Bleach The Movie: Fade to Black (BD) [Blu-ray]

Decent story and good picture quality

My only problems with this movie are that there's a whole lot of talking in the beginning, and the big group fight toward the end is very reminiscent of the battle in the 2nd movie. Watching the Soul Reaper characters fight with altered memories is very dramatic. The main antagonists of the movie are quite annoying at first, but their story is quite touching. As for how their tale concludes, it's a beautiful move that might leave you almost teary. Ichigo can be a pretty plain character, and Rukia always needs saving, but both of them have personal struggles in this movie that make them feel more likeable. While the previous Bleach movies felt like 80-minute episodes, this stands on its own as a film with a meaningful structure.As usual, this story does not fit into the canon of the actual Bleach story at all, but it doesn't matter because the emotional conflict is quite believable. And the atmosphere of the Soul Society is still quite vivid.Another complaint is that the picture has been cropped simply and quickly. I assume this is because Japanese TVs are 1.66:1 instead of 16:9, but they didn't bother to edit the frames to look better. Heads and feet are frequently just off your TV, and it looks silly.Still, it looks quite amazing on Blu-Ray, even compared to the anime, which has recently gone HD in America. Although you couldn't tell by the box art, there's some fantastic colors and effects. I will probably give this one a rewatch sometime down the road, so it's not a bad purchase at all.

Of all the Bleach movies this one is probably my favorite. It doesn't stomp too hard on the canon story line from the manga. It has better animation than most of the others and focuses on characters that you actually care about and not so much on the made up ones just for the movie.Of course there are things I wish they had done differently, but overall the movie is a really good tribute to the original manga with a decent original story line.I paid less than retail and it was still probably too much, but I really wanted it. Wait for it to go on sale and you won't be disappointed in buying it.

i got the bleach fade to black dvd today.i had already seen the movie in japanese like two years ago so i know how the movie is. hands down this movie is one of the best anime movie ive ever seen. the movie has such a good plot and seems a lot more fresh than other anime movies. aside from the great content of the movie, the actual dvd itself is a little bare compared to the other bleach movies. first you can only order the movie with it having one disk. the first two bleach movies had two.the case doesn't have a cover and it just feels a little rushed for a anime movie to be so vaccant in the sense that you are literally only getting the movie itself. i dont know if this is a problem for most people but i personally like to have my movies pimped out a little bit. in all a must buy for bleach fans.

The movie i got by mistake, i thought that it was one of the many other Bleach movies and was severly annoyed when it arrived and i began to watch it only to find out that it wasnt what i was looking for. BUT because i bought it i figured that i might as well see what the heck it was about, and i was pleasently surprised by how good the movie was. It kept my attention which is an A+ for me because im not really a Bleach fan (My BF introduced the show to me and after a while it began to catch my interest DONT GET ME WRONG I DO LIKE THE SHOW it just took a while for me to recognize its potential -- the movie was originaly for my BF. But i enjoyed it as much as he did!

I haven't seen Hell Chapter yet, but I really liked this one and so did my daughter. Storyline was much stronger than the first two. Subtitles and the dubbing don't match quite often, but that's understandable; exact translations are impossible to begin with, and they really make an effort to make the words match the lips. Much better than the joke translations from the old Godzilla movies where the on screen actor obviously had a long speech and what you heard was a one or two word statement or the the other way around.In any case, it's an enjoyable "side arc" that doesn't bend the storyline of the main series completely out of whack.

I thought the movie was great. the only issue i had was that i couldn't take the subtitle off. i tried doing it in the set-up, but it would come back when i start the movie.Any one had this isse and know a way to get rid of it? it annoying since i am watching it in english, i don't need the subtitle too. And not to mention the subtitles don't always match the audio.

A good movie

I enjoy watching Bleach and this was one of the last I needed. Delivery was exactly as stated.

I Love it!

All time fav anime

Good to see a bleach movie!

Awesome and Fun!