Yhwach Coming to 'Bleach: Brave Souls'

Bleach's final arc was never officially adapted into the anime, so fans never got to see how the [...]

Bleach's final arc was never officially adapted into the anime, so fans never got to see how the final antagonist, Yhwach, leader of the Wandenreich, would look with outside of the manga.

Well, no need to wonder anymore as Ywhach has been confirmed for the Bleach: Brave Souls mobile game, and although there are no further details of his release you can see how he'll look below.

Yhwach confirmed for Bleach Brave Souls from r/bleach

KLab Games is also celebrating the third anniversary of the Bleach: Brave Souls with as special collaboration with series creator Tite Kubo on an original character for the game. This collaboration resulted in a new form for Ulquiorra, which dramatically changes the Espada and gives him a third Resurrecion form.

For those unfamiliar with Tite Kubo's Bleach, the series follows the young delinquent Ichigo Kurosaki, who had the ability to see spirits. He soon obtains the power of a Soul Reaper - one meant to usher lost souls to the afterlife - and now has the duty to defend the living world from monstrous dark spirits known as Hollows.

The upcoming Bleach live-action film has released its first full trailer, along with two other new ones released at the same time. The movie will adapt the first arc of the series, the "Substitute Shinigami" arc. Early reactions to the film have been positive overall, with there talk of even being a new trilogy of films adapting more of Bleach's material. If this is successful, then a sequel film with the Soul Society is definitely on the horizon.

The confirmed cast includes Sota Fukushi as Ichigo Kurosaki and Hana Sugisaki as Rukia Kuchiki, MIYAVI as Byakuya Kuchiki, Ryou Yoshizawa, as Uryuu Ishida, Taichi Saotome as Renji Abarai, Erina Mano as Orihime Inoue, Tomo Koyanagi as Chad Yasutora, Yosuke Egochi as Isshin Kurosaki, Masami Nagasawa as Masaki Kurosaki, and Seiichi Tanabe as Keisuke Urahara.

The original manga was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump from 2001 to 2016, and was collected into 74 volumes. It has been adapted into English thanks to VIZ Media, and has sold over 900 million copies in Japan. The series was adapted into an anime by Studio Pierrot from 2004 to 2012, and has four feature-length animations, rock musicals, video games, and a ton of other merchandise. The English language broadcast premiered on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block in 2006, and you currently find the Japanese and English language versions now streaming on Hulu.

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