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All four feature films based on the "Bleach" series were directed by Noriyuki Abe, director of the "Bleach" anime series. Each movie features an original plotline along with original characters designed by Tite Kubo, which is contrary to the normal practice for anime-based films, as the original author usually has little creative involvement. "", was released in Japan on December 16, 2006 and had a limited release in American theaters in June 2008. The second film, "", was released to Japanese theaters on December 22, 2007. The third film, "", was released in Japan on December 13, 2008. The fourth movie, "", was released in Japan on December 4, 2010.
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.
"Bleach" was first conceived from Tite Kubo's desire to draw "Shinigami" ("Soul Reaper" in the English adaptations) in a kimono, which formed the basis for the design of the Soul Reapers. Before deciding the use of kimono, Kubo thought of giving black suits to male Soul Reapers and any forms to female Soul Reapers, but thought that it was too generic and changed it to a kimono. Several characteristics from them, such as the "kidō" spells and the "zanpakutō" swords are also based on Japanese literature. Instead of using "zanpakutō", Kubo wanted to give the Soul Reapers guns, with the exception of Rukia, who would use a scythe. Seeing that guns are not suitable for kimono, he changed them to swords. When asked which of the Court Guard Squad captains and assistant captains were his favorites, Tite Kubo answered by saying that he liked "all of them" and that he likes to "support" characters "disliked by readers." Early plans for the story did not include the hierarchical structure of the Soul Society, but did include Ichigo's Soul Reaper heritage.
Tite Kubo, author from the "Bleach" manga, authored a one-shot based on Tōshirō, prior to the film's premier in order to promote it. He was also allowed to participate in the making of the film, to design the character of Kusaka. However, Kubo could not add Kusaka to his one-shot due to the fact the original concept came from the manga. In order to promote the second film of "Bleach", the trailer had the line "Execute Hitsugaya!". Kubo admitted that it was his own idea to make everybody be surprised, but he and Masakazu Morita, the voice actor of Ichigo Kurosaki, received a lot of letters from worried fans, causing Kubo to apologize in response.
The series was adapted into an anime television series by A-1 Pictures in 2011 and into an anime film ("Ao no Exorcist Gekijouban") in December 2012. Viz Media has licensed the manga for North American production, with the first volume released in April 5, 2011. Aniplex of America also released the anime's DVDs in English regions. A second season, titled "Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga", premiered on January 7, 2017.
"Blue Exorcist" began broadcasting in Japan on the Mainichi Broadcasting System and the Tokyo Broadcasting System on April 17, 2011, the anime then ended on October 2, 2011. The series was originally scheduled to start airing on April 10, 2011, however due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, the series' initial broadcast was delayed by a week. The episodes are being simulcasted with English subtitles online via Hulu, Anime News Network, and Crunchyroll, starting on April 20, 2011. and Aniplex of America release Blue Exorcist on DVD in four sets, starting by releasing the first DVD on October 18, 2011.
In June 2006, Shueisha announced that the "D.Gray-man" manga would be adapted as an anime. Its first episodes were directed by Osamu Nabeshima and produced by Dentsu, TMS Entertainment, Aniplex, and TV Tokyo. TMS Entertainment provided the animation, while Aniplex provided the music. The series began airing on October 3, 2006 on TV Tokyo. The anime's 51-episode first season, known as the "1st stage", ended on September 25, 2007. The 52-episode second season, known as the "2nd stage", began on October 2, 2007 and ended on September 30, 2008, for a total of 103 episodes. The anime adapts the manga's storyline from the beginning and concludes after the destruction of the Black Order headquarters. The episodes were released by Aniplex on 26 DVDs from February 7, 2007 to March 4, 2009.
Bluth broke with Spielberg before his next film, "All Dogs Go to Heaven" (1989). (Bluth was not involved with the Spielberg-produced "", released in 1991, nor with any of the numerous subsequent sequels to his other films.) Although "All Dogs Go To Heaven" only had moderate theatrical success, it was highly successful in its release to home video. Like "The Land Before Time", "The Secret of NIMH," and "An American Tail", "All Dogs Go to Heaven" was followed by related projects, none of which involved Bluth and his studio. He also directed films, such as "Rock-a-Doodle" (1992), "Thumbelina" (1994), "A Troll in Central Park" (1994) and "The Pebble and the Penguin" (1995), which were critical and box office failures.
The arrival of sound at the very end of the 1920s, produced a final artistic flourish of German film before the collapse of the Weimar Republic in 1933. As early as 1918, three inventors came up with the Tri-Ergon sound-on-film system and tried to introduce it to the industry between 1922 and 1926. UFA showed an interest, but possibly due to financial difficulties, never made a sound film. But in the late 1920s, sound production and distribution were starting to be adopted by the German film industry and by 1932 Germany had 3,800 cinemas equipped to play sound films. The first filmmakers who experimented with the new technology often shot the film in several versions, using several soundtracks in different languages. The film "The Blue angel" (1930), directed by the Austrian Josef von Sternberg and produced by Erich Pommer, was also shot in two versions - German and English, with a different supporting cast in each version. It is considered to be Germany's first "talkie" and will always be remembered as the film that made an international superstar of its lead actress Marlene Dietrich. Other notable early sound films, all from 1931, include Jutzi's adaptation to Alfred Döblin's novel "Berlin Alexanderplatz", Pabst's Bertolt Brecht adaptation "The Threepenny Opera" and Lang's "M," as well as Hochbaum's "Raid in St. Pauli" (1932). Brecht was also one of the creators of the explicitly communist film "Kuhle Wampe" (1932), which was banned soon after its release.
, taken from half of the Japanese pronunciation of "animation", is the Japanese word for animation in general, but is used more specifically to mean "Japanese animation" in the rest of the world. Anime dates from about 1917. TV networks regularly broadcast anime programming. In Japan, major national TV networks, such as TV Tokyo broadcast anime regularly. Smaller regional stations broadcast anime on UHF. "Naruto", "Pokémon", "Bleach", "Dragon Ball", and "One Piece" are examples of anime. While many popular series air during the daytime and evening hours, most air only at night from 12:00am – 4:00am. These series usually make profits primarily through BD (Blu-ray Disc)/DVD sales and merchandising rather than through television advertisement. Some anime series are original, but most are intended to promote something else, such as an ongoing manga, light novel, or video-game series.
The film was released by Toei Company on 11 March 1984. In Japan, the film grossed about 1.48billion at the box office, selling 914,767 tickets, and earning 742million in distribution income.
Battle Angel Alita, known in Japan as , is a cyberpunk manga series created by Yukito Kishiro in 1990 and originally published in Shueisha's "Business Jump" magazine. Two of the nine-volume comics were adapted into two anime original video animation episodes titled "Battle Angel" for North American release by ADV Films and the UK and Australian release by Manga Entertainment. Manga Entertainment also dubbed "Battle Angel Alita" into English. A live-action film adaptation titled "" is scheduled for release on February 14, 2019.
The series was licensed by Viz Media for release in North America, with the first volume released on April 5, 2011; twenty volumes have been released as of October 2, 2018 and a 21st volume is scheduled for January 1, 2019. "Blue Exorcist" has also been released as part of the "Shōnen Jump Advance" imprint starting April 5, 2011. In 2016, Kazue stated, "I think there might be four more arcs. I have a rough storyline complete for the ending, but I haven’t figured out all of the details. I have a few things where I’m not sure what to decide to do."
Prior to being serially published, Tite Kubo wrote and illustrated several one-shot manga. Three of these were later published in English, included in Viz Media's collected volumes of "Zombiepowder." These short manga display the rapid development of Kubo's artstyle in the mid-90s. Afterwards, Kubo published another one-shot after "Bleach" ended, with an artstyle that has been widely recognized as his own.
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.
When first released in the United Kingdom in 1981, the film ran to 140m 30s, and was classified as a "AA" by the BBFC, restricting it to those aged 14 and over. In 1982, the BBFC replaced the "AA" certificate with the higher age-specific "15", which was also applied to "Excalibur" when released on home video.
Aniplex announced they would simulcast the series in North America through video sites Hulu, Crunchyroll, Anime News Network and Netflix starting on April 20, 2011. Aniplex of America released Blue Exorcist on DVD in four sets, starting by releasing the first DVD on October 18, 2011. An OVA was released in 2011, called "Ao No Exorcist: Kuro no Iede". The series began broadcasting in the United States and Canada on Viz Media's online network, Neon Alley, on October 2, 2012. The series began airing on Adult Swim's Toonami block on February 23, 2014 and finished airing on August 10, 2014.
Wolfenstein: The New Order is an action-adventure first-person shooter video game developed by MachineGames and published by Bethesda Softworks. It was released on 20 May 2014 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One. The game is the seventh main entry in the "Wolfenstein" series and the sequel to 2009's "Wolfenstein", set in an alternate history 1960s Europe where the Nazis won the Second World War. The story follows war veteran William "B.J." Blazkowicz and his efforts to stop the Nazis from ruling over the world.
In its first week in theaters, "Super Hero Taisen" opened at the #1 spot in the Japanese box offices, edging out "". The DVD and Blu-ray was released on October 21, 2012 and was aired as part of TV Asahi's "Super Hero and Heroine Summer Vacation" special on August 25, 2013.
"The Hound of the Baskervilles" marks the first of the fourteen "Sherlock Holmes" films starring Rathbone and Bruce as Holmes and Watson, respectively. It is also notable as the earliest known "Sherlock Holmes" film to be set in the Victorian period of the original stories; all known previous "Holmes" films, up to and including the 1930s British film series starring Arthur Wontner as Holmes, had been updated to a setting contemporaneous with the films' release. It is also the only film in the series to be a strict adaptation of its source material, while subsequent installments would feature original titles and incorporate various elements of different stories.
Works of literature have been adapted for film from the dawn of the industry. Some of the earliest examples come from the work of Georges Méliès, who pioneered many film techniques. In 1899, he released two adaptations — "Cinderella" based on the Brothers Grimm story of the same name and "King John", the first known film to be based on the works of Shakespeare. The 1900 film "Sherlock Holmes Baffled", directed by Arthur Marvin featured Arthur Conan Doyle's detective character Sherlock Holmes intruding upon a pseudo-supernatural burglary. The film, considered the first detective movie, ran for only 30 seconds and was originally intended to be shown in hand-cranked Mutoscope machines.
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. 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. 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.. Two mobile games had also been released in 2014 and 2016 for the series, which are available for iOS and Android. In 2017, Line announced the release of a game exclusive for their communication app called "Bleach: Paradise Lost".
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. "Bleach Original Soundtrack 2" followed on August 2, 2006, with an additional 23 instrumental tracks. "Bleach Original Soundtrack 3" later followed on November 5, 2008, with 27 instrumental tracks. "Bleach Original Soundtrack 4" was released on December 16, 2009, with 30 instrumental tracks. For the 5th anniversary of the series, Aniplex released "Bleach 5th Anniversary Box" set which contains CD with rare and unreleased tracks. "Bleach: Memories of Nobody Original Soundtrack" was released with 25 tracks from the "" film. "Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion Original Soundtrack" was also released for the "" film, with 29 tracks from the movie, followed by "Bleach: Fade to Black Original Soundtrack" for the "" film, with 29 tracks, followed by "Bleach: Hell Verse Original Soundtrack" for the "" film, with 21 tracks. 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. The separated CD under the label, "Bleach The Best" which contains 12 tracks, was released in December 2008. The next release, "Bleach Best Tunes", contains 14 more opening and ending themes. "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. 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.
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 "".
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.