I haven't been this excited for a Bleach episode since I was a kid. The joy I felt seeing the first episode was palpable, the animation was gorgeous, the music nostalgic but slightly different. And the end song for the first episode brought back so many memories but not in a cheesy way, they did a phenomenal job. I never actually read the thousand year blood war arc, and I think I'm going to wait until after I've watched this so I'll be surprised. I now want to go and rewatch everything from before! I can't wait to potentially get my younger sibling into bleach with this. The first few bleach episodes I watched amazed me when I was younger. I had rented a bleach dvd from blockbuster, I remember sitting in my grandparents tv room feeling awestruck by the first few episodes, that is the feeling I got after watching this first episode.
