‘Bleach’ is Getting a Live-Action Film, Here are the First Set Photos

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Get your first glimpse of actor Sôta Fukushi in costume as Ichigo Kurosaki! 

[dropcap size=small]A[/dropcap]fter 15 years and 74 volumes, Tite Kubo’s hit manga series Bleach finally came to an end this year. Rumours began to circulate not long after about an announcement relating to a future Bleach project to mark the end of the final story arc.

Whilst many fans hoped for another season of the anime – which we haven’t seen since the 16th “Fullbringer” season came to a close back in 2012 – it eventually came to light that the series is getting made into a Japanese live-action movie.

Kotaku uncovered the first set photos of the adaptation, which surfaced on the Japanese bulletin board site 2ch. The photos give us our first glimpse of actor Sôta Fukushi in costume as Bleach protagonist, Ichigo Kurosaki. 

The photos certainly won’t reflect what we can expect to see when the final product is released, but they do give us a neat little behind the scenes peak of the film shooting in it’s very early stages – check them out below: 

Images: 2ch (via Kotaku)

As you can see from the above, Fukushi is donning a very natural-looking hair colour as opposed to the bold anime orange we know so well. But the large sword does look very much like the first sword we see Ichigo wield in the early arcs, and his robes are also exactly the same as the attire we see Ichigo wear early on in the series: 

The film is being directed by Shinsuke Sato, who most recently directed the latest Japanese Death Note live-action film, Death Note: Light Up the New World. Kubo is said to also be involved with the production of the project, and so far Fukushi is the only actor we currently know of that’s been cast – but it is very early days at this stage.

The live-action adaptation of Bleach is expected to release sometime in 2018. 

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