Gekijô ban Bleach: Fade to Black - Kimi no na o yobu (2008)

Director:

Noriyuki Abe

Writers:

Natsuko Takahashi (screenplay), Tite Kubo (manga)

Stars:

Masakazu Morita, Fumiko Orikasa, Aya Hirano

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Masakazu Morita	...	Ichigo Kurosaki (voice)
Fumiko Orikasa	...	Rukia Kuchiki (voice)
Aya Hirano	...	Homura (voice)
Hiroshi Kamiya	...	Shizuku (voice)
Mitsuaki Madono	...	Kon (voice)
Ryôtarô Okiayu	...	Byakuya Kuchiki (voice)
Kentarô Itô	...	Renji Abarai (voice)
Shin'ichirô Miki	...	Kisuke Urahara (voice)
Satsuki Yukino	...	Yoruichi Shihouin (voice)
Masaaki Tsukada	...	Shigekuni Yamamoto Genryuusai (voice)
Tomoko Kawakami	...	Soi Fong (voice)
Aya Hisakawa	...	Retsu Unohana (voice)
Tetsu Inada	...	Sajin Komamura (voice)
Akio Ôtsuka	...	Shunsui Kyoraku (voice)
Romi Pak	...	Toshiro Hitsugaya (voice)

Storyline

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Taglines:

Sayonara, Rukia (Goodbye, Rukia)

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Genres:

Animation

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Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

15 November 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Bleach: Fade to Black, I Call Your Name

Company Credits

Production Co:

Aniplex, Dentsu, Studio Pierrot Co. Ltd.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

User Reviews

Finally, a story that doesn't feel like a filler

This was a fairly touching story and finally, one that felt like it deserved its own movie as opposed to being covered over a few episodes of Bleach (or Naruto, for that matter).

Typically, with either anime's movies, my criteria are a good story and solid action. You would think the writers would have it easy since they don't need to do much character development but no, typically one or the other or both are quite lacking. With Fade to Black, it's the action. Apart from the start and end of the movie, most of the fighting involves Ichigo vs. the captains. Again. They really need a new battery of villains, or even heroes, since the latter seem to be always fighting each other anyway.