It seems that only the US has got it right so far.īut as I said, Blu-ray ought to solve all that. The Manga DVD released here three years ago has a 97 minute runtime, which not only indicates an NTSC-PAL conversion, but an extra 4% slowdown, some sort of overcompensation. The Australian R4 disc has a sub 90 minute runtime which indicates a film to PAL transfer with 4% speedup, although the listed 87 minutes is a little short. The US DVD release from Viz, an NTSC disc runs to 93 minutes, which I assume is the film's actual runtime. The thing is that Bleach: Memories of Nobody's runtime confuses the hell out of me. In fact, in some respects, this is back to the bad old days of anime conversions to UK home media. Except that with Memories of Nobody, we aren't. That put a grin on my face, as with Blu-ray we're past all that NTSC-PAL conversion nonsense. Picture We're the first English language territory to get the first two Bleach films on Blu-ray. Key to their plans is the amnesiac Shinigami Senna. They plan to destroy the Soul Society that betrayed them, and if the living world perishes it's just collateral damage. A banished clan of Shinigami are back from their exile to the Dangai Precipice World and they want revenge. While Ichigo is on a wild goose chase, trying to keep up with the playful Senna, Rukia finds out what is going on, and it's bad. While Rukia goes back to the Soul Society, she tells Ichigo to stick with Senna, to find out more about her. She is Senna, although oddly she has no memories of the past, of the Soul Society or any of the other Shinigami, she just fights on instinct. Before they can be overwhelmed, a new Shinigami arrives, and effortlessly deals with them. Ichigo and Rukia investigate a source of intense spiritual pressure, and find an infestation of blanks, soulless spirit forms. Except that suddenly it seems that the circle is broken, and there is a new player in town. They are not supposed to let the living know about this supernatural world, but not only did Ichigo see Rukia, circumstances forced her to give him her powers, and train him to be a Shinigami while she regained her strength.įollowing the Soul Society arc of the series, Ichigo and Rukia are back in the living world, and back to work as Shinigami, protecting everyone from the scourge of Hollows and making sure that lost souls get directed to the Soul Society, so that the circle of life, death and rebirth can continue. The Shinigami's mission is to guide forlorn spirits known as Wholes to the Soul Society, and protect them and the living from Hollows, perverted spirits that have become monsters that prey on other souls, living or dead. When he literally bumped into a Shinigami named Rukia Kuchiki, he was introduced to a whole new world. But that was only the beginning for Ichigo Kurasaki. You'd think that a teenager's life would be complicated enough if he could speak to ghosts. From this point forward, anything in italics is taken from my review of the DVD.
BLEACH MEMORIES OF NOBODY ENGLISH MOVIE
Having seen Season 8, my heart sank at the prospect of all this Bleach, until I realised that I would get to see the first movie again, this time in high definition. In fact May is a veritable deluge of Bleach, with Season 8 Part 2 on DVD and the 3 Bleach movies making their UK Blu-ray debuts. In the first half of 2012, Manga Entertainment are catching up on Bleach, releasing Season 8 and 9 in relative short order. I've come to look forward to the Bleach movies as a return to those early days when there was actual storytelling, character, and humour in the show. We could have had the rest of Yu Yu Hakusho, One Piece, Gintama, Detective Conan, but instead we have regular explosions of chi with massive swords oozing excessive machismo and testosterone. There are so many other long running anime franchises out there. If it was any drier than it is at the moment with Season 8, it would become Fist of the North Star.
BLEACH MEMORIES OF NOBODY ENGLISH SERIES
Introduction Why did it have to be Bleach? It did start off promisingly enough with a very appealing first season, but since then the series has become very po-faced, repetitive and basic shonen stuff.
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