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Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Calamity Anime's Opening Episodes Get UK Cinema Screenings on June 26

Anime Limited has announced on its X/Twitter feed that the first three episodes of Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Calamity, the fourth and final part of the Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War anime, will be released in UK cinemas on Friday June 26. The screenings will be in Japanese with subtitles.

Some venues and booking limits are listed at https://bleachtickets.co.uk/, with full listings to go up on Wednesday June 24.

Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Calamity will debut in July 2026 on TV Tokyo and its affiliates.

Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 3 - The Conflict premiered in October 2024 and concluded in a one-hour final episode in December that same year.

The anime's first cours (quarter of a year) premiered in October 2022, and ended in December 2022 with a one-hour special that combined the anime's 12th and 13th episodes. Viz Media is streaming the anime on Hulu in the U.S. The anime is streaming on Disney+ internationally, and Ani-One Asia is streaming the series in many Asian countries.

The anime's second cours premiered in the United States on Hulu, in Latin America on Star+, and in select other countries internationally on Disney+ in July 2023. 

The anime will run for four cours with breaks in between.

The anime covers the rest of the original manga up through its ending. The Thousand Year Blood War arc is the final arc of the manga, and covers volumes 55-74.

Source: Anime Limited X/Twitter feed