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110-417: Perfect Hair Forever premiered on November 7, 2004, and ended on April 1, 2007, with a total of 7 episodes. Two additional episodes premiered unannounced on April 1, 2014, as part of Adult Swim's annual April Fools' Day stunt. The series is a spin-off of Space Ghost Coast to Coast . The series concerns a young boy named Gerald who is on a quest to find the perfect hair to remedy his premature baldness. He

220-668: A "fool" is known by a few different names around the country, including "noodle", "gob", "gobby", or "noddy". One common prank is to carefully remove the cream from an Oreo , then replacing it with white toothpaste , and there are many similar pranks that replace an object (usually food) with another object that looks like the object but tastes different such as replacing sugar with salt or vanilla frosting with sour cream. As well as people playing pranks on one another on April Fools' Day, elaborate pranks have appeared on radio and television stations, newspapers, and websites, and have been performed by large corporations. In one famous prank in 1957,

330-536: A 72-card pre-constructed box set containing a starter deck and two booster packs , a 10-card booster pack, and a 12-pack booster box. Bleach has been adapted into a series of rock musicals, jointly produced by Studio Pierrot and Nelke Planning. There have been five musicals produced which covered portions of the Substitute and Soul Society arcs, as well as five additional performances known as "Live Bankai Shows" and "Rock Musical Bleach Shinsei", which did not follow

440-483: A boy. The latter is based on Greek mythology and Kubo also considered it as a source for his focus on myths, monsters and the afterlife. The action style and storytelling found in Bleach are inspired by cinema, though Kubo has not revealed any specific movie as being an influence for fight scenes. When pressed, he told interviewers that he liked Snatch , but did not use it as a model. Bleach ' s fight choreography

550-671: A car accident. As time went on, she prayed less and Sora became jealous and turned into a Hollow and attacked Orihime. Academic Patrick Drazen says this is a reminder to the audience to not abandon the old ways or risk the spirits taking offense and causing problems in the world. Bleach also incorporates Shinto themes of purification of "evil spirits through charms, scrolls, incantations, and other rituals". Christopher A. Born regards Bleach as transmitting Confucian values . Von Feigenblatt describes Bleach as being culturally and religiously aware, as it draws upon Christianity and Caribbean Santería . Spanish terms are prevalent throughout

660-404: A character with an actual role, or in the background. Perfect Hair Forever employs an ongoing serial format, a style that had been uncommon to previous Williams Street projects with their lack of emphasis on continuity . Each episode of the series features different opening sequence music and visuals. The style and music of the end credits also varies from episode to episode. Following

770-475: A console video game titled Bleach: Soul Resonance , published by Nuverse , was announced. In July 2024, a video game titled Bleach: Rebirth of Souls was announced. It is set to released by Bandai Namco Entertainment for the PlayStation 4 , PlayStation 5 , Windows (via Steam ), and Xbox Series X/S in early 2025. Two collectible card games (CCG) based on the Bleach series have been produced, one in

880-510: A first-page article but not the top headline. In Poland, prima Aprilis ("First April" in Latin ) as a day of pranks is a centuries-long tradition. It is a day when many pranks are played: sometimes very sophisticated hoaxes are prepared by people, media (which often cooperate to make the "information" more credible), and even public institutions. Serious activities are usually avoided; every word said on 1 April could be untrue. The conviction for this

990-421: A hoax include: Books, films, telemovies and television episodes have used April Fools' Day as their title or inspiration. Examples include Bryce Courtenay 's novel April Fool's Day (1993), whose title refers to the day Courtenay's son died. The 1990s sitcom Roseanne featured an episode titled "April Fools' Day". This turned out to be intentionally misleading, as the episode was instead about Tax Day in

1100-778: A key to the Soul King's Palace, so he can kill the Soul King who reigns over the Soul Society. Anticipating Aizen's attack, the Thirteen Court Squads had already been waiting for him by moving the entire Karakura Town to the Soul Society prior to his attack. When the Vizards join the remaining Soul Reapers, Gin reveals his agenda of killing Aizen. The latter uses the Hōgyoku to become a god-like being before killing Gin. However, Ichigo sacrifices and loses all his power to defeat Aizen and reverts to

1210-428: A normal human. Subsequently, Aizen is arrested by the Soul Society. Months later, preparing for life after high school, Ichigo is called back into action when Xcution , a group of Fullbringers—supernaturally aware humans like Chad—manipulate him and his loved ones in a scheme to siphon his Fullbring abilities. After his Soul Society allies restore his Soul Reaper powers, Ichigo learns that Xcution's leader, Kugo Ginjo,

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1320-460: A pervert who loves to eat and watch his young schoolgirl companion, Brenda, dance around in a short mini-skirt and thong . Also of no particular help is Uncle Grandfather's gift to Gerald, the "Action Hot Dog". Action Hot Dog is a hot dog which chants "do the la la la la!" The hero soon enters a forest, in which he encounters Cat Man, an odd cloud, Space Ghost being mauled by a Bear, Coiffio's robot companion, 'Model Robot', and his arboreal agent,

1430-529: A relationship, some have expressed the belief that the origins of April Fools' Day may go back to the Genesis flood narrative . In a 1908 edition of the Harper's Weekly , cartoonist Bertha R. McDonald wrote: Some authorities gravely go back with it to the time of Noah and the ark . The London Public Advertiser of March 13, 1769, prints the following paragraph concerning this theory: "The mistake of Noah sending

1540-455: A scene precisely mirroring Vegeta and Nappa 's arrival in Dragon Ball Z , but acknowledged it was likely intended as a deliberate homage. He also said Kubo was able to avoid the worst artistic failings typical in series which indulge in superpowered combat, but that the battle scenes were still sometimes difficult to follow. In 2005, Bleach was awarded the 50th Shogakukan Manga Award in

1650-597: A selection of color spreads from the first 19 volumes of the series, in addition to some original art and author commentary. The second artbook, Bleach Official Bootleg: KaraBuri+ ( BLEACH OFFICIAL BOOTLEG カラブリ プラス ) , was released on August 3, 2007. In addition to character guides and articles on other fictional aspects of the series, it compiles the various short comics, Tedious Everyday Tales Colorful Bleach ( 徒然日常絵詞 カラフル ブリーチ , Tsuredure Nichijou Ekotoba Karafuru Buriichi ) , that were published in V Jump . The omake -style panels are similar to those included in

1760-893: A subtle reference to a fish is sometimes given as a clue to the fact that it is an April Fools' prank. Boulangeries, pâtisseries and chocolatiers in France sell chocolate fishes in their shop windows on the day. In Lebanon , an April Fool prank is revealed by saying كذبة أول نيسان (which translates to "First of April Lie") to the recipient. Danes, Finns, Icelanders, Norwegians and Swedes celebrate April Fools' Day ( aprilsnar in Danish; aprillipäivä in Finnish; aprilsnarr in Norwegian; aprilskämt in Swedish). Most news media outlets will publish exactly one false story on 1 April; for newspapers this will typically be

1870-490: A variety of costumes and walk around the city fooling around and pranking passersby. One of the traditions on April Fools' Day is to dress up the main city monument in funny clothes. Humorina even has its own logo—a cheerful sailor in a lifebelt —whose author was the artist Arkady Tsykun. During the festival, special souvenirs bearing the logo are printed and sold. Since 2010, April Fools' Day celebrations include an International Clown Festival, and both celebrated as one. In 2019,

1980-821: A wider audience than ever before. 28 December, the equivalent day in Spain and Hispanic America , is also the Christian day of celebration of the Day of the Holy Innocents . The Christian celebration is a religious holiday in its own right, but the tradition of pranks is not, though the latter is observed yearly. In some regions of Hispanic America after a prank is played, the cry is made, " Inocente palomita que te dejaste engañar " ("You innocent little dove that let yourself be fooled!"; not to be confused with another meaning of palomita , which means " popcorn " in some dialects). In Argentina,

2090-518: Is "attracted to people with that seeming contradiction" and finds an "urge to draw people like that" when he works. The terminology used in Bleach has a variety of inspirations, with each category of characters bearing a different linguistic theme. Many of the names for swords and spells used by Soul Reapers were inspired by ancient Japanese literature . Hollows and Arrancars use Spanish terms. Fullbringers use English vocabulary, with names referencing rock music, and finally, both Quincy and Bounts draw on

2200-457: Is a process of sending the deceased captains, including Ukitake, to Hell. Bleach was first conceived from Tite Kubo 's desire to draw a shinigami (Soul Reaper) in a kimono , which formed the basis for the design of the Soul Reapers in the series. At first, Kubo thought that the Soul Reapers should use guns, so the first title for the series was "Snipe" (as in "sniper"); however, this

2310-400: Is arrested by her Soul Reaper superiors and sentenced to death for the illegal act of transferring her powers to a human. Ichigo and his friends enlist the help of ex-Soul Reaper scientist Kisuke Urahara , who trains Ichigo to access his own Soul Reaper powers, to enter the Soul Society and rescue Rukia. Shortly after the party's arrival in the Soul Society, conflict arises among the captains of

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2420-443: Is controversial. The mixed opinions of critics are epitomized in the reception to the 1957 BBC " spaghetti-tree hoax ", in reference to which newspapers were split over whether it was "a great joke or a terrible hoax on the public". April Fools' can be good for one's health because it encourages "jokes, hoaxes ... pranks, [and] belly laughs", and brings all the benefits of laughter. Many "best of" April Fools' Day lists showcase

2530-554: Is focused solely on the Soul Reapers and the 13 Court Squads. Shueisha published a special book Bleach: JCCover Postcard Book MAILs. , which was released on December 4, 2013. It features cover pages as postcards up to volume 60 with poems on the back. Bleach had over 90   million tankōbon copies in circulation in Japan by 2017; over 120 million tankōbon copies in circulation worldwide by 2018; and over 130 million copies in circulation worldwide by 2022, making it one of

2640-458: Is in Geoffrey Chaucer 's The Canterbury Tales (1392). In the " Nun's Priest's Tale ", a vain cock, Chauntecleer, is tricked by a fox "Since March began, full thirty days and two," i.e. 32 days since March began, which is 1 April. However, it is not clear that Chaucer was referencing 1 April since the text of the "Nun's Priest's Tale" also states that the story takes place on the day when

2750-428: Is instead constructed with the aid of rock music, which the author listens to while imagining the fights in order to give him a sense of pacing for the panel cuts and change of angles through the scenes. Kubo prefers to draw realistic injuries in order to render the fight more impactful, by making the readers feel the pain the characters are feeling. Bleach 's fight scenes are often broken up with brief gags, which

2860-470: Is joined on his wanderings by an array of strange companions. Gerald is opposed by the evil Coiffio and his minions for reasons which are never stated in the series. The series is a spin-off of Space Ghost Coast to Coast , due to a special featuring Space Ghost , Adult Swim Brain Trust , coming on right after the premiere of the series to help tie it together. Space Ghost appears in every episode, either as

2970-546: Is often known as "April fish" ( poisson d'avril in French, aprilvis in Dutch or pesce d'aprile in Italian). Possible pranks include attempting to attach a paper fish to the victim's back without being noticed. This fish feature is prominently present on many late 19th- to early 20th-century French April Fools' Day postcards . Many newspapers also spread a false story on April Fish Day, and

3080-656: Is one of the Soul Reapers ( 死神 , Shinigami , literally 'Death Gods') , soldiers trusted with ushering the souls of the dead from the World of the Living to the Soul Society ( 尸魂界 （ ソウル・ソサエティ ） , Sōru Sosaeti , lit. "Dead Spirit World") , the afterlife realm from which she originates and with fighting Hollows . When she is severely wounded defending Ichigo from a Hollow she pursues, Rukia transfers her powers to Ichigo, so he may fight in her stead while she recovers. Rukia

3190-577: Is reinstated as a Substitute Soul Reaper. After Ichigo regains his powers, an army of Quincies known as the Wandenreich ( 見えざる帝国 （ ヴァンデンライヒ ） , Vandenraihi , lit. "Invisible Empire") appear and declare war against the Soul Society, having already enslaved many Arrancars in Hueco Mundo. The group is led by Yhwach, the ancient progenitor of the Quincies, who seeks to kill the Soul King and rid

3300-511: Is risk that it will be misinterpreted as a joke and ignored – for example, when Google , known to play elaborate April Fools' Day hoaxes, announced the launch of Gmail with 1- gigabyte inboxes in 2004, an era when competing webmail services offered 4- megabytes or less, many dismissed it as a joke outright. On the other hand, sometimes stories intended as jokes are taken seriously. Either way, there can be adverse effects, such as confusion, misinformation, waste of resources (especially when

3410-538: Is shown in terms of the uniform worn by the Quincy as well as by the symbolism of the cross". Bleach , written and illustrated by Tite Kubo , was serialized for 15 years in Shueisha 's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from August 7, 2001, to August 22, 2016. Its 698 individual chapters were collected in 74 tankōbon volumes released between January 5, 2002, and November 4, 2016. Shueisha published

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3520-558: Is so strong that the Polish anti-Turkish alliance with Leopold I , signed on 1 April 1683, was backdated to 31 March. However, for some in Poland prima April ends at noon of 1 April and prima April jokes after that hour are considered inappropriate and not classy. In many Spanish-speaking countries (and the Philippines), " Día de los Santos Inocentes " ( Holy Innocents Day ) is a festivity that

3630-550: Is sometimes later revealed by shouting "April, April!" at the recipient, who becomes the "April fool". In Iran, it is called " Dorugh-e Sizdah " (lie of Thirteen) and people and media prank on 13 Farvardin ( Sizdah bedar ) that is equivalent of 1 April. It is a tradition that takes place 13 days after the Persian new year Nowruz . On this day, people go out and leave their houses and have fun outside mostly in natural parks. Pranks have reportedly been played on this holiday since 536 BC in

3740-496: Is thereby trapped in an ordinary human body, and must advise Ichigo as he balances the demands of his substitute Soul Reaper duties and attending high school. For aid in hunting the Hollows, the pair ally with a trio of other spiritually empowered allies: Ichigo's high school classmate Orihime Inoue , best friend Yasutora "Chad" Sado and Uryū Ishida , a Quincy classmate with the ability to control spiritual particles. Eventually, Rukia

3850-603: Is very similar to April Fools' Day, but is celebrated in late December (27, 28 or 29 depending on the location). Despite this, in Galicia April Fools' Day is also traditional, as accounted by Ramón Otero Pedrayo , as " Día dos enganos ", and the tradition is embedded in a traditional saying about this day being the day when donkeys go where they must not go . Turkey also has a custom of April Fools' pranks. Pranks and jokes are usually verbal and are revealed by shouting "Bir Nisan! / Nisan Bir!" (1 April!). April Fools' Day

3960-570: Is widely celebrated in Odesa and has the special local name Humorina (in Ukrainian Гуморина, Humorina ) . This holiday arose in 1973. An April Fool prank is revealed by saying "Перше квітня — брехня всесвітня" (" Pershe kvitnya — brekhnya vsesvitnya " , translating as "First of April — worldwide lies") to the recipient. The festival includes a large parade in the city centre, free concerts, street fairs and performances. Festival participants dress up in

4070-424: The shōnen category in 2005. The manga had over 130 million tankōbon volumes in circulation worldwide by 2022, making it one of the best-selling manga in history. Ichigo Kurosaki is a teenager from Karakura Town who can see ghosts, a talent allowing him to meet Rukia Kuchiki , a Soul Reaper who enters the town in search of a Hollow, a kind of monstrous lost soul who can harm both ghosts and humans. Rukia

4180-463: The Achaemenid Empire . In Ireland, it was traditional to entrust the victim with an "important letter" to be given to a named person. That person would read the letter, then ask the victim to take it to someone else, and so on. The letter when opened contained the words "send the fool further". In Italy, France, Belgium and French-speaking areas of Switzerland and Canada, the 1 April tradition

4290-546: The Adult Swim Brain Trust discussion spoof. Season 2 was supposed to contain 16 episodes, and was planned to premiere online on Adult Swim Video. On May 22, 2007, "Return to Balding Victory" debuted on Adult Swim Video, officially ending the series. This episode had already aired on television on April 1, 2007, as part of Adult Swim's April Fool's Joke. This joke spanned the entire block, beginning with this episode and then airing all of season one in reverse order and in

4400-590: The BBC broadcast a film in their Panorama current affairs series purporting to show Swiss farmers picking freshly-grown spaghetti, in what they called the Swiss spaghetti harvest . The BBC was soon flooded with requests to purchase a spaghetti plant, forcing them to declare the film a hoax on the news the next day. With the advent of the Internet and readily available global news services, April Fools' pranks can catch and embarrass

4510-667: The Bleach plotline. The initial performance run of the Bleach musical was from August 17–28, 2005, at the Space Zero Tokyo center in Shinjuku . The musicals are directed by Takuya Hiramitsu, with script adaptation by Naoshi Okumura and music composed by playwright Shoichi Tama. The songs are completely original and not taken from the anime soundtrack. Key actors in the series include Tatsuya Isaka , who plays Ichigo Kurosaki , Miki Satō , who plays Rukia Kuchiki , and Eiji Moriyama , who plays Renji Abarai . In 2016, another musical

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4620-474: The Bleach series, which were published by Shueisha under its Jump J-Books imprint. The first volume, Bleach – Letters From The Other Side: The Death and The Strawberry , was published on December 15, 2004, and re-released as Bleach – Letters From The Other Side: The Death and The Strawberry - New Edition on November 4, 2009. The second, Bleach: The Honey Dish Rhapsody , was published on November 30, 2006. The third, Bleach: The Death Save The Strawberry ,

4730-560: The Vizards , Soul Reapers who were victims of Aizen's experiments in creating the Arrancar. When Ulquiorra, one of the Espada (Aizen's ten most powerful Arrancars) kidnaps Orihime, Ichigo and his allies enter Hueco Mundo to invade Las Noches. However, as Ichigo rescues Orihime, Aizen reveals her abduction was a distraction as he launches an attack on Karakura Town, in order to sacrifice everyone and create

4840-413: The best-selling manga series of all time from Weekly Shōnen Jump . During 2008, volume 34 of the manga sold 874,153 copies in Japan, becoming the 12th best-seller comics from the year. Volumes 33 and 35 have also ranked 17 and 18, respectively. In total the manga has sold 3,161,825 copies in Japan during 2008, becoming the year's fifth best selling series. In the first half from 2009, Bleach ranked as

4950-577: The "Day of the Innocent Children" or "Day of the Stupid Children". It used to be a day where parents, grandparents, and teachers would fool the children in some way. But the celebration of this day has died out in favour of April Fools' Day. Nevertheless, on the Spanish island of Menorca , Dia d'enganyar ("Fooling day") is celebrated on 1 April because Menorca was a British possession during part of

5060-477: The 18th century. In Brazil, the " Dia da mentira " ("Day of the lie") is also celebrated on 1 April due to the Portuguese influence. In many English-speaking countries, mainly Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, it is a custom to say "pinch and a punch for the first of the month" or an alternative, typically by children. The victim might respond with "a flick and a kick for being so quick", and

5170-529: The German language. This multilingual terminology, along with the variety in apparent character ethnicities, emphasizes the international nature of the Bleach settings. Bleach ' s plot incorporates the traditional Japanese belief of spirits coexisting with humans and their nature, good or evil, depends on the circumstances. An example is Orihime's backstory. She was raised from the age of three by her brother Sora, and prayed for his soul's peace after he died in

5280-464: The Hollows' realm, Hueco Mundo ( 虚圏 （ ウェコムンド ） , Weko Mundo , lit. "Hollow World") . Afterwards, Ichigo and Rukia reconcile with the Soul Reapers, who view the former as a powerful ally and designate him an official title as Substitute Soul Reaper. Ichigo soon finds himself and his friends in escalating skirmishes with Aizen's army of humanoid Hollows, the Arrancar , as they are joined by

5390-533: The Inappropriate Comedy Tree. In Canada , Perfect Hair Forever previously aired on Teletoon 's Teletoon at Night block and on the Canadian version of Adult Swim . On October 27, 2009, Adult Swim and distributor Warner Home Video released Adult Swim in a Box , a seven-disc DVD box set of various Adult Swim shows. The pilot episode of Perfect Hair Forever appears in this set. In June 2010,

5500-593: The Japanese market and a different one in North America. Bleach Soul Card Battle , produced by Bandai , was introduced in Japan at the Jump Festa in 2004. Twenty named sets were released for the series. After Bleach Soul Card Battle , Bandai introduced three more series. Bleach The Card Gum , which contains 14 sets, was released in early September 2007. The next series, Bleach Clear Collection , which contains six sets,

5610-633: The Soul Funeral Ceremony for 13th Division captain Jūshirō Ukitake. While the captains are waiting in the Soul Society to perform the ritual, Ichigo joins the Lieutenants at Karakura Town to capture Hollows that will be used as a sacrifice. They are ambushed by the Beasts of Hell, led by the late Octava Espada Szayelaporro Granz. Even though the lieutenants suppress them, it is revealed that the ceremony

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5720-431: The Soul Society to destroy it, but Ichigo kills him with the help of Uryū and Aizen after the latter is temporarily released from prison. Ten years later, Rukia becomes the new captain of the thirteenth company and has a daughter, an apprentice Soul Reaper named Ichika, with her childhood friend Renji Abarai . Meanwhile, Ichigo and Orihime have a son named Kazui, who is also a Soul Reaper. Two years later, Ichigo attends

5830-552: The Soul Society, but did include some characters and elements that were not introduced into the plot until the Arrancar arc , such as Ichigo's Soul Reaper parentage. Kubo has cited influences for elements of Bleach ranging from other manga series to music, foreign language, architecture, and film. He attributed his interest in drawing the supernatural and monsters to Shigeru Mizuki 's GeGeGe no Kitaro and Bleach ' s focus on interesting weaponry and battle scenes to Masami Kurumada 's Saint Seiya , manga that Kubo enjoyed as

5940-518: The TCG is a two-player game in which each player starts with at least 61 cards: a "Guardian" card, a 60-card "main deck", and an optional 20-card "side deck". A player loses if his or her power, as dictated by the Guardian card, is reduced to zero, or if he or she is unable to draw or discard a card from his or her deck. The cards for the game have been released in named sets with each set released in three formats:

6050-513: The Thirteen Court Squads when the captain of the fifth company, Sōsuke Aizen , is apparently murdered; the captains believed that the intruders might have been responsible, which causes the Soul Reapers to begin fighting amongst themselves. Thereafter, the Captain Commander Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto, issues the Soul Reapers to arrest Ichigo and his friends as suspects. However, Ichigo saves Rukia and manages to stop

6160-465: The United States, occurring on 15 April. The 19th episode of the first season of SpongeBob SquarePants , "Fools In April", also centers around a plot that takes place on April Fools' Day. Every year on 1 April, video game developer Mojang releases an April Fool's Day snapshot (an altered version of the game) for Minecraft: Java Edition (a version of Minecraft available on computers). Over

6270-453: The anime television series, which adapts the manga's final story arc , premiered in 2022. In North America, the manga was licensed for English release by Viz Media in 2004. They have released the collected volumes and published its chapters in their Shonen Jump magazine from November 2007 until the magazine's final issue in April 2012. Bleach received the 50th Shogakukan Manga Award for

6380-644: The attacker might reply with "a punch in the eye for being so sly". Another custom in Britain and North America is to say " rabbit rabbit " upon waking on the first day of a month, for good luck. Similar events documented by other Misplaced Pages languages also exist such as Poisson d'avril (France) and in the US the International day of the joke event which is assigned the first Sunday in May. The practice of April Fool pranks and hoaxes

6490-501: The author inserts when he grows bored during the illustration process. Bleach ' s plotting process is focused around character design . When writing plotlines or having difficulties generating new material, Kubo begins by thinking of new characters, often en masse , and rereading previous volumes of Bleach . Kubo has said that he likes creating characters that have outward appearances that do not match their true nature—an element that can be found in many Bleach characters—as he

6600-418: The best examples of how the day is celebrated. Various April Fools' campaigns have been praised for their innovation, creativity, writing, and general effort. Negative views describe April Fools' hoaxes as "creepy and manipulative", "rude" and "a little bit nasty", as well as based on Schadenfreude and deceit. When genuine news or a genuinely important order or warning is issued on April Fools' Day, there

6710-419: The cancellation of Kubo's previous manga, Zombiepowder , but was at first rejected. Manga artist Akira Toriyama saw the story and wrote a letter of encouragement to Kubo. Bleach was accepted for publication a short time later in 2001, and was initially intended to be a shorter series, with a maximum serialization length of five years. Early plans for the story did not include the hierarchical structure of

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6820-419: The cuckoo". The traditional prank is to ask someone to deliver a sealed message that supposedly requests help of some sort. In fact, the message reads " Dinna laugh, dinna smile. Hunt the gowk another mile. " The recipient, upon reading it, will explain they can only help if they first contact another person, and they send the victim to this next person with an identical message, with the same result. In England

6930-557: The digital anthology Weekly Shonen Jump Alpha in January 2012 and Viz Media released it digitally as Shueisha published new chapters in Japan. The 74 volumes were released from July 6, 2004, to October 2, 2018. Viz Media also released a hardcover "collector's edition" of the first volume that came with a dust jacket, two box sets, and twenty-five 3-in-1 volumes between June 7, 2011, and March 5, 2019. A 73-page chapter, titled "New Breathes From Hell" ( 獄頤鳴鳴篇 , Gokui Meimei-hen ) ,

7040-499: The dove out of the ark before the water had abated, on the first day of April, and to perpetuate the memory of this deliverance it was thought proper, whoever forgot so remarkable a circumstance, to punish them by sending them upon some sleeveless errand similar to that ineffectual message upon which the bird was sent by the patriarch." Source: In Armenian culture , an April Fool prank is revealed by saying ապրիլ մեկ! ( april mek ) which means 1 April. In Germany, an April Fool prank

7150-776: The duties of defending humans from evil spirits and guiding departed souls to the afterlife, and set him on journeys to various ghostly realms of existence. Bleach was serialized in Shueisha 's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from August 2001 to August 2016, with its chapters collected in 74 tankōbon volumes. The series has spawned a media franchise that includes an anime television series adaptation produced by studio Pierrot from 2004 to 2012, two original video animation (OVA) episodes, four animated feature films , ten stage musicals , and numerous video games , as well as many types of Bleach -related merchandise. A Japanese live-action film adaptation produced by Warner Bros. premiered in 2018. A sequel to

7260-529: The festival was dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Odesa Film Studio and all events were held with an emphasis on cinema. In the UK, an April Fool prank is sometimes later revealed by shouting "April fool!" at the recipient, who becomes the "April fool". A study in the 1950s, by folklorists Iona and Peter Opie , found that in the UK, and in countries whose traditions derived from the UK, this continues to be

7370-423: The first 21 volumes compiled into six omnibus collections under the name Resurrected Souls , to celebrate the series' tenth anniversary. The first collection was released on August 22, 2011; the last collection was published on January 23, 2012. North American licensor Viz Media serialized the first chapters in the print magazine Shonen Jump from its November 2007 to April 2012 issues. The series moved to

7480-545: The first reference to the celebration in France. Some historians suggest that April Fools' originated because, in the Middle Ages, New Year's Day was celebrated on 25 March in most European towns, with a holiday that in some areas of France, specifically, ended on 1 April, and those who celebrated New Year's Eve on 1 January made fun of those who celebrated on other dates by the invention of April Fools' Day. The use of 1 January as New Year's Day became common in France only in

7590-588: The first six episodes, members of the Perfect Hair Forever creative team posted (on the official Adult Swim message board) that they weren't interested in continuing the show to a second season. Cancellation was formally announced at the Adult Swim panel at Comic-Con 2006. In October 2006, Adultswim.com stated that Perfect Hair Forever was back in production with 16 episodes to be aired on its online streaming network The Fix, though after episode seven aired,

7700-497: The games for Nintendo consoles are developed and published by Sega, and the Nintendo DS games are developed by Treasure Co. Ltd. Two mobile games had also been released in 2014 ( Bleach: Bankai Battle ) and 2015 ( Bleach: Brave Souls ) for the series, which are available for iOS and Android . In 2017, Line announced the release of a game exclusive for their communication app called Bleach: Paradise Lost . In July 2023,

7810-471: The genre. He felt it was a rough start for the series with unimpressive battles, overused gags, and a bad introduction for central character Ichigo that causes him to come across "as a frowning punk" whose one good trait is his desire to protect. Despite this, Pine notes that he loves the series, particularly its quirky, lovable characters. Jason Thompson said he was no longer able to take Bleach seriously after it introduced villains Ulquiorra and Yammy in

7920-495: The hoax concerns people in danger) and even legal or commercial consequences. In March 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic , various organizations and people warned not to observing April Fools' Day, as a mark of respect due to the large amount of tragic deaths that COVID-19 had caused up to that point, the wish to provide truthful information to counter any misinformation about the virus, and to pre-empt any attempts to incorporate

8030-444: The individual DVD was made briefly available for purchase at the Adult Swim website store. The first season was released on iTunes . The entire series has been made available for free streaming on the Adult Swim website. April Fools%27 Day April Fools' Day or All Fools' Day is an annual custom on 1 April consisting of practical jokes and hoaxes . Jokesters often expose their actions by shouting "April Fools!" at

8140-597: The main series, but reveal more of the daily lives of characters. Color Bleach+: Bleach Official Bootleg was released in English by Viz Media on August 10, 2010. In December 2018, another artbook, titled Bleach JET was released, which contains a massive 700 artworks from the series' 15 years tenure. Seven databooks have also been released about the series. The first two, Bleach: Official Character Book SOULs. and Bleach: Official Animation Book VIBEs. , were released on February 3, 2006. Bleach: Official Character Book SOULs.

8250-744: The manga's final story arc, "Thousand-Year Blood War", would receive a new anime project. In November 2021, it was announced that the new project would be an anime television series. It is directed by Tomohisa Taguchi and premiered in October 2022. The series has spawned four animated films: Bleach: Memories of Nobody , premiered on December 16, 2006; Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion , premiered on December 22, 2007; Bleach: Fade to Black , premiered on December 13, 2008; and Bleach: Hell Verse , premiered on December 4, 2010. A live-action film adaptation premiered in Japan on July 20, 2018. Tite Kubo and Makoto Matsubara have co-authored three novelizations of

8360-512: The mid-16th century, and that date was not adopted officially until 1564, by the Edict of Roussillon , as called for during the Council of Trent in 1563. However, there are issues with this theory because there is an unambiguous reference to April Fools' Day in a 1561 poem by Flemish poet Eduard de Dene of a nobleman who sent his servant on foolish errands on 1 April, predating the change. April Fools' Day

8470-418: The opening titles for Squidbillies , viewers were confronted with a title card for an episode of Space Ghost called "Perfect Hair Forever", thus starting the pilot episode. After the ending credits ran, a bumper card appeared, apologizing for the apparent scheduling mixup, only for it to fade out to a fake "Technical Difficulties" card featuring a selection of Perfect Hair Forever 's characters. This

8580-540: The practice, with the custom ceasing at noon, after which time it is no longer acceptable to play pranks. Thus a person playing a prank after midday is considered the "April fool" themselves. In Scotland, April Fools' Day was originally called " Huntigowk Day ". The name is a corruption of "hunt the gowk ", gowk being Scots for a cuckoo or a foolish person; alternative terms in Gaelic would be Là na Gocaireachd , "gowking day", or Là Ruith na Cuthaige , "the day of running

8690-405: The prankster says, " ¡Que la inocencia te valga! " which roughly translates as advice to not be as gullible as the victim of the prank. In Spain, it is common to say just " ¡Inocente! " (which in Spanish can mean "innocent" or "gullible"). In Colombia, the term is used as " Pásala por Inocentes ", which roughly means: "Let it go; today it's Innocent's Day." In Belgium, this day is also known as

8800-579: The premiere of the Squidbillies pilot. Unknown to the audience at the time, the existing Squidbillies pilot had fallen behind and wasn't ready to air. Williams Street continued advertising the Squidbillies premiere up to and including the bump directly preceding the show, which talked about wanting to make the show "perfect" for you and your "hair" "forever", revealing the title "Perfect Hair Forever." The night's confusion continued when, instead of seeing

8910-665: The realm of Hueco Mundo, while both Quincy and Bounts have been known to associate with the German language, making Kubo's world of characters diverse in race and language as well. Von Feigenblatt notes that the Quincy "are clearly inspired by the Roman Catholic Christian Orders of Knighthood such as the Sovereign Military Order of Malta and the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre whose influence

9020-408: The recipient. Mass media can be involved with these pranks, which may be revealed as such the following day. The custom of setting aside a day for playing harmless pranks upon one's neighbour has been relatively common in the world historically. Although many theories have been proposed, the exact origin of April Fools' Day is not exactly known. A disputed association between 1 April and foolishness

9130-410: The same time, which he considered a point of appeal, in response to fans' claims about a "lack of a story" in Bleach . Leroy Douresseaux from Comic Book Bin agreed with Sparrow in the number of storylines, but also praised the fighting scenes finding them comparable to the ones of popular films. On the other hand, Mania reviewer Jarred Pine criticized the series as being plagued with stereotypes from

9240-488: The second best-selling manga in Japan, having sold 3.5 million copies. Having sold 927,610 copies, volume 36 ranked seventh, volume 37 was eighth with 907,714 sold copies, and volume 38 at 10th with 822,238 copies. North American sales of the manga have also been high, with tankōbon volumes having sold over 1.2   million copies by 2007. Volume 16 placed in the top 10 graphic novel sales in December 2006 and volume 17

9350-505: The series as the Best Continuing Shōnen Manga of 2007, along with Eyeshield 21 , praising the "compelling stories, dazzling action sequences and great character development". She also placed the title on her list of "Top 10 Shōnen Manga Must-Reads". The artwork and the character designs received positive response by IGN 's A.E. Sparrow. He also commented on the series' ability to handle multiple minor character plotlines at

9460-467: The series conclusion, an eighth episode was produced and aired unannounced on April 1, 2014, as part of Adult Swim's 2014 April Fools' Stunt. Two versions of this episode, "Muscular Distraction - A" and "Muscular Distraction - B," exist and were aired at 12:00 AM and 12:15 AM, respectively. The first episode concerns a young boy named Gerald who is on a quest to find the perfect hair due to his premature baldness . He seeks help from his "Uncle Grandfather",

9570-477: The series was never continued. Episode 7 aired April 1, 2007, as part of Adult Swim's annual April Fool's Day joke, and was also available on Adult Swim's The Fix website. In 2007, the Japanese noise rock band Melt-Banana recorded the song "Hair-Cat (Cause the Wolf Is a Cat!)" for Perfect Hair Forever . The Perfect Hair Forever pilot first aired on November 7, 2004, in the time slot that had been advertised as

9680-494: The style of old VHS fansubs , complete with Engrish subtitles on most episodes. Occasionally, instead of the Engrish subtitles, transcripts from other Adult Swim shows were presented instead. It replaced scheduled premieres of Bleach , Blood+ , and Eureka Seven . The prank was hinted at, though, as the schedule listed the same episodes that were to be shown that weekend for the next weekend ahead of time. Seven years after

9790-436: The sun is "in the sign of Taurus had y-rune Twenty degrees and one," which would not be 1 April. Modern scholars believe that there is a copying error in the extant manuscripts and that Chaucer actually wrote, " Syn March was gon ". If so, the passage would have originally meant 32 days after March, i.e. 2 May. In 1508, French poet Eloy d'Amerval referred to a poisson d'avril (April fool, literally "April's fish"), possibly

9900-414: The title of a story arc . The chapter was digitally released as a collected volume on December 3, 2021. A full-color version of the chapter was published digitally on September 4, 2023. Bleach was adapted by studio Pierrot into an anime television series directed by Noriyuki Abe and broadcast for 366 episodes on TV Tokyo from October 2004 to March 2012. In March 2020, it was announced that

10010-441: The virus into potential pranks. For example, Google decided not to do its traditional April Fools’ jokes that year. Because the pandemic was still ongoing a year later in 2021, Google also decided not to do pranks that year. In Thailand , the police warned ahead of April Fools' in 2021 that posting or sharing fake news online could lead to maximum of five years imprisonment. Other examples of genuine news on 1 April mistaken as

10120-432: The volume 50 of the series. However it only covers material up to volume 48, God is Dead . On June 4, 2012, a sixth book was released under the name Bleach: The Rebooted Souls . This free booklet was distributed with Bleach manga volume 55, with the aim to provide information to readers about the manga's final arc, The Thousand-Year Blood War . The seventh book, BLEACH 13 BLADEs. , was released on August 4, 2015, and it

10230-454: The war against the Soul Society. Aizen reappears and reveals his intention to obtain the Hōgyoku ( 崩玉 , lit. "Crumbling Orb") , an orb of immense power Urahara planted inside Rukia, by faking his death and arranging the execution. Aizen accompanies his fellow conspirators, Gin Ichimaru and Kaname Tōsen, who are the third and ninth company's captains, as they use Hollows to cover their escape into

10340-688: The world of death and fear. In their first invasion, the Wandenreich kill many Soul Reapers including the Head-Captain, Yamamoto. Uryū joins Yhwach and learns the truth behind the death of his mother. Later, Ichigo and his friends aid the Soul Society in fighting the Wandenreich's second invasion, but Yhwach invades the Royal Palace and kills the Soul King. In the final battle, the surviving Shinigami, along with Ichigo and his friends, assault Yhwach's new palace and defeat his army of Sternritters. Yhwach returns to

10450-438: The years, several April Fool's Day updates have been released. Bleach (manga) Bleach (stylized in all caps ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tite Kubo . It follows the adventures of a teenager Ichigo Kurosaki , who obtains the powers of a Soul Reaper —a death personification similar to a Grim Reaper —from another Soul Reaper, Rukia Kuchiki . His new-found powers allow him to take on

10560-516: Was Bleach: Heat the Soul , which debuted on March 24, 2005, for the Sony PlayStation Portable . Currently, the majority of the games have only been released in Japan, though Sega has localized the first three Nintendo DS games and the first Wii game for North America. So far, all dedicated Bleach games released for Sony 's consoles have been developed and published by SCEI , whereas

10670-556: Was also an established tradition in Great Britain before 1 January was established as the start of the calendar year. In 1686, John Aubrey referred to the celebration as "Fooles holy day", the first British reference. On 1 April 1698, several people were tricked into going to the Tower of London to "see the Lions washed". Although no biblical scholar or historian is known to have mentioned

10780-415: Was changed with the inclusion of swords. After that, the series was meant to be named "Black" due to the color of the Soul Reapers' clothes, but Kubo thought the title was too generic. He later tried the name of "White", but came to like "Bleach" more for its association with the color white and that he did not find it too obvious. The original story concept was submitted to Weekly Shōnen Jump shortly after

10890-474: Was his predecessor. It is revealed that the Soul Society did not trust the substitute Soul Reapers, so they used the badge given to the Substitute Soul Reaper to monitor and restrict his power output. Ginjo felt betrayed and swore vengeance on all Soul Reapers. Despite knowing the truth, Ichigo decides to trust his Soul Reaper friends and defeats and kills Ginjo. With his power restored, Ichigo once again

11000-541: Was later released in English by Viz Media on November 18, 2008. The third book, Bleach: Official Character Book 2: MASKED , was released on August 4, 2010. This book covers details about characters that appear 100 years prior to the story, such as former captains and lieutenants, along with the Arrancars and Visoreds. Although it was released on the same day as volume 46, Back From Blind , the book only covers material up to volume 37, Beauty Is So Solitary . The English version

11110-453: Was produced to celebrate Bleach 15th anniversary. The musical was directed and written by Tsutsumi Yasuyuki with Dream5 's Akira Takano and Chihiro Kai as Ichigo Kurosaki and Rukia Kuchiki respectively. The musical debuted on July 28, 2016, in AiiA 2.5 Theater Tokyo. The first Bleach artbook, All Colour But The Black , was released in Japan, the United States, and Europe. The artbook compiles

11220-520: Was published in Weekly Shōnen Jump , to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the manga's debut in the magazine, on August 10, 2021. It was published in English by Viz Media's Shonen Jump online magazine and on the Shueisha's Manga Plus online platform. The one-shot ends seemingly on a cliffhanger ; the character for "hen" ( 篇 ), used in the Japanese title of the chapter, is usually used to denote

11330-409: Was published on December 22, 2007. The third, Bleach: Fade to Black, I Call Your Name , was published on December 15, 2008. The fourth volume, Bleach: Hell Chapter , was published on December 6, 2010. A number of video games have been created featuring characters from the Bleach series, primarily though not exclusively fighting games . The first video game to be released from the Bleach series

11440-464: Was published on November 2, 2018. The novel series ended with the release of the third volume on December 4, 2018. Viz Media published the three volumes of Bleach: Can't Fear Your Own World between July 7, 2020, and April 20, 2021. Shueisha published four novelizations based on the Bleach movies. The first volume, Bleach: Memories of Nobody , was published on December 18, 2006. The second, Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion, Another Hyōrinmaru ,

11550-405: Was published on September 4, 2012. Two novelizations of the Bleach series have been co-authored by Narita Ryohgo . The first volume, Bleach: Spirits Are Forever With You , and the second, Bleach: Spirits Are Forever With You 2 , were published on June 4, 2012. After the series ended in 2016, a series of novels were released by Shueisha. The first novel, Bleach: WE DO knot ALWAYS LOVE YOU ,

11660-400: Was released by Viz Media on March 6, 2012. A fourth book, Bleach: Official Invitation Book The Hell Verse , was given to the first one million movie-goers of Bleach: Hell Verse on December 4, 2010. It contains character sketches, promotional posters, and the one-off Hell manga special. A fifth book Bleach: Official Character Book 3: UNMASKED , was released on June 3, 2011, the same day as

11770-518: Was released in July 2008. The last series, Bleach Clear Soul Plate , which consists of three sets, was published in December 2009. Bleach TCG was introduced in the United States by Score Entertainment in May 2007, but ceased publication April 2009, just before the planned launch of its seventh expansion, Bleach Infiltration . This cancellation was attributed to the 2007–09 recession , which has heavily affected TCG sales. Designed by Aik Tongtharadol,

11880-531: Was shown on screen for several seconds, accompanied by typical music, before the card faded to static whilst the Action Hot Dog's "Do da la la la la!" echoed. The card returned, and the music was replaced with a techno remix of Action Hot Dog's chant. The first season of Perfect Hair Forever premiered on Sunday, November 27, 2005, at 12:30 AM Eastern Standard Time with the airing of the second episode. The pilot re-aired on November 20, 2005, though without

11990-420: Was the best-selling manga volume for the month of February 2007. In a 2010 interview, Gonzalo Ferreyra, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Viz, listed Bleach as one of six Viz titles that continue to exceed expectations in spite of the harshening manga market. By 2022, the manga had over 2.7   million tankōbon volumes in circulation in the United States. Deb Aoki from About.com considered

12100-402: Was written by the writer of Bleach: The Death Save The Strawberry Makoto Matsubara and was published on December 27, 2016. The second, Bleach: Can't Fear Your Own World , is a serialized novel written by the writer of Bleach: Spirits Are Forever With You series Narita Ryohgo and was released bi-weekly from April 28, 2017. The first volume was released on August 4, 2017 and the second volume

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