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2008 · Japan

Bleach the Movie: Fade to Black

Tonight at a glance

Runtime: 94 min
Age rating: PG-13
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan
Violence: Mild
Frights: Moderate

Why tonight?

Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
In Japanese — subtitles on.

The story

A strange disturbance in the World of the Living sends Ichigo and Kon to the Soul Society, where the Seireitei has been devastated by an explosion of reishi and Rukia is missing. Stranger still, none of the Soul Reapers remember Ichigo, and they think he’s the one responsible for the destruction. Now on the run, Ichigo is forced into a lonely battle in order to find Rukia and stop the real culprits!

amnesia
supernatural
shounen
anime
adventure

The look

A few frames, chosen rather than collected.

The bill

Hiroshi Kamiya — Shizuku (voice)
Mitsuaki Madono — Kon (voice)
Jun Fukuyama — Yumichika Ayasegawa (voice)
Taro Yamaguchi — Sasakibe Choujiro (voice)
Takako Honda — Jinta Hanakari (voice)
Katsuyuki Konishi — Shuuhei Hisagi (voice)
Rintaro Nishi — Tetsuzaemon Iba (voice)
Tetsu Inada — Sajin Komamura (voice)
Rie Kugimiya — Nemu Kurotsuchi (voice)
Hisayo Mochizuki — Yachiru Kusajishi (voice)

Directed: Noriyuki Abe
Written: Masahiro Okubo, Natsuko Takahashi, Ookubo Masahiro

Production

Rating: 7.1 / 10 · 203 ratings
Studio: dentsu, Pierrot

The Collection

The complete story, in order.

2006
Bleach the Movie: Memories of Nobody
Where it starts.
Bleach the Movie: The DiamondDust Rebellion
2007
Bleach the Movie: Fade to Black
2008 · You’re here
Bleach the Movie: Hell Verse
2010

If this stayed with you

Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.