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Bleach the Movie: Fade to Black

Bleach the Movie: Fade to Black

Action · Animation · Fantasy · 2008

A strange disturbance in the World of the Living sends Ichigo and Kon to the Soul Society, where the Seireitei has been devastated by an explosion of reishi and Rukia is missing. Stranger still, none of the Soul Reapers remember Ichigo, and they think he’s the one responsible for the destruction. Now on the run, Ichigo is forced into a lonely battle in order to find Rukia and stop the real culprits!

Movie details

Bleach the Movie: Fade to Black

2008 Action · Animation · Fantasy 1h 34m

Critical arithmetic

One number, for now.

TMDB

7.1 / 10

Community rating

A strange disturbance in the World of the Living sends Ichigo and Kon to the Soul Society, where the Seireitei has been devastated by an explosion of reishi and Rukia is missing. Stranger still, none of the Soul Reapers remember Ichigo, and they think he’s the one responsible for the destruction. Now on the run, Ichigo is forced into a lonely battle in order to find Rukia and stop the real culprits!

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Bleach the Movie: Fade to Black?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Noriyuki Abe

Written by

Ookubo Masahiro · Natsuko Takahashi · Masahiro Okubo

Masakazu Morita

Masakazu Morita

Ichigo Kurosaki (voice)

Fumiko Orikasa

Fumiko Orikasa

Rukia Kuchiki (voice)

Kentaro Ito

Kentaro Ito

Renji Abarai (voice)

Aya Hirano

Aya Hirano

Homura (voice)

Hiroshi Kamiya

Hiroshi Kamiya

Shizuku (voice)

Mitsuaki Madono

Mitsuaki Madono

Kon (voice)

Jun Fukuyama

Jun Fukuyama

Yumichika Ayasegawa (voice)

Court is in session

Put Bleach the Movie: Fade to Black on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.