BLEACH Rebirth of Souls - A new game with music by Thrill Inc

[KudoTsurugi]

Wasn’t sure whether to drop this in the anime thread or video game adaptation thread, but I figured this was worth sharing. As it says on the title, we have a new game on the way based on the popular Shonen Jump manga BLEACH.

BLEACH Rebirth of Souls is a new 3D-fighting game from Bandai Namco, developed by Tamsoft Corporation, heading to PS4, PS5, XBox Series X|S, and Steam, retelling the story from the Substitute Soul Reaper arc to the Arrancar arc. Since this is a 3D fighting game in the vein of Dragon Ball Sparking/Budokai Tenkaichi and Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm, we can probably assume there will be DLC/Battle Passes for fighters from future arcs later down the line.

But what’s especially worth noting is that the soundtrack for the game is being provided by Thrill Inc., a company TWEWY and KH fans will be familiar with, as it is owned by composer Takeharu Ishimoto. As part of the game’s promotion, Bandai Namco has shared samples from the game’s soundtrack on their YouTube channel:

Any Bleach fans here excited for the game? Were you expecting Thrill Inc to be involved in the soundtrack? Feel free to share your thoughts here

 

[Phoenix]

Man, these types of games aren't for me, but Kubo art still slaps. It's always such a joy to look at Ichigo.

 

[Max]

For a while now I've thought it was such a shame Bleach never seemed to get its time to shine with video games. It had a handful back in the day, a couple on DS, one on PS3, etc., so it didn't have no games, but we've entered a period where I think anime games have seen a small spike in quality, especially when it comes to a series that has any modicum of popularity. One Piece, Dragon Ball, and Naruto have all had some very successfully, high quality games in recent years, and it just felt odd to leave Bleach out of that, especially since it was part of the Big 3.

When Thousand Year Blood War was announced to be getting an animated adaptation, I wondered if that would give us any hope for a new game, and here we are! The editing in the trailer was very flashy and didn't get a chance to show off too much gameplay, but visually it already looks great, the music is going to be awesome, and I just have hopes that this will turn out to be good and may even see another game or two come out for Bleach.