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Ichigo's journey finally ends today after 22 years 🥲⚔️ Bleach will air its final TV anime episode bringing the Thousand-Year Blood War and a journey that began with the original anime in 2004 to its long-awaited conclusion. What began with Ichigo unexpectedly gaining the powers of a Soul Reaper grew into battles across Soul Society, Hueco Mundo and beyond, introducing generations of fans to characters like Rukia, Renji, Byakuya, Aizen, Uryu and countless others. For longtime viewers, this ending carries extra weight. Bleach disappeared from television for nearly a decade before returning in 2022 to finally animate the manga’s concluding war, giving fans an ending many once thought they might never see. The final episode will close the Thousand-Year Blood War and officially complete the television anime. Bankai were unleashed. Friendships were forged. Entire generations grew up alongside Ichigo. Now, one of anime’s defining journeys is finally reaching its destination. End of an era. 🧡

We just lost a legendary animator today 😔 Some animators bring characters to life. Loyd Price helped shape entire worlds that generations grew up loving. 🕊️ Aardman animations has announced the passing of Loyd Price, a gifted animator, mentor and longtime creative force who dedicated more than 30 years to the studio. Over the decades, Price rose to become Aardman’s Head of Animation, helping guide both the performances audiences saw on screen and the generations of animators who followed him. His career stretched across some of stop-motion animation’s most beloved films, including: - Chicken Run — Supervising animator - Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit — Supervising animator - The Nightmare Before Christmas — Animator - Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave — Animator - Wallace & Gromit’s Cracking Contraptions — Co-director and writer - Shaun the Sheep Movie — Animation supervisor - A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon — Animation supervisor - The Pirates! Band of Misfits — Animation supervisor - Early Man — Animation supervisor - Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death — Animator - Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget — Animation supervisor On The Curse of the Were-Rabbit alone, Price led a team of 30 animators, helping bring Wallace, Gromit and an entire cast of characters to life frame by painstaking frame. His work as supervising animator also helped shape Chicken Run, while his career connected Aardman’s classic shorts to its modern feature-film era. Stop-motion is built one tiny movement at a time. Loyd Price spent decades making those movements feel alive, and teaching others how to do the same. The characters will keep moving. His influence will keep moving with them. Rest in paradise, Loyd Price. 🤍