I don't know. I got the first two discs from netflix, and I was disappointed. It had that sorta dumbed down hollow feeling.

Yeah, it's really great! The story line has more depth than some anime I've seen. Like Bobobo... OMG... the one of the worst things I've seen.

I will agree to that, though the series is just beginning to pick up. Good show, Bleach is.

Bleach and Naruto probably have the largest fan bases out of any show aired on Cartoon Network right now. The fans have been cosplaying Bleach for a couple years now that I can tell. I attended a panel at Animazement last year featuring one of the Japanese voice actors for Bleach. Unlike in Naruto, the anime series has not yet passed the manga publication so if you find you can't wait for the next episode to come out, I suggest a visit to Borders.

I wish they would play it during the day. Not at 12 am!

Heres my little Bleach review:

PLOT:

The world of Bleach: The "real world" in Bleach is just like ours, but there is also a (not at all perfect or heaven-like) "Soul Society" where souls go after they die. If the souls do linger around the Real World too long they are often attacked by Hollows (bad monstery type spirits), or they transform into Hollows themselves. In the Soul Society, the more powerful souls can become Shinigami/Death Gods, which are arranged as a military. Their main function is to fight Hollows. However, we soon find out that some powerful and high ranking Shinigami have become traitors, and a) Want to combine Shinigami and Hollow powers and b) Want to take over the worlds (of course).

The main characters are Ichigo, a 15 year old who has (long story, dont ask) gotten the powers of a Shinigami and Hollow, and his friends.


MY OPINION:

The beginning of the anime is mid-level. There are some interesting moments, but also some extreme suspension of disbelief (of the "Oh, I got bitten by a radioactive spider and now I can shoot web out of my wrists" type). In fact, I almost stopped watching after an episode that included Flower Fairy Princess Magic Barettes (ok, so thats MY term for it, not theirs....but still.)

Then it gets really good when Ichigo and friends break into the Soul Society to rescue their friend.

Then it gets really boring for a 45-episodes-long filler arc.

Then it gets really good again.

I do really recommend this show, because, for the most part, it rocks. But I also recommend just skipping the Bount Arc, except maybe watch the last couple episodes of it just to see where they are at.

Something silly: Late in the series, everyone suddenly starts doing their battles standing in the air....wtf?

Something cool: Some really good opening/closing songs

What I like: Bleach has a HUGE amount of REALLY great characters. Even the more minor characters are pretty well fleshed out.

What I dislike: Everything is always done just in the nick of time. Every other person they meet has at least enough spirit power to be able to see souls

I love Bleach. After adult swim finished I am starting to read the manga. Bleach does get better as it goes on. The list of characters is huge and I really like that.

Although in the manga in the beginning they don't dumb is down so much and develop the characters better. In the show they have poor character development but start to progress towards the unfinished English version.