Bleach - Reviews

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Hanae567's avatar
Feb 24, 2014

I actually thought I would never see myself watching bleach because of the huge hype it has and because it was a long series. A year before, while I was watching naruto, my sis and I went to a library nearby and saw they had the bleach manga series. While my sis was reading 5 volumes, I got bored of it after just reading volume 1, so you could say that I dropped it. But in the middle of November 2013 I just started watching for no apparent reason and I'm so glad I did. I've seen many of the characters like Hitsugaya Taichou, Yoruichi, Grimmjow, Ukitake and many others, so I was pretty excited to see how they would fight.There were some areas in the show that got me so pissed like the fillers (which are to be expected) and the change in the plot. In a detailed manner there are alot more areas that rubbed me the wrong way but I want to keep this review pretty small. (can you really call this small...?) If you want me to write a more detailed review about this anime I'd be more than happy to do so. Alright here is what I think about the following:

Story: I really liked it although it doesn't get that good until about the 16th episode, so this anime is not for the impatient. The plot changes very quickly in season 1 because I thought the show was gonna be about ichigo protecting his family and friends from hollows but then you see shinigami, bankai, espada, quincies and your like where the hell did they come from?! But what Tite did (which was really smart) was he got a powerful beautiful shinigami named Rukia to connect the whole story together, so it all works out.

Animation: Tite's art really inspires me!! His unique way of shading, his art doesn't look like that annoying generic anime style, and it just looks classic. I honestly didn't like how the art was changing through-out the series. If it stayed the way it was and I'm talking about how it looks in the first few volumes in the manga (got to MangaPanda.com, go to bleach and click the first chapter and you'll see what I'm talking about) I would've praised this show alot more.

Sound: Omg the first opening is just too epic, and the soundtrack is one my Top 3 favorite soundtracks of all time! Just hear "Nothing can be explained". I love how the songs are very unique and are in all genres.

Characters: With so many freakin' characters it can be very very difficult to find your favorite. There are Shinigami, Espada, Quincies, Vizards, Captains, Adjuchas I mean the list never ends!! I do have a favorite though, Ukitake Taichou <3!!! I find him so hot for a possibly 500 year old man who has TB. If he did not have that disease...................(dirty thought activated ^^)lol

Overall: I had fun watching this show and it definetly deserves the hype it has.

9/10 story
9.5/10 animation
10/10 sound
10/10 characters
9.5/10 overall
KrulTepes15's avatar
Dec 31, 2020

Bleach is a fantastic anime.

Story:

Awseome story line. Extremly intense right from the beggining. Even most of the filler seasons are amazing, the only one I could've done without is the bount arc. Excluding that arc, everything is so epic! Especilly sence the story isn't just completly black and white. It has top quality battle scenes, too.

Animation:

As far as animation goes, I think it's really good. They did a very good job on it.

Characters:

I LOVE how developed all the characters are! Especilly sence there are over 80 of them. The heros and the villans are so well done that, unlike so much anime, you can really see where both sides are coming from and may even end up feeling sorry for and liking the villans. In fact, it's hard not to love some characters from both sides.

Sound:

Bleach has a fantastic sound track and amazing voice acters. I also think all the characters voices, both in dubbed and subbed versions, fit them really well.

Overall: 

Bleach is a fantastic anime, and if you haven't seen it, you should really give it a shot. I can garuntee, if you like supernatural action or fantasy anime, you will love Bleach !

10/10 story
10/10 animation
10/10 sound
10/10 characters
10/10 overall
Pemi84's avatar
Apr 15, 2010

First I didn't want to watch this,but then I decided to watch.And I'm glad I did.Bleach has interesting story,but there are jus tooo tooo much fillers.But If you will be able to watch them all,you will see also a great main plot.The world created in Bleach will catch you almost immediately and much more later because of big-revealing during the story.There are moment you will stop breathing and moments when you will laugh your heart out.

Animation is normal anime,nothing special,but it's nice to look at it.What I like are the shadows on the bodies,sometime they're just like from manga,really cool.

Sound is very good.You maybe won't catch it at first,but when you do you will love it,especially during the battles.Openings are mostly average,there are some very good,like Ichirin no Hana.Endings are average too.

There are such a great characters,like Byakuya,Ishida,Renji,Hitsugaya,and later Ulquiorra and Grimmjow.Even though it doesn't seem so great at first sight,just watch Shinigami picture-book after ending.This one minute reveals so many fun things on characters,so you just have to watch it.There are also some annyoing ones,for example I hate some Espada's and Inoue Orihime is so...pathetic.Yeah,I almost forgot,prepare for hearing PATHETIC very very often :-D

At all,Bleach really surprised me how great and catchy it is.I'm saying- WATCH IT.

Sure you must stand the fillers,but it isn't so bad.

9/10 story
8/10 animation
9/10 sound
7/10 characters
8.5/10 overall
admm67's avatar
Jun 24, 2021

Bleach is honestly one of the greatest animes I've seen. It has amazing characters, villains, and arcs. I think it's really underrated and unnoticed as part of the big three.

8/10 story
9/10 animation
8/10 sound
10/10 characters
9/10 overall
SophieLTA's avatar
Aug 6, 2012

In my opinion bleach is one of THE animes, it's one of the ones that if your not watching it then you've definitely heard of it. I started watching it after a convention I went to was swamped by bleach cosplayers and definitely haven't regretted it yet. The story was average in terms of anime story lines especially at the beginning but picked up pace the further you got in to it. The action was the main thing that made this anime as addicting to watch as it was and due to the amount of time it had been airing it was strange to acknowledge that it was finished.

 

With so many different characters thrown in to the mix I found it difficult at first to learn all of the names but once I'd watched roughly 100 and knew all of them I loved each and everyone of the characters personalities. A lot of them are a stereo type of an obvious character that turns up in each anime just with a different face and a different name but others are more individual and you may even end up liking people that you were sure you would hate.

 

Although it is a long series to watch it is one that is definitely worth the time, there may be points in the beginning in which the story seems slow but once you get towards the end there’s such an improvement that you'll find your self unable to stop watching. I would suggest this to any action lover and to any one that has watched anime's such as Naruto/Naruto Shippuden, Soul Eater and D. Gray-man.

7/10 story
8/10 animation
?/10 sound
9/10 characters
9/10 overall