Filler announced (including 3rd Division replacement)

[furato]

It's been announced (http://www.bleach-fan.jp/amagai/index.html) that we will have a filler arc taking place in Soul Society involving a character named Amagai Shuusuke, replacement captain of a third division, and Kibune Makoto, a shinigami who'll probably be revealed as a high-seated officer.

Omni of Random Curiosity (http://randomc.animeblogger.net) said "the story will be returning to Soul Society starting sometime in April for what looks to be something anime original".

Although filler doesn't have to make sense, it seems weird that someone who's not even a vice captain is chosen as replacement Captain. It might be explainable that Gotei 13 is calling someone out of retirement, kind of like the former sixth division VC who's now the owner of the sunglasses shop Renji often goes to.

[spacecat]

Yeah if you read the last few pages of the upcoming episodes thread there is lots of info about this ;) including a link to the official bleach site with character designs etc.

[speedphantom]

So for the sake of continuity they're going off on a tangent >< so lame x3! They should just end the anime before they destroy the storyline any further!:yell

[Shdo]

hmm...but what will this captain will do? if executed well this might be actually a good thing, many hoped for expension on the original story line and if the character will be good then why not? as a retired captain i think he would be really pissed at this all ordeal and its just might be decent or even good.
better this then karakura heros right?

[GreenBlack]

All I want to know is HOW EFFIN LONG MATE. D:

[comoncents]

prob gonna be the entire month of April

[Inuhanyou]

This is extremely weird..why didnt they do this BEFORE ichigo and gang went into hueco mundo. Does this mean that they arent going to be focusing on ichigo and everyone else?

The fact that they're announcing this shows that its going to be more then a month, probably atleast 6 to 9 months actually...

[gigantor21]

Shdo - The problem is that most of the filler characters are shallow or unlikeable. The only ones I liked are Kariya Jin and Senna from the first movie--every other one has been generic shonen fodder. I see little reason to believe this new Captain will be as good as them, given the writers' spotty track records. :/

This arc could easily end up being as long as the Bount arc, since the anime is almost caught up and the remaining chapters are full of fighting. They need to distance themselves as much as possible.

I'll think I'll skip it. I just hope to God they don't intersperse canon material with the fillers. That'd suck.

[rvngu]

fillers were unavoidable, the anime is too close to the manga. will they show the 3 captains vs the 3 espada fights before starting the fillers ? or they will mix it up ? anyway, i'm just glad it doesn't include don kanonji !

[Velius]

Yea, it was announce quite a bit in the upcoming episode thread. >.> Come on guys, pay attention everyone was talking about it in there. So lets keep all the filler talk in one place now, since it was there, it's now in here. No point in having the exact same posts in different threads.

[Majority Espada]

My interest is somewhat peaked. Being an Ichimaru fan, I don't really want to see anybody else in his old position. Especially since it is happening in fillers. This guy better be bad ass

[Shdo]

you know he wont return to that post? i am also intrested in this new guy...so we wont see ichigo and co at all? it will be like a new show based on bleach. its like angel.

hmm...he got two swords and cuz he is unshaved maybe he will be a slacker.


i always wondered what happend to the old captains since i understand that byakuya, gin and hitsugaya are new to the job (1-50 yrs) so what happend? where are the old captains? did they died? what the hell killed them? it could be funny if aizen beat all the gotei captains and then a portal open and 50 guys with white robes comes in
Aizen: damn you!! i could have won if not for those sniveling retired captains!

[bradc]

Another Szayel Twin? Only available in Soul Society (filler version, make your purchase today as limited supplies last)... I seriously think they need to stop pulling stunts like this. Is really disappointing. I skipped the Rukia Rescue Arc, and entire Bount Arc. Perhaps some justice for the bad stuff... I really don't know anymore. I guess is a wait, watch and see...

[KurosakiNaruto]

Something tells me I'm going to like this arc, and not just because it involves SS. I always love to see what new characters the anime begets.

[griffenhawk]

I'm sort of interested but sort of not, since I'm a Gin fan I don't want someone taking his spot (even though I know it's not his but still...). The new captain seems interesting though, I just wish these fillers didn't have to happen right when the fights were starting (-_-'')

[Majority Espada]

OK....I take back what I said....I was interested in this new guy...and then I saw how he looked....I don't care anymore....This guy....he's just not cool looking enough to be over squad 3.....and is that Makoto guy (girl) his Lt....is there any hope that this is a prequel and we get to see how Gin takes over the 3rd squad?

[ForteAnly]

OK....I take back what I said....I was interested in this new guy...and then I saw how he looked....I don't care anymore....This guy....he's just not cool looking enough to be over squad 3.....and is that Makoto guy (girl) his Lt....is there any hope that this is a prequel and we get to see how Gin takes over the 3rd squad?

The way things look I doubt it. It would seem this captain is here to stay.:cry

[rei_ai]

yet another filler, it's inevitable. Well, i'm gonna watch it anyway. BUT the fact that there will be no espadas nor Ichigo-tachi is kinda depressing, since they are the reason I got back to the anime.

Still, the new/(old??) captain is not comparable to Gin.

I just have to be fair and understand the animators :cry

[Majority Espada]

Well....if he's gonna stay, maybe he'll be killed off in the Winter War by Gin *crosses fingers*. I was so mad when those mod souls from the Bount Arc didn't die. I mean, come on, wouldn't have been fun to see those little stuffed animals on fire?

[Hiraga]

I really hope that this filler arc won't take too much time
I can't believe that they will take it in the middle of the Hueco Mundo Arc, I wonder how they will build it into the storyline... If they will build it like: in chapter xy Ichigo is fighting Grimmjow, and then the scene suddenly changes to SS, then I will be truly mad! Why did they decide to make a new filler arc in the middle of HM arc anyways? They could do that before the HM arc began :S

[Soranushi]

I read on one of the links in the Upcoming thread that Ichigo&co are in this filler and looking at the how much chapters we have I say it'll last at the most until January next year because we'll catch up to the manga in August at this rate. However what I want to know is the timeline for this filler arc like when does it take place. And this is probably a Kubo original story like the Ashido who was supposed to be in the manga but wasn't because of timing issues. Well whatever I hope it has a great storyline behind it and is watchable.

[tari101190]

it would make more sense if this filler was about everythin that happened in soul society while the huenco mundo arc happened.

like they could keep showing eps until zaraki comes, then from then show a fillers of what happened in soul society from themoment inoue was kidnapped. the last episode of the fillers could be zaraki and the other captains leaving.

then the eps could carry on where they left off just b4 the fillers. nothin would have changed or anything...=

plus maybe throw in some don kanoji, karakura heroes, urahara ppl etc fillers and it will be fine.

i would like if they did this.

[Soranushi]

;_;:cry Thats what I was hoping until I read this

Yep, just saw it today. You're right, it says that this arc takes place in the present time. So Amagai Shuusuke is captain and Kifune Makoto is 3rd Seat of the 3rd division. I also found this, see below. Ichigo and the others back in real world?!



I have excluded Amagai and Kifune's description, just the other new characters appearing in Bleach. I'm not sure if I translate the names and descriptions right, someone let me know if there's any problem.

霞大路瑠璃千代 = Kasumioji Rurichiyo(?) (princess hailing from Kasumioji(?) family, one of Soul Society's elite nobles. Has a selfish character, moves into Ichigo's school as a transfer student. Mr Kubo's design).

犬龍 = Kenryu(?) (Rurichiyo's servant, takes a high-handed attitude to Ichigo and the others. Mr Kubo's design).

猿龍 = Enryu(?) (Rurichiyo's servant, follows his mistress to real world. A silent character. Mr Kubo's design)

However there is a bright side we dont know if ichigo&co are in the fillers so theres still hope until we see it next month *crossesfingers* for it to be exactly how you described it tari

[bradc]

The filler is to hint what will happen next to the actual storyline. I did wrote something interesting about it on my journal... I can't reveal too much ^_^v

Here: http://deathlike.livejournal.com/1139869.html

[Frostman]

One thing i don't like fillers is that they have to gimp the main character so that the new villains can stand a chance. If these new fillers aren't focused on Ichigo then there will be less retrains.

[Velius]

We have spoiler tags for a reason guys.

Well, for me, I don't see how these fillers could honestly mess up the anime anymore. Sorry to be a downer, but the show has just been handled horribly and fillers right now, that will completely change everything (Ichigo in the real world?...) is just another example of that.

I honestly don't care what they do to the story. After the Bount arc, it really doesn't matter. We are going to have even worse timed fillers now. No stopping that. All I hope is that they are even semi enjoyable, decent animation and a good music selections. I'm keeping my expectations low, but I am hoping they can release constant good episodes.

[Kolbertt]

JA! They got Szayel in the fillers too! - That's both a prove of his popularity and an insult to the pink Espada :hm

Let's hope they make a mildly decent work out of this (or at the very least, QUICKLY!! I wanna see some releases :))

[Primera Espada]

is it at all possible that the filler arc will not take place *during* the current arc, rather it will take place before?

Think about it, if the filler just started with "A week earlier" then we have no problem.

[Riekie]

I think that could very well be the case Primera, and so I really hope that it will be so.

[mechaqua]

I just wonder if this will tie in with manga? will this character appear in the manga? or this is like the bount arc latter personally i don't want anyone taking gin's spot, i kind of hope Gin is a double agent working for an entity outside SS and in the end will betray Aizen. (I can hope right?) anyway a like may have been saying filler arc was inevitable, the anime catching up with the manga sometimes gives off the vibe the series is ending, But i doubt the end of bleach is soon there is still a lot of potential,and it's become very popular i mean if Dragonball can last as long as did and that horrible pokemon anime is still running ( I am sorry if your fans of the either of the series it's just my opinion on it, also i am not trying to compare bleach to any of these shows)

[EX|pada #0]

LOL, someone is already replacing Gin? It's serious and... weird! :eek:

I mean, someone who never was even a vice-captain being promoted directly to captain sounds MUCH strange. And I was thinking that someone like Renji and/or Ikkaku will replace him at the end of the series, but...

[couch_kamote]

If ever Gin is being replaced it should be Renji or Ikkaku since they are capable of being a captain.

Having someone who is basically a nobody replace Gin would be a huge blown to some fans. I really hope TK doesn't do this.

[Shdo]

why the hell do you think he is nobody? he got 2 blades and from what i understand he is back from retirment.

[EX|pada #0]

Well, at least for the official plot I think he's nobody, since he is a filler character.

[Muguruma Kensei]

Well, at least for the official plot I think he's nobody, since he is a filler character.
I can promise you that these characters are going to make an appearance in the original plot in the manga, or at least, Shuusuke will. Why? because they are not dump enough to create a new character for the fillers, who will replace Gin as the new captain of the third division, and kill it in the end of the Fillers. I am sure that Kubo was already planed to make the captain to appear in the plot. So because they need Fillers, they decided to show him first in the Fillers. After all, that's doesn't matter, because we don't know right now if SS already replaced Gin, and the new captain didn't made an appearance yet. So if when he will Appear in the Manga, what he did in the fillers will not matter, because in the Manga it won't shown. So despite the fact that Shuusuuke is not an Filler character probably, he will make an appearance in the fillers.

[Shdo]

i think its logical that they will bring back captains from retirement (i doubt that joining is for life becauese that mean that every time some1 get captain rank another captain had died, i doubt that captains die that often (they say that gin and byakuya got captainhood around the same time, 50 yrs i think, and hitsugaya got his ill say around the last 30 years so that would mean that in the amount of 50 years 3 captains died? what the hell kill them? wouldnt Tk show us the creture who killed so many captains in 50 years?)

more likely that a captain can retire when another some1 who can take that role appears, since there is lack of captainst now some are brought back from retirement, the 3rd seat is moved to be his assistant and kira is sent to help the 5th because their VC is unstable.

[EX|pada #0]

Well, if this new captain will join the main plot, that's ok. But if he will be just a filler character, it will be weird.

[Shdo]

actually its fine, think about it, in the current manga you dont see what every1 does everywhere, maybe there are captains which are new and they dont see much light, they fight some unknown character somewhere or protect the home front.

also keep in mind that if you have seen what hitsugaya group did in the previous arc dosnt mean that other characters didnt had their own jobs, maybe even great stories on their own.


it remind me a episode of justice league where there was this invasion of something and one hero was sent to evacuate civilians, he hated this but end up saving the planet from a man with a black hole in his belly, in the end no1 knew about the fact that they only saved the town where he saved the planet. it was called the greatest untold story or something...maybe that 3rd captain would fight demons and ichigo wouldnt even know about it.

[ARAFAT209]

Ii dont know but he seems like Ichigos father , maybe with this new character well find out about Ichigos father past

[EX|pada #0]

actually its fine, think about it, in the current manga you dont see what every1 does everywhere, maybe there are captains which are new and they dont see much light, they fight some unknown character somewhere or protect the home front.

also keep in mind that if you have seen what hitsugaya group did in the previous arc dosnt mean that other characters didnt had their own jobs, maybe even great stories on their own.

Yeah, make sense at all ^____^

All we can do for now is wait to see.

[KuchikiByakuya]

cool nice site. just wanted to get into this as well. don't actually mind the fillers as long they focus on soul society, have good fighting scenes, good characters n character development/ back story etc. i'm all good. explada is it, remember zaraki out of nowhere became a captain just by killing the 10th division captain, so i won't call this random.

like some stated, it could be or is good at least the story is by tite kubo still n going along with the current manga story unlike naruto(sorry had reference naruto) this is probably reason why people hated naruto b/c of the fillers not following story, bad story/characters, bad action scenes. then shippuuden came out with extending fights up to 5 to 6 ep, way worser then dbz.

back to topic, since its back to soul society, i wouldn't mind seeing stories behind ukitake n shunsui n genruisei(sp). as well as other vice captains, hisagi, isane, etc. wasn't their a ch that told how ukitake got his hair white n his sickness?

[Ayasegawa]

AGH
What's gonna happen to Izuru then?

...This is gonna suck isn't it.
And that wasn't a question.

[iNSOMNiA]

AGH
What's gonna happen to Izuru then?

...This is gonna suck isn't it.
And that wasn't a question.

I'm wondering the same thing... They wouldn't be so careless as to write him off, would they?

[Shdo]

my guess they moved him to the 5th division to take off pressure from hinamori.

[AnimeGirlPan]

hmm maybe they would write somebody off
the anime isn't totally on the exact same storyline of the manga
some things are a bit different

[iNSOMNiA]

That's true, but it'd be a pretty huge change to completely remove Izuru from his status just in the anime, while the manga he remains fukutaichou of the third division. I don't see why they would do that... So they must have some story behind it. Maybe its like Shdo said, or maybe Izuru cracked under the stress of the betrayal of his taichou and left... Though I doubt its the latter. I'm just using an example.

[Ayasegawa]

There'll be some heads a'rolling if they write him off. >[

I want these fillers to be half-decent, like the Bount arc, which still kinda sucked but had an okay sort of plot.

[jiang]

Yes I heard about this a little while ago (I think I may, or may not) have seen a picture (I say may not because it may have been a hoax)... Not sure how I feel about them filling 3rd position in; stands to reason that they should fill them all in...

Unless this 3rd captain is going to die or turn out to be an Aizen-underling this filler move also undermines something Aizen said in Manga chapter 314 about 3 captains being missing from the Gotei 13 (meaning him, Tousen and Gin.)

If 3rd has a new captain then... well that kind of blows that speech of awesome assiness out!

[Shdo]

not really, aizen couldnt knew about a old retired captain.

i think that the best thing to do in the filler arc is to tell the story of how Aizen got the old 3rd captain killed so that gin will have the spot.

[Soranushi]

Kira.........:huhuh it said the Szayel look-a-like guy is the new 3rd seat not the lieutenant of Squad 3 or is it about Izuru not being in charge of squad3 is what everyones talking about?:headscratch

[Ayasegawa]

Soranushi: We're talking about what's gonna happen to Izuru, with all these new people materialising out of nowhere all of a sudden. Poor kid's already a mental wreck, I just hope this isn't an excuse to stuff aroung with him. >>
And, is he gonna be a captain in the manga? Or what? Is he stull in charge of Squad 3? It's just all... really confusing. I would be less confused if it was Squad 5, what with Momo still recovering physically. (But i'd still be annoyed. I want Momo back. >>)

So, they're just cramming new people into Squad 3.
I'm confused... And worried...

[H!Mandy]

nuuuuuu I'm sad xD

I've heard about it at bleachexile, but I'm sad again.

this guys are plain ugly in my opinion. even if the guy was a god, he'd never compare to Gin-sama (imo...) but I think they just mixed up bad Aizen sketches with a new hair color and a beard. not cool :zomg

I'm ok with SS fillers...I miss some old characters like Kira, Hinamori, Shuuhei, Hitsugaya, Matsumoto...the latter 2 will show up now in the Karakura war, but the others...?

'sides, is this new captain going to fight later? I hope he dies >P
but he probably won't ._.

sorry, I'm in a bad mood, right? not all fillers are bad: I liked Ashido :D

but...this doesn't look like it's gonna be good. I'll watch it anyway, because I don''t have a life.

thank for the news.. ^^

[rvngu]

now that i think of it, when/if bleach will end, along with these fillers, the total episodes count will be similar to naruto or pokemon or even higher. too long if you ask me. is filler better than no episodes at all?

[Soranushi]

Yes look at what happened to Inuyasha it just ended when they caught up to the manga, and it never came back so fillers are good if you want to watch your show again when they can make more episodes and besides Bleach fillers are much better than normal fillers.

[rvngu]

yeah most anime tend to finish before the manga finishes and hence have a different ending. it's good that bleach follows quite closely the manga.

[Shdo]

and i dont think any1 here can compare bleach fillers to the horror naruto gave us! the bount in their worse point were still much better then naruto fillers which were on writing level of a mental retard but that would be an insult to the mental retard. some1 in a coma could have wrote something better then naruto fillers cuz nothing was really better then watching those.

[Budo]

I don't think bleach has too much time left. My guess is 50-60 chapters more.
The anime should burn those canonical chapters in 30 episodes tops.

[IngenuityGap]

I have never watched the Naruto anime in anything other than little clips while I'm flipping channels. The only time I had an interest in starting, I was warned not to because fillers had started a few months before and told to wait it out. After reading so many horror stories, I've just stuck to the manga.

I basically skipped the entire Bount arc. I downloaded them, but usually lost interest right away and didn't see much of anything. I'll give the new fillers a try, but I don't expect to be watching Bleach for a while.

The worst case of fillers for me was in Kenshin. The Jinchuu arc in the manga was amazing and the anime completely ignored it in favour of filler. Whenever I recommend Kenshin to anyone, I tell them to watch up to the 62nd episode and stop there. Everything else is just disappointing.

If Bleach ever devolves that way I'm done with the anime. lol

[Shdo]

i heard that they planned to continue to the next manga arc in kenshin after the filler arc but because the fans just left the show then the show was dumped so yea fillers can kill a show.

[Bleu]

WHAT?

you cant replace my baby Gin! No no no!

[EX|pada #0]

I'm worried about Izuru. Poor guy... ;\

[gigantor21]

i heard that they planned to continue to the next manga arc in kenshin after the filler arc but because the fans just left the show then the show was dumped so yea fillers can kill a show.

And to add insult to injury, they did a shit job with the arc in the Reflections OVA. Most of the manga material got cut for time, and what was left got neutered by shitty writing. I hear Watsuki publically denounced it after it came out.

What pissed me off the most is that Nozomu Sasaki was a kickass Enishi. In fact, he was my favorite VA in the entire series. It would've been amazing if they'd given full treatment to the Arc, but they dug the show's grave for themselves.

Hopefully, that won't happen with Bleach. :/

[Majority Espada]

is this guy the former captain of squad 3, b/c Rose is the former squad 3 captain...... granted this is a filler, but still

[Soranushi]

First thats a spoiler for the anime section Majority Espada second this new guy is either completely New or he came out of retirement from before Gin and the guy you mentioned. Plus like you said and the title of this thread he is Filler.

[tari101190]

no, this guy is supposed to be the new captain of the 3rd division, not the old one.

besides even if he was the old one he could have come after rose. rose left 110 years ago afterall, ichimaru only became a captain 50 years ago. so there was a 60 year gap.

[Velius]

Come on guys, this is the anime section. Don't post anything that hasn't happened in the anime yet. Common sense. If you do, use spoiler tags. They are there for a reason.

[Monz]

I couldn't care either way, I don't really watch the anime unless a fight is coming up that I want to see that has already happened in the manga. As long as I have the manga the anime can go on fillers as long as it wants.

[Frank918]

Is there ANY new information regarding this? As far as I know, all we got was that one picture showing the proposed new Filler Captain and Lieutenant. Is there anything else about this at all?

Seems as those most of the ruckus/hype about it has died down, like everyone has forgot. I, for one, am pretty damn curious about how they will go about this. However, it seems like as quick as it was mentioned, it was forgotten.

So...Does anyone know anything else? I looked on Bleach's Wiki for some of the upcoming episode names, but all they have is the Ichigo/Grimmjow battle coming on April 9th; thus, no luck there.

Thanks for the help, if anyone figures this out.

[Aizen Sousuke]

They should at least have enough common decency to finish the Grimmjow and Ichigo fight before showing these fillers. If the fillers start after 166, then that is the middle of the fight... :(

[Shdo]

that will be so brutal if they actually make the filler before the fight end.

[Aizen Sousuke]

I can't imagine the fight fitting into one episode, so they would have to interrupt the fight.

[Soranushi]

They should at least have enough common decency to finish the Grimmjow and Ichigo fight before showing these fillers. If the fillers start after 166[/B], then that is the middle of the fight... :(

Dont worry the fillers dont start until 168 its already been mentioned somewhere and the new op which should be about the filler arc starts on that episode aswell. Its going to end when Noi comes

[Frank918]

Wo-ho-ho-ho-there.

Where, exactly, did you get all of this information from?

It's news to me. Didn't figure I was that far out of the loop...

[gigantor21]

^ Don't worry, I didn't know either. :p

Where did you hear this stuff, Sora? And do you have specific title names for the next 3 weeks?

[Soranushi]

Huh? no I dont have the next three titles but 166 is listed in the Upcoming thread. You know now that I think about it I guess I might have been influenced by all the speculation about the fillers and when they start. And I believe knowing that the new opening starts on April 23 I deduced that the fillers would start then because the New opening should be about the fillers also openings signal the start of a new season so going by that the next two episodes should be canon.

Also I think it would suck if we get cut off right when Ichigo does his resolve thing(you can clearly see this part in the preview) and that part ends ch.283 if you remember so that should end ep166. So what would 167 be about well thats easy the last 3 chapters of the fight unless they want to start the Fillers the epi before the new season starts. With that in mind and by putting pieces together from different post I came to the conclusion that the fillers would start on the 23rd.

Heh? I suppose this is just speculation but its a fact that the new op starts on the 23rd so what else could the episode before that be about except the end of the fight. Anyway next week is the continuation of the fight which by looking at the preview will have amazing animation but the week after could be fillers but I doubt that very much.

[dramaelfie]

BLEACH usually puts forth decent fillers, but I don't know about this one. I hate the fact that it's right in the middle of a cannon story arc. Why couldn't the fillers take place in Hueco Mundo, or even show what SS/Urahara are doing to get ready to invade?

Plus, the second guy looks like an Aizen/Szayel lovechild. :scared Dear God, please don't let them become part of the regular story like the mod souls did!!!

[heofon]

I'd be willing to wait even 2 years if only the rest of the story would deliver an arc as good as the Soul Society one. Yet somehow, I don't see it happening... -_-

[bradc]

I believe after Episode 166 that is aired on April 9, is all going to be Fillergami Arc :|

Plus, the second guy looks like an Aizen/Szayel lovechild. :scared Dear God, please don't let them become part of the regular story like the mod souls did!!!

That would be epic and what the fuck; I would still tap that 8DDD

[Frank918]

So...

Looking at the upcoming episode name(s), it appears as though the Grimmjow fight will be decided in two episodes (166 and 167). That being said, do you guys think the new Filler Arc will set in after that (on 168)? There is no episode title for 168, but I think it might be reasonable to assume that Fillers will start then, if they are indeed coming in April.

Also, when does the new OP start? That might give us a little more insight...

[rvngu]

fillers starting april 23rd sounds more or less logical....wonder how long those fillers will last.

[Frank918]

I wonder the same thing myself; we may be able to get a good feel for it when the episode actually airs.

For example, if the Fillers begin with the new OP on 4/23, and the new OP has video/images from the new Fillers, then it might be reasonable to assume that it will be relatively lengthy.

I suppose we can only wait and find out...

[Fortunate]

I wonder if they'll get rid of him by the end of the filler... :oops

[Shdo]

the last time the manga got too close we got the bount arc, i can only assume this will be close in size, but still compared to other show (for example shows with ninjas who wear bright and illogical colors for comofluge) bleach fillers are pretty good and they really expend on the world of bleach (another genocide on behalf of Soul society)

[rvngu]

oh so it`ll be around 40 episodes ? a year of fillers, could be interesting...

[furato]

Long fillers are sometime necessary, but I want to see how they're going to explain the "preview" with Rukia and Ichigo being in Karakura. I thought this was going to be a parallel timeline involving only shinigami.

Aizen-san,
We have exams 2morrow so Inoue, Ishida, Chad n me are gonna go back to Karakura for a few days. Be back laterz to continue the fighto~
-Ichigo

[Shdo]

Long fillers are sometime necessary, but I want to see how they're going to explain the "preview" with Rukia and Ichigo being in Karakura. I thought this was going to be a parallel timeline involving only shinigami.

Aizen-san,
We have exams 2morrow so Inoue, Ishida, Chad n me are gonna go back to Karakura for a few days. Be back laterz to continue the fighto~
-Ichigo

omakes got nothing to do with reality, they are there for the lols.
its like in the preview, people who try to kill one another are acting all friendly.

[igniz]

I heard it's going to be flashbacks at different points of the past, like "what we haven't tell you".

[rvngu]

well at least we get to see the captains and VC of SS again that`d be fun. i love Nel at the end: the higher ups said so lol

[Shdo]

yea...they broke the forth wall for a second.

[bradc]

For some bizarre reason I can't wait to see the new fillergami arc for Makoto who looks like Aizen and Szayel's Lovechild. Meanwhile, I couldn't stand the Bounty Quicker Picker Upper Arc 8DDD (Runs around flailing).

[Miyona]

Aizen-san,
We have exams 2morrow so Inoue, Ishida, Chad n me are gonna go back to Karakura for a few days. Be back laterz to continue the fighto~
-Ichigo

lol thats funny >_>

as long as the fillers are better then most of the bounto arc...then I'll be fine...

[LovelyTeir]

Although i don't have the pure hatred of fillers like most anime fans, i am really disappointed at the timing of these fillers. I was lookin forward seeing Nel transform in the anime but now its gonna take forever to get to that point http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v635/teiris629/sad.gif

On another note i can't tell the sex of the new person who is accompanying the new captain (who is sporting 2 swords O.o)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v635/teiris629/new_chara.gif
on the right "it" is really feminine but on the right "it" is really masculine. The pink made me kinda lean towards a girl but still dunno.

[SiSL]

I really hope that this filler arc won't take too much time
I can't believe that they will take it in the middle of the Hueco Mundo Arc, I wonder how they will build it into the storyline...

They won't take ichigo & others back to fillers or either flashback. Either way, Ichigo stays in Hueco Mundo...

In all effing filler discussions, people are blind to see, they didn't effect main story line that much, they won't in the future.

I'm glad you did not read Lord of the Rings books and watch movie after then...

[Velius]

They won't take ichigo & others back to fillers or either flashback. Either way, Ichigo stays in Hueco Mundo...

In all effing filler discussions, people are blind to see, they didn't effect main story line that much, they won't in the future.

I'm glad you did not read Lord of the Rings books and watch movie after then...
I don't think you realize exactly how stupid it is for fillers to be happening right now. You can't just brush it off and say, well it's just fillers, they won't amount to anything. Not this time. You might wanna read the upcoming episodes thread.

169. New Development, the Dangerous Transfer Student Appears!
新展開､危険な転校生現る!
Shin tenkai, kiken na tenkousei gen ru!
Air date: 2008-05-07

Okay, here it is.

Summary:
A 3-person group arrives in Karakura Town using the gate Senkaimon leading from Soul Society in the night. The next day, Ichigo and Rukia are alerted to the presence of hollows, after defeating them they encounter a girl with 2 men chasing after her.

Ichigo and friends are back in Kurakara town. That's right, in the middle of on an ongoing arc, they are going to hit the reset button. It makes no sense and it's competely the studio's own fault. Bad pacing, timing and story direction choices led to this.

I used to think the same way, oh it's just fillers, they won't matter to anything. But you simply can not deny anymore the effect that these constant horrible timed fillers are having on the series overall. To deny it at this point and brush it off is just plain ignorance.

I love Bleach and it makes me feel bad to see what the anime has become. The anime got me into bleach and I remember those first 60 episodes very fondly. I guess I'll just remember better times.

[*~AzureEspada~*]

Does anyone know how many fillers they are planning on making?

[Shdo]

alot...really. think bount arc alot, think that they made a special opening for this with 7 new characters. expect months to a year.

[Fortunate]

I agree with Vel that the timing was just horrendous.

How they plan on transitioning back to the HM arc should be interesting. The only way I see it working is them just going back to the part where Ichigo and Inoue are about to head out. And I really want to know what's going to become of this new captain. I really doubt his presence will work well with the manga. Perhaps the time for a protagonist to die has come? :(

[Shdo]

most likely this happening during the time ichigo was training with the visards,

[Fortunate]

The subs say, "Ichigo has defeated Grimmjow and successfully rescued Orihime." Sounds like they up and left to me.

[Shdo]

they also talking about that they will leave that for now and tell us another story...i hoped that it something that happened meanwhile but i guess since ichigo is there then we either going to see something in the past or the greatest discontinuity ever

[Velius]

Don't try and place the fillers. Not these fillers. Think of them like a movie/arc. They can have an approximate place in the series, but can't be actually fit in anywhere.

I mean, come on. Just look at how they shifted things from arc to arc. Greatest discontinuity ever only begins to describe it, if you try and connect the fillers into the series. Don't over think it, just go with it.

As for how long they will last, I would guess minimum of 6 months to a year. As for if they will continue with the manga story... uh... maybe? :-_-

[Orihime-Chan]

lol I said it before and I say it again the anime producers are ruining the story! fillers. :-_-

[Fortunate]

Meh, guess there's no point in whining over it. Lets just hope the fillers are enjoyable, and they get back to the main story asap.

[bradc]

Don't try and place the fillers. Not these fillers. Think of them like a movie/arc. They can have an approximate place in the series, but can't be actually fit in anywhere.

I mean, come on. Just look at how they shifted things from arc to arc. Greatest discontinuity ever only begins to describe it, if you try and connect the fillers into the series. Don't over think it, just go with it.

As for how long they will last, I would guess minimum of 6 months to a year. As for if they will continue with the manga story... uh... maybe? :-_-

Don't give up hope on me now >8OOO (shakes you to death)

The fillers are merely hints to what happen in the Real Time of Bleach World. To a degree just take them with a grain a salt since the Fillers Arcs are usually just to stall for Time. Besides, I said before that Kubo Tite's hands are all over this arc this time around anyway and characters were Brand New Commander were introduced in Bleach Vol. 33.

[Tsuru]

Not sure on where I should have put this so don't blame me if this is wrongly placed >.>;

These....fillers, they're a time paradox.

I started watching them thinking they'd be good since I thought it would just generally be about the new captain. But then, Ichigo! I think "fair enough, must be just before the Arrancar arc"

Then Rukia and I think "...Still before Arrancar arc, no problem here"

Suddenly...Ishida, with his new bow and Chad with his upgraded arm "Wtf, hax. This isn't before the Arrancar arc"

Then they add in my one true enemy in anime, filler SNOBS! I hate them so...

So basically this is the worst kind of filler, an alternate reality filler.

Ok thats my semi-rant/confusion done :headscratch