Bleach - Trivia

BLEACH (Burichi?) is a manga and anime series by Tite Kubo (Kubo Taito?), mangaka of Zombie Powder. BLEACH is currently at 21 volumes in length in Japan (as of March 2006), and new chapters are featured weekly in the Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. The total number of chapters as of this writing is 220. Currently, VIZ Media has released 11 volumes in English in the US.

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This manga is being translated into English by VIZ Media, although several scanlation groups continue to release unofficial English translations.

The BLEACH animated TV series is broadcast at 7:30pm on Tuesdays on TV Tokyo and affiliated stations in Japan. The first episode aired on October 5, 2004, replacing F-Zero: Falcon Densetsu (F-Zero GP Legend), in the 6:30pm timeslot. It remained in that timeslot for the first 54 episodes. Studio Pierrot is doing the animation work. Several fansub groups are subbing and distributing this series as well. There are a total of 72 episodes and one omake (TV special) episode so far that are broken into three arcs, with arc three being a filler arc. The series has no plan to stop as of yet.

In Volume 4, Issue 3 of the American Shonen Jump, there was an interview with the creator of BLEACH. In the interview, it was said that Tite Kubo entered into a manga contest, but lost. An editor noticed him, and they worked with each other.

On March 15, 2006, the television, home video and merchandising rights of the BLEACH anime were licensed by the TV Tokyo Corporation and Shueisha Inc to VIZ Media for the Americas, Europe, and Oceania. This prompted some fansub groups to prematurely end their work on the series.

Information from Wikipedia.