Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 4 'The Calamity' is confirmed as a 13-episode finale premiering July 25, 2026 on TV Tokyo.
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 4, subtitled "The Calamity" (Kashin-tan), will premiere on July 25, 2026 at 11:00 PM JST on TV Tokyo and affiliated networks. The final cour of Tite Kubo's long-running franchise is confirmed for 13 episodes.
The Calamity marks the fourth and concluding part of the Thousand-Year Blood War anime adaptation, which first returned to screens in October 2022 after a decade-long hiatus. Each of the previous three cours ran for 13 episodes, and Part 4 maintains that structure to bring the series to its definitive close.
Studio Pierrot continues handling animation production, with director Tomohisa Taguchi returning alongside series character designer Masashi Kudo and composer Shiro Sagisu all veterans of the franchise since its original 2004 run. The creative continuity has been a hallmark of the Blood War adaptation, with key staff members carrying over from the original 366-episode television series and four theatrical films.
Part 4 adapts manga chapters 664 through 686, the concluding stretch of Kubo's storyline. These chapters encompass the final confrontation with Yhwach, the Quincy emperor whose war against Soul Society has driven the entire Thousand-Year Blood War arc. The adaptation will need to compress roughly 22 chapters into 13 episodes, a pace consistent with the previous cours.
The series has already announced its theme songs for the final stretch. The opening theme, "I-Bull," is performed by Jo0ji, while the ending theme, "Rasen" (Spiral), is performed by 9Lana.
Fans in the United States did not have to wait until July to get a taste of The Calamity. The first three episodes screened in U.S. theaters from June 25 through June 29, 2026, presented in both Japanese with English subtitles and the English dub. The screenings included an exclusive behind-the-scenes conversation with the series creators. Japan held its own early screenings on June 21.
This theatrical rollout mirrors the strategy used for Part 3, which also received advance theater screenings before its television debut. The approach has proven effective at generating buzz and rewarding the franchise's dedicated fanbase with an early, large-screen experience.
Once the television broadcast begins on July 25, The Calamity will stream on Hulu in the United States and on Disney+ internationally outside of Asia. The English dub of earlier parts has also aired on Adult Swim's Toonami block, though broadcast details for Part 4's dub have not yet been specified.
With 13 episodes confirmed, The Calamity is expected to run through the fall 2026 season, bringing one of the longest-running anime franchises in history to its conclusion more than two decades after the original series first aired in October 2004.
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