16 AM

No, the filler arc doesn;t start on the 17th, nothing is definite yet, though we know it will most likely happen soon.

ibby

12-20-2005, 03:17 PM

Like others have said it looks interesting, and more Bleach is always good.

Funkatron

12-20-2005, 03:18 PM

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harrywang said:
No, the filler arc doesn;t start on the 17th, nothing is definite yet, though we know it will most likely happen soon.

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According to the link I posted above, its supposed to.

Can anyone actually translate that pic? Come on, I know we have quite a few Japanese speakers/readers

Rhodes

12-20-2005, 04:41 PM

with episode 62 how many more episodes is left before the season is done?

next week wont have any bleach and the week after is a 2 parter/1 hour length show.

would that wrap up the season? then 1 full season of filler i think?

golthin

12-20-2005, 10:24 PM

Well episode 62 is out, some surprises and the episode is full of my favorite bleach Women /images/graemlins/noseblef.gif /images/graemlins/noseblef.gif

stfram

12-21-2005, 02:49 AM

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Rhodes said:
with episode 62 how many more episodes is left before the season is done?

next week wont have any bleach and the week after is a 2 parter/1 hour length show.

would that wrap up the season? then 1 full season of filler i think?

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You got it. The double episode is the end of the SS arc.

Advent_Nebula

12-22-2005, 12:41 AM

62 did not have enough Nanao-Chan.

62 also covered more of the manga than I thought it would.

stfram

12-22-2005, 01:38 AM

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Advent_Nebula said:
62 did not have enough Nanao-Chan.

62 also covered more of the manga than I thought it would.

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And for once there is no cliffhanger.

That and Aizen was able to finish his little story, where he confirmed that he did some very naughty things.

crosbie394

12-22-2005, 06:03 AM

I was gutted that we didn't see the fight between Jidanbou and the other gate guardians...I was waiting for that since I first saw it in the manga...

Advent_Nebula

12-23-2005, 09:39 PM

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masaki86 said:
I was gutted that we didn't see the fight between Jidanbou and the other gate guardians...I was waiting for that since I first saw it in the manga...

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I felt shafted when that was not animated.

golthin

12-24-2005, 03:32 AM

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I was gutted that we didn't see the fight between Jidanbou and the other gate guardians...I was waiting for that since I first saw it in the manga...

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I felt shafted when that was not animated.

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they probsbly didn't have time to do the designs for the other three guardians. They might be busy doing new character designs for new characters for the new arcs /images/graemlins/happy.gif. It is probably a lot of trouble for just the short time they appear.

Johnny

12-24-2005, 06:23 AM

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masaki86 said:
I was wondering what the whole filler arc could be about. I'm hoping for generic hollow battles, rampant humour, and a small dose of don kanoji.

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A focus on Orihime? I didn't know about the filler eps after the hour special until I watched ep 62 (great episode btw, even had me feeling a bit for Byakuya which is something I thought I'd never do!) but there's that point where someone refers to 'Hime's powers of healing.

That could all just be rubbish though. More Karakura Super Heroes/Don Kanonji would be greatly appreciated! /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

bakafoo

12-24-2005, 12:26 PM

We can only hope that somewhere down the line she'll be a focus. Her powers were already noticed not just once, but twice already.

harrywang

12-24-2005, 01:24 PM

Kubo said in an interview that Orihime will play a big part in Bleach later on.

12-24-2005, 01:42 PM

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harrywang said:
Kubo said in an interview that Orihime will play a big part in Bleach later on.

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That should make most of our days. /images/graemlins/catgirl0.gif

Advent_Nebula

12-27-2005, 09:02 PM

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harrywang said:
Kubo said in an interview that Orihime will play a big part in Bleach later on.

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That should make most of our days. /images/graemlins/catgirl0.gif

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I can't wait to see where he goes with that then.

Advent_Nebula

01-04-2006, 08:59 PM

Sorry for the dobble post, but, I am just bumping it.

01-04-2006, 09:10 PM

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Sorry for the dobble post, but, I am just bumping it.

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We'll find it when the next episode comes around. Generally bumping is frowned upon at AoD if you didn't know. /images/graemlins/wink.gif

Advent_Nebula

01-04-2006, 09:44 PM

Sorry, I normaly am not around when I am in college, so I didn't know.

01-04-2006, 11:48 PM

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Advent_Nebula said:
Sorry, I normaly am not around when I am in college, so I didn't know.

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Just do what everybody else does and disguise the bump as some random comment on how awesome Bleach is. /images/graemlins/tongue.gif /images/graemlins/catgirl0.gif

stfram

01-08-2006, 04:18 AM

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Advent_Nebula said:
Sorry, I normaly am not around when I am in college, so I didn't know.

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Just do what everybody else does and disguise the bump as some random comment on how awesome Bleach is. /images/graemlins/tongue.gif /images/graemlins/catgirl0.gif

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Bleach is freakin' sweet!

(This poor little thread needed a bump anyway.)

That said, just two more days until the new episode, which apparently is also going to have a new ending song/animation.

bakafoo

01-10-2006, 12:10 PM

The special is divided into two parts. One is the normal thing you'd expect to come from the B-Station series (but with Kon doing it). However in this case it was done to showcase the fights and a summative view/commentary of those fights by the characters done in a puppet-like show. In other words, a cheapened view.

The second part follows the original story's closure. Not much to say here, really.

However, the real treat comes with the preview for the next arc. It's a filler arc, but it does look highly budgetted so we'll be getting some quality stories (hopefully). Plus, Orihime DOES look like she's playing a large role.

Rhodes

01-10-2006, 12:18 PM

so this 50 min episode is really just 25 mins long once you discard the recap 1st half... wow what a let down.

so all we have left is original filler material that wont carry over into the next 26 eps.

guyver83

01-10-2006, 12:18 PM

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BakaBoobie said:
Plus, Orihime DOES look like she's playing a large role.

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Larger in which way /images/graemlins/wink.gif

bakafoo

01-10-2006, 12:22 PM

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BakaBoobie said:
Plus, Orihime DOES look like she's playing a large role.

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Larger in which way /images/graemlins/wink.gif

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On both accounts. /images/graemlins/wink.gif She did seem to have a larger set this time. Almost Matsumoto-size.

Rogueman_8

01-10-2006, 12:30 PM

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guyver83 said:
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BakaBoobie said:
Plus, Orihime DOES look like she's playing a large role.

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Larger in which way /images/graemlins/wink.gif

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On both accounts. /images/graemlins/wink.gif She did seem to have a larger set this time. Almost Matsumoto-size.

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yes, it was awesome. kuukaku and rangiku definitely gave me the goods this episode. awesome closure.

bakafoo

01-10-2006, 12:35 PM

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yes, it was awesome. kuukaku and rangiku definitely gave me the goods this episode. awesome closure.

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Too bad they didn't show what Kon was doing when Ichigo arrived back.

Rogueman_8

01-10-2006, 01:14 PM

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Rogueman_8 said:

yes, it was awesome. kuukaku and rangiku definitely gave me the goods this episode. awesome closure.

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Too bad they didn't show what Kon was doing when Ichigo arrived back. 

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/images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif LOL! I loved that, it had me cracking up so bad /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif.

oh yeah, forgot to mention, loved Asshat (from TenTen) this episode /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif.

bakafoo

01-10-2006, 01:21 PM

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Rhodes said:
so all we have left is original filler material that wont carry over into the next 26 eps.

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Looks like it, though Renji comes down with the gang. At the same time, they're fighting a new enemy with different power. My take is that prior to the conclusion of the arc, Renji will go back and get the other SS people.

Advent_Nebula

01-10-2006, 03:24 PM

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BakaBoobie said:
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Rhodes said:
so all we have left is original filler material that wont carry over into the next 26 eps.

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Looks like it, though Renji comes down with the gang. At the same time, they're fighting a new enemy with different power. My take is that prior to the conclusion of the arc, Renji will go back and get the other SS people.

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Do we know yet how long the Materal World Arc is going to be?

bakafoo

01-10-2006, 03:30 PM

Haven't found the info yet in the official site(s), though it wouldn't be a surprise if it will be long or another filler arc follows through it. Y'know, giving some long breathing room distance between the anime and the manga.

guyver83

01-10-2006, 03:55 PM

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BakaBoobie said:
Haven't found the info yet in the official site(s), though it wouldn't be a surprise if it will be long or another filler arc follows through it. Y'know, giving some long breathing room distance between the anime and the manga.

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add Don Karjoni and I'll be happy BOOHAHHAHAHHAHA

Advent_Nebula

01-11-2006, 06:57 PM

Well 63 was pretty funny, and that episode preivew made me laugh at Renji, BELLBOTTOMS!?!?!

01-12-2006, 12:00 AM

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Advent_Nebula said:
Well 63 was pretty funny, and that episode preivew made me laugh at Renji, BELLBOTTOMS!?!?! 

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The look totally works for him! /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

Advent_Nebula

01-12-2006, 11:42 PM

One thing I have to say though, is after reading Viz's translation for Volume 10 and how they translated Ken-Chan ans Kenny. I really pray that Viz dose not grab hold of the Anime.

stfram

01-13-2006, 12:08 AM

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Advent_Nebula said:
One thing I have to say though, is after reading Viz's translation for Volume 10 and how they translated Ken-Chan ans Kenny. I really pray that Viz dose not grab hold of the Anime.

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To be honest, that would be the least of our worries if they grabbed Bleach.

That said, using the name "Kenny" never bothered me at all as it expresses exactly the feeling I get about their relationship.

Jarred

01-13-2006, 12:24 AM

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Advent_Nebula said:
One thing I have to say though, is after reading Viz's translation for Volume 10 and how they translated Ken-Chan ans Kenny. I really pray that Viz dose not grab hold of the Anime.

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Kenny is actually an appropriate adaptation for Ken-Chan. VIZ's Jump titles don't carry over honorifics, and since -chan usually carries a familiarity, or cute nickname with it, calling him Kenny is a very good translation. My co-workers might call me Ken, but my girlfriend calls me Kenny.

Gatts

01-13-2006, 12:26 AM

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Advent_Nebula said:
One thing I have to say though, is after reading Viz's translation for Volume 10 and how they translated Ken-Chan ans Kenny. I really pray that Viz dose not grab hold of the Anime.

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Funny you say that since Animeigo did that exact same thing for the You're Under Arrest dub years ago (1994 IIRC). I wonder if this is carry over?

Advent_Nebula

01-13-2006, 12:46 AM

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stfram said:
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Advent_Nebula said:
One thing I have to say though, is after reading Viz's translation for Volume 10 and how they translated Ken-Chan ans Kenny. I really pray that Viz dose not grab hold of the Anime.

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To be honest, that would be the least of our worries if they grabbed Bleach.

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I have a list more, but I won't go their and I will live this alone a just leave it be. I don't want to this to get out of hand.

Moving on:
Now, it seems all signs truly point to the next arc being filler. Now we don't yet know how these filler will turn out, but I have a good feeling that they have the potential to be rather good.

01-13-2006, 11:24 AM

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Advent_Nebula said:
One thing I have to say though, is after reading Viz's translation for Volume 10 and how they translated Ken-Chan ans Kenny. I really pray that Viz dose not grab hold of the Anime.

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Well, the decision to stick with honorifics or not is always a hard one. They can appeal Bleach to a large audience so I imagine it will receive a more mainstream translation because of that.

Advent_Nebula

01-13-2006, 03:28 PM

SO dose any one have any hopes or therioes on how this filler arc will go?

seca

01-13-2006, 04:09 PM

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Advent_Nebula said:
SO dose any one have any hopes or therioes on how this filler arc will go?

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I'm just going to expect the worst so that way I won't be let down by it. That and I plan to be highly amused by Renji's utter lack of fashion.

bakafoo

01-13-2006, 05:18 PM

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Advent_Nebula said:
SO dose any one have any hopes or therioes on how this filler arc will go?

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An onsen episode... with Don Kanonji. /images/graemlins/devil.gif

Jarred

01-13-2006, 05:21 PM

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Advent_Nebula said:
SO dose any one have any hopes or therioes on how this filler arc will go?

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I still say they should do a multi-episode story arc with the Karakura Heroes.

Consignia

01-13-2006, 05:23 PM

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Advent_Nebula said:
SO dose any one have any hopes or therioes on how this filler arc will go?

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I predict it'll definitly open at least one plot hole if it converges the manga later on.

I honestly would love to be wrong.

stfram

01-13-2006, 05:40 PM

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Consignia said:
I predict it'll definitly open at least one plot hole if it converges the manga later on.

I honestly would love to be wrong.

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Isn't Kubo Tite supervising the story for this filler arc, along with the new character designs? That alone should ensure a smooth integration when the main story starts back up again.

Part of me does wish that the anime side had taken things a wee bit slower, but their planning had probably included a filler arc early on.

untoldsorrow

01-13-2006, 08:35 PM

A part of me can't see Ichigo having any problems with the bad guys in the fillers arc. He is so powerful that if an enemy comes out of nowhere and he has a hard time beating that enemy, I can't see it, but thats just me.

crosbie394

01-15-2006, 08:50 AM

These new enemies don't look like hollows themselves do they; they must be human then with their own powers.

Maybe they have anti-shinigami powers like Ururu and Jinta, which would explain it if they could hold their own against ichigo. I'm looking forward to this though; looks like it could be damn good!

bakafoo

01-15-2006, 12:58 PM

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masaki86 said:
These new enemies don't look like hollows themselves do they; they must be human then with their own powers.

Maybe they have anti-shinigami powers like Ururu and Jinta, which would explain it if they could hold their own against ichigo. I'm looking forward to this though; looks like it could be damn good!

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First thing that came up when I saw them was that they were shamans. But then I was reading Jan-issue of SJ, so that could have played a factor in my judgement. /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

wrex

01-17-2006, 08:02 AM

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BakaBoobie said:
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masaki86 said:
These new enemies don't look like hollows themselves do they; they must be human then with their own powers.

Maybe they have anti-shinigami powers like Ururu and Jinta, which would explain it if they could hold their own against ichigo. I'm looking forward to this though; looks like it could be damn good!

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First thing that came up when I saw them was that they were shamans. But then I was reading Jan-issue of SJ, so that could have played a factor in my judgement. /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

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Although they didn't really show them in action, the trap that they lay and the gate similar to the gate to Hell show that they have spiritual powers... I don't think they are human.

It looks like this arc is the save Orihime arc. Basically, everyone's back to school and Renji is made the "tanto" or the shinigami in charge of the Karakura area. Orihime is down about not being any use in their jaunt to Soul Society, which leads to her abduction.

The art quality didn't seem up to par; everyone looked kinda elongated or mishapen a bit. There were a few LOL moments (usually involving Kon). I think this arc shows some promise, though, and should be a good filler till they finish the current manga arc.

Also, there seems to be a funky new ending song/animation... but I'm not sure if it was introduced in the last episode because I didn't realize it was an hour long special and I only recorded half of it... /images/graemlins/sweat000.gif

Some screencaps:
Abarai "Fashion Nightmare Freeloader" Renji has dinner with Ururu and gang (http://www.wrexgrafix.com/anime/bleach/64/bleach64-01.jpg)

Orihime trains hard (http://www.wrexgrafix.com/anime/bleach/64/bleach64-02.jpg)

Kon greets Ichigo... in his own, twisted, little, frustrated stuffed animal sort of way (http://www.wrexgrafix.com/anime/bleach/64/bleach64-03.jpg)

What could be frightening the beegeebees out of Renji? (http://www.wrexgrafix.com/anime/bleach/64/bleach64-04.jpg)

The Gates of H-.... something open wide (http://www.wrexgrafix.com/anime/bleach/64/bleach64-05.jpg)

New enemies? (http://www.wrexgrafix.com/anime/bleach/64/bleach64-06.jpg)

The ending animation is quite bizarre... and cute (http://www.wrexgrafix.com/anime/bleach/64/bleach64-07.jpg)

The ending shows a clearer image of the new enemies.... the girl is too cute though... (http://www.wrexgrafix.com/anime/bleach/64/bleach64-08.jpg)

crosbie394

01-17-2006, 08:55 AM

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The ending shows a clearer image of the new enemies.... the girl is too cute though... (http://www.wrexgrafix.com/anime/bleach/64/bleach64-08.jpg)

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I thought the guy with red hair looked a lot like renji when i saw him in the preview in ep 63. However, that is just because of his colour hair and size, nothing else. /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

Rogueman_8

01-17-2006, 09:31 AM

no new ending song last episode. this new one is okay, mucho focus on the new enemies, w/ that, it's probably my least fave ED. anyways, i'm just glad to have Tatsuki back again /images/graemlins/noseblef.gif /images/graemlins/noseblef.gif /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif.

bakafoo

01-17-2006, 10:21 AM

I'm just happy to see everybody (school gang) again. It's definitely been a while. Now, we need the great Don to make everything complete. /images/graemlins/wink.gif

Oh, and Orihime in a nightgown was definitely hot.

bakafoo

01-17-2006, 10:27 AM

Hmm... couple of notes, they decided to use that seireitei 'charm' they gave to Ichigo already. I thought it was going to server another purpose (as hinted in the manga). But more importantly how is Renji's story sequence going to fit again with the manga's own line?

seca

01-17-2006, 10:58 AM

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Hmm... couple of notes, they decided to use that seireitei 'charm' they gave to Ichigo already. I thought it was going to server another purpose (as hinted in the manga). But more importantly how is Renji's story sequence going to fit again with the manga's own line?

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Don't think it'll change it too much, just have the rest show up when they do in the manga and tweak the Renji scenes a bit to fit.

crosbie394

01-17-2006, 11:04 AM

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BakaBoobie said:
Hmm... couple of notes, they decided to use that seireitei 'charm' they gave to Ichigo already. I thought it was going to server another purpose (as hinted in the manga). But more importantly how is Renji's story sequence going to fit again with the manga's own line?

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Don't think it'll change it too much, just have the rest show up when they do in the manga and tweak the Renji scenes a bit to fit.

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Or maybe Renji gets recalled to SS? Makes sense, and no changes needed

guyver83

01-17-2006, 03:47 PM

poor Orihime she needs a man!

edit: ok the ending.. ....WWWWWTTTTFFFFF.. I liked Life better than this song... but the arc looks interesting.

Consignia

01-17-2006, 04:02 PM

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The 2005 Jump Festa Anime Tour Bleach OVA might be an example of what the production team would do with Bleach without following Kubo's storyline. The OVA is the production team's original story, with Kubo only contributing the character design for the new primary antagonist.

PICS: [1] (http://img379.imageshack.us/my.php?image=jfat05bleach30pk.jpg) [2] (http://img484.imageshack.us/my.php?image=jfat05bleach54zc.jpg)

Mod Edit: Hijacked and made the new king.

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Is this OVA the basis for the new PS2 game? I looked at the coverart, and it features an character not disimilar to the bad guy of the OVA.

Observe the viewing globe (http://global.yesasia.com/en/ImageGallery.aspx/section-games/code-j/version-all/pid-1004087751/#selection)

golthin

01-17-2006, 04:54 PM

Have you noticed that most of the characters have now a shadow under the chin? This has been going on for the last 10 episodes or so, did they change animation studio or something? The real young characters don't have the shadow tough, even Orihime doesn't have it.

golthin

01-17-2006, 04:57 PM

Off topic but I couldn't help to comment.
That is a sweet Avatar rogueman! I think I watched that episode like more than 10 times for that scene. Too bad the boy chickened out when Motoko offered him a taste.

golthin

01-17-2006, 04:59 PM

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BakaBoobie said:
Hmm... couple of notes, they decided to use that seireitei 'charm' they gave to Ichigo already. I thought it was going to server another purpose (as hinted in the manga). But more importantly how is Renji's story sequence going to fit again with the manga's own line?

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Very well, because he is one of the people sent to deal with the problem.

Big_JIMMBOW

01-17-2006, 06:32 PM

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Kodachi said:
The 2005 Jump Festa Anime Tour Bleach OVA might be an example of what the production team would do with Bleach without following Kubo's storyline. The OVA is the production team's original story, with Kubo only contributing the character design for the new primary antagonist.

PICS: [1] (http://img379.imageshack.us/my.php?image=jfat05bleach30pk.jpg) [2] (http://img484.imageshack.us/my.php?image=jfat05bleach54zc.jpg)

Mod Edit: Hijacked and made the new king.

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When will this be released? is the only way to get it over Yahoo JP Auctions?

Kodachi

01-17-2006, 07:50 PM

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When will this be released? is the only way to get it over Yahoo JP Auctions?

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Once the JF-AT wraps up, it'll be released on DVD. People have been guess-timating June-ish. Currently, the only way to see it is to go to a JF-AT location. They're very diligent about searching for recording devices.

golthin

01-17-2006, 07:59 PM

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When will this be released? is the only way to get it over Yahoo JP Auctions?

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Once the JF-AT wraps up, it'll be released on DVD. People have been guess-timating June-ish. Currently, the only way to see it is to go to a JF-AT location. They're very diligent about searching for recording devices.

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I watched this OVA and it is nothing new, basically about the first 5 episodes of bleach TV all in one OVA with better animation.

bakafoo

01-17-2006, 09:01 PM

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Once the JF-AT wraps up, it'll be released on DVD. People have been guess-timating June-ish. Currently, the only way to see it is to go to a JF-AT location. They're very diligent about searching for recording devices.

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I watched this OVA and it is nothing new, basically about the first 5 episodes of bleach TV all in one OVA with better animation.

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Huh? "Sealed Sword Frenzy" is just a rehash?

seca

01-17-2006, 09:08 PM

bobma

01-17-2006, 09:15 PM

golthin

01-17-2006, 09:36 PM

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Once the JF-AT wraps up, it'll be released on DVD. People have been guess-timating June-ish. Currently, the only way to see it is to go to a JF-AT location. They're very diligent about searching for recording devices.

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I watched this OVA and it is nothing new, basically about the first 5 episodes of bleach TV all in one OVA with better animation.

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Huh? "Sealed Sword Frenzy" is just a rehash?

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ah that must be a different OVA then I was talking about Memories in the rain.

Funkatron

01-17-2006, 09:56 PM

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Once the JF-AT wraps up, it'll be released on DVD. People have been guess-timating June-ish. Currently, the only way to see it is to go to a JF-AT location. They're very diligent about searching for recording devices.

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I watched this OVA and it is nothing new, basically about the first 5 episodes of bleach TV all in one OVA with better animation.

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Huh? "Sealed Sword Frenzy" is just a rehash?

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ah that must be a different OVA then I was talking about Memories in the rain.

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Memories in the Rain was the 2004 Jump Fiesta OVA. We are talking about the 2005 Jump Fiesta OVa

bobma

01-18-2006, 07:12 AM

I finally got a look at the new episode and I'm pleasantly surprised so far. It seems this filler arc could deal with the hell side of the afterlife, considering the gate that Orihime was taken away with. This is certainly interesting enough. The only downside to it (if it really is a hell arc) is that the chances of hell playing an important part in the manga are greatly reduced, since Kubo must have greenlighted this to not contradict future developments. Renji in the real world is hillarious. Especially the "freeloader" and "demotion" scenes were great. /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif One thing that looked especially cool animated to me was whenever Ichigo entered/reentered his body. Nice visuals. Sadly enough Orihime on the other hand didn't get much animation love IMO. More often than not she looked rather odd, compared to the other characters (build, facial features). No opinion on the new villains yet, since they haven't done much. As for the new ending, I think it's great. I like the song and the animation to go along with it is entertaining. Those...things look like something that Rukia would have come up with. /images/graemlins/happy.gif One thing that struck me was how nicely choreographed it was to the music, like the chorus of the 3 Rukiamons singing or the cute "villainess" counting to 3.

crosbie394

01-18-2006, 07:52 AM

So; are the three cute creatures the real forms of the 'new enemy'? Would be kinda funny.

wrex

01-18-2006, 05:42 PM

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I finally got a look at the new episode and I'm pleasantly surprised so far. It seems this filler arc could deal with the hell side of the afterlife, considering the gate that Orihime was taken away with. This is certainly interesting enough. The only downside to it (if it really is a hell arc) is that the chances of hell playing an important part in the manga are greatly reduced, since Kubo must have greenlighted this to not contradict future developments.

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No opinion on the new villains yet, since they haven't done much. As for the new ending, I think it's great. I like the song and the animation to go along with it is entertaining. Those...things look like something that Rukia would have come up with. /images/graemlins/happy.gif One thing that struck me was how nicely choreographed it was to the music, like the chorus of the 3 Rukiamons singing or the cute "villainess" counting to 3.

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I kinda liked the cute dancing animation too. And because these villains look so cute in the end animation, I have the feeling that maybe they won't turn out to be so bad in the end. The large guy with the side beard may be the true villain.

bakafoo

01-18-2006, 05:45 PM

Rukiamons, eh? That has a rather nice ring to it. /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

Rhodes

01-24-2006, 12:52 PM

havent watched this show since the fillers started but been keeping up with the blogs...

quality takes another hit... downward spiral for the animation?


another of ichi's friends goes poof.

thought ishida's mojo is all but gone but seems he still hanging around ichigo and not working to get it back.

worried bout how these eps will flow back into the manga storyline once they finish with this season of filler.

seca

01-24-2006, 01:25 PM

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havent watched this show since the fillers started but been keeping up with the blogs...

quality takes another hit... downward spiral for the animation?


another of ichi's friends goes poof.

thought ishida's mojo is all but gone but seems he still hanging around ichigo and not working to get it back.

worried bout how these eps will flow back into the manga storyline once they finish with this season of filler.

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The animation so far does leave much to be desired. I'm hoping that they're skimping on these episodes so when it goes back to the manga storyline it'll look fantastic.

I really don't think it'll be too much trouble transtitioning from the filler into the manga story again since the only real thing they've really changed is Renji. Everything else is still more or less in line for the manga storyline.

wrex

01-24-2006, 08:08 PM

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havent watched this show since the fillers started but been keeping up with the blogs...

quality takes another hit... downward spiral for the animation?


another of ichi's friends goes poof.

thought ishida's mojo is all but gone but seems he still hanging around ichigo and not working to get it back.

worried bout how these eps will flow back into the manga storyline once they finish with this season of filler.

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The animation so far does leave much to be desired. I'm hoping that they're skimping on these episodes so when it goes back to the manga storyline it'll look fantastic.

I really don't think it'll be too much trouble transtitioning from the filler into the manga story again since the only real thing they've really changed is Renji. Everything else is still more or less in line for the manga storyline.

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I thought the animation or art quality on this episode was better than the previous episode (although there was one scene when one of Ichigo's eyeball was looking up and the other looking down @_@). The quality may not be so great because the animators have to create original artwork instead of having great Kubo manga images to base things on.

I feel confident also that this arc shouldn't disturb things too much, and they'll be able to smoothly transition on to the next manga storyline.

As for this episode itself, the interactions between Renji and Ichigo were funny as hell.

And at last we have names: Kurouda (the blondie with the hat) and Nova (the red head whose head is mostly hidden) and Ririn (I think... for the little girl). They also have mysterious powers, as they seem to be able to teleport or appear/disappear at will (unless they were just illusions). 

Pics:
Ichigo and Renji get into one of their trivial battles (http://www.wrexgrafix.com/anime/bleach/65/bleach65-01.jpg)

Poor artwork here (http://www.wrexgrafix.com/anime/bleach/65/bleach65-02.jpg)

One of Orihime's cute memory accounts (http://www.wrexgrafix.com/anime/bleach/65/bleach65-03.jpg)

Dark Orihime? (http://www.wrexgrafix.com/anime/bleach/65/bleach65-04.jpg)

Ichigo is toyed with (http://www.wrexgrafix.com/anime/bleach/65/bleach65-05.jpg)

Gatts

01-24-2006, 10:38 PM

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Dark Orihime? (http://www.wrexgrafix.com/anime/bleach/65/bleach65-04.jpg)

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I'm sure there are a number of people who would love to switch positions with Chad in that situation.

seca

01-24-2006, 10:57 PM

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I'm sure there are a number of people who would love to switch positions with Chad in that situation.

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Until they learn the truth though. /images/graemlins/stunned0.gif

bakafoo

01-25-2006, 01:17 AM

Having the same animation director for the series, I'm getting strong vibes that Bleach is slowly re-adapting YYH's third arc. I'm curious as to how they'll make it pan out.

Oh, yeah. Love how they keep on picking on Renji at the Urahara residence, especially the omake one. /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

wrex

01-25-2006, 07:27 AM

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Having the same animation director for the series, I'm getting strong vibes that Bleach is slowly re-adapting YYH's third arc. I'm curious as to how they'll make it pan out.

Oh, yeah. Love how they keep on picking on Renji at the Urahara residence, especially the omake one. /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

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Yeah, it's pretty bad when even Ururu picks on you. /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

wrex

01-25-2006, 07:33 AM

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What's ironic is when Ichigo says, "so, you're not the same person as one one that was making the calls!" "Of course not. If I had a voice like that, it'd be gross!" he answers. .... but I'm thinking, "yeah, but you were just posing as a big-boobed girl saying airheaded things just a few seconds earlier... " @_@

guyver83

01-25-2006, 03:13 PM

heee them running around toward teh phones reminds me of die hard 3 when bruce willis had to do the same.

crosbie394

01-26-2006, 03:03 AM

The guys over at bleach7 have reported that the filler will end with episode 69. I myself thought they'd be making it run quite a bit longer to be honest.

Anyway, if you look at the episode titles, it makes a lot of sense, with episode 70 being a definite manga title episode.

bakafoo

01-26-2006, 09:31 AM

Well that sucks. Considering that they even made a custom ending just for the new villains, I was hoping they'd at least get 12 or 13 episodes at least. I was really hoping they'd be exploring more of the 'Hell'-aspect of Bleach, at the same time, flesh out the new villains...

wrex

01-26-2006, 10:11 AM

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Well that sucks. Considering that they even made a custom ending just for the new villains, I was hoping they'd at least get 12 or 13 episodes at least. I was really hoping they'd be exploring more of the 'Hell'-aspect of Bleach, at the same time, flesh out the new villains...

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crosbie394

01-26-2006, 10:22 AM

well; we have two 1 hour specials coming up, so it will make it out to be at least 9 episodes length; but still, It could have been more.

Consignia

01-26-2006, 12:26 PM

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The guys over at bleach7 have reported that the filler will end with episode 69. I myself thought they'd be making it run quite a bit longer to be honest.

Anyway, if you look at the episode titles, it makes a lot of sense, with episode 70 being a definite manga title episode.

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I just had a look at the title, and I thought that there was a bit of a gap between the end of the Soul Society stuff and THAT event.

I haven't the manga up to that point but I believe there's at least
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-Arrancar Introduction
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Before that event. Will they reach that point in just one episode? Or will they deviate from the manga?

seca

01-26-2006, 01:19 PM

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The guys over at bleach7 have reported that the filler will end with episode 69. I myself thought they'd be making it run quite a bit longer to be honest.

Anyway, if you look at the episode titles, it makes a lot of sense, with episode 70 being a definite manga title episode.

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I don't think it will be the end of the filler, since in the ED there are two groups of villians and we've only been introduced to the first one. I think in ep 70 they'll just bring Rukia in to join Renji. Since it makes no sense to say the rest of the shinigami coming is a 'revival of the team acting as agents', 'cuase none of them were 'agents' of anything before. I think that last part probably is for the villians of this arc.

TheStrongMan

01-29-2006, 03:54 PM

So...does the manga explain things better than the anime?

I dunno...the pacing is usually pretty good, but from about episode 54 till the end of the Soul Society arc, it just felt waaaaaaay too fast.

-What was the point of the Genryuusai/Shunsui/Jyuushiro "fight?" Was it just so we could see the transformation sequence, and the subsequent release of the 3 Zanpaktous...is there actually a fight in the manga?

-Do we get an actual fight between
Kira and Matsumoto?, and do we actually get to see her zanpaktou in action?

-Is it ever explained why Aizen is so damn powerful? It can't be entirely because of his zanpaktou. I understand that he will become powerful after taking the Hougyoku out of Rukia...but that doesn't exactly explain why he's dominanting everyone in the meantime.

-Jidanbou and Kuukaku seem to just pop out of nowhere...is this explained?

There are some other things...but those stuck out the most in watching the end of the arc.

untoldsorrow

01-29-2006, 09:56 PM

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So...does the manga explain things better than the anime?

I dunno...the pacing is usually pretty good, but from about episode 54 till the end of the Soul Society arc, it just felt waaaaaaay too fast.

-What was the point of the Genryuusai/Shunsui/Jyuushiro "fight?" Was it just so we could see the transformation sequence, and the subsequent release of the 3 Zanpaktous...is there actually a fight in the manga?

-Do we get an actual fight between
Kira and Matsumoto?, and do we actually get to see her zanpaktou in action?

-Is it ever explained why Aizen is so damn powerful? It can't be entirely because of his zanpaktou. I understand that he will become powerful after taking the Hougyoku out of Rukia...but that doesn't exactly explain why he's dominanting everyone in the meantime.

-Jidanbou and Kuukaku seem to just pop out of nowhere...is this explained?

There are some other things...but those stuck out the most in watching the end of the arc.

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The anime mimic the Manga quite well actually, everything that was seen was drawned, even the pacing.

To answer your questions to the best of my ability,

1. Its basically to show off their blades and the relationship between the 3 captains.

2. We do not see Kira's and Matsumoto's fight right after she releases her shikai. This is also the same for the manga. It cuts off when she releases it then comes back after she finish beating him.

3. Aizen is a mystery. His shikai is quite powerful and since he is a captain level, he does not have ot say the sword's name inorder to release the shikai so I'm assuming he's using it without anyone realizing he is. Another point, since he's been captain for quite along time compared to the others he fought (etc: Hitsugaya or VC like Renji) so there could be a power difference due to experience. Another point, all besides Hitsugaya were not at full strength, all injured/tired from their previous fight.

4. Jidanbou and Kuukaku event was not done well in the anime actually. This part they rushed to the extend that scenes were not included. Basicaly in the earlier episode, Kuukaku visits Jidanbou in the house and says she wants to pay back the "bitch" refering to nekko-chan ,lol. THis implies they went inside to stop the execution or help. What wasn't animated was the fight between Jidanbou vs. the other 3 gatekeepers.

Hope that helped.

I felt there is no need for spoiler tags since its these events have already but who knows...add if need be mods, lol.

stfram

01-30-2006, 02:00 AM

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What wasn't animated was the fight between Jidanbou vs. the other 3 gatekeepers.

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Which was pretty much over in a page and a half in the manga. It introduces the other three gatekeepers, and they get immediately taken out by Jidanbou, who is upset that his friends have joined Aizen's cause.

After I saw the manga, it was no longer such a big deal. Perhaps it will be added/expanded in the DVD version? They gotta have sonething extra to sell shiny discs.

seca

01-30-2006, 11:44 AM

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After I saw the manga, it was no longer such a big deal. Perhaps it will be added/expanded in the DVD version? They gotta have sonething extra to sell shiny discs.

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Don't think so. The DVDs have no new animation at all and are rather bare bones when it comes to extras except for the LEs, but those extras aren't on the actual disc.

Funkatron

01-31-2006, 11:58 PM

Makes sense now why Kon is in the ending

the Trio are mod souls like Kon, probably in Gigais
Loved Yachiru being the Captian of the Women's Soul Society Club. lol 
Nice eppy. Hope there is more to come

crosbie394

02-02-2006, 05:10 AM

hehe; yeah, hopefully once this little arc is over, they are kept in the series in their cute stuffed animal form!!

TheStrongMan

02-04-2006, 06:25 AM

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1. Its basically to show off their blades and the relationship between the 3 captains.

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Thought so...that's kinda depressing

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2. We do not see Kira's and Matsumoto's fight right after she releases her shikai. This is also the same for the manga. It cuts off when she releases it then comes back after she finish beating him.

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Also depressing.
We get a nice description of what Wabisuke does, but nothing for Haineko.

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3. Aizen is a mystery. <snip> Another point, all besides Hitsugaya were not at full strength, all injured/tired from their previous fight.

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Hhmmm...I didn't consider the lack of strength angle.

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<snip> What wasn't animated was the fight between Jidanbou vs. the other 3 gatekeepers.

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There we go...so something was missing there.

Thanks (=

Consignia

02-05-2006, 11:07 AM

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Makes sense now why Kon is in the ending

the Trio are mod souls like Kon, probably in Gigais
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Yeah, I liked the fact that Soi Fong was playing with a black cat as well. This arc is acutally getting quite interesting, as the first two episodes didn't capture me, but this episode, despite lack of action, was enjoyable.

Rhodes

02-07-2006, 12:28 PM

seen the pics and the short break down for this ep.

cant say its any good... cept for soi fong showing up but still. another game with find the fake with the students gone poof as incentive.

with more close ups of rinrin... cant say she looks cute at all.

as fillers go these dont seem very interesting.

guyver83

02-08-2006, 01:04 PM

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seen the pics and the short break down for this ep.

cant say its any good... cept for soi fong showing up but still. another game with find the fake with the students gone poof as incentive.

with more close ups of rinrin... cant say she looks cute at all.

as fillers go these dont seem very interesting.

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ooo we get to see yoruichi in her human form next ep... holla for all those fanservice fans. Next week ep is 1 hr ep prob to finish off this filler arc.

seca

02-08-2006, 02:52 PM

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ooo we get to see yoruichi in her human form next ep... holla for all those fanservice fans. Next week ep is 1 hr ep prob to finish off this filler arc.

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I'm beginnig to think this filler arc was created for the fanservice alone. But if they finish up this filler arc we'll still have at least one more to go through before we return to the manga story.

Johnny

02-08-2006, 03:09 PM

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Personally I really hope so. I haven't really liked this filler arc all that much the same way that watching the R2's made me realize that after seeing the whole Soul Society arc (I'm talking about from episode 20 or so onwards), the first 20 or so eps and this filler just isn't as good.
I think the best thing about this new arc is the ED song.

Consignia

02-08-2006, 03:12 PM

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ooo we get to see yoruichi in her human form next ep... holla for all those fanservice fans. Next week ep is 1 hr ep prob to finish off this filler arc.

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I'm beginnig to think this filler arc was created for the fanservice alone. But if they finish up this filler arc we'll still have at least one more to go through before we return to the manga story.

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Well, looking at the names of the next few episodes it's either gonna follow the manga for a bit to get the gang together, and then goto filler again, or it's going to diverge massively.

bakafoo

02-08-2006, 03:50 PM

More likely the former, as we haven't even seen the other two (or 3?) characters shown in the ED. Plus, they can't just suddenly switch back to the manga's timeline. The conditions haven't been met yet (unlike Naruto's first huge filler session).

Rhodes

02-14-2006, 04:45 PM

well these sets of episodes ends the current arc and starts a new one... gosh I swore I saw this arc before in YYH. :p

Anyway Rukia comes back at the end and they find out about Ishida being all limp now... so I guess Bleach is gonna pull a FMA and go to all new original materials now? Its taking a pretty big detour from the manga.

I guess once they finish this new arc of soul sucking vampires they started, they could go back to manga source or even more filler for a full season of filler before back to manga source... if they go back that is.

seca

02-14-2006, 05:27 PM

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well these sets of episodes ends the current arc and starts a new one... gosh I swore I saw this arc before in YYH. :p

Anyway Rukia comes back at the end and they find out about Ishida being all limp now... so I guess Bleach is gonna pull a FMA and go to all new original materials now? Its taking a pretty big detour from the manga.

I guess once they finish this new arc of soul sucking vampires they started, they could go back to manga source or even more filler for a full season of filler before back to manga source... if they go back that is.

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No, I think it's pretty much been guarunteed that after the filler they'll go back to the manga story arc. I think they're just taking little things from the current manga arc and putting them in the filler to help make the transition back to the manga story arc a little smoother.

I loved the Shinigmai Cup Golden extras this week. Poor Soi Fong missed her chance with Yoruichi and Ukitake is a little late with a Christmas stocking for Shiro-chan. XP

fractured78

02-15-2006, 03:54 AM

I actually like the filler arcs so far. For filler it sure is satisfying. I really wish the secondary characters would get a bit more into the act though. Not a complaint, just a wish. I think it'd be nice to see Sado and Inoue kick a little butt.

I don't see why people are complaining that this isn't as good as the real stuff...it can't be. The anime guys have to write a story that leaves the characters in the same position that they started in...otherwise they'll screw up the future arcs that come from the manga. Under those constraints it's nearly impossible to make something better. More powerful characters. Can't do that. Profound changes in their relationships. Can't do that. Plot twists that make you rethink everything that came before. Can't do that either...

bakafoo

02-15-2006, 09:50 AM

Same sentiment here, as I'm really enjoying this filler. But if any, I was looking forward more to some altercation between Ichigo&co and Urahara's puppet crew before they revealed something like this.

Rhodes

02-15-2006, 10:28 AM

but the next arc isnt going to go anywhere same with the last arc. ichi is now gimped so when he gets ungimped once this vamp arc or the fillers are done he'll be back to normal.

Big_JIMMBOW

02-15-2006, 11:06 PM

I must say, these are a heck of a lot better than the Naruto three episode arcs...

so what items are they taking form the manga and putting in the fillers?

golthin

02-15-2006, 11:14 PM

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well these sets of episodes ends the current arc and starts a new one... gosh I swore I saw this arc before in YYH. :p

Anyway Rukia comes back at the end and they find out about Ishida being all limp now... so I guess Bleach is gonna pull a FMA and go to all new original materials now? Its taking a pretty big detour from the manga.

I guess once they finish this new arc of soul sucking vampires they started, they could go back to manga source or even more filler for a full season of filler before back to manga source... if they go back that is.

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It is going to take a full Year for the enemy to get ready to strike. So probably Rika is going to show for a while and then go back. she will reappear for the continuation of the manga. I enjoyed this episode a lot, getting a few glimpses of Yoruichi huge breast was a treat. /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif. They need to change her uniform and get some cleavage in there.

Funkatron

02-15-2006, 11:28 PM

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well these sets of episodes ends the current arc and starts a new one... gosh I swore I saw this arc before in YYH. :p

Anyway Rukia comes back at the end and they find out about Ishida being all limp now... so I guess Bleach is gonna pull a FMA and go to all new original materials now? Its taking a pretty big detour from the manga.

I guess once they finish this new arc of soul sucking vampires they started, they could go back to manga source or even more filler for a full season of filler before back to manga source... if they go back that is.

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It is going to take a full Year for the enemy to get ready to strike. So probably Rika is going to show for a while and then go back. she will reappear for the continuation of the manga. I enjoyed this episode a lot, getting a few glimpses of Yoruichi huge breast was a treat. /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif. They need to change her uniform and get some cleavage in there.

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maybe by having no uniform?

Did anyone else love that Valentine's version of Shinigami cup? Poor Soi Fong :p

golthin

03-08-2006, 11:44 AM

Anyone still watching bleach? I just watched episode 71 and that was so darn funny! can you say "Boo boo cushion" The faces of everyone in the room was priceless. The rest of the episode was ok, not bad for a filler episode.

bakafoo

03-08-2006, 12:04 PM

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Anyone still watching bleach? I just watched episode 71 and that was so darn funny! can you say "Boo boo cushion" The faces of everyone in the room was priceless. The rest of the episode was ok, not bad for a filler episode.

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Yep. The anime's director seems bent on giving us YYH' deja vus. First it was the 'downtime' scenario, then now the hospital showdown.

Consignia

04-08-2006, 01:11 PM

I take it from the overwhelming response in this thread, people are loving the current story.

Anyway, the most noteworthy thing at the moment is the fantastic new OP that's been produced. Apart from the song, the intro brings back some of the style that's been missing from the OPs since the first one, and finally is reminisent of the manga covers again. Ironic, since the anime is completely different in tone at moment to the manga, but that's neither here nor there.

Although the writers do seem to be doing everything in there power not to directly contradict the manga, bless 'em. Such as the shinigami with the Bount worked under one of the people Kenpachi killed, but they're not revealing who that was because he may turn up later in the manga, but freely showing this guy.

Johnny

04-08-2006, 01:54 PM

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I take it from the overwhelming response in this thread, people are loving the current story.

Anyway, the most noteworthy thing at the moment is the fantastic new OP that's been produced. Apart from the song, the intro brings back some of the style that's been missing from the OPs since the first one, and finally is reminisent of the manga covers again. Ironic, since the anime is completely different in tone at moment to the manga, but that's neither here nor there.

Although the writers do seem to be doing everything in there power not to directly contradict the manga, bless 'em. Such as the shinigami with the Bount worked under one of the people Kenpachi killed, but they're not revealing who that was because he may turn up later in the manga, but freely showing this guy.

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Heh, actually with the recent specials I'm enjoying the filler a lot more now that we have faces and can see who Ichigo etc have to fight against.
New OP is awesome. Really, really good.

seca

04-08-2006, 03:19 PM

I do love the new style for the new intro, and completely agree with your points about it. But for the actual filler, the Baunts bore me and I'm only watching it for the scenes with the manga cast and the shinigami cup golden clips, which have all been priceless.

Consignia

04-08-2006, 04:24 PM

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I do love the new style for the new intro, and completely agree with your points about it. But for the actual filler, the Baunts bore me and I'm only watching it for the scenes with the manga cast and the shinigami cup golden clips, which have all been priceless.

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Intrestingly, I find the Arrancar in the current manga arc quite boring. Although the anime story does have it's problems, namely the rubbish mod-souls, and the dull design of the Bounts' dolls. I quite like the way this arc is going though, and in terms of filler, it could be far worse.

guyver83

04-08-2006, 05:47 PM

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I do love the new style for the new intro, and completely agree with your points about it. But for the actual filler, the Baunts bore me and I'm only watching it for the scenes with the manga cast and the shinigami cup golden clips, which have all been priceless.

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Intrestingly, I find the Arrancar in the current manga arc quite boring. Although the anime story does have it's problems, namely the rubbish mod-souls, and the dull design of the Bounts' dolls. I quite like the way this arc is going though, and in terms of filler, it could be far worse.

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like naurto's fillers.. my god some of the ones now are just HORRIBLE!

AdyHart

04-08-2006, 07:15 PM

Im not finding the current Bleach episodes too bad. The enemies seem to be a bit dull but hopefully things will get a bit more intense soon rather than the, we have to hold them off while Ishida runs away, forumla.

Still I get to see more of Abarai Renji and I just love that guy, his hair is awesome and his attitude towards Ichigo is cool too!

masterpez

04-11-2006, 10:36 PM

Awesome ep overall. First off, a slight change in the OP. In the last episode, we got a variation of this shot (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/marsh-/Random%20Pics/heist.jpg) from the manga, but with just Orihime solo. This episode, it's just Renji. As for the ep itself, it starts off with Ichinose vs. Ichigo which was a nice one. I think Ichinose has one of the better shikai abilities. After the fight, it goes into his past and how he met Kariya. Kariya then takes over fighting Ichigo and whups his ass. Ururu and Ginta show up and assault the mansion, meanwhile Rukia, Ririn and co. go to save Ishida, who doesn't want to leave without rescuing Yoshino (I wonder why /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif). Our favorite "cat girl" steps in to save Ichigo and the ep ends with the Baunt watching the mansion burn.

Also, about the new ED...I like the shots of the girls, and then the group female shot at the end...but what's up with the horrible purple disco outfits that the guys are wearing in the beginning??

Johnny

04-14-2006, 07:59 AM

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Awesome ep overall. First off, a slight change in the OP. In the last episode, we got a variation of this shot (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/marsh-/Random%20Pics/heist.jpg) from the manga, but with just Orihime solo. This episode, it's just Renji. As for the ep itself, it starts off with Ichinose vs. Ichigo which was a nice one. I think Ichinose has one of the better shikai abilities. After the fight, it goes into his past and how he met Kariya. Kariya then takes over fighting Ichigo and whups his ass. Ururu and Ginta show up and assault the mansion, meanwhile Rukia, Ririn and co. go to save Ishida, who doesn't want to leave without rescuing Yoshino (I wonder why /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif). Our favorite "cat girl" steps in to save Ichigo and the ep ends with the Baunt watching the mansion burn.

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I completely agree. Best episode of the filler so far for sure. The Ichinose/Ichigo fight was cool.
Glad to see Ururu and Jinta again /images/graemlins/catgirl0.gif
It was also pretty cool seeing everyone together at the end too.
Next episode isn't until the 2nd May so I guess it'll be another special - is there any reason we're having all these specials lately?

bakafoo

04-14-2006, 10:33 AM

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Bleach fillers are not having the best fan reception right now (except the ubber cool episode 33 /images/graemlins/happy.gif ). That's why they're rushing all of the filler episodes into 2 episode-specials so as to get back on the manga track. If you ask me, I like what I'm seeing, save for the inconsistent artwork, and extreme YYH-parallels.

Johnny

04-14-2006, 10:35 AM

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and extreme YYH-parallels.

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I'm glad I ain't the only one who thought that /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Rhodes

04-14-2006, 12:05 PM

so far all the fillers to me have been sucky. from the intro of the 3 soul mods arc that is lifted straight out of YYH. to the current fight with the bount... ichigo was uber badass and now he gets totally owned?

current arc is better than the crap that came before but thats not saying much.

its odd that i found the 2nd ova to be much more interesting than the tv fillers.

i'd probably find some new eps of that don guy with the kids and kon to be more funny and interesting than these current filler eps. course too much of that and i'd want to shot myself as well.

bakafoo

04-14-2006, 12:22 PM

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its odd that i found the 2nd ova to be much more interesting than the tv fillers.

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If any, the second OAV also takes a heavy nod to YYH's own [sucky] OAV.

Also for why Ichigo's being sucky at the moment, do remember where he is right now: our (dimensional) plane - Earth. Fighting in SS and fighting on Earth can produce two different results. For one, don't expect to have a quick recovery, or amplified power when you're on Earth. For further information, see Mayuri's reference during his battle against a decked out Ishida. This is one of the reasons why Ichigo can't perform his Ban Kai (which is the one you guys are mostly expecting).

untoldsorrow

04-15-2006, 11:14 AM

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its odd that i found the 2nd ova to be much more interesting than the tv fillers.

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If any, the second OAV also takes a heavy nod to YYH's own [sucky] OAV.

Also for why Ichigo's being sucky at the moment, do remember where he is right now: our (dimensional) plane - Earth. Fighting in SS and fighting on Earth can produce two different results. For one, don't expect to have a quick recovery, or amplified power when you're on Earth. For further information, see Mayuri's reference during his battle against a decked out Ishida. This is one of the reasons why Ichigo can't perform his Ban Kai (which is the one you guys are mostly expecting).

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Exactly!

As for the ep 77, the fight was pretty good. I guess its now time for Ichigo to level up and train in order to stand a chance against the bad guys. Judging form the intro, it seems Histuguya, Byakyuya will be coming down to the real world to fight also.

bakafoo

04-15-2006, 10:29 PM

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As for the ep 77, the fight was pretty good. I guess its now time for Ichigo to level up and train in order to stand a chance against the bad guys. Judging form the intro, it seems Histuguya, Byakyuya will be coming down to the real world to fight also.

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They should send Kenpachi as I presume this is more of the 11th Division's concerns. Of course, if they do send him in, I can only imagine the hilarity (to some extent) of him & Yachiru being lost all over town again. /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

seca

05-30-2006, 04:42 PM

Well the filler is finally starting to get interesting for me and it looks like the battles before the end boss has officially begun. The new DVD that came out last week is labeled Bount Series 1 though, which I'm hoping doesn't mean it's going to end up being two seasons worth of filler. /images/graemlins/relief1.gif

Ep. 82 spoilers: The return of hollow!Ichigo was a bit surprising but was nice to see. I'm hoping the shinigami calvary that Hitsugaya put together last episode show up in the next one, seeing as they didn't show in this one and Ichigo and Renji have been pretty much owned by the Bount so far.

Consignia

05-30-2006, 04:57 PM

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Well the filler is finally starting to get interesting for me and it looks like the battles before the end boss has officially begun. The new DVD that came out last week is labeled Bount Series 1 though, which I'm hoping doesn't mean it's going to end up being two seasons worth of filler. /images/graemlins/relief1.gif

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I know how you feel. The story's quite interesting and enjoyable, but it doesn't really stand well for the long term. Not the manga's a hell of a lot better at the moment. In fact, if the character designs were better, and the story had been more throughly thought out, I'd say it would be better than manga's current dullness.

It is a little worrying though, that someone mentions that it'll take Aizen a year to do anything with the stone thing. Considering it wasn't mentioned in the manga, I choose to take that as a literal time scale.

crosbie394

05-30-2006, 06:02 PM

We need to keep this thread alive; I am loving the filler episodes, especially the three new puppety things(excuse my inability to make a proper sentence due to alochol).

I wonder if Ishida is going to get his powers back during this arc and not the next arc as uraharas comments seem to be hinting towards this fact.

masterpez

05-30-2006, 06:46 PM

Just to add a few things, I liked this week's variation to the OP animation, featuring Matsumoto in a red dress. Also, Ururu should be Rukia's little sister as they look similar to me (so cute). Lastly, the clips after the end of the episodes continue to be a treat. I would soooo watch a spinoff series of Bleach featuring the everyday life of Yachiru.

untoldsorrow

05-30-2006, 08:35 PM

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I wonder if Ishida is going to get his powers back during this arc and not the next arc as uraharas comments seem to be hinting towards this fact.

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Not going to happen unless they want to f-up the manga story line, lol.

seca

05-30-2006, 09:08 PM

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I wonder if Ishida is going to get his powers back during this arc and not the next arc as uraharas comments seem to be hinting towards this fact.

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Not going to happen unless they want to f-up the manga story line, lol.

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Yea, I have the feeling that hinting is for the current manga arc not for the filler arc, since there have been hints and nudges at a few of the things that are happening in the current manga arc in the filler.

crosbie394

05-31-2006, 08:44 AM

Best filler episode yet; ichigos fight was a joy to watch and glad to see Hollow Ichigo make a reappearance; it is such an awesome character.

seca

06-06-2006, 02:21 PM

As I don't care about the filler villians I was bored the vast majority of this episode. Until the end when Kira shows up to help Ichigo out. The next episode looks like a vastly more interesting episode as the battles seem to be actually moving on again.

crosbie394

06-08-2006, 05:28 PM

Next eppy should be good, as we may even see hitsugaya and Rangiku.

masterpez

06-08-2006, 07:15 PM

As you avatar suggests....I thought it was interesting that they put a shot of Hirako in the OP. Seems kind of early for that. Anyway, I can't help but imagine Seki Tomokazu voicing him. I think it would fit.

bakafoo

06-09-2006, 10:50 AM

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For an 11th Division-related issue, there is a surprising lack of Kenpachi and Yachiru in this filler arc.

seca

06-14-2006, 11:20 AM

And the battles begin with very spotty animation. This time it's focus on the fight Rukia and Orihime are in as well as finishing up the battle Ichigo was in. It's really nice being able to see characters like Kira and Shuuhei actually fight for a change since they weren't shown doing much of that in the SS arc.

These two episodes were rather amusing partly for the MST3K value of this filler and because of the little bits of fanservice they threw in. Next weeks episode looks entertaining as Ran joins up with Chad to fight the villian he's up against. So as long as they don't go back to focusing on the villians again I think I get back to kinda enjoying the filler again.

crosbie394

06-14-2006, 04:31 PM

I agree that I liked seeing more of the SS crew in these two, especially Rukia in her shinigami version.

However, I disagree with you when you say that if they go back to focusing on the villains, it'll make it weak. I really like quite a few of the villains, and their personalitites as well as backstories are what intrigue me.

Ichinose is pretty damn cool, and I look forward to seeing how they end his storyline in the filler; wonder if he'll face off with Zaraki, or die realising that Zaraki isn't that bad...??

battle001

06-14-2006, 08:13 PM

i'm just wondering who the fourth vice capt. they sent is
< that is of course if they are not counting renji as the fourth.>

have they awnsered why rukia is not going into her shinigami mode in these episodes.
 she is clearly capable of it.this episode is like the third time we see this version of her

seca

06-14-2006, 09:04 PM

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i'm just wondering who the fourth vice capt. they sent is
< that is of course if they are not counting renji as the fourth.>

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It's actually three VCs and Yumi since he was the only reliable 11th Div. member, IIRC.

crosbie394

06-15-2006, 01:44 AM

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i'm just wondering who the fourth vice capt. they sent is
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It's actually three VCs and Yumi since he was the only reliable 11th Div. member, IIRC.

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Hehe; wasn't that in one of the shinigami golden shorts at the end? HYeah 'Playing is more important, you can work anytime' according to Zaraki.

They crack me up sometimes.

seca

06-15-2006, 11:16 AM

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It's actually three VCs and Yumi since he was the only reliable 11th Div. member, IIRC.

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Hehe; wasn't that in one of the shinigami golden shorts at the end? HYeah 'Playing is more important, you can work anytime' according to Zaraki.

They crack me up sometimes.

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IIRC they had that with the episode before the one with the scene that had Hitsugaya getting the VCs and Yumi together to go help Ichigo and Co. /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

masterpez

06-15-2006, 06:04 PM

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It would be nice if we actually got to see what Haineko's ability is. But since they haven't covered that in the manga.... More Rangiku screentime is enough for me however.

Consignia

06-16-2006, 02:12 AM

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Next weeks episode looks entertaining as Ran joins up with Chad to fight the villian he's up against.

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It would be nice if we actually got to see what Haineko's ability is. But since they haven't covered that in the manga.... More Rangiku screentime is enough for me however.

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Well in Bleach Heat the Soul 3 for the PSP, it seems that we may see something. In one of the videos with Rangiku, we see a cat dashing towards the opponent.

battle001

06-16-2006, 05:55 PM

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Next weeks episode looks entertaining as Ran joins up with Chad to fight the villian he's up against.

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It would be nice if we actually got to see what Haineko's ability is. But since they haven't covered that in the manga.... More Rangiku screentime is enough for me however.

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Well in Bleach Heat the Soul 3 for the PSP, it seems that we may see something. In one of the videos with Rangiku, we see a cat dashing towards the opponent.

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i can't wait for this game <it has at least 33 characters> with most of the capt, and vice capt.
it will definately be worth the price to import it.

seca

06-20-2006, 03:34 PM

I liked the character interactions in this episode, espceially since it focused on two characters that haven't had a lot of screen time yet, Chad and Rangiku. Also like the fact Nova wasn't completely useless like the other mod souls have been in the other battles.

It's a pity there seems to be a break next week, as I want to see the continuation and most likely end of the battle soon, even though I have the feeling it'll end like the other battles did. But I guess if they didn't do so they wouldn't be able to stretch the filler out, as I'm more than certain now it's going to probably be about 40 episodes long.