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Bleach Uncut Season 3 Box Set: The Rescue

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Now that they've gotten into the Soul Society and the Seireitei, Ichigo and Co. have ANOTHER problem: rescuing Rukia and escaping with their body parts intact.

Unfortunately, it's not going to be that easy. "Bleach: The Rescue" kicks everything about this brilliant anime up a notch -- lots of blood, sword-fights, a fiery climax at the execution grounds, and some amazing character development. But the best part is that the treacherous conspiracy merely hinted at in prior episodes, which sparks a minor civil war within the Seireitei.

Yoruichi starts the badly-wounded Ichigo on a special new training regimen -- to rescue Rukia, he must achieve achieve bankai (the ultimate release of a zanpakuto) in three days. In the meantime, Uryu has encountered the most horrendous of Soul Reapers, who is responsible for the death of a loved one, and Captain Hitsugaya is confronted by an old friend who tries to kill him -- accusing him of murdering Captain Aizen.

But the chaos really starts when Rukia's execution day rolls around: mass murder is revealed, captains turn against one another, and Renji fights a devastating battle against the implacable Byakuya. Ichigo appears on the execution hill with devastating new power -- intent on rescuing Rukia and defeating her brother once and for all. But when he seems to be losing, a horrific new change comes over him.

And in the meantime, the conspiracy that's ripping apart the Soul Reapers is revealed -- the identify of the Big Bad and his sidekicks, the reason he wants Rukia dead, and how many people he'll coldly destroy to get what he wants.

"Bleach: The Rescue" is a turning point for the entire series -- everything before it has built to this point, and everything in the future will spring from it. For an action anime, it is also quite heavy on the plot as it sets up the Big Bad: faked murders, real murders, conspiracies, hypnotic tricks, betrayals, a clever triple-cross perpetrated by Gin Ichimaru, and Urahara's hidden motive in helping Rukia.

There's also lots of brilliantly explosive action using ice dragons, black fire, razor-sharp cherry blossoms, exploding Soul Reapers, a giant bone-snake, and a firebird the size of a submarine. The action only serves to underscore the tension that is building throughout the entire season, until it explodes on Sokyoku Hill. It's also got solid dialogue, some quiet moments for Ichigo's pals (hanging out in prison) and some flashbacks to Renji, Rukia, Kira and Momo's days at the Academy.

Fortunately, all this dark stuff is speckled with funny moments like Ichigo's relaxation in a healing spring ("I AM GOING TO DROWN YOU!"), and an entire episode in which the characters unwind and recover after the events of "the rescue."

Our Hero really shows his stuff in this season -- Ichigo puts his life on the line to reach an incredible level of spiritual power, and rescue Rukia no matter what happens. Too bad he turns out to have a freaky dark side (and Johnny Yong Bosch has a brilliant demon cackle). And Uryu inadvertently gets to the bottom of his grandfather's death, and goes to devastating lengths to get revenge for what happened to him.

But most of the characters get to shine in this, although Chad and Orihime are somewhat neglected: the Yoruichi-obsessed Soi Fon, the kindly Ukitake and his best buddy Kyoraku, the happily hyperaggressive Zaraki, boy-genius Hitsugaya, and the fusty and arrogant Head Captain Yamamoto (among many others). We also learn how far Renji will go for Rukia, as well as the true reason why Byakuya has been so cold and seemingly cruel.

"Bleach: The Rescue" is a brilliant arc of action-packed, tightly-wound anime, with a shocking twist at the core of the story. Definitely a must-see -- especially for everything that comes later.

This third box set has the final episodes of the Rukia rescue story-arc saga, and it's greatly entertaining as you see Ichigo and his friends battle the captains and their subordinates of the seireitei. The action is fast paced and entertaining to watch and seeing the hidden agenda of one of the characters come to light will shock many on who it really is, I feel that not only the action and battles that make Bleach such a great series but many of the characters of the show grow on you as well, and that is what truly makes a great series when you see a character you like prevail and cheer them on to victory. The extras are a nice touch as well seeing some of the English voice cast during their takes, and some commentaries with a live plushy Kon in the U.S.A. as well as the standard sneak peeks and textless intro/ending songs. Again the animation is clear and sharp no distortions, blurriness, or skips to talk of and the cast for both the Japanese/English crew were of course great VIZ Media like Funimation Corp seem to know just which actors/actresses to get for their shows. So if you've already gotten the first two box sets the third one is awaiting you...

Bleach: The Resuce continues immediately after the ending the previous boxset Bleach: The Entry. Before I continue, I will say that newcomers to the Bleach series will most likely want to either start with the previous boxset. It is possible to enter into the Bleach universe at the first episode in this set but there are so many characters presented here and Bleach mythos that it may be quite difficult to catch up.

Where this set opens up is immediately after the end of the previous set which had Ichigo finally reach Rukia. He meets up with Byakuya Kuchiki but the transformed Yoruichi evades Byakuya and escapes with Ichigo to train him for a future encounter with Byakuya.

This season raises the bar on the Bleach universe by finally introducing many of the other members of the court guard of the soul society. The greater plot theme that has been running since the entry into the soul society is also encountered. The final 5 episodes are the most CRUCIAL to this boxset and present many answers to burning questions.

This set also contains the most anticipated fight in the Bleach universe.

Boxset wise, there are 22 episodes in this set spanning five discs. Three discs contain four episodes respectively and the final two discs both contain five episodes respectively. The previous boxset decorated the disc with red artwork, this set uses blue artwork. Bonuses included are two Bleach postcard type items. I think I would rather have preferred to receive a poster, since you can never have too many Ichigo posters. Overlooking each of the disc are larger sized pieces of artwork featuring a major character of the episodes at hand.

Audiowise, two opening themes are used. The first few episodes continue to use the amazing theme "D-technolife" by Uverworld. The next opening used is "One Lone Flower" (I prefer to call it Ichirin no Hana) by High and Mighty Color. The ending themes are the odd "Happy People" by Skoop on Somebody and Yui's Life. Background music does not seem to have been change nor anything else added to any of the scenes.

English Audio and Japanese audio are both included. Bonuses include "Kon's US Tour" (feature of Kon going around the United States), and "Behind the Scenes of Bleach" featuring Yoruichi's English voice actor, Gin's English voice actor, Zangetsu's English voice actor, and Ichigo's English voice actor.

The reason why this is the definitive Bleach experience is that there is no other way to see all of these Bleach episodes in this quality with no waiting time. In a package such as this it is a great alternative to other methods and the production quality and bonuses make it worths its weight in gold.

This show is so amazing!!! I can barely contain myself the day it comes on Adult swim (saturdays at around 10-11:00) Its one of the greatest shows i have had the honor to watch! The story line is spectacular the action is amazing you will love it believe me and even though it has tons of action it has time to find the funny side of things wheather it be Ichigo got his Zanpaktou stuck in a wall or his crazy dad attaked him while he was sleeping or Karin smacks her dad for being dumb. It is also one of those shows that will catch you off guard and hae you on the edge of your seats or if your like me you fell off your seat right onthe floor. It also has those tear jerking episodes. I have cried, laughed and fell off my seat plenty of times watching this show!! Its amazing and i am so thankful it is here and hopefully will stay!!!!!

Maybe Viz really does want us to download Bleach instead of buying their dvd's? I just finished watching this dvd set tonight and there are several typos and grammatical errors in the subtitles. Guess what? The fansubs that are done by fans for free probably have better quality subtitles based on my experience with Naruto. The anime itself is 5 stars and the menus are cool, but there was obviously no proof reading done on the subs whatsoever. Just horrible.

Bleach: The Rescue Season Three box set is a five disc set that contains twenty-two episodes. The first three discs contain four episodes and bonus features, while the fourth and fifth discs contain five episodes and bonus features. When it comes to episodes on this set, my favorites were on the last disc; there were a lot of unexpected twists and turns in the plot in the last few episodes on the set. As a viewer, I found myself looking forward to where the story would go next, and what secrets would be revealed.

On the first disc, there are four extras. The first extra is "Production Art," which is twenty pages on line art of the characters that appear on the disc. The second feature is "Manga Preview," which includes three pages of advertisements for the Bleach manga, as well as other titles released by Shonen Jump. The next feature is "Clean Ending," which is a textless version of the first closing theme that appears in this box set. The final extra on the disc is labeled as "Sneak Peak," which contains trailers for Naruto and The Prince of Tennis.

The second disc has production art, which is eighteen pages of line art of the characters that appear on the disc. The "Manga Preview" and "Clean Ending" are the exact same features that appear on the first disc. The "Sneak Peeks" on this disc are trailers for Naruto the Movie 2: The Legend of the Stone of Gelel and Bleach the Movie: Memories of Nobody.

The production art on disc three is eighteen pages of line art of the characters that appear on the disc. The "Manga Preview" on this disc is four pages instead of three. The "Clean Ending" is a textless version of the second closing theme that appears in this box set. The "Sneak Peeks" on this disc are trailers for three Naruto video games and the Bleach: Dark Souls video game.

The fourth disc has production art, which is twenty-two pages of line art of the characters that appear on this disc. The "Manga Preview" and the "Clean Ending" are the exact same features that appear on disc three. The "Sneak Peeks" on this disc are trailers for Bleach the Movie: Memories of Nobody, the Bleach: Dark Souls video game, and five Naruto video games.

The first extra on the fifth disc is the "Behind the Scenes of Bleach" documentary. This feature runs for approximately eleven minutes, and includes interviews with the English dub actors for Ganju and Aizen, Female Yoruichi (who is also the Voice Director for the series), Gin, Zangetsu, Orihime and Isane, and Ichigo. The second extra is labeled as "Kon's U.S. Tour." This feature has someone dressed in a Kon suit, and is narrated by Kon. Over the course of this thirteen-minute feature, Kon is seen in New York before the premiere of the Bleach movie, at the premiere, at the Viz Media after party, at Niagara Falls, at Mt. Rushmore, in Washington, D.C., in New Orleans, at the Grand Canyon, at the St. Louis Arch, in Las Vegas, in San Francisco (at the Viz Media headquarters), and in San Diego (at Viz Media's booth at Comicon). The production art is nineteen pages of line art of the characters that appear on this disc. The "Manga Preview" and "Clean Ending" are the same as what appears on discs three and four. The "Sneak Peeks" are trailers for Naruto Shippuden, Bleach the Movie: Memories of Nobody, the Bleach: Dark Souls video game, and three Naruto video games.

While I expected the repetition of the bonus features based on what I'd seen on the first two box sets, I was still rather disappointed at how predictable the features were. I also still find myself wondering why textless versions of the opening themes weren't included; this would have at least helped minimize some of the repetition of the bonus features. Even though I was disappointed by the bonus features, I would still recommend this box set to anyone who is a fan of the Bleach anime series.

In order to write this review, my husband purchased a copy of this DVD box set as a gift for me.

This is a great box set you get all of the season three episodes and they are full of laughter and tear jerking moments and even more back story for Rukia and other Soul Reapers are relieved.

I've been waiting two seasons to get to the fight between Ichigo and Byakuya. As usual, if you're expecting just a simple fight or two, you're going to be disappointed. This series is complex, and you really can't just jump in and watch it and catch all the subtleties of what's going on. Season three continues to give us the backstories of the Captains of the Gotei Thirteen as Ichigo struggles to learn Bankai. I love the way that Tite Kubo leaves nothing to chance and crafts distinct personalities for each and every member of the supporting cast. Odds are, there's a character that you're going to love for each type of person watching the show.

Parents:
As usual, if you abhor bloodshed, then you're going to want to skip this one. However, you will be missing out. They don't show any more than your average movie at the theater these days, and older kids will appreciate this because this cartoon doesn't assume that they're to stupid to understand complex stories. In fact, I feel that this is one of the series most endearing characteristics. It is NOT simplistic. The characters aren't always right, or perfect. They make mistakes and have flaws just like we do. The violence is not excessive, but this is a show about sword wielding Death Gods(Shinigami). If you don't want to see that kind of violence, then I might suggest something like Teen Titans as a suitable alternative.

It was an emotional roller coaster right up until the end. I've been waiting three seasons for Ichigo to rescue Rukia. I have to say that I was not disappointed in the least. I don't think fans of the show will be either.

I brought this DVD for our son. I just hope he enjoys looking at them as much as I enjoy buying them for a nice price. These DVD are very hard to get and I am glad I got them for a good price. Thank you once again.

Bleach, "The Rescue" has been the best season f the series yet. You see Ichigo growth in developing his power and skill as a Soul Reaper. What was disapointing was that they did not show how Ichigo was able to reach "Bankai".
The scene in which Ichigo takes out four squad lieutenants bare-handle was great. The real surprise is the identity of the "traitor" in the Soul Society to learn that a character with whom I thought was a noble person
is an accomplice to the conspiracy. All in all "The Rescue" did not bog down like spots during Season 2.
Great series all in all.