Bleach Volume 2 Blu-ray, DVD Announced

Your favorite Soul Reapers are back, and this time uncut in HD!

Starting Jan. 31, American audiences can get the latest edition of the Bleach anime series on Blu-ray. Viz Media announced last week that the home media release of the Uncut Box Set 2 will be available.

The new Bleach special set includes four-discs, covering Episodes 28-55 of the series. Not only will the episodes be in the original Japanese audio with English Subtitles, but also dubbed in English. There is also bonus content in the set which includes a "Behind the Scenes of Bleach" segment, which includes an exclusive interview with the English voice cast.

If you are unfamiliar with the series, it follows a teen named Ichigo Kurosaki, who has been able to see ghosts his whole life. He happens to meet a Soul Reaper named Rukia, who battles evil spirits and sets souls to rest. Thanks to Rukia, Ichigo discovers his calling in the world, to protect others from the evils of the dead, as a Substitute Soul Reaper. He is trained by Rukia in the art of soul reaping, before she is taken away to face the justice of the Soul Society, then Ichigo and his friends most battle evil in the spirit world themselves.

The Bleach box set 2 is described as the following:

"Having been separated, and now pursued by Soul Reapers, Ichigo and his friends race toward the Shishinro Repentance Cell where Rukia awaits execution. With the help of Squad Four's Hanataro, who risks imprisonment himself, Ichigo is led through an underground sewer system toward her cell. Will Ichigo have the strength to defeat the Soul Reaper Renji, who bars the way? In the midst of the chaos, the sudden murder of one of their own has the Soul Society in upheaval."

The MSRP of the Bleach Box Set 2 is $54.97 and is distributed in North America by Viz Media. It is available to order on January 31, 2017, and is rated 'TV-14'