Bleach Thousand-Year Blood War Fans Can Get An Early Look At Part 3, But There's One Big Catch

Summary

Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood Waris coming back for Part 3 with its phenomenal, show-stopping premium adaptation by Studio Pierrot, and fans are understandably excited to see the series inch closer to finishing the fight. During momentous occasions in the previous season, including emotional and climactic battles between the Soul Society and the Quincies and the glorious return of Ichigo, viewers quickly craved more oncePart 2 ofThousand-Year Blood Warconcluded. WithBleach: Thousand-Year Blood WarPart 3 rapidly approaching its October 5th, 2024 release date,a preview screening of the first two episodes was announced for June 29, 2025, but with a catch.

A recent X (formerly Twitter) post confirmed that the official JapaneseBleach: Thousand-Year Blood Waranime accountposted about the event hosted at Yamano Hall Tokyo,which will only be available to Japanese viewers. It’s undoubtedly still good news for fans of the series in Japan, but for those craving a similar preview event internationally, it may come as a disappointment.

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However, with the wait time forBleach: Thousand-Year Blood WarPart 3: The Conflictquickly turning from months into weeks, this will surely stoke anticipation and discourse before the release.

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Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 3 Preview Only Coming to Japan

International Viewers Will Need to Wait a Few More Weeks

As posted by theBleach: Thousand-Year Blood WarX account and further confirmed by theirliveviewing.jpposting, the June 13, 2025 event is set to be streamed out of Yamano Hall to the rest of the country at 17:30 JST.The event will stream episodes #27 and #28, the first ofPart 3, allowing fans in Japan to experience a sneak peek weeks before the rest of the world. Viewers outside Japan will have to wait forthe official release ofBleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 3: The Conflicton Hulu and/or Disney+ in participating regions.

This isn’t particularly unusual for the industry, as even simulcast services like Crunchyroll typically stream their licensed series after the initial TV broadcast. But for fans ofBleach,this special event commemorates the continuation of its acclaimed adaptation of Tite Kubo’s final arc in the series. With Studio Pierrot debuting this project under their Pierrot Films premium brand, it’s a major opportunity for JapaneseBleachfans craving a memorable treatment forThousand-Year Blood War Part 3: The Conflict.

Shinji from Bleach: The Thousand-Year Blood War using his Bankai.

Bleach Limited Screening Event Will Feature an Appearance from the Cast

Lucky Guests Will Receive a Gift

Fans wishing to attend theBleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 3: The Conflictpreview screening can now buy a preview lottery ticket for 3,000 yen, a common practice for events releasing content before the scheduled premiere. Lucky attendants will get a commemorative postcard gift. Still, the bigger bonus is arguably that the Yamano Hall event will also broadcast a special discussion with key voiceover talent from the series.Masakazu Morita (Ichigo), Noriaki Sugiyama (Uryū), Yuki Ono (Bazz-B) will attendwith Neki Matsuzawa hosting a live discussion of the series with the cast.

For fans wishing to seeBleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 3: The Conflictscreened earlier outside of Japan, they may be out of luck, but it’ll still be a good idea to watch for snippets from the talk show to appear coming closer to the main premiere. With other series likeBorutofollowing Pierrot’s revamped visionin light ofTYBW’ssuccess, it’s becoming an increasingly influential series in the anime zeitgeist. For international viewers,Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood WarPart 3will release on October 5th, 2024.

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