Viewers experience a wave of nostalgia from Kurosaki’s “bankai” form and his signature attack “Getsuga Tensho,” looking much cleaner with a black-and-white color scheme instead of the original black-and-red.
The pilot episode gives a brilliant re-introduction to the world of Soul Reapers and Hollows. When a duo of Soul Reapers finds themselves in a dangerous situation, the main quartet — Kurosaki, Ishida, Sado and Inoue — arrive in the nick of time to save them, each showcasing their iconic abilities to the audience as their names are written on the screen in large, bold text. Viewers experience a wave of nostalgia from Kurosaki’s “bankai” form and his signature attack “Getsuga Tensho,” looking much cleaner with a black-and-white color scheme instead of the original black-and-red. Noting the ten-year break, the ending sequence is prolonged to add a montage of the events of previous arcs that refresh viewers’ memories.