Bleach season 16
season of television series
The sixteenth and final season of the Bleach anime television series is known as the Lost Agent arc (死神代行消失篇, Shinigami Daikō Shōshitsu-hen). 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, "Re:pray" performed by Aimer, is used from episodes 343 to 354, while the second ending theme song, "Mask" performed by Aqua Timez, is used from episode 355 to 366.
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