Bleach is returning on the back of an eight-year hiatus. The Japanese anime series, based on Tite Kubo's manga and produced by Studio Pierrot, kicked off in 2004 and its last episode aired in 2012.
According to the most recent Jump Magazine issue (H/T Newsweek), the popular Shonen anime will make a comeback in 2021 and present the "Thousand-Year Blood War," which began in the manga's Chapter 480 and went through to the culmination of the series in Chapter 686.
No other details were disclosed, but this comes as great news to fans of the series, who were understandably crushed after the "Fullbringer" arc was completed. There was no official reason for the series going under; it's believed that production costs and the show catching up with the manga too quickly were among causes.
The manga is still available for reading on Shonen Jump and you could get the first few chapters free. The rest of it requires a subscription.
Meanwhile, Jump magazine has also stated that Burn the Witch will be the subject of a series in the summer and get its own anime film this Fall. The manga series, also written and illustrated by Kubo, was first published in the Weekly Shonen Jump as a single production in July of 2018.
Burn the Witch's story happens in the same world as Bleach but is centered on a Shinigami group 12 years removed from the "Thousand-Year Blood War," and its events go down in London.
According to the aforementioned publication, production is being taken care of by Studio Colorido, with Tatsuro Kawano set to direct and the two female leads getting their voices from Tuina Yamada and Asami Tano, who play Noel Niihashi and Spangle Ninii respectively.
Kubo has confirmed Burn the Witch will be a "short-term serialization."
Source: Jump Magazine (H/T Newsweek)