Product Description

While trying to evade the pursuing Soul Reapers and rescue Rukia, Orihime and Uryu are confronted by the captain of Squad 12, the despicable Mayuri Kurotsuchi, who plans on using them as guinea pigs for his experiments! Meanwhile, Yoruichi has revealed her true form to the astonishment of Ichigo and the others, and must use all her tricks and skills to keep her fellow intruders from losing everything they've fought for. Lieutenant Momo Hinamori recalls her days in training at the Soul Reaper Academy, where she first met Captain Sosuke Aizen. In the present, the letter Aizen left for her at his death scene leads Momo to believe she has identified his killer... While Ichigo and Renji train with Yoruichi to achieve bankai, Rukia recalls a bit of her own past in a dream that she believes will prepare her to face her execution--which has been moved up to the next day!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #19246 in DVD
• Released on: 2009-03-23
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Format: PAL
• Number of discs: 3
• Running time: 272 minutes

Synopsis
Ichigo Kurosaki is a young boy who draws on his ability to see ghosts to help save lost souls and fight off evil spirits known as 'hollows'. Ichigo has been instilled with his powers by a Soul Reaper named Rukia Kuchiki, who subsequently adopts a human persona. This set includes volume 1 of the third series.

Customer Reviews

Ructions in the Soul Society
Recovering from his epic battle with the monstrous Kenpachi Zaraki, Ichigo is faced with the prospect that he has to step up his game if he is ever going to rescue Rukia from her prison. To become a soul Reaper captain, Bankai needs to mastered. Bankai is the ability to enhance the power of the soul Reaper's Zanpakto (weapon), making it change form. (An analogy of this could be the transition to super Saiyan in the Dragonball series in which appearance is changed and power is increased). Having only just survived his encounter with Zaraki, Ichigo soon starts his training to unlock the Bankai power in his own Zanpakto.
Meanwhile, there is chaos in the Seretei (soul Reaper HQ) of the Soul Society as the Soul Reaper Captain Aizen has been murdered. Now, not only do the Soul Reaper's have to worry about Ichigo and his gang, but there is also a traitor within the ranks. As trust starts to dwindle, the Soul Reaper's soon begin to turn on eachother in an explosive start to series 3.

Series 3 of Bleach continues the Soul Society story arc and is known as 'the rescue' section of the story. If you have enjoyed the plot and characters so far then you will be happy with this installment as this series carries the style and likeability of the previous two series' over seamlessly. You will get a chance to see some more of the Soul Reapers such as the Menacing squad 12 captain, Mayuri Kurotsuchi who faces up against the quincy, Uryu Ishida in order to capture him and use him as a guinea pig in his despicable experiments. If there is one character up to this point that you will hate, then it is this guy as he is as disgusting and dislikeable as they come. Another new character is the mysterious Kaname Tosen who shows off some cool Zanpakto powers that make it's victims enter a world where their sense of sight and sound are rendered useless.

Once again there is the usual Bleach humour which grounds the series a bit and adds a lighthearted layer to the story and characters. Unlike many other anime, Bleach is often laugh out loud funny with the feline turned sexy female, Yoruichi causing some awkwardness for Ichigo due to the fact that she often forgets to put on clothes after being a cat for so long...A fair amount of blushing and speech loss ensues on Ichigo's part.
The animation continues to be of a high standard, with some nice CGI in the action scenes, coupled with some lovely traditional artwork. The studio who created Bleach is the acclaimed studio Pierrot who created the Naruto and E's Otherwise animes

If you have never seen Bleach, you are missing out one of the most enjoyable and addictive Japanese animes of recent. The style and entertainment value that each episode offers is of such a high quality that it is difficult not to watch several episodes in one go. I got the same feeling as previous releases once series 3 part 1 finished. This feeling was excitement and also disappointment at the realistaion that I have to wait for the next release to continue the rich and entertaining story that is Bleach. This 3 disc set contains a further 12 episodes (42 - 53). The next release will be a 2 disc set and will finish off the soul society arc. After that, there is the movie and the start of series 4 to look forward to. But until then, enjoy series 3 part 1. It's brilliant!

adrenaline brain pumping action
This is the best part to the story of bleach and kinda gets pulled down a bit by the filler season that is season 4. but ill focus on this for now.

it starts of where the previous season left of with ichigo trying to learn bankai the most powerful technique a soul reaper can achieve using something urahara invented to skip the usual 100 or so years it takes to achieve bankai into a few days using the tenshintai.

Renji joins ichigo in his quest to learn bankai to surpass Byakuya Kuchiki.But he also reveals that the execution has been moved back to the within 29 hours. I dont want to say anymore you'll find out for yourself.

There are lots of different fights in this half of the season hence the title of my review, with uryu, mayori, kenpachi(o he loves it), tosen and so many more. They are all well made my the creator and have downed a bit more on the talkative side to it, which makes me pleased as ther is nothing more anoyying than people with weapons ready to fight and they have a nice conversation. Ive already seen up to episode 170 (yes i watch it in japanese better voice actors). and i'd like to say there are still lots more surprises in th ebag from bleach, although the filler season seem to be lacking real story they are still enjoyable.

this part of the seson sets itself up extremly well for a dramatic finish to one of the best seasons of a series out and making this season an instant classic.

bleach stepped up a notch
now i haven't seen the dvd but i have seen the episodes and this is when the series really kicks off ichigo desperate to save rukia his friends trying to find him with an unexpected "ally" and the divisions between the soul reapers become more apparant this season has extremly good battles and leads up to one of the best fights in the whole of bleach but i'll leave it to your imagination to figure out who