BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War Episode 49 Airs With Anime-Original Ichigo and Uryu Reunion
Episode 49, titled THE BLADE, features anime-original developments, including Grimmjow's Resurrección and Ichigo's finishing strike against Yhwach with Zangetsu.
Episode 49 of the TV anime BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War -The Calamity- aired on October 19, 2026, according to animeanime.jp. The episode is titled THE BLADE.
The episode contains many anime-original developments that do not appear in the manga. Among them, Ichigo Kurosaki and Uryu Ishida fight side by side once more, in an attack that echoes the combination technique the two used in the Substitute Soul Reaper arc.
Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez also fights in his Resurrección form, and the battle shows Soul Reapers and Arrancar joining the fight one after another. Ichigo delivers the finishing strike against Yhwach with Zangetsu.
The episode was the first broadcast in about a month, following episode 48. In that episode, Kugo Ginjo and Sosuke Aizen appeared, with Ginjo helping create the chance for Ichigo's broken Zangetsu to be repaired, and Aizen confronting Yhwach.
The TV anime BLEACH began airing in October 2004 and has produced more than 360 episodes and four feature films. BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War, the final series of the TV anime, has been airing since October 2022, and -The Calamity- began broadcasting on July 25, 2026 at 23:00 on TV Tokyo affiliates and other channels.
The final episode of the TV anime series is scheduled to air on October 26, 2026.
Quick answers
When did BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War -The Calamity- episode 49 air?
Episode 49, titled THE BLADE, aired on October 19, 2026.
When is the final episode of the BLEACH TV anime?
The final episode is scheduled to air on October 26, 2026.
What happens in BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War episode 49?
The episode includes anime-original developments, with Ichigo Kurosaki and Uryu Ishida fighting together again, Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez fighting in his Resurrección form, and Ichigo delivering the finishing strike against Yhwach with Zangetsu.