Two rookie Soul Reapers, Ryunosuke Yuki and Shino Madarame , are assigned to Karakura Town but are immediately overwhelmed by powerful Hollows.

Two days later, a masked man named Asguiaro Ebern appears in Ichigo's bedroom, attempting to provoke him and steal his Bankai.

Just as the rookies are about to be killed, Ichigo Kurosaki , accompanied by Orihime Inoue , Yasutora "Chad" Sado , and Uryu Ishida , arrives to save them in a highly stylized action sequence.

Thousand-Year Blood War (TV Series 2022– ) - Full cast & crew

Cast * Johnny Yong Bosch. Ichigo Kurosaki. 31 episodes • 2022–2024. * Masakazu Morita. Ichigo Kurosaki. 29 episodes • 2022–2024. *

The peace in both the Human World and the Soul Society is suddenly shattered by a series of alarming events:

In the Soul Society, the Department of Research and Development discovers that Hollows are being erased from existence at an unprecedented rate, threatening the stability of the cycle of souls.

The first episode of (Sennen Kessen-hen), titled " The Blood Warfare ," serves as the explosive return of the series after a decade-long hiatus. It originally premiered on October 11, 2022 , with the English dub debuting on Hulu on November 4, 2022 . Plot Summary