Shonen Jump has just announced that the Bleach ( Tite Kubo ) manga will get 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 film.
Currently, publisher Shueisha has published the last chapter of the Bleach manga in issue 38 this week. Between chapters 36 – 37 an important announcement notice would arrive soon.
Bleach entered its final arc in February 2012, then announced that volume 74 would be the final volume.
Kubo launched the manga on Jump in 2001 in Japan, the anime was broadcast on TV Tokyo from October 5, 2004 until March 27, 2012, with a total of 366 episodes shown. Since its publication, Bleach has spawned a media franchise that includes two OVAs and four animated feature films.
Via: ANN