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Character available in early access on June 10




On Sunday, Bandai Namco America announced that Ichigo Kurosaki (Thousand-Year Blood War version) will be available as a downloadable character in Bleach: Rebirth of Souls, the new 3D arena fighting game for the Bleach franchise, starting from June 17. Season pass owners will have early access starting from June 10. Additionally, version 1.10 update of the game will introduce Ranked Matchmaking mode starting from June 9.

The game launched on March 21.

The Deluxe Edition of the game comes with a season pass featuring four characters from Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, early access for one week, and Soul Crystals. The Ultimate Edition has five-costume sets for Thousand-Year Blood War and Rebirth of Souls in addition to the pre-order bonus of a Thousand-Year Blood War costume set.

Players in the game utilize assaults to diminish their adversaries' Reishi gauges. Reducing one gauge of Reishi results in decreasing their opponent's Konpaku, which is represented by nine health bars. Players can employ combos to annihilate multiple Konpaku and utilize reverse actions while attacking and defending. As spiritual power accumulates, fighters may employ Spiritual Pressure Moves, subsequently awakening and unleashing Bankai.

The narrative of the game encompasses the plotlines of the "Substitute Soul Reaper" and "Arrancar" arcs in the "Substitute Soul Reaper" manga series.

Bandai Namco Entertainment America describes the game:

Awaken the blade and reverse your fate in BLEACH REBIRTH OF SOULS. Engage in thrilling action-packed battles with iconic characters from the legendary anime franchise including Ichigo Kurosaki, Rukia Kuchiki, Uryu Ishida, and Yasutora Sado (Chad). In the game, players will be able to unleash unique sword abilities like Bankai and unlock new forms in battle to claim victory against their opponents

The 20th anniversary of the Bleach anime "inspired" the game's development.

Katsuaki Tsuzuki is the game's producer.

MIYAVI performs the opening song "Die for Love."

The anime series "The Bleach" concluded with a special episode on December 28th. The third part of the series began airing on TV Tokyo and its affiliates on October 5th.

Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Calamity will be the fourth and final part.

The anime series began streaming on Hulu in the US during its first quarter from October 2022 to December 2022 with a special episode that combined episodes 12 and 13. Viz Media is responsible for streaming it internationally on Disney+. In many Asian countries, Ani-One Asia is streaming it. The second quarter began streaming on Hulu in the US, Star+ in Latin America, and Disney+ in select countries internationally in July 2023.

The anime adapts the entire manga series until its conclusion, specifically focusing on the final storyline known as the Thousand Year Blood War arc, which spans volumes 55 to 74.




Source: Bandai Namco America's YouTube channel ( link )