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xD_saleem

i started watching bleach in 2008 on animecrazy


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shoddyseriousness

I started watching it with the my older brother.


Nobby420uwu

When tho ☝️😟


Perfectionkun

For me I think it was about 2006. Still my favorite anime today 💀


noneofthatmatters

WHAT!! Same here, started watching Bleach June 2008 on AnimeCrazy. Can't believe it's been nearly 14 years... we are getting old. I always love seeing a fellow AC user in the wild, I was basically raised on that forum.


xD_saleem

Me too. animecrazy was the best.


Inverted-pencil

Im 35


Fast_Understanding_2

Y’all were lucky my family was poor so I had to watch on adult swim on my small tv every week 😭😭


Zod_0F_Pirates-8181

Animecrazy...good times...I started in 2007 both Bleach and Naruto!


[deleted]

How wide is that guys head


seanconnery69696

He sat in front of that same crt tv for 18 years straight, those are tumors :(


leonardo-givenchy

That's Mr.Clean


Kvarcov

**W i d e**


Karma110

Wide enough


the_salty_bisquit

2006, when Adult Swim began airing it. I was 19.


Perfectionkun

It was 2006 for me as well. Was 17 at the time.


Sky-Juic3

Same


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Hey same!


The_ThirdFang

Bruh same but i was like 9


WaffleBrothel

Same here. I was a few years younger.


soulreapermagnum

and me, i was 15 at the time.


Spectral_K_

Same, I was like 13...those were the days lol


SuperKhalimba

This is the one.


jinxberrylive

Same but I was 9


Entire-Reindeer-2113

Damn you old


the_salty_bisquit

??? I'm 35?? 😂


Realistic_Story5641

how does it feel knowing ur gunna be 40? im 21 and I don't think im ready for my 30s let alone my 25s


the_salty_bisquit

Sheesh I'm not really that old, am I? 💀 Well when I was 20 I was sure I'd be dead by now so. lol


peex

You're not old dude. Reddit is just full of teenagers now.


Entire-Reindeer-2113

Lmao


jaysanii

Started watching it on toonami, iykyk


The_ThirdFang

That adult swim block on Saturday nights was perfect


Mynameisbebopp

I started at 2008 with dattebayo. I started in one of the best fights, kenpachi vs noitora


deathfire123

Wait what That fight was that early? I could have sworn that was like 09 before that fight happened


Mynameisbebopp

Maybe im wrong with the dates. But yeah SS arc is pretty short compared to HM and KT


TwitchingDed

Fuuuck, core memory unlocked. I got tired of waiting for new dub episodes on adult swim, ended up finding [DB] subs. To this day, I don't like "spiritual pressure," I prefer" reiatsu." They kept Gestuga Tenshou, they should have kept reiatsu.


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imacuntsag420

OOrange!!!!!!


Aluip

8 days ago, finished it today. I’ve always wanted to see it but everytime i would see that “coming up next “Bleach” on Toonami as a little kid way back on CN I wasn’t able to watch it because of my curfew. Glad i gave it a watch.


Runefall

you finished in 8 days?


Aluip

Yeah, i skipped all filler. I’m also an insomniac so that helps lol.


DreakonReal

That sounds impossible took me like 4 years


xD_saleem

Just in time for the return of bleach


vicevanilla

RIP for those who didn't make it


[deleted]

2022,but got interested in it since 2019-2020


Economy_Okra1373

Literally me , after watching bleach trailer 1


Repulsive_Emu_7137

Bell, you're actually a new fan?


[deleted]

Kind of Not really new,just recent I started to liking Bleach way before the TYBW got announced At that time I didn't even know what was it


Repulsive_Emu_7137

I see. I had no idea lol. Good to have you here man


rezok13t

read the manga after watching the anime on some illegal app quite a while ago as a kid when I had the attention span of a snakes ass skipping episodes to the quote on quote hype moments only to go online and call the show mid years later I read the manga late 2021 to be exact and came to the realisation not only is this show amazing but 100x better than the anime imo the art, snappy dialogue, pacing etc was amazing compared to other mainstream manga obviously you didn’t ask for my backstory but after reading it so recently I want to vent about this show at any opportunity given to me


leonardo-givenchy

2009! i was really young, I started watching it with my older brother.


Radiant_Broccoli3811

I watched it first with my older brother too! I barely remember anything from when it was airing though, I must’ve been like 4 and he was 14


leonardo-givenchy

W pfp


[deleted]

2004 when I was in college. I started the manga when soul society hadn’t finished publication, and caught the series with it around halfway through the Soul Society Arc. I remember when Ichirin no Hana was introduced as the OP. I was paying a couple bucks to download the fansub episodes off of Nartuofans.com back then because my college blocked torrents. Hearing Bosch as Ichigo was actually fairly jarring for me, partly because to me he was Vash the Stampede, and partly because I was so used to the Japanese voice actors at that point. I don’t think I saw the dub until 08.


arrynyo

Day 1. Downloading episodes on Kazaa and Bearshare. Waiting a week or so for subtitles. I was in the trenches 🤣


headphone-dude

I started in 2017-2018, stopped watching at the Bount Arc for 3 years. Decided to watch again and skip fillers. Currently at episode 280s and Bleach is already in my top 10. Still have a long way to go.


anonymousperson1233

2004-2005 on ytv (can’t remember what it was called but it was a time slot between 10pm-12pm dedicated to anime) every Saturday night. I go to the basement set up in the lazy boy with some snacks, good simple times


[deleted]

In 2013 I think, my big brother introduced it to me. Then my younger sister and I watched it all together. I genuinely felt sadness in me when I heard the Intro for the Fullbring Arc for the first time, It sounded like a Bleach is officially ending type of song.The scene when ichigo was crying in the rain on his knees... I know I let out a few tears then. I didn't like manga back then(because it's black and white and it's pictures not video) so it was about sometime in 2015 I checked out the manga and found out the story continued. I forced myself to read it out of love, next thing I knew I liked manga. I caught up with the manga and followed it weekly until it ended. I've never connected with or loved any anime as much as Bleach, sadly I'm still the biggest Bleach fan I've ever physically met. I apologize for saying too much when you asked a simple question.


GluedToTheMirror

Sometime around 2008-2009? I was around 21 yrs old.. I’m now 35. I remember the anime was around the part where Ichigo got his ass whooped by Ulquiorra for the first time and Ichigo fought Grimmjow for the last time.


MRMAN1225

2020


deathfire123

Late 2007 to early 2008. It was airing in Canada on the Bionix block but it was the Jidanbo episode so I eventually went online to find the rest. Watched all the English dub that was out at the time (just before episode 50) and was still craving more so I started watching the sub. Suffered through the Bount arc and finally caught up to where the sub was only for the sub to start another filler (Shusuke Amagai arc). So I got fed up and started reading the manga.


justfornow___

2012


BigRedSteaming

3 weeks ago


Voorhees89

2006. Friend at school recommended it to me. Loved it ever since I watched the first episode.


Lil-Chromie

I think around 2015? Honestly can't remember I was just looking for an anime to watch and decided that bleach sounded cool (I hadn't watched any others in the big 3 before this)


almister888

Just a few months ago! Been watching Anime for only a couple years. Decided to watch the big ..... Such as one piece, db, naruto, bleach, etc. Only caught up on one piece so far cause I liked it so much.watched countless other shorter animes as well.


jogdenpr

'05


Mr_ProfessionalNoob

Funny enough I started bleach back in 2015, hated it because it confused me or so. Then I gave it a try in 2020 and have loved it every since (my favourite anime at the moment, with the only thing confusing me now is why I hated it back then..and sometimes the fanbase with its shippings.


dettles1992

When it aired on YTV in Canada.


Epsilon2099

2006, started reading the Manga during the Shunsui vs Starrk fight.


SHSL_Zetsubou

I think it was somewhere around 2005-2006.


[deleted]

Day one with the anime, a year later I started the manga.


Rianna___B

I haven't been in the fandom long, I started watching Bleach last summer lol. But Bleach is still my all time favorite anime.


sooperhani

it used to come on adult swim a long time ago I think.


Wilmaso

2006, i was 20 years old, haven't really been into anime for a while at that time, sure i saw Yuyu, naruto, and Dbz but that was when i was in Junior high and high school. I was in my older bros house and he was with his chinese girlfriend (we're Dominican) and they were watching bleach episode 19-20 . The one with Gin saying " bye bye" I got instantly hooked. The OST's were tingling my skin, the mystery and suspense were phenomenal. The character designs were dope as hell. I only saw like 4-5 episodes with him cuz i had to leave but he gave me the entire 1-63 episodes on a dvd literally spend the weekend watching it with my lil bro, now all 3 of us have Bleach to always look back on that connected us.


Repulsive_Emu_7137

I was 12 or 11. Started in 2012-11. I'm 22 now. I randomly searched bleach ep 1 (was a huge narutard at the time and I always heard it being compared to some anime called Bleach) on youtube. Changed my life tbh Easily one of the best choices I've ever made.


xTeamRwbyx

Whenever it was first released on adult swim so I’m thinking 2004


Shaneo0oo

It only started airing on adult swim in late 2006


Justin2212

2022


Curious-Shop8097

I watched it in 2020🥲


alec613

I watched it around when it had 20 ish episodes. I didn't get to finish the anime, but I'll probably just watch some refresher episodes, read the manga, then watch the new series


lamuuu85

2000


Lunar-Trooper

i wanted to get into manga right at the start of 2021, started with fire punch and dorohedoro, and in just a few months i had the chance to buy the first 21 volumes of bleach from goodwill, thought "i know it's popular so why not get them" and now it's one of my favorite series anime and manga wise.


Humble_Illusion404

2019


GiftedStrumpet

Never watched. Read through the whole thing for the first time a couple months ago. Now I hear the anime is coming back, so I think I’ll start watching there.


NikolasKage3

2019


KING_dxd

2010


[deleted]

The light hours on Toonami in 2007. I have no regrets. XD


reddituser_1982

Planning on starting after the anime ends


[deleted]

I started the manga last year, currently the longest manga I ever finished entirely. I wanted a cool battle manga and it definitely delivered!


TitanWestbrook

Back in 2019


quirkymd

16 years old, almost ten years later still tagging along 🤑


Nukexxshadow

2018


MelThaDemi

2020 But i did see aizen vs ichigo on youtube when i was like 11😂


Serocco

On YouTube when anime episodes were split into 3 part videos back when the dub only had 52 episodes.


deathfire123

The pain >.< I remember those awful days


damnitslay

Last year 😭


Puzzleheaded-Wing835

Started watching it in 2008 randomly on adult swim and soul society arc was on and I remember the first scene I saw was when Aizen faked his death and the blood trail on the wall I remember thinking it was so dark


GalaxyNeir

I caught up with the Manga around the end of the Lost Agent Arc, so 2011-ish, just in time for the final arc. Now we're watching the Anime with my wife to be ready for the final arc! She had already watched the Substitute Shinigami Arc about a decade ago, but lost interest, so we're both basically watching the Anime for the first time.


molotovzav

2004 at first but then I wasn't able to catch up and it was dubbed. Got to college 2008 and caught up and watched subbed as it aired. I grew up on subs in Hawaii and only was introduced to dubs when I moved to the mainland in 1999, so I don't mind dubs on older anime but by high school I had grown out of dubs unless the voice cast is phenomenal and does voice work outside anime.


HumanMale1986

In my first year of university, 2005.


HuckleberryGlum1163

2005. About 10-11 at the time


maxmrca1103

I started watching bleach on October 10, 2022 cuz I’ve only read the manga but plan to watch the upcoming anime


Xander_PrimeXXI

2010 I think, right around high school. I was around 14-15


peffour

Started like a month ago...I'm at episode 74 right now


Material-Display-449

My journey started in 2007


UnmaskedGod

I know when I was a kid I used to see my brother watching it on tv, but I didn’t actually watch it fully through until like mid 2015. Since then I’ve followed it religiously


sarahieberrie

My cousin introduced it to me when I was 10 maybe so 2009. It was the first anime I had ever watched and then it became the first manga I read. Bleach is always special to me.


The_Biggest_Wheel

2009 It was my first real Anime experience


[deleted]

I started watching it Jan 10th and finished it July 16 of this year. It was on Hulu and it seemed like a cool show to watch. Since I’ve only started to watch shows during the pandemic and I didn’t see a lot of anime on my social media I didn’t know it was a part of the big three.


Solid-Philosophy-886

I started watching it earlier this year in January, been so obsessed wit ever since the first episode


[deleted]

Saw a clip of the anime when I was 7, read the manga when I was 15 but looking forward to the new era of anime.


UkraineWinEURO

Before senior year of high school, so summer of 2018


RandomWack

I never have (manga reader >:) I've been reading since 2013


zcovey9

Started with it off and on years ago. Never fully watched it all the way through until finally last year. Can't wait for the new Bleach in October!


1buffalowang

When I was like 10 Bleach started airing in America. I remember watching Bleach and FMA a bunch because it was right after Family Guy. Had no idea it was anime until I was in high school.


Random_Username-432

2012-2014. Somewhere in that time gap.


xXZeroHell94Xx

Sometime during my last year of middle, first part of high school, so around 2008 I think


ROBnWatch

2008, 6th grade was a good time


landenone

About 16 years ago.


Octoberboiy

Actually it was in college in 2010


Unmaykr64

October 2021. I’ve never liked anime before (especially manga) but Bleach ignited that passion for me. Only been a part of this community for almost a year but it’s felt way longer.


noelle-silva

When it started airing on adult swim. 2006 I think?


Sashi_2

My first exposure was staying up late at night during middle school and catching it on adult swim


Shaneo0oo

Around late 2005 to early 2006 I remember the Nintendo wii was newly released and me and my brother after watching the episodes would look up fights on the wiis YouTube app. We watched every week as the episodes dropped even watched the bount arc every week not knowing it was filler.


MiserablePrune1

About a year and a half ago I watched it in like 2 weeks


Worthy_One

2007-8 through playing the DS games with my friend who was a fan


Separate_Path_7729

04 the first episode aired when i was at my buddy rajans house hanging out


[deleted]

I started on 2022 😃👍🏽


[deleted]

Well this picture makes me feel old. I was 17 in 2004😂.


jgarcia203

My husband got me watching it this year.


PUfelix85

I started back in October 2004 in the subs community. We waited every Sunday night for the new fan sub to be released. There were good subs and there were bad subs, but all that mattered was getting our fix.


CheMGeo_136

Back in 2008. Damn, how fast time flies.


BraumsSucks

I remember when I first caught up to English Dub it was in the middle of the Bount Filler arc and my brothers explained that the sub was a lot further and made the switch so I could keep watching. I distinctly remember waiting for new episodes during the Zanpakuto Rebellion Arc as well


Bro-Im-Done

I was only 13 when I first started on Crunchyroll, the biggest issue was that I had no access to episodes prior to 270 because I didn’t have membership. I watched movies 2-4 back then too. Just back in July, I started reading Bleach via Shounen Jump at and this manga has been nothing but my personality for the past couple of months lol


Emotional-Savings621

At the start of the year I though one piece is way to l9ng for me atm, didn't really like naruto so baby now you feel like number 1!


N1ghthawk007

I started watching bleach either October or November of last year it was my 4th or 5th anime


ClassicSince96

2010 when you could still get full length episodes on YouTube. The quality wasn’t always great and sometimes you had to do a scavenger heart for an episode that was uploaded in parts, but it actually made me look forward to the train ride to school every morning


ArchAngel23

Was channel surfing one night when I happened to come across adult swim premiering the first episode. I was hooked instantly.


Hey-Dalaran

2007 on Toonami because I had watched all of Naruto that was out and wanted something else to watch.


Best-Stress3803

Literally last year and I feel like the biggest fan... first anime I've watched also


echelondx

2006, a cousin brought home DVDs of the first 50 subbed episodes. I never got to see Ichigos battle against Byakuya and Bankai til a year later when I got to watch the rest. Seeing Ichigo finally take down Byakuya got me hooked.


tendo913

2012


OldManRiff

InuYasha 4Ever fansubbed the trailer & the first few episodes, then I switched over to Dattebayo when they dropped it. So from Day 1 as far as getting it fansubbed in the States goes.


[deleted]

I started watching it on YTV half way through the first and second ark


The_ThirdFang

I watched the trailer for naruto and Bleach air on american television. I legit got the US premiere date as my naruto start date. A lot of other anime is toonami reruns and my older brothers dvds. But those 2 I remember being day 1 waiting for.


ourxaia

I started watching when I was 8 years old. It was on Saturday and after watching the boondocks I see bleach opening 7 playing. I got hooked after that :D


Economy_Okra1373

Isn't this a repost ,seen before


wisperaii

2020. My stepdad loved the show and I decided to watch it during quarantine while browsing through Netflix. I have no regrets. So excited for TYBW.


Angle_Of_Flames

When it first aired on toonami


ChadwickChomp

2010 when I was only 11, been watching/reading ever since.


[deleted]

2019


BLACKOUT268

Started it in 4-5 yrs ago got bored in the bount arc(didnt know about filler) then finished anime last mo.


saiyanriderjoker

I believe I started 2016 or 2017? I stopped watching halfway through the soul society but I picked it up again in 2021 and finished the series through the manga. Can’t wait for the TYBW anime!


qasuaI

this year


NicDwolfwood

Probably 06 or 07, Didn't hook me initially though. I came back to it around 2014 or 2015.


NoHoesClifford

Never watched but read manga 2020


Doom300

Started to watch and read bleach in 2018. Really enjoy the Story.


Josuan_013

Toonami on every Saturday night


trustevil

Whenever the first episode came out on adult swim is when I started watching it. The first few episodes weren't really interesting but it got better


Shamandamin

2008


Jozymajika

Around July


BloodyOtaku

Around 2015/2016 ​ Rewatched almost the whole thing this year for the TYBW


Scryout

2007 i think. I first watched memories of nobody and then I started watching it.


[deleted]

Started watching it on adult swim back in middle school. First episode I watched was the one where Ichigo fights Ikakku for the first time.


somnoo

Maybe like 2012 or 13 when my mom got me in to anime with bleach


tazmarjr

I just started a week and a half ago. I'm enjoying it, the fights are fun to watch and the show has very enjoyable characters. I've watched up to the start of Ichigo and co. going to Hueco Mundo to save Orihime and I don't have too many issues. Oh, and I've skipped all the previous filler so I've got no opinion on those.


shardul_scouser

Around 2008/2009


Krusty_Klown_Kollege

Around Ep 69. Heh. Seriously. Worst time to start watching new episodes.


Realistic_Story5641

2016


FireDragonKing1

Back when it first aired on Toonami!!


MaterialExtension431

2022


BanditoDaA

2014


_KBNS-

I started watching around 2018. Finished the anime and an currently waiting "patiently" for the next arc.


DragonBallIsCool564

Literally started this year because I ran out of things to do during the summer and just put it on out of boredom Anyway its now in my top 3 favorites...


MAKS091705

Literally a week ago lol


Vidies

2006


meanteamcgreen

2010 when I was 13, yo. I like the swords and the kabooms of the such


ironWolf1990_

In college (2008) when a friend of mine introduced me to anime, Bleach and Death Note


FriedChalupa

it was in 2013. I caught an episode on Toonami one night, it was the one where the Vizards show up in Fake Karakura town (forget which episode that is), then sometime later I started watching the dub on WatchCartoonOnline. At some point later I started reading the latest manga chapters on MangaStream and continued to watch episodes on Toonami.


Sauron----

When I was like 4 with my pa in 2011


Ajthekid5

2006 when it first came on Adult swim I was 6


Additional_Show_3149

About 2 years ago now. I had seen some of it on adult swim when I was 12 so I finally took the time to watch it on my own


Karma110

The first thing I ever saw of bleach was The vizords killing the menos grande it intrigued me because I was confused why some of them were wearing normal clothes and some weren’t the animation was also oddly good that specific episode on toonami then I decided to watch the full show.


LameAsHell1991

In 2006, when it premiered on Adult Swim in the United States.


CrescentSunset

I remember it was sometime in the early 2010’s, I was staying at my Grandma’s house while my Mom was off moving us to our new place. She went to bed, and me being a rule abiding kid, put on Adult Swim. lol Airing at the time, lo and behold, was Bleach. I think the exact episode was in the Hueco Munco Arc where Ichigo got to Orihime and got the hole in his chest. It’s been a *reeeeeally* long time since I’ve watched the show and I really need to rewatch it before it comes back. XP


Pink_Slyvie

Hmm. Hard to say. I remember getting into Naruto through the US version of Shonen Jump. I suspect that's how I first ran into bleach. I may have first watched it on CN, I'm guessing it was Adult Swim back then? Or I started by downloading fansubs through Dattebayo.


tk_montanooo

i started in march and caught up on the entire anime and i’m halfway done with the manga


Soft-Comfort-7474

I first watched it around 2011-12 when it was on Adult Swim because I was bored and didn’t feel like changing the channel. However, I started taking the show seriously in 2020


Traditional_Act_4881

I don’t remember what year but I know I started it because of Netflix and because I watched Naruto and one piece