Bleach

Ichigo and the others manage to make it through to the Soul Society?

Stars: Masakazu Morita, Noriaki Sugiyama, Hiroki Yasumoto
Director(s): Kino Abe, Jun'ya Koshiba
Writer(s): Tite Kubo, Rika Nakase

Ichigo and crew defeat the giant, but their entrance into the Seireitei is nowhere near smooth sailing.

Stars: Masakazu Morita, Noriaki Sugiyama, Hiroki Yasumoto
Director(s): Kino Abe, Kôji Aritomi
Writer(s): Tite Kubo, Natsuko Takahashi

An arrogant, boar-riding bully named Ganju challenges Ichigo and friends to a fight?

Stars: Masakazu Morita, Fumiko Orikasa, Noriaki Sugiyama
Director(s): Kino Abe, Kazunori Mizuno
Writer(s): Tite Kubo, Masahiro Ôkubo

Kûkaku Shiba's plan is to catapult Ichigo and the others over the walls of the Seireitei with her very own creation, the Flower Crane Cannon.

Stars: Masakazu Morita, Fumiko Orikasa, Noriaki Sugiyama
Director(s): Kino Abe, Akira Iwanaga
Writer(s): Tite Kubo, Michiko Yokote

Ichigo, Chad, Ishida and Orihime concentrate on controlling their spirit energy for their flight into the Seireitei.

Stars: Masakazu Morita, Fumiko Orikasa, Noriaki Sugiyama
Director(s): Kino Abe, Akira Shimizu
Writer(s): Tite Kubo, Genki Yoshimura

On their flight into the Seireitei, Ichigo and the others are separated.

Stars: Masakazu Morita, Fumiko Orikasa, Noriaki Sugiyama
Director(s): Kino Abe, Takuji Kimura
Writer(s): Tite Kubo, Masashi Sogo

Within the Seireitei, a full-fledged search for the intruders--the "ryoka"--is put into action. Rukia is transferred to the Repentance Cell to await her execution?

Stars: Masakazu Morita, Fumiko Orikasa, Noriaki Sugiyama
Director(s): Kino Abe, Jun'ya Koshiba
Writer(s): Tite Kubo, Masashi Sogo

Forced to stay alert and on their toes, Ichigo and his fellow ryoka continue to be hunted by Shinigami.

Stars: Masakazu Morita, Fumiko Orikasa, Noriaki Sugiyama
Director(s): Kino Abe, Keizô Kusakawa
Writer(s): Tite Kubo, Rika Nakase

News of the intruders' surprising strength spreads among the Shinigami, and the captains are eager for information.

Stars: Masakazu Morita, Noriaki Sugiyama, Hiroki Yasumoto
Director(s): Kino Abe, Shigeki Hatakeyama
Writer(s): Tite Kubo, Michiko Yokote

Hanataro leads Ichigo and Ganju toward the Repentance Cell where Rukia is being held?

Stars: Masakazu Morita, Fumiko Orikasa, Noriaki Sugiyama
Director(s): Kino Abe, Jun'ya Koshiba
Writer(s): Tite Kubo, Masahiro Ôkubo

Renji and Ichigo engage in battle?

Stars: Masakazu Morita, Fumiko Orikasa, Shin'ichirô Miki
Director(s): Kino Abe, Kazunori Mizuno
Writer(s): Tite Kubo, Natsuko Takahashi

Renji faces defeat, and in his last moments recalls his childhood with Rukia in the Rukongai district of the Soul Society.

Stars: Masakazu Morita, Fumiko Orikasa, Kentarô Itô
Director(s): Kino Abe, Takuji Kimura
Writer(s): Tite Kubo, Genki Yoshimura

In the world of the living, Ichigo's sisters Karin and Yuzu are recruited by television personality Don Kanonji to learn how to fight bad spirits.

Stars: Shigeru Chiba, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Rie Kugimiya
Director(s): Kino Abe, Chiaki Kon
Writer(s): Tite Kubo, Masahiro Ôkubo

Word of Renji's defeat spreads, and all-out war is declared against the ryoka.

Stars: Masakazu Morita, Fumiko Orikasa, Masaaki Tsukada
Director(s): Kino Abe, Kôji Aritomi
Writer(s): Tite Kubo, Natsuko Takahashi

A prominent captain of Soul Society's Shinigami is found dead, and Shinigami turn against one another in a flurry of suspicion and accusation.

Stars: Masakazu Morita, Fumiko Orikasa, Hiroki Yasumoto
Director(s): Kino Abe, Jun'ya Koshiba
Writer(s): Tite Kubo, Masashi Sogo

Ichigo, Ganju and Hanatarô climb the great staircase of the Senzaikyu--the White Tower--only to sense an unprecedented amount of reiatsu.

Stars: Masakazu Morita, Fumiko Orikasa, Shirô Saitô
Director(s): Kino Abe, Shigeki Hatakeyama
Writer(s): Tite Kubo, Rika Nakase

Chad's journey to the Senzaikyu is interrupted by the captain of Squad 8.

Stars: Masakazu Morita, Hiroki Yasumoto, Akio Ôtsuka
Director(s): Kino Abe, Kazunori Mizuno
Writer(s): Tite Kubo, Michiko Yokote

Ichigo, still battling Captain Zaraki, senses a loss of Chad's reiatsu and fears the worst.

Stars: Masakazu Morita, Fumihiko Tachiki, Akio Ôtsuka
Director(s): Kino Abe, Mitsutaka Noshitani
Writer(s): Tite Kubo, Genki Yoshimura

Lying weak with sword wounds on the ground, Ichigo is greeted by a vision of an embodied version of his zanpaku-to.

Stars: Masakazu Morita, Fumihiko Tachiki, Hisayo Mochizuki
Director(s): Kino Abe
Writer(s): Tite Kubo, Rika Nakase

Ganju and Hanatarô continue toward the Senzaikyu to save Rukia.

Stars: Masakazu Morita, Fumiko Orikasa, Shirô Saitô
Director(s): Kino Abe, Ryô Miyata
Writer(s): Tite Kubo, Masashi Sogo

Sensing great reiatsu near the Repentance Cell, Ichigo defies Yoruichi's orders and flees to assist Ganju and Hanatarô.

Stars: Masakazu Morita, Fumiko Orikasa, Shirô Saitô
Director(s): Kino Abe, Kôji Aritomi
Writer(s): Tite Kubo, Natsuko Takahashi