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The Bleach Agent of the Shinigami arc is the first story arc of the Bleach anime series. The episodes are directed by Noriyuki Abe and produced by TV Tokyo, Dentsu, and Studio Pierrot.[1] In the English release by Viz Media, its title is translated as The Substitute.[2] It is based on Tite Kubo's Bleach manga series, and adapts the first eight volumes of its source material over twenty episodes. The plot of the episodes covers the adventures of Ichigo Kurosaki after becoming a shinigami and assuming the duties of shinigami Rukia Kuchiki.
The arc initially ran from October 2004 until February 2005 in Japan on TV Tokyo.[1] The first English airing of the series was from September 2006 until January 2007.[1] It was shown on both YTV's Bionix and Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming blocks, with Bionix airing the show one day sooner. The arc started airing in the UK starting in September 2007 on AnimeCentral.
