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Noriyuki Abe was chosen as director of the series while Masashi Sogo [ja] acted as head writer for episodes 1–212. Tsuyoshi Kida was the head writer for episodes 230–265. Kento Shimoyama held the title of head writer for episodes 17–366. Masashi Kudō provided the character designs, occasionally providing key animation or acting as an animation supervisor himself.

The music of Bleach was composed by Shirō Sagisu. His musical score for the television series was released in four-CD sets. Four additional CDs were released for the music composed for the four Bleach animated films.

During the production and broadcast of the first 167 episodes, the screen size was in 4:3; episodes 168 through 366 were produced and broadcast in 16:9 widescreen.

In a 2009 interview, Kubo and Kudō discussed the original story for the anime adaptation, Zanpakutō: The Alternate Tale, with Kubo expressing that he desired to borrow events and concepts within it for the manga. Kubo also revealed that his art style varied in the production of the work and only became cemented after the airing of the anime. He acknowledged that his art style has changed as a result of his work and gave an example that he no longer draws hair growing from behind the ears of characters.^[1]

On October 5, 2024, Aniplex released an animated video to celebrate the anime series' 20th anniversary. The video features climactic scenes from the series, animated in the new Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War anime style.^[2]^[3]

^ BLEACH 新シリーズ展望 TOP 対談. Akamaru Jump (in Japanese). No. Spring 2009. Shueisha. May 1, 2009. pp. 14–16.
^ アニメ「BLEACH」20周年記念PVを公開、ルキアらの視点で"黒崎一護の姿"を描く. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. October 5, 2024. Archived from the original on October 5, 2024. Retrieved October 5, 2024.
^ Tai, Anita (October 5, 2024). "Bleach Anime Gets 20th Anniversary Video With New Animation". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on October 5, 2024. Retrieved October 5, 2024.

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