The sixteenth and final season of the Bleach anime television series is known as the . It is directed by Noriyuki Abe, and produced by TV Tokyo, Dentsu, and Studio Pierrot. Based on Tite Kubo's manga series of the same name, the season is set seventeen months after Ichigo Kurosaki defeated Sousuke Aizen at cost of his Soul Reaper powers. He accompanies Kūgo Ginjō, the leader of Xcution, an organization composed of Fullbringers, who proposes him to recover his power.
The season aired from October 11, 2011, to March 27, 2012. Aniplex collected it in six DVD volumes between August 22, 2012, and January 23, 2013. The English adaptation of the Bleach anime is licensed by Viz Media, and the season aired on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block from May 4 to November 2, 2014.
The episodes of this season use three pieces of theme music; one opening and two endings. The opening theme song is "Harukaze" performed by Scandal. The first ending theme song, "" performed by Aimer, is used from episodes 343 to 354, while the second ending theme song, "" performed by Aqua Timez, is used from episode 355 to 366. __TOC__
Episodes
Home media release Japanese + Lost Agent arc Vol. Release date Episodes 1 August 22, 2012 343–346 2 September 26, 2012 347–350 3 October 24, 2012 351–354 4 November 21, 2012 355–358 5 December 19, 2012 359–362 6 January 23, 2013 363–366
English + Viz Media (Region 1) Vol. Release date Episodes 25 June 23, 2015 343–354 26 September 29, 2015 355–366
+ Manga Entertainment (Region 2) Series Release date Episodes Arc 16 July 20, 2015 (Part 1) February 6, 2017 (Complete) 343–354 The Lost Agent September 28, 2015 (Part 2) 355–366
+ Madman Entertainment (Region 4) Collection Release date Episodes 26 August 5, 2015 343–354 27 November 18, 2015 355–366
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