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Bleach Manga to End on August 22 With 'Important Announcement'
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
This year's combined 36th/37th issue of Bleach manga chapter in the magazine's next issue, which Shueisha will ship on August 22. The next issue will also have an "important announcement."
The manga announced on Monday that the manga would enter its "climax" in the next two chapters.
Kubo launched the manga in Weekly Shonen Jump in 2001, and Shueisha published the manga's 73rd volume (seen right) on July 4. Viz Media is publishing the manga in North America digitally in English as new chapters are published in Japan. The company is also publishing the manga in print, and it published the 67th volume on July 5.
The manga inspired a television anime adaptation that ran for 366 episodes from 2004 to 2012. Viz Media obtained the television and home video rights to the anime in 2006. The series premiered with an English announced in June that it will release the television anime series on Blu-ray Disc, and the first volume shipped on July 19.
The manga has also inspired four anime films, a series of novels, and several video games. A series of stage musical adaptations launched in 2005, with the latest ended its run on August 4.
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