Shonen Jump has just announced that the Bleach ( by Tite Kubo ) will be getting a live-action film with real actors, scheduled to arrive in Japan in 2018.
Sota Fukushi (live-action Toshokan Sensō) will star in the film as Kurosaki Ichigo, and Shinsuke Sato (Gantz) will direct the movie.
Currently, the publisher Shueisha has released the final chapter of the Bleach manga in this week's issue, chapter 38. An important announcement is expected to arrive soon between chapters 36 and 37.
Bleach entered its final arc in February 2012, then announced that volume 74 would be the final volume.
Kubo launched the manga in Jump in 2001 in Japan, and the anime aired on TV Tokyo from October 5, 2004, to March 27, 2012, totaling 366 episodes. Since its publication, Bleach has spawned a media franchise that includes two OVA episodes and four animated feature films.
Via: ANN