<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976758774449735080</id><updated>2011-07-28T18:46:11.536-07:00</updated><title type='text'>what happen in my live</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ruheinebankai.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2976758774449735080/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ruheinebankai.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>KUROSAKI ICHIGO</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10077943930643821584</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PIrzW2w3NoA/SoY2e92njQI/AAAAAAAAAAU/VCxfm9stPVw/S220/Ichigo_Hollow_by_Dokiestudioz.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>12</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976758774449735080.post-9080685531251692443</id><published>2010-03-27T06:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-27T06:54:56.171-07:00</updated><title type='text'>watch movie with wei and shu ern</title><content type='html'>today 27/3/2010 the first movie i watch with my friends ...haha ,..i very late ..then i waited at starbuck ...tengok tengok they also never come yet ...haizzz ..then iwei call me go to the cinema ..i also ran up ....then i felt hungry so i beratur to buy pop corn .....suddenly i heard someone call my name then i turn and saw SHU ERN and wei ...haha chill ..then shu ern potong barisan ..haizz i also tak nak gaduh jadi budak baik ...then we when in the theater then somebloody fool sat on our sit ...haizz then wei sis ;elaine ask me to ask them to go away then i also ask them to butt away so they when off in an agry face ..i felt like wan to slap their faces when i ask them to go away ...then we i sad and watch the movie ..the movie was nice ..(AWESOME ) then when the movie finish i wake up and saw azman ,aliff ,amir ,foo ,wayne ,jonathan ....what a moment ....haha ..SOMEBODY was so happy to c someone ...haha ..then we when out ...wei forced me and jonathan to take pic..so we did take ..it was fun ..then we when down and wayne say shit we have to buy present for nessie ...so we when in a shop and they all started to find something for nessie after a long journey we didn't buy anything also ..so sad ..then wei when to a cd shop ...just for fun ..then we walk and wei say shit i gtg ..sshe took the phone and called her sis .....so the all go back and leave me alone ..haizz ..i was alone at ecm with no gang til 8.05p.m ...damn boring ..haizz but i still love the movie thats all for now bye ...sorry my post like shit&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2976758774449735080-9080685531251692443?l=ruheinebankai.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ruheinebankai.blogspot.com/feeds/9080685531251692443/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ruheinebankai.blogspot.com/2010/03/watch-movie-with-wei-and-shu-ern.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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.....heheh</title><content type='html'>2day as usuali will play football with my neighbour all ....on the road in front of our house ..so 2day we play timbang and pass ..so when he timbang then he pass ....so the ball pass me ..i chase the ball ...the ball go the simpang there ..there go longkang lah ....then i chase the ball ..the ball 2near with the longkang so i kick the ball away ...the place i kick was full with sand near the simpang ..somemore my selipar botak the i like fly going to fall in the longkang .....then one car suddenly came and turn the simpang there ...the car hit my leg ..i was liek turning in the air (cool u know but just a few second :( )then my lutut gesek the road and i was lying on the road ..it all happened like less then 1 minute...my neighbour go call my mum and the bloody car just ran away ...then my mum take my to the clinic ...my leg damn pain ...then the doctor say noting serius ..i kena jahit ...my leg got fracture ...so i was like mumbling wat a bad day ....sorry if u dun understand ..i very mental 2day so hard to type ...hehe ...:D&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2976758774449735080-8502459586479597648?l=ruheinebankai.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ruheinebankai.blogspot.com/feeds/8502459586479597648/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ruheinebankai.blogspot.com/2010/01/incident-of-carelessness-heheh.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2976758774449735080/posts/default/8502459586479597648'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2976758774449735080/posts/default/8502459586479597648'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ruheinebankai.blogspot.com/2010/01/incident-of-carelessness-heheh.html' title='incident of carelessness .....heheh'/><author><name>KUROSAKI ICHIGO</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10077943930643821584</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PIrzW2w3NoA/SoY2e92njQI/AAAAAAAAAAU/VCxfm9stPVw/S220/Ichigo_Hollow_by_Dokiestudioz.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976758774449735080.post-454625726735541499</id><published>2009-11-09T00:58:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-09T01:40:46.030-08:00</updated><title type='text'>haizz</title><content type='html'>haiz today 9/11 i really dunno what to say ..i just wan to ask ..I'M I A FREAKY DOLL....ALL COME AND PUKUL ME ....AND BERN TAK SABIT ..TIBA TIBA ..... haiz ...dahla kena tampar by wei coz of the dare ..sakit giler my jaw ....somore she hit at the most painfull teeth ...i dunno what to day lah ...wei hit my nevermind lah ..i dun mind ..but bern tak sabit ...and so as well for pui wen ....g ..so sad ...nvm ......that all for today ..ruheine naidu ...tv3&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2976758774449735080-454625726735541499?l=ruheinebankai.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ruheinebankai.blogspot.com/feeds/454625726735541499/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ruheinebankai.blogspot.com/2009/11/haizz.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2976758774449735080/posts/default/454625726735541499'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2976758774449735080/posts/default/454625726735541499'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ruheinebankai.blogspot.com/2009/11/haizz.html' title='haizz'/><author><name>KUROSAKI ICHIGO</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10077943930643821584</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PIrzW2w3NoA/SoY2e92njQI/AAAAAAAAAAU/VCxfm9stPVw/S220/Ichigo_Hollow_by_Dokiestudioz.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976758774449735080.post-6297526752112536957</id><published>2009-11-07T07:41:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-07T18:01:04.451-08:00</updated><title type='text'>at vivian's house</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;at vivian house........i came around 7.10 pm ...and .....i dunno ..wat to say ...let me tell in bm this time .......ceritanya gini...aku pergi rumah vivian untuk barbeque ......pertamanya ..apabila ...sesampainya saya disana ...wayne lee ..menyambut saya diikiuti dgn chuah ...foo......dan luveen ......selepas bermini-minit menuggu di hadapan pagar rumah nya ..kami berpakat untuk mula menjamu selera .....pertamanya ...saya ingin makan nasi tapi malangnya tiada selera ....jadi ,.....saya dan luveen bersama foo pergi bbq .....pertamanya ...ai amat sukar untuk kami mencri alat untuk mecocok sosage ......selepas itu ...kami dibantu oleh ...mak cik vivian yang sangat beramah...beliau ...membantu kami ...dalam proses memasak ...mak cik nya bertanya kami ...siapa ...pakwe vivian dan foo menjawab li m...saya dan luveen ..ketawa bagaikan syaitan mendapat habuan ......selepas itu ...adik comel ku tiba ....dia sungguh cantik bagaikan malaikat turun ke bumi ..walaubagaimanapun ..wayne pada pertama sekali gembira amelihatnya ....selepas makan dan minum casberg .......kami ke bilik vivian untuk main DARE OR DARE .......kebanyakkannya pergi ke luveen ....selepas itu ..kami keluar semula ...disitulah jadi tragidi foo EMO ........dia pergi jalan jalan berseorangan di lorong yang gelap .......saya dan lim ...berlari mengejarnya .....walaubagaimana pun kami berjaya mendapatnya ....selepas itu dia emo semula ..dia jalan ke lorong gelap ...saya pun mengikutinya ......selepas berberapa minit ...saya terhilang pandang dan foo hilang dari pandagan saya ......saya mengejarnya kehulu hilir ......selepas penat dan lelah ..saya pulang ke rumah viviav...setiba saya disana ...wei , wayne ...semua hilang ......saya terkejut ..lalu lari keluar .......saya mengejar mereka ....selepas beberapa minit saya ...betemu dgn mereka ..selepas itu harapan saya untuk mendapat foo kembali semula ,......apabila saya terserempak dia dari arah yang jauh ...saya mengejarnya ..secara tidak langsung foo telah berlari ke dalam lorong yang sangat gelap ....pada mulanya saya tidak begitu yakin untuk masuk kesitu ....tetapi semngat saya membara dan saya mengejarnya ....saya ...berlari dan lari ...tiba-tiba ..saya kesetempat yang tiada lampu atau cahaya ...saya terperanjat apabila bulu roma saya mula menegang ......secara tidak langsung ..saya ternampak foo ...jadi saya kejar dia .....semasa dalam larian ..saya tergelincir dan hampir terjatuh kedalam gaung yang ku tidak berrapa pasti dalamnya....walaubagaimana pu n saya tetap lari ....dan lari ...setiba saya disebuah simpang ...dimana foo bertukar arah ...dia sudah hilang dan saya menyedarii bahawa tetap tersebut adalah jalan mati .......saya mengigil ketakutan...walaubagaimanapun saya berjaya menemui jalan kembali ...sayalari semula ke pangkulan jalan dan mula mencari wayne and the geng .......selepas berminit minit mencari mereka akhirnya saya terjumpa mereka ...saya mencerita kejadian tersebut kepada mereka ..dan chuah mengatakan bahawa gaung itu adalah sungai yang dalamnya 10 meter ...saya bersyukur yang bahawa saya tidak terjatuh ke dalam sunagi itu ......selepas itu kami kembali ke rumah vivian ....disitulah kami terjumpa foo ..kami memarahi nya habis habis ...selepas trajidi tersebut ..saya memang trauma dan ingin mengetahui siapa yang ku kejar itu .....ini kerana foo mengaakan itu bukan dia ........selepas gaduh gaduh ..kami kembali semula ke bilik vivian .....disitu ...kami tak habis habis mengambil gambar ...selepas berjam brgembira......habislah masanya ...semua orang sudah ingin pulang ....pertamanya wayne ..foo dan luveen ..lepas itu wei .......saya sedih giler apabila adik kesayangan ku tidak melayan ku ...aku menagis dalam hati ..sedih giler ..punya giler ...walaubagaimanapun saya berjaya mengharungi perasaan tersebut ..dgn menatakan kepada diri sendiri yang ..."biarlah ruheine ...inilah kau ...budak yang sama dan akulah orang yang tidak pernah orang faham perassan ku ...biar lah ..adik ku je ...bukan selalu ...semoga dia hidup bahagia ..itu sudah cukup bagi ku "......dgn kata kata tersebut ..aku pun masuk ke perkarangan rumah vivian .....beberapa minit kemudian...ayah saya datang .......saya pu n pulang ke rumah dg perasaan sedih,gembira dan ngantuk&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2976758774449735080-6297526752112536957?l=ruheinebankai.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ruheinebankai.blogspot.com/feeds/6297526752112536957/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ruheinebankai.blogspot.com/2009/11/at-vivians-house.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2976758774449735080/posts/default/6297526752112536957'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2976758774449735080/posts/default/6297526752112536957'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ruheinebankai.blogspot.com/2009/11/at-vivians-house.html' title='at vivian&apos;s house'/><author><name>KUROSAKI ICHIGO</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10077943930643821584</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PIrzW2w3NoA/SoY2e92njQI/AAAAAAAAAAU/VCxfm9stPVw/S220/Ichigo_Hollow_by_Dokiestudioz.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976758774449735080.post-3382189024717751448</id><published>2009-11-05T00:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-05T00:54:56.977-08:00</updated><title type='text'>MY SIS</title><content type='html'>yeah i have a sis ..my sis is in same form with me .......shes the best girl i ever met .....shes more than a best friend ...i tell her everything and sometimes thing that i never tell anybody else .............she always listen and help me ..she had never let me down .......i luv my beautiful sis than aynone else ...btw exam was liek shit ...damn much i tembak..but still mt paper i offically 4 wrong and so for mt paper 2&lt;br /&gt;..my karangan all terpesong ..all liek shit ...damn i dunno wat to do now ..bye&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2976758774449735080-3382189024717751448?l=ruheinebankai.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ruheinebankai.blogspot.com/feeds/3382189024717751448/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ruheinebankai.blogspot.com/2009/11/my-sis.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2976758774449735080/posts/default/3382189024717751448'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2976758774449735080/posts/default/3382189024717751448'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ruheinebankai.blogspot.com/2009/11/my-sis.html' title='MY SIS'/><author><name>KUROSAKI ICHIGO</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10077943930643821584</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PIrzW2w3NoA/SoY2e92njQI/AAAAAAAAAAU/VCxfm9stPVw/S220/Ichigo_Hollow_by_Dokiestudioz.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976758774449735080.post-9211363429766915015</id><published>2009-10-19T05:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-19T06:11:56.672-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The night of deepavali</title><content type='html'>after visiting my bro's friend's house .......we when back ..on the way back sabrina called dg and ask for direction for my house ...later on .. so we ask sabrina to follow my dad's car back home .........when we reached home...my dad ask sabrina to menjamu selera .....after a while chew yee come ....with her family ....then ..another 2 of dg's friend came but they sesat ..i dun really know their name but still dg , chew yee, and sabrina when to take them ..after that ..when everyone is here ....they all menjamu selera ..after eating we go play mercun ..then chew yee ask whether got the POP mercun anot ...the one which throw on the floor got sound pop ....i say dun have then che yee kecewa..kesian ......then for the first time after so long pujuk her  she played some fire crakers ..the bunga api one ..&lt;br /&gt;she was non stop cathing photo .....and excited when for the first time she can play mercun .....we enjoyed alot ......got alot more but malas wan to write ..so till now ..bye&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2976758774449735080-9211363429766915015?l=ruheinebankai.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ruheinebankai.blogspot.com/feeds/9211363429766915015/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ruheinebankai.blogspot.com/2009/10/night-of-deepavali.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2976758774449735080/posts/default/9211363429766915015'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2976758774449735080/posts/default/9211363429766915015'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ruheinebankai.blogspot.com/2009/10/night-of-deepavali.html' title='The night of deepavali'/><author><name>KUROSAKI ICHIGO</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10077943930643821584</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PIrzW2w3NoA/SoY2e92njQI/AAAAAAAAAAU/VCxfm9stPVw/S220/Ichigo_Hollow_by_Dokiestudioz.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976758774449735080.post-7052270415966581997</id><published>2009-09-24T02:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-24T02:29:34.868-07:00</updated><title type='text'>THE BORRING  DAY</title><content type='html'>24/9/09.....the day i where the internet connection is like shit ...i cannot go msn ..i cannot go facebook ...damn babi ..but wat to do ..so i go ebuddy ..and it worked ..it was cool till my dad came back ...it was a nighmare i was forbidden to go anywhere expect to the toilet ....he forced me to study ....it was like in a prison but still i manage it and when to tuition ..so that is all for today&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2976758774449735080-7052270415966581997?l=ruheinebankai.blogspot.com' 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src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PIrzW2w3NoA/SoY2e92njQI/AAAAAAAAAAU/VCxfm9stPVw/S220/Ichigo_Hollow_by_Dokiestudioz.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976758774449735080.post-618425564093012280</id><published>2009-09-02T00:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-02T02:09:27.224-07:00</updated><title type='text'>BLEACH</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;bleach is my favourite anime .....although every one says it is boring but for me it is very interesting.now let me tell you wat is bleach and its history&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p  style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bleach&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;(&lt;span class="t_nihongo_kanji" lang="ja"&gt;ブリーチ&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="t_nihongo_comma" style="display: none;"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;i&gt;Burīchi&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanization_of_Japanese" title="Romanization of Japanese"&gt;romanized&lt;/a&gt; as &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;BLEACH&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt; in Japan)&lt;/span&gt; is a Japanese &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manga" title="Manga"&gt;manga&lt;/a&gt; series written and illustrated by &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tite_Kubo" title="Tite Kubo"&gt;Tite Kubo&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;i&gt;Bleach&lt;/i&gt; follows the adventures of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichigo_Kurosaki" title="Ichigo Kurosaki"&gt;Ichigo Kurosaki&lt;/a&gt; after he accidentally obtains the power of a Soul Reaper—a Japanese death personification similar to the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grim_Reaper" title="Grim Reaper" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Grim Reaper&lt;/a&gt;—from &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rukia_Kuchiki" title="Rukia Kuchiki"&gt;Rukia Kuchiki&lt;/a&gt;. Gaining these abilities forces him to take on the duties of defending humans from evil spirits and guiding departed souls to the afterlife.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Bleach&lt;/i&gt; has been continuously serialized in the Japanese manga anthology &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weekly_Sh%C5%8Dnen_Jump" title="Weekly Shōnen Jump"&gt;Weekly Shōnen Jump&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank%C5%8Dbon" title="Tankōbon"&gt;tankōbon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; volumes as of June 2009. Since its publication, &lt;i&gt;Bleach&lt;/i&gt; has spawned a substantial &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_franchise" title="Media franchise"&gt;media franchise&lt;/a&gt;. The manga has been adapted into an &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime" title="Anime"&gt;animated&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_program" title="Television program"&gt;television series&lt;/a&gt; produced by &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_Pierrot" title="Studio Pierrot"&gt;Studio Pierrot&lt;/a&gt; which is still ongoing in Japan as it adapts the story from the manga. The series has also spawned two &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_video_animation" title="Original video animation"&gt;original video animations&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_opera" title="Rock opera"&gt;rock musicals&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Bleach_video_games" title="List of Bleach video games"&gt;numerous video games&lt;/a&gt;, as well as prompted the release of many types of &lt;i&gt;Bleach&lt;/i&gt;-related &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchandising" title="Merchandising"&gt;merchandise&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; since August 2001 and has been collected in 40  (OVAs), three animated feature films, seven &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viz_Media" title="Viz Media"&gt;Viz Media&lt;/a&gt; licensed the manga for English-language publication in the United States and Canada and has released 26 volumes as of April 2009. In addition, it has been publishing the chapters in &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shonen_Jump_%28magazine%29" title="Shonen Jump (magazine)"&gt;Shonen Jump&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; since November 2007. On March 15, 2006, Viz obtained foreign television and home video distribution rights to the &lt;i&gt;Bleach&lt;/i&gt; anime. &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartoon_Network_%28United_States%29" title="Cartoon Network (United States)"&gt;Cartoon Network&lt;/a&gt; began airing &lt;i&gt;Bleach&lt;/i&gt; as part of its &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adult_Swim" title="Adult Swim"&gt;Adult Swim&lt;/a&gt; block on September 9, 2006 in the United States. The first film, &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach:_Memories_of_Nobody" title="Bleach: Memories of Nobody"&gt;Bleach: Memories of Nobody&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; was released in North America on &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Region_1" title="Region 1" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Region 1&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD" title="DVD"&gt;DVD&lt;/a&gt; by Viz on October 14, 2008.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Compilation volumes of the manga have sold over 50 million copies in Japan and reached the top of manga sales charts in the United States. The anime adaptation has been similarly received, rating as the 7th most popular anime television series in Japan in 2006, and in the top ten anime for America from 2006 to 2008. The series received the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shogakukan_Manga_Award" title="Shogakukan Manga Award"&gt;Shogakukan Manga Award&lt;/a&gt; for the &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dnen" title="Shōnen"&gt;shōnen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; demographic in 2005, and is among the best-selling manga properties in both Japan and America.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;h2  style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Production&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p  style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Bleach&lt;/i&gt; was first conceived from a desire on Tite Kubo's part to draw &lt;i&gt;shinigami&lt;/i&gt; in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimono" title="Kimono"&gt;kimono&lt;/a&gt;, which formed the basis for the design of the Soul Reapers in the series, and the conception of character Rukia Kuchiki.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-About_1_1-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-About_1-1"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;2&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-LA_Times_2-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-LA_Times-2"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;3&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; The original story concept was submitted to &lt;i&gt;Weekly Shōnen Jump&lt;/i&gt; shortly after the cancellation of Tite Kubo's previous manga &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombiepowder." title="Zombiepowder."&gt;Zombie Powder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;, but was rejected. &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_Toriyama" title="Akira Toriyama"&gt;Akira Toriyama&lt;/a&gt;, the creator of &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Ball" title="Dragon Ball"&gt;Dragon Ball&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;, saw the story and wrote a letter of encouragement to Kubo.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-LA_Times_2-1" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-LA_Times-2"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;3&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; &lt;i&gt;Bleach&lt;/i&gt; was accepted for publication a short time later, in 2001, and was initially intended to be a shorter series, with a maximum serialization length of five years.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-LA_Times_2-2" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-LA_Times-2"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;3&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Early plans for the story did not include the hierarchical structure of Soul Society, but did include some characters and elements which did not come into the plot until &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Bleach_episodes_%28season_6%29" title="List of Bleach episodes (season 6)"&gt;the Arrancar arc&lt;/a&gt;, such as Ichigo's Soul Reaper heritage.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-About_1_1-1" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-About_1-1"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;2&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; The series was originally meant to be named "Black" due to the color of the Soul Reapers' clothes, but Kubo thought it was too generic. He later tried giving it the name of "White", but came to like more "Bleach" as it was associated with the white color and he did not find it too obvious.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-3"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;4&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Tite Kubo has cited influences for elements of &lt;i&gt;Bleach&lt;/i&gt; ranging from other manga series to music, foreign language, architecture, and film. He attributes his interest in drawing the supernatural and monsters to &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeru_Mizuki" title="Shigeru Mizuki"&gt;Shigeru Mizuki&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeGeGe_no_Kitaro" title="GeGeGe no Kitaro"&gt;GeGeGe no Kitaro&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;Bleach&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="padding-left: 0.1em;"&gt;'&lt;/span&gt;s focus on interesting weaponry and battle scenes to &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masami_Kurumada" title="Masami Kurumada"&gt;Masami Kurumada&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Seiya" title="Saint Seiya"&gt;Saint Seiya&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;, both manga Kubo enjoyed as a boy.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-About_1_1-2" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-About_1-1"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;2&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; The action style and storytelling found in &lt;i&gt;Bleach&lt;/i&gt; is inspired by cinema, though Kubo has not revealed any specific movie as being an influence for fight scenes. When pressed, he told interviewers that he liked &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snatch_%28film%29" title="Snatch (film)"&gt;Snatch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; but did not use it as a model.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-SJ_51_4-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-SJ_51-4"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;5&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Kubo has also stated that he wishes to make &lt;i&gt;Bleach&lt;/i&gt; an experience that can only be found by reading manga, and dismissed ideas of creating any live-action film adaptations of the series.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-LA_Times_2-3" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-LA_Times-2"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;3&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Bleach&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="padding-left: 0.1em;"&gt;'&lt;/span&gt;s creative process is focused around &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Characterization" title="Characterization" class="mw-redirect"&gt;character design&lt;/a&gt;. When writing plotlines or having difficulties generating new material, Kubo begins by thinking of new characters, often &lt;i&gt;en masse&lt;/i&gt;, and rereading previous volumes of &lt;i&gt;Bleach&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-About_1_1-3" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-About_1-1"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;2&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-PW_5-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-PW-5"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;6&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Kubo has said that he likes creating characters that have outward appearances that do not match their true nature, an element that can be found in many &lt;i&gt;Bleach&lt;/i&gt; characters, as he is "attracted to people with that seeming contradiction" and finds an "urge to draw people like that when I work."&lt;sup id="cite_ref-WSJ_12_6-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-WSJ_12-6"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;7&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; The terminology used in &lt;i&gt;Bleach&lt;/i&gt; has a variety of inspirations, with each category of character bearing a different linguistic theme. Many of the names for swords and spells used by Soul Reapers were inspired by ancient &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_literature" title="Japanese literature"&gt;Japanese literature&lt;/a&gt;. Hollows and arrancar use Spanish terms. Kubo became interested in Spanish because, to him, the language sounded "bewitching" and "mellow".&lt;sup id="cite_ref-WSJ_12_6-1" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-WSJ_12-6"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;7&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2  style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Media&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p  style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;a name="Manga" id="Manga"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3  style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Manga&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/h3&gt; &lt;div  style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" class="rellink noprint relarticle mainarticle"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Main article: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Bleach_chapters" title="List of Bleach chapters"&gt;List of Bleach chapters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;p  style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;The chapters of the &lt;i&gt;Bleach&lt;/i&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manga" title="Manga"&gt;manga&lt;/a&gt; are written and illustrated by &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tite_Kubo" title="Tite Kubo"&gt;Tite Kubo&lt;/a&gt;. In Japan, they have been published in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shueisha" title="Shueisha"&gt;Shueisha&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weekly_Sh%C5%8Dnen_Jump" title="Weekly Shōnen Jump"&gt;Weekly Shōnen Jump&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; since 2001.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-BleachManga_7-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-BleachManga-7"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;8&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Since &lt;i&gt;Bleach&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="padding-left: 0.1em;"&gt;'&lt;/span&gt;s premiere, over three hundred chapters have been released in Japan. Most chapter names are in English and have &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katakana" title="Katakana"&gt;katakana&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; above them to indicate how they are read in Japanese, similar to &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furigana" title="Furigana"&gt;furigana&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_character" title="Ruby character"&gt;ruby characters&lt;/a&gt; used with advanced &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanji" title="Kanji"&gt;kanji&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; characters. In addition to the main series chapters, some chapters are published with a negative chapter number. These "negative" chapters are &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Side_story" title="Side story"&gt;side stories&lt;/a&gt; and consist of events that precede the start of the series.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-8"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;9&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; North American licensor &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viz_Media" title="Viz Media"&gt;Viz Media&lt;/a&gt; has been serializing the individual chapters in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shonen_Jump_%28magazine%29" title="Shonen Jump (magazine)"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Shonen Jump&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; since November 2007 in the United States.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-9"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;The individual chapters are collected by Shueisha in a series of &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank%C5%8Dbon" title="Tankōbon"&gt;tankōbon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; volumes, which include a poem based on the cover character. The first volume was released on January 5, 2002; as of August 2009, 40 volumes have been released.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-JP1_10-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-JP1-10"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;11&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-JP40_11-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-JP40-11"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;12&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Viz released the first volume on June 1, 2004, with 27 volumes released as of June 2009.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-US1_12-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-US1-12"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;13&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-US25_13-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-US25-13"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;14&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-14"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-15"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt; The company released a hardcover "collector's edition" of the first volume with a dust jacket on August 5, 2008, followed by a box set on September 2, 2008, containing the first 21 volumes, a poster, and a booklet about the series.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;a name="Anime" id="Anime"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3  style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Anime&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;div  style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" class="rellink noprint relarticle mainarticle"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Main article: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Bleach_episodes" title="List of Bleach episodes"&gt;List of Bleach episodes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;p  style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;The episodes of the &lt;i&gt;Bleach&lt;/i&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime" title="Anime"&gt;anime&lt;/a&gt; series are directed by &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noriyuki_Abe" title="Noriyuki Abe"&gt;Noriyuki Abe&lt;/a&gt; and produced by &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_Tokyo" title="TV Tokyo"&gt;TV Tokyo&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dentsu" title="Dentsu"&gt;Dentsu&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_Pierrot" title="Studio Pierrot"&gt;Studio Pierrot&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-staff_16-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-staff-16"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;17&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; The episodes have aired since October 5, 2004 on TV Tokyo in Japan.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-17"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;18&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viz_Media" title="Viz Media"&gt;Viz Media&lt;/a&gt; obtained the foreign television, home video, and merchandising rights to the &lt;i&gt;Bleach&lt;/i&gt; anime from TV Tokyo Corporation and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shueisha" title="Shueisha"&gt;Shueisha&lt;/a&gt; on March 15, 2006.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-18"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;19&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studiopolis" title="Studiopolis"&gt;Studiopolis&lt;/a&gt; to create the English adaptation of the anime,&lt;sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-19"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;20&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; and has licensed its individual &lt;i&gt;Bleach&lt;/i&gt; merchandising rights to several different companies.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-20"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;21&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; The English adaptation of the &lt;i&gt;Bleach&lt;/i&gt; anime premiered on Canada's &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YTV_%28TV_channel%29" title="YTV (TV channel)"&gt;YTV&lt;/a&gt; channel in the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bionix" title="Bionix"&gt;Bionix&lt;/a&gt; programming block on September 8, 2006. Cartoon Network began airing &lt;i&gt;Bleach&lt;/i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adult_Swim" title="Adult Swim"&gt;Adult Swim&lt;/a&gt; block.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-21"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;22&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Adult Swim stopped broadcasting new episodes of the English adaptation on October 20, 2007 after airing the first 52 episodes of the series. It was replaced with another Viz Media series, &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Note" title="Death Note"&gt;Death Note&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;, to provide Studiopolis more time to dub additional episodes of the series. The series returned from hiatus on March 2, 2008.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-ANNNews_22-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-ANNNews-22"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;23&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; In the UK, &lt;i&gt;Bleach&lt;/i&gt; premiered on &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AnimeCentral" title="AnimeCentral"&gt;AnimeCentral&lt;/a&gt; on September 13, 2007, with new episodes airing daily, but is currently on hiatus after airing the first 52 episodes.&lt;/span&gt; Subsequently, Viz Media contracted  the following evening as part of its &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;As of July 2009, 52 DVD compilations have been released by &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aniplex" title="Aniplex"&gt;Aniplex&lt;/a&gt; in Japan.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-Season1DVDs_23-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-Season1DVDs-23"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;24&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-series9title_24-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-series9title-24"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;25&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; 19 DVD compilations of the English adaptation of the anime have been released by Viz Media,&lt;sup id="cite_ref-VizDVD1_25-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-VizDVD1-25"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;26&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-VizDVD14_26-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-VizDVD14-26"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;27&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; and 3 DVD collection boxes have been released that contain the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd seasons of the anime.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-SeasonBox1_27-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-SeasonBox1-27"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-SeasonBox2_28-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-SeasonBox2-28"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;a name="CDs" id="CDs"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3  style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;CDs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p  style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Eleven &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_Disc" title="Compact Disc"&gt;CD&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundtrack" title="Soundtrack"&gt;soundtracks&lt;/a&gt;, produced by &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shir%C5%8D_Sagisu" title="Shirō Sagisu"&gt;Shirō Sagisu&lt;/a&gt;, have been released for the &lt;i&gt;Bleach&lt;/i&gt; anime series and movies. &lt;i&gt;Bleach Original Soundtrack 1&lt;/i&gt; was released on May 18, 2005 and contains twenty-five tracks, including the first opening and ending themes in their original television lengths.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-29"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;30&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; &lt;i&gt;Bleach Original Soundtrack 2&lt;/i&gt; followed on August 2, 2006 with an additional twenty-three instrumental tracks.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-30"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;31&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; &lt;i&gt;Bleach Original Soundtrack 3&lt;/i&gt; followed later on November 5, 2008 with 27 instrumental tracks.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-31"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;32&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Each of the films from the series have also had their own CDs. &lt;i&gt;Bleach: Memories of Nobody Original Soundtrack&lt;/i&gt; was released with twenty-five tracks from the &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach:_Memories_of_Nobody" title="Bleach: Memories of Nobody"&gt;Bleach: Memories of Nobody&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; anime film. A soundtrack was also released for the &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach:_The_DiamondDust_Rebellion" title="Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion"&gt;Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; film, with nearly thirty tracks from the movie and finally a 3rd one for the "Bleach: Fade To Black, I Call Your Name" movie, with twenty-nine tracks.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-32"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;33&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-33"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;34&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-34"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;35&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; &lt;i&gt;Bleach: The Best&lt;/i&gt; contains twelve of the opening and ending themes from the series in their full length versions later followed by "Bleach: Best Tunes" with contains the next twelve of opening and ending themes.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-35"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;36&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-36"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;37&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Bleach Beat Collections&lt;/i&gt;, is an on-going set of CDs published by Sony Music featuring recordings by the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seiy%C5%AB" title="Seiyū"&gt;original Japanese voice actors&lt;/a&gt; that provide a look at the personalities of the characters they play, as well as the voice actors themselves. The first CD was released on June 22, 2005; as of March 2009, 20 volumes have been released across four named sets called "Sessions".&lt;sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-37"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;38&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Two "Radio DJCD Bleach 'B' Station" CD season sets, each containing six volumes, have been released in Japan.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-38"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;39&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; The third season is still ongoing in Japan.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-39"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;40&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Five &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_drama_in_Japan" title="Radio drama in Japan"&gt;drama CDs&lt;/a&gt; have been produced for the series as well, featuring the original voice actors from the series. These drama CDs have only been included as part of the DVD releases.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;a name="Films" id="Films"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3  style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Films&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p  style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;There are three feature films based on the &lt;i&gt;Bleach&lt;/i&gt; series, all directed by &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noriyuki_Abe" title="Noriyuki Abe"&gt;Noriyuki Abe&lt;/a&gt;, director of the &lt;i&gt;Bleach&lt;/i&gt; anime series. The films have been released in December of each year starting in 2006. Each movie features an original plotline, rather than being an adaptation of the manga's story. They also feature original characters designed by Tite Kubo, which is contrary to the normal practice for anime-based films, as the original author usually has little creative involvement.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-40"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;41&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;The first film, &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach:_Memories_of_Nobody" title="Bleach: Memories of Nobody"&gt;Bleach: Memories of Nobody&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;, was released in Japan on December 16, 2006 and had a limited release in American theaters in June 2008.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-41"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;42&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-42"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;43&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; The movie is centered around the activities of a group called the "Dark Ones," who were banished from the Soul Society and trying to destroy both Soul Society and the World of the Living. &lt;i&gt;Memories of Nobody&lt;/i&gt; was released in North America on &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Region_1" title="Region 1" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Region 1&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD" title="DVD"&gt;DVD&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viz_Media" title="Viz Media"&gt;Viz Media&lt;/a&gt; on October 14, 2008.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-43"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;44&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;The second film, &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach:_The_DiamondDust_Rebellion" title="Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion"&gt;Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;, was released to Japanese theaters on December 22, 2007.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-44"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;45&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; It will be released in America on DVD on September 8, 2009. Its plot focuses on an artifact belonging to Soul Society's King, and 10th Division captain &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%8Dshir%C5%8D_Hitsugaya" title="Tōshirō Hitsugaya"&gt;Tōshirō Hitsugaya&lt;/a&gt;'s efforts to clear his name after it is stolen while under his care.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-45"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;46&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;The third film, &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach:_Fade_to_Black,_I_Call_Your_Name" title="Bleach: Fade to Black, I Call Your Name"&gt;Bleach: Fade to Black, I Call Your Name&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;, was released in Japan on December 13, 2008. In the film, members of Soul Society are struck with &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amnesia" title="Amnesia"&gt;amnesia&lt;/a&gt; causing them to forget Ichigo and Rukia. When he goes to Soul Society to investigate, Ichigo discovers that Rukia has forgotten not only him, but her own identity as well.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-Bleach3_46-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-Bleach3-46"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;47&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;a name="Musical" id="Musical"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3  style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Musical&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p  style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Bleach&lt;/i&gt; has been adapted into a series of rock musicals, jointly produced by &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_Pierrot" title="Studio Pierrot"&gt;Studio Pierrot&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nelke_Planning&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Nelke Planning (page does not exist)"&gt;Nelke Planning&lt;/a&gt;. There have been five musicals produced which covered portions of the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Bleach_episodes_%28season_1%29" title="List of Bleach episodes (season 1)"&gt;Substitute&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Bleach_episodes_%28season_2%29" title="List of Bleach episodes (season 2)"&gt;Soul Society&lt;/a&gt; arcs, as well as two additional performances known as "Live Bankai Shows" which did not follow the &lt;i&gt;Bleach&lt;/i&gt; plotline. The initial performance run of the &lt;i&gt;Bleach&lt;/i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinjuku,_Tokyo" title="Shinjuku, Tokyo"&gt;Shinjuku&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-47"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-48"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-49"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt; musical was from August 17 to August 28, 2005 at the Space Zero Tokyo center in &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;The musicals are directed by Takuya Hiramitsu, with a script adaptation by Naoshi Okumura and music composed by playwright Shoichi Tama. The songs are completely original and not taken from the anime soundtrack. Key actors in the series include &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatsuya_Isaka" title="Tatsuya Isaka"&gt;Tatsuya Isaka&lt;/a&gt;, who plays &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichigo_Kurosaki" title="Ichigo Kurosaki"&gt;Ichigo Kurosaki&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miki_Sat%C5%8D" title="Miki Satō"&gt;Miki Satō&lt;/a&gt;, who plays &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rukia_Kuchiki" title="Rukia Kuchiki"&gt;Rukia Kuchiki&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiji_Moriyama" title="Eiji Moriyama"&gt;Eiji Moriyama&lt;/a&gt;, who plays &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renji_Abarai" title="Renji Abarai"&gt;Renji Abarai&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-50"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;51&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;a name="Trading_card_game" id="Trading_card_game"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3  style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Trading card game&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p  style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Two &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collectible_card_games" title="Collectible card games" class="mw-redirect"&gt;collectible card games&lt;/a&gt; (CCG) based on the &lt;i&gt;Bleach&lt;/i&gt; series have been produced. "Bleach Soul Card Battle", produced by &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandai" title="Bandai"&gt;Bandai&lt;/a&gt;, was introduced in Japan in 2004.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-51"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;52&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; As of October 2008, seventeen named sets have been released for the series.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-52"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;53&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;"Bleach TCG" was introduced in the United States by &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Score_Entertainment" title="Score Entertainment"&gt;Score Entertainment&lt;/a&gt; in May 2007,&lt;sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-53"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;54&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; but ceased publication April 2009, just before the planned launch of its sixth expansion, "Bleach Infiltration".&lt;sup id="cite_ref-TCG_RIP_54-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-TCG_RIP-54"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;55&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; This cancellation was attributed to the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late-2000s_recession" title="Late-2000s recession"&gt;ongoing recession&lt;/a&gt;, which has heavily affected TCG sales.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-TCG_RIP_54-1" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-TCG_RIP-54"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;55&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Designed by Aik Tongtharadol, the TCG is a two-player game in which each player starts with at least 61 cards: a "Guardian" card, a 60-card "main deck" and an optional 20-card "side deck". A player loses if their power, as dictated by their Guardian card, is reduced to zero, or if they are unable to draw or discard a card from their deck.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-55"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;56&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; The cards for the game have been released in named sets with each set released in three formats: a 72-card pre-constructed box set containing a starter deck and two booster packs, a 10-card booster pack, and a 12-pack booster box. As of December 2008, six named sets have been released.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-56"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;57&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;a name="Video_games" id="Video_games"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3  style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Video games&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;div  style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" class="rellink noprint relarticle mainarticle"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Main article: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Bleach_video_games" title="List of Bleach video games"&gt;List of Bleach video games&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;p  style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Currently, the majority of the games have only been released in Japan, though &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega" title="Sega"&gt;Sega&lt;/a&gt; has localized the first and second &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_DS" title="Nintendo DS"&gt;Nintendo DS&lt;/a&gt; game and the first Wii game for North America.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-DS2ndDetails_57-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-DS2ndDetails-57"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;58&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; So far, all dedicated &lt;i&gt;Bleach&lt;/i&gt; games released for &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony" title="Sony"&gt;Sony&lt;/a&gt;'s consoles have been developed and published by &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Computer_Entertainment" title="Sony Computer Entertainment"&gt;SCEI&lt;/a&gt;, whereas the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_GameCube" title="Nintendo GameCube"&gt;Nintendo GameCube&lt;/a&gt; ones are developed and published by Sega, and the Nintendo DS versions are developed by &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure_%28company%29" title="Treasure (company)"&gt;Treasure Co. Ltd.&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-FateRelease_58-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-FateRelease-58"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;59&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-BladeRelease_59-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-BladeRelease-59"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;60&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;a name="Other" id="Other"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3  style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Other&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p  style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;A single &lt;i&gt;Bleach&lt;/i&gt; artbook, &lt;i&gt;All Colour But The Black&lt;/i&gt;, has been released in Japan and America. The artbook compiles a selection of color spreads from the first 19 volumes of the series, as well as some original art and author commentary.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-60"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;61&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-61"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;62&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Three databooks have also been released about the series. The first two, &lt;i&gt;Bleach: Official Character Book Souls&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;Bleach: Official Animation Book Vibes&lt;/i&gt; were released on February 3, 2006.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-62"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;63&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-63"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;64&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; &lt;i&gt;Bleach: Official Character Book Souls&lt;/i&gt; was later released in English by Viz on November 18, 2008.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-64"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;65&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; The third databook, &lt;i&gt;Bleach Official Bootleg: KaraBuri+&lt;/i&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;(&lt;span class="t_nihongo_kanji" lang="ja"&gt;BLEACH OFFICIAL BOOTLEG カラブリ プラス&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="t_nihongo_help noprint"&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Installing_Japanese_character_sets" title="Help:Installing Japanese character sets"&gt;&lt;span class="t_nihongo_icon" style="padding: 0pt 0.1em; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; text-decoration: none;font-size:80;" &gt;?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;, was released on August 3, 2007. In addition to character guides and articles on other fictional aspects of the series, it compiles the various short comics, Tedious Everyday Tales Colorful Bleach &lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;(&lt;span class="t_nihongo_kanji" lang="ja"&gt;徒然日常絵詞 カラフル ブリーチ&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="t_nihongo_comma" style="display: none;"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;i&gt;Tsuredure Nichijou Ekotoba Karafuru Buriichi&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;, that were published in &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_Jump" title="V Jump"&gt;V Jump&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;. The &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omake" title="Omake"&gt;omake&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;-style panels are similar to those included in the main series, but unrelated to the actual plot of the manga.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-65"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;66&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tite_Kubo" title="Tite Kubo"&gt;Tite Kubo&lt;/a&gt; and Makoto Matsubara have co-authored two novelizations of the &lt;i&gt;Bleach&lt;/i&gt; series, which were published by &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shueisha" title="Shueisha"&gt;Shueisha&lt;/a&gt; under their &lt;i&gt;Jump Books&lt;/i&gt; label. The first volume, &lt;i&gt;BLEACH-letters from the other side: The Death and The Strawberry&lt;/i&gt; was published on December 15, 2004, and the second, &lt;i&gt;BLEACH: The Honey Dish Rhapsody&lt;/i&gt;, was published in October 30, 2006.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-66"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;67&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-67"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;68&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;a name="Reception" id="Reception"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2  style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Reception&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p  style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;The first volume of the manga has sold over 1.25 million copies in Japan, and the original Japanese version of the manga series as a whole has sold over 50 million copies.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-68"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;69&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup class="noprint Inline-Template"&gt;&lt;span title=" since March 2009" style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;[&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dead_external_links" title="Wikipedia:Dead external links"&gt;dead link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; In 2005, &lt;i&gt;Bleach&lt;/i&gt; was awarded the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shogakukan" title="Shogakukan"&gt;Shogakukan&lt;/a&gt; Manga Award in the &lt;i&gt;shōnen&lt;/i&gt; category.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-ShogakukanAward_69-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-ShogakukanAward-69"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;70&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-70"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;71&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; As of May 2007, the manga has sold a total of 39,000,000 copies, ranking as the 14th bestseller series from &lt;i&gt;Weekly Shonen Jump&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-sold_71-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-sold-71"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;72&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; During 2008, volume 34 of the manga sold 874,153 copies in Japan, becoming the 12th best-seller comics from the year. Volumes 33 and 35 have also ranked 17 and 18, respectively.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-72"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;73&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; In total the manga has sold 3,161,825 copies in Japan during 2008, becoming 5th best seller series.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-73"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;74&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; In the first half from 2009, it ranked as the 2nd best-seller manga from Japan, having sold 3,568,545 copies.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-74"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;75&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Having sold 927,610 copies, Volume 36 ranked 7th. Volume 37 was 8th with 907,714 sold copies, and volume 38 at 10th with 822,238 copies.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-75"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;76&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; North American sales of the manga have been high, with Volume 16 placing in the top 10 graphic novel sales in December 2006&lt;sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-76"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;77&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; and Volume 17 being the best-selling manga volume for the month of February 2007.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-77"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;78&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-78"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;79&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; The English version of the manga was nominated for the "best manga" and "best theme" awards at the 2006 and 2007 &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Anime_Awards" title="American Anime Awards"&gt;American Anime Awards&lt;/a&gt;, but did not win either category.&lt;sup class="noprint Template-Fact" title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from July 2009" style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;[&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"&gt;citation needed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Deb Aoki from &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/About.com" title="About.com"&gt;About.com&lt;/a&gt; considered the series as the Best Continuing Shōnen Manga of 2007, along with &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyeshield_21" title="Eyeshield 21"&gt;Eyeshield 21&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;, praising the "compelling stories, dazzling action sequences and great character development".&lt;sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-79"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; She also placed the title on her list of "Top 10 Shōnen Manga Must-Reads".&lt;sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-80"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Mania.com reviewer Jarred Pine criticized the series as being plagued with stereotypes from the genre. He felt it was a rough start for the series with unimpressive battles, overused gags, and a bad introduction for central character Ichigo that causes him to come across "as a frowning punk" whose one good trait is his desire to protect. Despite this, Pine notes that he loves the series, particularly its quirky, lovable characters.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-pine_81-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-pine-81"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;The anime been featured various times in the top ten from the Japanese TV Ranking.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-82"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;DVDs have also had good sales having commonly appeared in the Japanese DVD Ranking.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-84"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; The anime was nominated in the 2007 America Anime Awards in the fields of "best manga", "best actor", "best DVD package design", and "best theme", but failed to win any awards.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-86"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; In a 2006 Internet poll by &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_Asahi" title="TV Asahi"&gt;TV Asahi&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Bleach&lt;/i&gt; was ranked as Japan's seventh-favorite anime program. The previous year, it was ranked as the twenty-seventh favorite programDuring February 2009, &lt;i&gt;Bleach&lt;/i&gt; ranked as the 9th most viewed animated show from Hulu.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-90"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p  style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime_News_Network" title="Anime News Network"&gt;Anime News Network&lt;/a&gt;'s Carlos Santos praised the anime adaptation, describing it as "...one incredibly entertaining anime that will grab you and refuse to let go." &lt;i&gt;Animefringe&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="padding-left: 0.1em;"&gt;'&lt;/span&gt;s Maria Lin liked the varied and distinct characters, and how well they handle the responsibilities increasing powers give them. She also complimented the series for its attention to details, well paced script, and balance of seriousness and comedy. In summary, she notes "Bleach the anime deserves its popularity. It has something for everyone: the supernatural, comedy, action and a little bit of romance, all tied together with excellent animation and a very enthusiastic sounding bunch of voice actors."&lt;sup id="cite_ref-animefringe_92-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-animefringe-92"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;93&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Adam Arseneau of DVD Verdict, felt Bleach was a "show that only gets better with age" and was "surprisingly well-rounded and appealing" with well developed characters and pacing.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-93"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;94&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Active Anime's Holly Ellingwood praising the anime for perfectly capturing "the excitement, the caustic humour and supernatural intrigue" of the original manga. She felt that the series "does a wonderful job of building on its continuity to provide increasingly tense and layered episodes involving not only Ichigo and Rukia, but the secondary characters as well".&lt;sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-95"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;96&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;In reviewing the series for &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_Talk" title="DVD Talk"&gt;DVD Talk&lt;/a&gt;, Don Houston felt the characters surpassed the usual shōnen anime stereotypes and liked "the mixture of darker material with the comedic". Another Fellow reviewer John Sinnott felt series starts out as a boring "monster-of-the-week program" that becomes more engaging as the stories build and the characters are fleshed out.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-99"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;100&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otaku_USA" title="Otaku USA"&gt;Otaku USA&lt;/a&gt;''&lt;/i&gt;s Joseph Luster wrote that "the storylines are consistently dramatic without hammering it home too heavily, the characters manage comic relief that's not as eye rolling as one would expect, and the action (in classic fighting series form) has only gotten more ridiculous over the years; in a good way, of course".&lt;sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-100"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;101&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Mania.com's Bryce Coulter praised the series for its plot twists and "the quirky and amusing characters". In comparing the series with &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naruto" title="Naruto"&gt;Naruto&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;, Mania.com's Chris Beveridge felt &lt;i&gt;Bleach&lt;/i&gt; was less childish and "simply comes together surprisingly well in its style and execution of what is fairly standard material".&lt;/span&gt; She also praised the series for its striking visual effects, intriguing plot and its "brilliant blend of action, off the wall comedy.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-WSJ_12_6-1" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29#cite_note-WSJ_12-6"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2976758774449735080-618425564093012280?l=ruheinebankai.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ruheinebankai.blogspot.com/feeds/618425564093012280/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ruheinebankai.blogspot.com/2009/09/bleach.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2976758774449735080/posts/default/618425564093012280'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2976758774449735080/posts/default/618425564093012280'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ruheinebankai.blogspot.com/2009/09/bleach.html' title='BLEACH'/><author><name>KUROSAKI ICHIGO</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10077943930643821584</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PIrzW2w3NoA/SoY2e92njQI/AAAAAAAAAAU/VCxfm9stPVw/S220/Ichigo_Hollow_by_Dokiestudioz.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976758774449735080.post-7215521929749334642</id><published>2009-08-25T20:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-02T00:35:29.491-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Pui yen's sweet 16th</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 153, 102);font-size:180%;" &gt;Pui yen's sweet 16th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"  &gt;last sunday on 23/8 ....i went to pui yen's birthday .......&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"  &gt;i was  like shit and forced to wear a tux ...but nvm .....then when i reached at ms garden suddenly someone open the door ...i thought of slapping himm...but it was the guard ....i dunno y they think we all so stupid dunno how to open the door wan ah ....i know lah how .....but nvm forget that ...went and saw Lim,wayne and foo waiting for me ....foo was like a gangster ......wayne  was damn nice .......lim oklah......later darren the hebat datang ...he wear like wan to go pasar malam ........then we wait lah for a long long time for pui yen ....before she arrive ..i think wayne go toilet like 5 times dy just to betulkan his rambut....later i wayne all when front at the lobby to wait for pui yen ..suddenly Karren,Ivy , jia min and the gang all come ....wayne was like wan to faint when he saw Ivy and karen ........lim was laughing ...foo emolah macam biasa.....then karen ejek me telling that i was like going to marry ...jia min was remembering my name ...ivy was laughing ...what to do my life like that dy .....so i wayne all go toilet again .....this time darren bring his psp and we played bleach game in the toilet...later just after come out the toilet ..pui yen was running ....so we also follow lah .....then wayne baik hati saw a boy jumping to take a ballon so wayne tollong but the boy never say thanks you and he went ......wayne say nvm dah biasa...then wayne malu wan to go inside .....so we wait until everyone go inside then we go ..but nasib malang no table .......so darren was hoping that he could sit near the food so so that he can be the first and his hajat came true...so we sat near to the food .....then karen sat beside wayne and wayne was like so damn happy ...i dunno why ...so while waiting for the eating time to come ...first i played psp...then jia min asked what is my name she thought that naidu was my father's name ...so she call me ruheine a/l naidu ...then after memberi keterangan yang panjang then only she understand my name ..then we watch someone mubbling infront and pui yen cut the cake ...it was ok ...so came the food part ...and darren was the first to take the plate ,....he was so happy ......i and wayne waited till the people are less then we go take food .......the food was damn nice....darren ate 5 plate and 3 bowl of mushroom sup .... he was worse than shu ern (jgn marah shu ern) ...........then wat to do .....wayne call me to go toilet again ....after that we masuk dalam they all start to catch photo .....wayne and karen took like 50 pictures together .....i pulak ...sit there in the dark laughing with lim and darren while foo waas emoing to show his kehandsomeness.......after that i ate 10 piece of cake .....darren was laughing like hell.....but still i wan to write wat happen but it will be terlalu panjang and now my mom is shouting asking me to study .....so he kesimpulan .........there was a who paling lawa pakaian ...and ivy won ....the she was forced to do cat walk and she did it ..hahahha........it was 11.30 dy that time ...i was like wan to die dy ..so tepat the party finish i wen back .....it was fun ...if you wan to see more pictures u can go to my facebook ......there got alot .....rox's and ivy's also got alot&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2976758774449735080-7215521929749334642?l=ruheinebankai.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ruheinebankai.blogspot.com/feeds/7215521929749334642/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ruheinebankai.blogspot.com/2009/08/pui-yens-sweet-16th.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2976758774449735080/posts/default/7215521929749334642'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2976758774449735080/posts/default/7215521929749334642'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ruheinebankai.blogspot.com/2009/08/pui-yens-sweet-16th.html' title='Pui yen&apos;s sweet 16th'/><author><name>KUROSAKI ICHIGO</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10077943930643821584</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PIrzW2w3NoA/SoY2e92njQI/AAAAAAAAAAU/VCxfm9stPVw/S220/Ichigo_Hollow_by_Dokiestudioz.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976758774449735080.post-6914601182686402561</id><published>2009-08-17T02:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-17T02:23:56.903-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Bad Day</title><content type='html'>bad day ....i have no speaker nor a headset........and i cannot see the new episod of bleach ......btw i saw the bleach movie and read the story book about bleach diomand dust rebellion another hyourinmaru..........the fighting was so fun....full with violance.........damn nice ........but still today is bad ......at schoool it wasn't fun at all .......i came back and was forced to study .....wat a bad day ......ceh ...bye for now &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2976758774449735080-6914601182686402561?l=ruheinebankai.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ruheinebankai.blogspot.com/feeds/6914601182686402561/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ruheinebankai.blogspot.com/2009/08/bad-day.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2976758774449735080/posts/default/6914601182686402561'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2976758774449735080/posts/default/6914601182686402561'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ruheinebankai.blogspot.com/2009/08/bad-day.html' title='Bad Day'/><author><name>KUROSAKI ICHIGO</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10077943930643821584</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PIrzW2w3NoA/SoY2e92njQI/AAAAAAAAAAU/VCxfm9stPVw/S220/Ichigo_Hollow_by_Dokiestudioz.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976758774449735080.post-5655030164063330872</id><published>2009-08-14T21:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-15T04:03:04.566-07:00</updated><title type='text'>the reason</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" &gt;the reason i open this blog is because i wanted to get a certificate........mr ramli,my ictl teacher asked me to open a blog and do about kemerdekaan....so i do ...now bern is asking me to write something but i dunno wat to write ....so this is all ...bye&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' 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rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PIrzW2w3NoA/SoY2e92njQI/AAAAAAAAAAU/VCxfm9stPVw/S220/Ichigo_Hollow_by_Dokiestudioz.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976758774449735080.post-8495849126632072781</id><published>2009-08-14T21:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-14T21:10:31.222-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Pemasyhuran Kemerdekaan Tanah Melayu</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: arial; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pengisytiharan Kemerdekaan Tanah Melayu&lt;/b&gt; merupakan peristiwa pengumuman &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemerdekaan" title="Kemerdekaan"&gt;kemerdekaan&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanah_Melayu" title="Tanah Melayu"&gt;Tanah Melayu&lt;/a&gt; pada &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/31_Ogos" title="31 Ogos"&gt;31 Ogos&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/1957" title="1957"&gt;1957&lt;/a&gt;. Tarikh ini dipilih dalam mesyuarat antara Ketua Pemuda &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/UMNO" title="UMNO" class="mw-redirect"&gt;UMNO&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sardon_Haji_Jubir" title="Sardon Haji Jubir" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Tun Sardon Jubir&lt;/a&gt; dan timbalannya Haji &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ahmad_Badawi&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Ahmad Badawi (tidak wujud)"&gt;Ahmad Badawi&lt;/a&gt; (bapa &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullah_bin_Haji_Ahmad_Badawi" title="Abdullah bin Haji Ahmad Badawi" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Perdana Menteri Malaysia kini&lt;/a&gt;) di &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepala_Batas" title="Kepala Batas"&gt;Kepala Batas&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulau_Pinang" title="Pulau Pinang"&gt;Pulau Pinang&lt;/a&gt; pada 1956. Mufti Pulau Pinang, Haji &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullah_Fahim" title="Abdullah Fahim"&gt;Abdullah Fahim&lt;/a&gt; (bapa Haji Ahmad Badawi) turut ikut serta dalam perbincangan tersebut&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h2 style="text-align: left; font-family: arial; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Pengisytiharan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: arial; font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: left; font-family: arial; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;a name="Malam_Merdeka" id="Malam_Merdeka"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: arial; font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;h3 style="text-align: left; font-family: arial; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Malam Merdeka&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: arial; font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: arial; font-style: italic;" class="thumb tright"&gt; &lt;div class="thumbinner" style="width: 182px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fail:Merdeka_1957_tunku_abdul_rahman.jpg" class="image" title="Pengisytiharan kemerdekaan oleh Tunku Abdul Rahman"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Merdeka_1957_tunku_abdul_rahman.jpg/180px-Merdeka_1957_tunku_abdul_rahman.jpg" class="thumbimage" width="180" height="135" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class="thumbcaption"&gt; &lt;div class="magnify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fail:Merdeka_1957_tunku_abdul_rahman.jpg" class="internal" title="Besarkan"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; Pengisytiharan kemerdekaan oleh Tunku Abdul Rahman&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: arial; font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: left; font-family: arial; font-style: italic;"&gt;Sebelum pemasyhuran kemerdekaan Tanah Melayu dibuat, pada &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/30_Ogos" title="30 Ogos"&gt;30 Ogos&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/1957" title="1957"&gt;1957&lt;/a&gt; pukul 12.00 tengah malam di &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dataran_Merdeka" title="Dataran Merdeka"&gt;Padang Kelab Selangor&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuala_Lumpur" title="Kuala Lumpur"&gt;Kuala Lumpur&lt;/a&gt;, telah diadakan upacara menurunkan bendera &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Jack" title="Union Jack"&gt;Union Jack&lt;/a&gt; bagi menandakan berakhirnya penjajahan British di Tanah Melayu dan lahirnya sebuah negara baru yang berdaulat, setaraf dan setimpal dengan semua negara-negara yang berdaulat di dunia. Bendera Persekutuan Tanah Melayu telah dinaikkan oleh anggota Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia (TLDM) sambil disaksikan sendiri oleh &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunku_Abdul_Rahman" title="Tunku Abdul Rahman"&gt;Tunku Abdul Rahman&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: arial; font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: left; font-family: arial; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;a name="Upacara_Pengisytiharan" id="Upacara_Pengisytiharan"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: arial; font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;h3 style="text-align: left; font-family: arial; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Upacara Pengisytiharan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: arial; font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: left; font-family: arial; font-style: italic;"&gt;Pada &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/31_Ogos" title="31 Ogos"&gt;31 Ogos&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/1957" title="1957"&gt;1957&lt;/a&gt; bertempat di stadium yang baru dirasmikan iaitu &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadium_Merdeka" title="Stadium Merdeka"&gt;Stadium Merdeka&lt;/a&gt;, Kuala Lumpur telah menyaksikan peristiwa bersejarah bagi Tanah Melayu iaitu secara rasminya penyerahan pemerintahan Persekutuan Tanah Melayu daripada pemerintahan British kepada warganegara Tanah Melayu.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: arial; font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: left; font-family: arial; font-style: italic;"&gt;Hujan lebat yang turun sejak 3 pagi menyukarkan pergerakan dan sehingga 6.30 pagi, stadium masih belum dipenuhi oleh pengunjung. Ini menyebabkan upacara telah ditangguhkan selama sejam dan pengumuman majlis bermula kedengaran bukan pada pukul tujuh seperti yang dijangka tetapi pada pukul lapan. 2,000 orang tentera Persekutuan menumpang di sekolah-sekolah berhampiran stadium sebelum itu berarak dalam hujan dan tujuh batalion yang membuat perarakan ketika itu iaitu Rejimen Persekutuan, Skuadron Isyarat, Skuadron Jurutera, Tentera Laut Diraja Tanah Melayu, Tentera Laut Simpanan Diraja Tanah Melayu dan Askar Sivil Persekutuan.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: arial; font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: left; font-family: arial; font-style: italic;"&gt;Pada pukul 8, para media telah diberi pengumuman untuk bersedia dan semua peralatan kamera dan media ketika itu dipasang dengan perlindungan plastik atau pelapik kalis air lain di sekitar padang yang lembap. Kebetulan, hujan reda yang memungkin segala persiapan sebelum upacara bermula dapat dijalankan dengan mudah. Pengunjung bertambah ramai untuk menyaksikan upacara bersejarah ini.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: arial; font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: left; font-family: arial; font-style: italic;"&gt;Antara kumpulan pengunjung yang tiba di stadium adalah Kadet, Pengakap Laut (dengan pakaian putih, topi putih dan seluar pendek berwarna biru), Pandu Puteri (berpakaian biru muda), Pengakap (dengan kain skaf, berwarna merah dan emas, merah dan hitam, merah dan biru, merah dan putih), Pasukan Briged St. John's Ambulance dan Palang Merah British turut mengambil tempat di sisi stadium manakala kumpulan pancaragam dan pengawal kehormat berada di susur terowong masuk.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: arial; font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: left; font-family: arial; font-style: italic;"&gt;Kemudian, tetamu-temamu kehormat mula tiba Lord Chancellor dari &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/England" title="England"&gt;England&lt;/a&gt; berpakaian yang sama seperti ketika dia menjadi hakim Mahkamah Tinggi Persekutuan. Pemangku Yang di-Pertuan Besar &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negeri_Sembilan" title="Negeri Sembilan"&gt;Negeri Sembilan&lt;/a&gt; merupakan Raja Melayu yang pertama berangkat tiba diikuti &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tengku_Mahkota_Johor&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Tengku Mahkota Johor (tidak wujud)"&gt;Tengku Mahkota Johor&lt;/a&gt; (dalam pakaian uniform tentera baginda) yang menggantikan &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan" title="Sultan"&gt;Sultan&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johor" title="Johor"&gt;Johor&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan" title="Sultan"&gt;Sultan&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negeri_Perak" title="Negeri Perak"&gt;Perak&lt;/a&gt; (berpakaian berwarna krim), Sultan &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terengganu" title="Terengganu"&gt;Terengganu&lt;/a&gt; (berpakaian emas bersama merah gelap dan hijau), Sultan &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelantan" title="Kelantan"&gt;Kelantan&lt;/a&gt; (berpakaian emas pucat), Sultan &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kedah" title="Kedah"&gt;Kedah&lt;/a&gt; (berpakaian biru dan perak) Raja &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perlis" title="Perlis"&gt;Perlis&lt;/a&gt; (berpakaian emas), Sultan &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pahang" title="Pahang"&gt;Pahang&lt;/a&gt; (berwarna merah senduduk dan dan perak) serta yang akhir sekali, baginda &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang_di-Pertuan_Agong" title="Yang di-Pertuan Agong"&gt;Yang di-Pertuan Agong&lt;/a&gt; yang berpakaian perang serta memakai keris yang baru. Setiap daripada baginda diiringi bunyi nafiri dan berdiri di bawah payung kuning keemasan sambil Yang di-Pertuan Agong berjalan ke tempat duduk baginda. Pengunjung stadium masih lagi berdiri apabila Duke of Gloucester masuk sambil diiringi Sir Donald MacGillivray. Dengan ketibaan semua tetamu diraja, upacara Pengisytiharan dimulakan.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: arial; font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: left; font-family: arial; font-style: italic;"&gt;Adikung Duke membawa watikah perlembagaan yang menyatakan pengunduran daripada perlindungan British terhadap negeri-negeri Melayu dan kedaulatan terhadap &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulau_Pinang" title="Pulau Pinang"&gt;Pulau Pinang&lt;/a&gt; dan &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melaka" title="Melaka"&gt;Melaka&lt;/a&gt;. Raja-raja Melayu mula melangkah ke pentas dan Duke mengambil tempat di depan pentas sambil menerima hormat diraja sambil diiringi oleh Sir Donald MacGillivray. Ketika itu merupakan kali terakhir satu-satu upacara negara menyanyikan lagi kebangsaan British di Persekutuan Tanah Melayu. Kemudian, baginda Duke membacakan perutusan daripada baginda &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratu_Elizabeth_II" title="Ratu Elizabeth II" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Ratu Elizabeth II&lt;/a&gt; akan pernyataan baginda yang mengalukan kemasukan Persekutuan ke dalam &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komanwel" title="Komanwel" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Komanwel&lt;/a&gt; dan mendoakan kejayaan negara ini.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: arial; font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: left; font-family: arial; font-style: italic;"&gt;Kemudian, Perdana Menteri Tunku Abdul Rahman bangun dari tempat duduknya dan menerima watikah perlembagaan sebagai lambang penyerahan kuasa pemerintahan sepenuhnya kepada Persekutuan Tanah Melayu. Duke mengambil tempat duduk dan Tunku mulakan ucapannya dalam &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahasa_Inggeris" title="Bahasa Inggeris"&gt;bahasa Inggeris&lt;/a&gt;. Setelah Tunku mengucapkan penghargaan kepada Great Britain akan pertolongan untuk mencapai kemerdekaan, beliau mula membaca teks "Pengisytiharan Kemerdekaan".&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: arial; font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: left; font-family: arial; font-style: italic;"&gt;Pengisytiharan itu disambut dengan laungan "MERDEKA" 7 kali sebagai Perdana Menteri &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persekutuan_Tanah_Melayu" title="Persekutuan Tanah Melayu"&gt;Persekutuan Tanah Melayu&lt;/a&gt; yang pertama di hadapan 20 ribu rakyat Persekutuan Tanah Melayu dan Raja-rajanya serta perwakilan dari 30 negara-negara &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komanwel" title="Komanwel" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Komanwel&lt;/a&gt; dan negara-negara asing lainnya. &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalur_Gemilang" title="Jalur Gemilang"&gt;Bendera Persekutuan Tanah Melayu&lt;/a&gt; telah dinaikkan dengan iringan &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negaraku" title="Negaraku" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Lagu Kebangsaan Negaraku&lt;/a&gt; yang buat pertama kalinya diperdengarkan secara rasmi dalam sebuah negara baru. Diikuti pula selepas itu dengan seruan &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azan" title="Azan" class="mw-redirect"&gt;azan&lt;/a&gt; sebagai simbolik lahirnya sebuah negara yang baru dan tembakan meriam seratus satu das.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: arial; font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: left; font-family: arial; font-style: italic;"&gt;Dengan bunyi nobat nafiri, Yang di-Pertuan Agong diiringi oleh Duke of Gloucester, berangkat pergi dari pentas diikiuti oleh pemerintah Melayu yang lain, Perdana Menteri dan Sir Donald MacGillivray. Kemudian, Doa Selamat dibacakan bagi memohon keberkatan dan keredhaan Allah terhadap sebuah negara yang baru dilahirkan&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: arial; font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: left; font-family: arial; font-style: italic;"&gt;Dengan pengisytiharan itu, maka berakhirlah penjajahan &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/British" title="British"&gt;Inggeris&lt;/a&gt; dan kuasa Baginda Ratu ke atas Persekutuan Tanah Melayu termasuk &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulau_Pinang" title="Pulau Pinang"&gt;Pulau Pinang&lt;/a&gt; dan &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melaka" title="Melaka"&gt;Melaka&lt;/a&gt; iaitu sejak lebih 170 tahun. Pada hari itu juga Pesuruhjaya Tinggi British terakhir di Persekutuan Tanah Melayu, Sir Donald MacGillivray dan isterinya telah meninggalkan negara ini dan pulang ke &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/England" title="England"&gt;England&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: left; font-family: arial; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: arial; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h2 style="text-align: left; font-family: arial; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Kandungan Pemasyhuran Kemerdekaan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: arial; font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: arial; font-style: italic;" class="thumb tright"&gt; &lt;div class="thumbinner" style="width: 182px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fail:Merdeka1.JPG" class="image" title="Bukti bertulis mengenai Pengisytiharan (Pemasyhuran) Kemerdekaan"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ms/thumb/3/3b/Merdeka1.JPG/180px-Merdeka1.JPG" class="thumbimage" width="180" height="268" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class="thumbcaption"&gt; &lt;div class="magnify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fail:Merdeka1.JPG" class="internal" title="Besarkan"&gt;&lt;img src="http://ms.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png" alt="" width="15" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; Bukti bertulis mengenai Pengisytiharan (Pemasyhuran) Kemerdekaan&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: arial; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;center style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;big&gt;&lt;big&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pemasyhuran kemerdekaan&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;/center&gt;  &lt;blockquote style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;p&gt;Bahawasanya kerana telah tibalah masanya bagi umat Persekutuan Tanah Melayu ini mencapai taraf suatu bangsa yang merdeka lagi berdaulat sama setimpal kedudukannya dengan segala bangsa seluruh dunia.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/blockquote&gt; &lt;blockquote style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;p&gt;Dan bahawasanya kerana dengan perjanjian yang disebut namanya Perjanjian Tanah Melayu tahun 1957 yang diperbuat antara Duli Yang Maha Mulia Baginda &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratu_Elizabeth_II" title="Ratu Elizabeth II" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Queen&lt;/a&gt; dengan Duli-Duli Yang Maha Mulia Raja-Raja Melayu, maka, telah dipersetujui bahawa Negeri-negeri Melayu, iaitu &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johor" title="Johor"&gt;Johor&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pahang" title="Pahang"&gt;Pahang&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negeri_Sembilan" title="Negeri Sembilan"&gt;Negeri Sembilan&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selangor" title="Selangor"&gt;Selangor&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kedah" title="Kedah"&gt;Kedah&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perlis" title="Perlis"&gt;Perlis&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelantan" title="Kelantan"&gt;Kelantan&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terengganu" title="Terengganu"&gt;Terengganu&lt;/a&gt;, dan &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negeri_Perak" title="Negeri Perak"&gt;Perak&lt;/a&gt; serta negeri yang dahulunya dinamakan Negeri Selat, iaitu &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melaka" title="Melaka"&gt;Melaka&lt;/a&gt; dan &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulau_Pinang" title="Pulau Pinang"&gt;Pulau Pinang&lt;/a&gt;, mulai 31 hari bulan &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogos" title="Ogos"&gt;Ogos&lt;/a&gt; tahun 1957, hendaklah menjadi sebuah Persekutuan baharu bagi negeri-negeri yang bernama Persekutuan Tanah Melayu.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/blockquote&gt; &lt;blockquote style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;p&gt;Dan bahawasanya kerana telah bersetuju pula antara kedua-dua pihak dalam perjanjian tersebut, iaitu Melaka dan Pulau Pinang hendaklah daripada tarikh tersebut itu tamat daripada menjadi sebahagian daripada jajahan takluk Baginda Queen, dan Duli Yang Maha Mulia Baginda Queen tidak lagi berhak menjalankan apa-apa kedaulatan baginda ke atas kedua-dua buah negeri yang tersebut itu.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/blockquote&gt; &lt;blockquote style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;p&gt;Dan bahawasanya kerana telah bersetuju pula antara kedua-dua pihak yang tersebut, iaitu Perjanjian Persekutuan Tanah Melayu tahun 1948, dan segala peranjian yang lain yang ada sekarang antara Duli Yang Maha Mulia Baginda Queen dengan Duli-Duli Yang Maha Mulia Raja-Raja ataupun salah seorang daripada baginda itu sebelum tarikh yang tersebut hendaklah dibatalkan mulai daripada tarikh itu, dan semua kuat kuasa dan hak Duli Yang Maha Mulia Baginda Queen ataupun &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parlimen" title="Parlimen"&gt;Parlimen&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"&gt;Negeri United Kingdom&lt;/a&gt; dalam Negeri-Negeri Selat ataupun Persekutuan Tanah Melayu seluruhannya adalah tamat dengan sendirinya.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/blockquote&gt; &lt;blockquote style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;p&gt;Dan bahawasanya kerana Duli Yang Maha Mulia Baginda Queen, Duli-Duli Yang Maha Mulia Raja-Raja Melayu, Parlimen Negeri United Kingdom dan Majlis-Majlis Undangan Persekutuan dan Negeri-Negeri Melayu telah meluluskannya, Perjanjian Persekutuan Tanah Melayu tahun 1957 itu berjalan kuat kuasanya.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/blockquote&gt; &lt;blockquote style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;p&gt;Dan bahawasanya kerana suatu perlembagaan bagi kerajaan Persekutuan Tanah Melayu telah ditentukan menjadi suatu kanun yang muktamad baginya.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/blockquote&gt; &lt;blockquote style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;p&gt;Dan bahawasanya kerana Perlembagaan Persekutuan yang tersebut itu, maka, ada disediakan syarat untuk menjaga keselamatan hak-hak dan keutamaan Duli-Duli Yang Maha Mulia Raja-Raja serta hak-hak asasi dan kebebasan sekalian rakyat dan untuk memajukan Persekutuan Tanah Melayu dengan aman dan damai serta teratur sebagai sebuah kerajaan yang mempunyai Raja yang Berperlembagaan yang berdasarkan demokrasi cara Parlimen.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/blockquote&gt; &lt;blockquote style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;p&gt;Dan bahawasanya kerana Perlembagaan Persekutuan yang diadakan oleh Majlis Undangan Persekutuan yang tersebut itu telah diluluskan oleh suatu undang-undang yang diadakah oleh Majlis Undangan Persekutuan serta dengan undang-undang yang diadakan oleh negeri-negeri Melayu dan dengan ketetapan-ketetapan dalam Majlis Undangan Negeri Melaka dan Pulau Pinang, dengan demikian Perlembagaan itu telah berjalan kuat kuasanya pada 31 hari bulan Ogos tahun 1957.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/blockquote&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: arial; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;Maka, dengan nama Allah yang Maha Pemurah lagi Maha Mengasihani, saya &lt;b&gt;Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra ibni Almarhum Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah, Perdana Menteri bagi Persekutuan Tanah Melayu&lt;/b&gt;, dengan persetujuan dan perkenan Duli-Duli Yang Maha Mulia Raja-Raja negeri-Negeri Melayu dengan ini memasyhurkan dan mengisytiharkan bagi pihak umat Persekutuan Tanah Melayu bahawa mulai Tiga Puluh Satu hari bulan Ogos Tahun Seribu Sembilan Ratus Lima Puluh Tujuh, maka Persekutuan Tanah Melayu yang mengandungi Negeri Johor, Pahang, Negeri Sembilan, Selangor, Kedah, Perlis, Kelantan, Terengganu, Perak, Melaka dan Pulau Pinang dengan limpah rahmat Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala akan kekal menjadi sebuah negara yang merdeka dan berdaulat serta berdasarkan kebebasan dan keadilan dan sentiasa menjaga dan mengutamakan kesejahteraan dan kesentosaan rakyatnya dan mengekalkan keamanan antara segala bangsa.&lt;/p&gt; 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