The fourth season of the Bleach anime series is named The Bount arc. The episodes are directed by Noriyuki Abe and produced by TV Tokyo, Dentsu, and Studio Pierrot. This season, along with season five are fillers which are not direct adaptation of the Bleach manga by Tite Kubo; the plot focuses on the introduction of the Bount, a race of humans that consume human souls to extend their lives, and their conflicts with Ichigo Kurosaki and his allies. This season lasted twenty-eight episodes.
The season initially ran from January 17, 2006 to August 1, 2006 in Japan on TV Tokyo. The English adaptation of the season began airing on May 18, 2008 on the Adult Swim programming block, and the last episode of the season aired on December 6, 2008. Seven DVD compilations, each containing four episodes of the season, were released by Aniplex between May 24, 2006 to December 20, 2006. Viz Media released the season on seventeen DVDs from May 12, 2009 to November 17, 2009. Each of them contain four episodes in both English and Japanese languages. Two DVD box sets collecting the entire season were released on November 3, 2009 and February 16, 2010. Manga Entertainment released the season in three DVDs for the United Kingdom from October 26, 2009 to June 7, 2010, while a box set was released on August 9, 2010.
Renji comes to the Material world in his gigai. Also Orihime's brother returns or is it really him?… |
Commander Yamamoto gathers the other captains and tells them about what is being done to find… |
Ichigo, Ishida and Renji continue to play Rinrin's game. This time Rinrin wants them to play hide… |
After they arrive at school; Rinrin tells Ichigo and the others about the next game. One of them is… |
RinRin, Cloud, Nova are on their final game. Orihime, Ishida, Renji, Kon and Ichigo make there… |
RinRin senses the presence of a Baunt, who are the new villains, and tells Ichigo about it . He… |
Rukia and Ichigo continue to fight with the female Bounto, Yoshino, unitl a male Bounto, Ryou,shows… |
While still fighting with Ryou, Ishida decided to trade himself for the life of an innocent woman.… |
Ichigo and company keep an eye on Ishida at the hospital. When Ishida is attacked by two Bount who… |
After escaping the hospital Ichigo and the others see that it is raining outside. Unfortunately… |
Yoshino tells Ishida of her past with Jin, the leader of the Bount. Meanwhile Yachiru identifies… |
Yoshino and Ishida are captured by a Bount named Koga and brought back to the Bount mansion. After… |
While at the mansion Ichigo fights against Ryou and his doll Friido. Meanwhile Rukia and the mod… |
Ichigo seems to be having trouble fighting Ichinose when Jin steps in and offers for Ichigo join… |
Mayuri shows some of the other captains the data he found on the Bount including data on a battle… |
After leaving Urahara's place, Yoshino heads over to the remains of Bount mansion to confront Jin.… |
Ririn and Claude think that Ichigo isn't taking the Bount threat seriously so they dress up in… |
The Bount's new dolls have begun to attack living humans. When a team of shinigami from the covert… |
While wearing Urahara's new Bount sensor Ichigo is drawn to a construction site where his friend… |
While Ichigo is lying on the ground unable to move, Koga is reminded of the time Jin had him care… |
The battle between Koga and Ichigo continues. Kira comes in and aids Ichigo in his battle aganist… |
The battle between Rukia and Orihime conitunes on. As Orihime struggles to attack Rukia, who is… |
Rangiku enters the real world and appears in front of Chad, Nova and Ururu. Soon enough they start… |
Beginning where they left off in episode 86, Chad, Nova, and vice-captain of the 11th division,… |
Ichigo and the gang regroup at Urahara's place. In the Soul Society Yamamoto tells Byakuya that his… |
Nemu, the 12th division vice captain, appears in front of Ishida and begins to attack him. After… |
Ichigo and Renji continue through the Bountou's cave. As they see Yumichika, they try to save him.… |
After knowing Kariya's real evil plan, Ichigo finally achieves Bankai in the real world. He and… |