Instruct: Given a question, retrieve passages that answer the question.
Query: When was the first Bleach film released?
Bleach was serialized in the Japanese manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from August 2001 to August 2016, with its chapters collected into 74 tankōbon volumes. The series has spawned a media franchise that includes an anime television series that was produced by Studio Pierrot from 2004 to 2012, two original video animation episodes, four animated feature films, ten stage musicals, and numerous video games, as well as many types of Bleach-related merchandise. A live-action film adaptation was released in 2018. English-language releases of Bleach are coordinated by Viz Media, which has released several volumes of the manga each year since 2004, and published chapters of Bleach in its Shonen Jump magazine since November 2007. Viz Media secured foreign television and home video distribution rights to the Bleach anime in 2006. Cartoon Network's Adult Swim began airing dubbed episodes of Bleach in the United States that Fall, and Hulu later began to stream subtitled versions of the anime a week after each episode aired in Japan. Viz Media has also released each of the Bleach feature films in English.
On February 5, 2018, it was revealed that the movie would premiere on July 20, 2018 in Japan. A teaser trailer was released on February 21, 2018 which was praised for its faithful adaptation of the series' first chapter. In April 2018, the first official trailer was released, which also revealed the film's theme song by Alexandros, titled "Mosquito Bite". In June 2018, Warner Bros. Japan released the final trailer for the film, which confirmed that the film's main antagonist is the Hollow Grand Fisher.
The album's title came from the amalgamation of Nirvana's signature song "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and their debut album "Bleach". It contains twelve Nirvana songs from different releases, mainly Nirvana's second studio album, "Nevermind", and despite the title only a single song comes from Bleach.The liner notes to "Smells Like Bleach" were written by Dave Thompson.  In it, he describes "Smells Like Bleach" as Nirvana's "first ever tribute album."  In actual fact, the tribute album "" was released before "Smells Like Bleach" (6 June 2000).
The episodes use four pieces of theme music: two opening themes and two ending themes. The opening theme for the first six episodes is "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" by Beat Crusaders; the rest of the episodes use "Rolling Star" by Yui. The ending themes are Takacha's "Movin!!", used for the first six episodes, and "Baby It's You" by JUNE, used for the remainder of the episodes. The opening and ending themes for episodes 106 to 109 use footage from the "Bleach" feature film, "", to promote the film, which was released on December 16, 2006.
The DVD release of the film was the first best selling anime DVD released that week, and is now released in many different languages.
To promote the film, the opening and closing credits of the "Bleach" anime from episode 151-154 use footage from the film. Kubo also published a special manga chapter focusing on Hitsugaya's past to further promote the film. The English release of the DVD was on September 8, 2009, and it was aired on Adult Swim on December 5, 2009. The official European release of the film was on September 6, 2010 and in the United Kingdom on Blu-ray on May 7, 2012.
After the series ended in 2016, a series of novels were released by Shueisha.[131] The first novel, Bleach: WE DO knot ALWAYS LOVE YOU, is written by the writer of Bleach: The Death Save The Strawberry and was published on December 27, 2016. The second, Bleach: Can't Fear Your Own World, is a serialized novel written by the writer of Bleach: Spirits Are Forever With You series and is released bi-weekly from April 28, 2017.[132][133] The first volume was released on August 4, 2017[134] and the second volume was published on November 2, 2018. The novel series ended with the release of the third volume on December 4, 2018.[135]
A number of video games have been created featuring characters from the Bleach series, primarily though not exclusively fighting games. The first video game to be released from the Bleach series was Bleach: Heat the Soul, which debuted on March 24, 2005, for the Sony PlayStation Portable.[118] Currently, the majority of the games have only been released in Japan, though Sega has localized the first three Nintendo DS games and the first Wii game for North America.[119] So far, all dedicated Bleach games released for Sony's consoles have been developed and published by SCEI, whereas the games for Nintendo consoles are developed and published by Sega, and the Nintendo DS games are developed by Treasure Co. Ltd..[120][121] Two mobile games had also been released in 2014 and 2016 for the series, which are available for iOS and Android.[122][123] In 2017, Line announced the release of a game exclusive for their communication app called Bleach: Paradise Lost.[124]
The first film, Bleach: Memories of Nobody, was released in Japan on December 16, 2006, and had a limited release in American theaters in June 2008.[86][87] The movie is centered around the activities of the "Dark Ones," who were banished from the Soul Society and are subsequently trying to destroy both the Soul Society and the World of the Living. Memories of Nobody was released in North America on Region 1 DVD by Viz Media on October 14, 2008.[88]
In 2015, Eichar produced and wrote the documentary film "Soaked in Bleach", which studied the events preceding and surrounding the death of Kurt Cobain as seen through the perspective of private investigator Tom Grant. The film controversially explored the premise that Kurt Cobain's death was not a suicide. "Soaked in Bleach" had a limited theatrical release, despite statements that Courtney Love attempted to thwart the film release with cease and desist orders sent to all the theatres slated to show the film. The film was also distributed by Netflix after its limited theatrical release.
Five volumes of Bleach Soundtracks have been released. "Bleach Original Soundtrack 1" was released on May 18, 2005, and features 25 songs credited to Shirō Sagisu. "Bleach Original Soundtrack 2" was released on August 8, 2006 and features 46 songs covering up to episode 64 of the Bount Arc. "Bleach Original Soundtrack 3" was released on November 5, 2008, and includes 54 songs from the anime. "Bleach Original Soundtrack 4" was the last OST and it was released on December 16, 2009 and included 30 songs. The fifth anniversary box set released July 29, 2009, includes a CD that includes 21 previously unreleased songs.
The episodes use three pieces of theme music: one opening theme and two closing themes. The opening theme is "After Dark" by Asian Kung-Fu Generation. The first closing theme is Kousuke Atari's , which switches in episode 154 to by RSP. To promote the second "Bleach" featured film, "", the opening and closing credits for episode 152 to 154 use footage from the film, which was released on December 22, 2007.
Bleach activation is also known as perhydrolysis. Persalts are inorganic salts that are used as hydrogen peroxide carriers (examples include sodium percarbonate and sodium perborate). Persalts and bleach activators are included together in powder laundry detergents that contain bleach. In the wash, both compounds dissolve in the water. When dissolved in water, the persalt releases hydrogen peroxide ("e.g." from sodium percarbonate):
Seven databooks have also been released about the series. The first two, Bleach: Official Character Book SOULs. and Bleach: Official Animation Book VIBEs., were released on February 3, 2006.[145][146] Bleach: Official Character Book SOULs. was later released in English by Viz Media on November 18, 2008.[147] The third book, Bleach: Official Character Book 2: MASKED, was released on August 4, 2010. This book covers details about characters that appear 100 years prior to the story, such as former captains and lieutenants, along with the Arrancars and Visoreds. Although it was released on the same day as volume 46, Back From Blind, the book only covers material up to volume 37, Beauty Is So Solitary.[148] The English version was released by Viz Media on March 6, 2012.[149] A fourth book Bleach: Official Invitation Book The Hell Verse, was published on December 4, 2010. This book was released to promote Bleach movie:Hell Verse and it contains character sketches, promotional posters and the one-off Hell manga special.[150] A fifth book Bleach: Official Character Book 3: UNMASKED, was released on June 3, 2011, the same day as the volume 50 of the series. However it only covers material up to volume 48, God is Dead.[151] On June 4, 2012, a sixth book has been released under the name Bleach: The Rebooted Souls. This free booklet has been distributed with Bleach manga volume 55, with the aim to provide information to readers about upcoming manga's final arc, The Thousand-Year Blood War.[152] The seventh book, BLEACH 13 BLADEs., was released on August 4, 2015 and focused solely on the Soul Reapers and the 13 Court Squads.[153]
Tite Kubo and Makoto Matsubara have co-authored three novelizations of the Bleach series, which were published by Shueisha under its Shounen Jump Books label. The first volume, Bleach - Letters From The Other Side: The Death and The Strawberry, was published on December 15, 2004, and re-released as Bleach - Letters From The Other Side: The Death and The Strawberry - New Edition on November 4, 2009.[125][126] The second, Bleach: The Honey Dish Rhapsody, was published on November 30, 2006.[127] The third, Bleach: The Death Save The Strawberry, was published on September 4, 2012.[128] Two novelizations of the Bleach series, have been co-authored by Narita Ryohgo. The first volume, Bleach: Spirits Are Forever With You, and the second, Bleach: Spirits Are Forever With You 2, were published on June 4, 2012.[129][130]
The labels Bleach Beat Collections and Bleach Breathless Collections are sets of CDs published by Sony Music featuring recordings by the original Japanese voice actors that provide a look at the personalities of the characters they play, as well as the voice actors themselves. The first CD was released on June 22, 2005; 29 volumes all together were released.[82]Aniplex introduced two Bleach concept albums. The first, Bleach Concept Covers, was released on December 15, 2010, and the second one, Bleach Concept Covers 2, was released on December 14, 2011.[83][84]
The first game to be released based on the "Bleach" series was "", which debuted on March 24, 2005, and the latest releases are "", which was released in North America on August 2, 2011 and "Bleach: Bankai Batoru", a social network game which was released in Japan on April 14, 2014. There are 23 games bearing the ""Bleach"" name, not including the three crossover games—"Jump Super Stars", "Jump Ultimate Stars" and "J-Stars Victory VS"—which feature characters from numerous other "Weekly Shōnen Jump" anime and manga series. Most "Bleach" games have been released only in Japan, though Sega has localized the first Wii game and the first three Nintendo DS games for North America, Australia, and Europe. Reception toward the games has been mixed, ranging from "the best fighter" for "", to "(not) a bad first effort, but the competition is leaving this one in the dust" for "".
Chu-Bura is the second EP by Japanese rock band Kelun. It was released on July 2, 2008 by Sony Music Entertainment. The single "Chu-Bura" served as the eighth opening theme song for the anime Bleach. It was also released with the "Bleach Best Tunes" CD and DVD compilation on December 17, 2008. "Boy's Don't Cry", the B-side, is the opening theme for the PlayStation Portable game, Bleach: Soul Carnival. A deluxe poster, featuring Jūshirō Ukitake, the 13th squad captain from Bleach, was given out as a promotional item with the first release.
The music of "Bleach" was composed by Shirō Sagisu. Sagisu's musical score for the television series was released in four CD sets. Four additional CDs were released for the music composed for the four "Bleach" animated films.
"Bleach" was released on Netflix on September 14, 2018.
Composed and produced by Shirō Sagisu, numerous CD soundtracks have been released for the Bleach anime series and movies by Sony Music Entertainment Japan. Bleach Original Soundtrack 1 was released on May 18, 2005, which contains 25 tracks, including the first opening and ending themes in their original television lengths.[64] Bleach Original Soundtrack 2 followed on August 2, 2006, with an additional 23 instrumental tracks.[65] Bleach Original Soundtrack 3 later followed on November 5, 2008, with 27 instrumental tracks.[66] Bleach Original Soundtrack 4 was released on December 16, 2009, with 30 instrumental tracks.[67] For the 5th anniversary of the series, Aniplex released Bleach 5th Anniversary Box set which contains CD with rare and unreleased tracks.[68] Bleach: Memories of Nobody Original Soundtrack was released with 25 tracks from the Bleach: Memories of Nobody film.[69] Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion Original Soundtrack was also released for the Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion film, with 29 tracks from the movie, followed by Bleach: Fade to Black Original Soundtrack for the Bleach: Fade to Black film, with 29 tracks, followed by Bleach: Hell Verse Original Soundtrack for the Bleach: Hell Verse film, with 21 tracks.[70][71][72] Aniplex released Bleach The Best box set, which contains CD and DVD with 12 of the opening and ending themes from the series in their full length versions and few extras, later followed by Bleach The Best Instrumental/Jam-set Groove, which contains eight instrumental tracks.[73][74] The separated CD under the label, Bleach The Best which contains 12 tracks, was released in December 2008.[75] The next release, Bleach Best Tunes, contains 14 more opening and ending themes.[76][77] Bleach The Berry Best box set, which contains CD with 13 tracks, bonus DVD and few extras, was released for the 10th anniversary of the series.[78] On April 25, 2012, Aniplex released Bleach Best Trax box set, which include musical CD, bonus DVD with the complete opening and ending theme videos and few extras.[79]
Bleach: Memories of Nobody is the first animated film adaptation of the anime and manga series "Bleach". Directed by Noriyuki Abe and written by Masashi Sogo, the film was first released in Japanese theaters on December 16, 2006. The DVD was released in Japan on September 5, 2007. To promote the film, the opening and closing credits for episodes 106 through 109 of the "Bleach" anime use footage from the film. The film's theme music is by Aqua Timez. The film had a limited theatrical release in the United States from June 11 to June 12, 2008, and in Canada on October 20, 2008 and was followed by the DVD release on October 14, 2008. The film aired on September 5, 2009 on Adult Swim. Animax Asia became the first to air the movie in Asia, as they confirmed the premiere to be on May 2. The Blu-ray was released on May 7, 2012 in the United Kingdom.
All peroxide-based bleaches release hydrogen peroxide when dissolved in water. Peroxide bleaches are often used along with bleach activators, such as tetraacetylethylenediamine (TAED) or sodium nonanoyloxybenzenesulfonate (NOBS).
The film was released in Japanese theatres on December 4, 2010 and in the United States dubbed in November. A prologue for the film, titled "Theatre Opening Commemoration! Hell Chapter: Prologue", was included in season 14 of the animation series and included in the regular TV Tokyo schedule, which aired on November 30, 2010. A promotional manga chapter, titled "Imaginary Number 01: The Unforgivens", was published showing Shuren confronting Szayel Aporro Granz and Aaroniero Arruruerie in Hell. Additionally, a promotional information book called "Bleach: Official Invitation Book The Hell Verse" was also released to commemorate the release of "Bleach: Hell Verse". The DVD was released on August 25, 2011 in Japan. The English dub was released on DVD and Blu-ray on December 4, 2012 in the United States and on February 24, 2013 in the United Kingdom.
Space is an album by Bleach. It was released in 1996 under Forefront Records. This was Bleach's first studio album.