Bleach: TYBW Final Season reveals official title and teaser trailer
The final chapter of the Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War anime adaptation has received its official title and a new trailer.
During Sunday’s Jump Festa ’26 panel, the production committee announced that the fourth and concluding part of the saga is subtitled “The Calamity”.
Production for the finale will once again be handled by Pierrot Films, with the core staff and cast from the third part, “The Conflict,” returning to complete the adaptation of the manga’s final arc.
The primary production team includes:
- Chief Series Director & Script: Tomohisa Taguchi
- Director: Hikaru Murata
- Script: Masaki Hiramatsu
- Character Design: Masashi Kudo
- Music: Shiro Sagisu
- Chief Animation Directors: Yukio Hasegawa, Kiyoshi Komatsubara, Kumiko Takayanagi
- Action & Effects Directors: Satoshi Sakai, Takashi Hashimoto
In addition to the anime news, the franchise is expanding with two new spinoff projects.
A new mobile game titled Bleach Mirrors High was teased with a visual drawn by original creator Tite Kubo, with further details expected in the summer of next year.
Prolific writer Ryohgo Narita, known for previous Bleach novels like Spirits Are Forever With You and Can’t Fear Your Own World, is also penning a new novel adaptation titled Don’t Bleach My Fist.
The Thousand-Year Blood War anime has been released in split cours since its inception in October 2022.
The most recent installment, Part 3 – The Conflict, premiered in October 2024 and concluded with a one-hour special earlier this month.
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Calamity is scheduled to debut in July 2026 on TV Tokyo and its affiliated networks.
The new trailer is now available on YouTube:
This update concludes a busy weekend of announcements at Jump Festa ’26.
The event featured release confirmations for several major titles, including Black Clover’s new season in 2026, DAN DA DAN Season 3 in 2027, and Blue Box Season 2 in Fall 2026.
Fans also received confirmation that Sakamoto Days is in production for a second season, Mashle: Magic and Muscles will return for a third season in 2027, and My Hero Academia will release a bonus episode for its 10th anniversary.
Toei Animation also offered fans a first look at the “Reboot Project” for World Trigger, which aims to re-adapt the series from the first chapter.
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