About Bleach

English Language : Bleach (ブリーチ ,Burīchi?, romanized as BLEACH in Japan) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tite Kubo. Bleach follows the adventures of Ichigo Kurosaki after he accidentally obtains the power of a shinigami—a Japanese death personification similar to the Grim Reaper—from Rukia Kuchiki. Gaining these abilities forces him to take on the duties of defending humans from evil spirits and guiding departed souls to the afterlife.

Bleach has been continuously serialized in the Japanese manga anthology Weekly Shōnen Jump since August 2001 and has been collected in 38 tankōbon volumes as of April 2009. Since its publication, Bleach has spawned a substantial media franchise. The manga has been adapted into an animated television series produced by Studio Pierrot which is still ongoing in Japan as it adapts the story from the manga. The series has also spawned two original video animations (OVAs), three animated feature films, seven rock musicals, and numerous video games, as well as prompted the release of many types of Bleach-related merchandise.

Viz Media licensed the manga for English-language publication in the United States and Canada and has released 26 volumes as of April 2009. In addition, it has been publishing the chapters in Shonen Jump since November 2007. On March 15, 2006, Viz obtained foreign television and home video distribution rights to the Bleach anime. Cartoon Network began airing Bleach as part of its Adult Swim block on September 9, 2006 in the United States. The first film, Bleach: Memories of Nobody was released in North America on Region 1 DVD by Viz on October 14, 2008.

Compilation volumes of the manga have sold over 50 million copies in Japan and reached the top of manga sales charts in the United States. The anime adaptation has been similarly received, rating as the 7th most popular anime television series in Japan in 2006, and in the top ten anime for America from 2006 to 2008. The series received the Shogakukan Manga Award for the shōnen demographic in 2005, and is among the best-selling manga properties in both Japan and America.

Indonesia Language :
Bleach (ブリーチ, Burīchi?, diromanisasi-kan sebagai “BLEACH” di Jepang) adalah serial manga yang dikarang oleh Tite Kubo (久保 帯人 Kubo Taito), mangaka dari Zombie Powder. Serial Bleach mulai diterbitkan sejak tahun 2001, dan semenjak penerbitannya, serial ini sudah diadaptasi menjadi sebuah serial anime, dua buah OVA (Video Animasi Orisinil), satu film layar lebar, satu musikal rock, dan beberapa judul video game. Kompilasi manga (Tankōbon) Bleach sudah terjual sebanyak 39 juta kopi di Jepang. Manga ini diserialkan dalam mingguan Shonen Jump.

Bleach bercerita tentang Ichigo Kurosaki, seorang pelajar SMA yang memiliki kemampuan untuk melihat arwah, dan juga Rukia Kuchiki, seorang shinigami (dewa kematian) yang pada suatu hari bertemu dengan Ichigo sewaktu sedang memburu arwah jahat yang disebut hollow. Pada saat Rukia bertarung melawan hollow tersebut, ia terluka dan oleh sebab itu ia tidak memiliki jalan lain selain memindahkan kekuatan shinigami-nya kepada Ichigo. Sejak saat inilah petualangan Ichigo dan Rukia dimulai. Mereka berdua bertualang mencari dan melawan para hollow dan melaksanakan upacara penguburan arwah untuk para arwah gentayangan. Dengan upacara ini, para arwah gentayangan menerima pembersihan dan mereka dapat dikirim ke Soul Society (surga atau nirwana, yaitu akhirat dalam cerita ini). Bagian awal dari cerita ini difokuskan kepada karakter-karakter dan masa lalu mereka, dan bukan terfokus pada dunia pekerjaan shinigami. Seiring jalannya cerita, hal-hal seperti kehidupan shinigami di Soul Society mulai terungkap sedikit demi sedikit.

~ by Nezo Ravizen on May 19, 2009.