In the past few months, I've turned 18, gotten my ears pierced (second pair of holes on the lobe and one in my left cartilage), gone to an anime convention, gone to a Dir En Grey concert in LA, and decided upon my major. O_O

The Anime convention was in Lancaster, CA and was tons of fun. I bought Sode No Shirayuki~ ^_^ So I'll be cosplaying Kuchiki Rukia in May at A-Kon in Dallas. I'm looking forward to it!

The Dir En Grey concert was way hardcore, my neck hurt so good for a couple of days after (too much headbanging), and my throat was bleeding from all the screaming I did. I also got their Uroboros CD and got it autographed by Die and Shinya. J-Rock stars up close are sooo hot! I managed to control myself and not squeal at them. ^_~

My major? Pre-Med and Classics. I'll be going on an archaeological dig in Italy probably 2 summers from now.

Depending on how my Pre-Med classes go, I might just ditch it all to become a Theater major. XD But Classics is sticking.

I've also been pretty ill the past few days. T_T

I've not started on subbing the Live Bankai Show Code 002 yet, I'm sorry!

Winter Break will be much more artistically productive, I promise!

All right, you amazing Bleach fans! Here's a real treat!

I'm certain that almost all of you have either read the Bleach manga, or watched the Bleach anime. But there also exists... A Bleach Musical!!!
Four of them, in fact.

They are titled Rock Musical BLEACH and include none of the seiyuu from the anime. Regardless, they sound EXACTLY like their anime counterparts. It's rather amazing. There have been a total of five musicals, and two "Live Bankai" Shows.

Storylines/Summaries

The first two musicals are usually supplemented by the second one that was performed, titled Saien. It covers the storyline from when Rukia is taken back to Seireitei, and Ichigo, Inoue, and Chad (sorry Ishida fans, he's not in the Musicals) all discover their abilities and go to rescue her. The Musical ends with Ichigo defeating Abarai Renji.

The second (technically third) musical is titled The Dark of the Bleeding Moon and adds more cast members while also taking away cast members. Inoue, Chad, and Urahara are removed and never seen again in the following musicals, but Zaraki Kenpachi, Shihouin Yoruichi, Yamada Hanatarou, Madarame Ikkaku, and Matsumoto Rangiku are added to the cast. Continuing the story from where it left off in Saien, the musical continues the storyline up until Rukia is placed on Soukyoku to be executed and Ichigo shows up to save her.

The third (techincally fourth) musical is the Live Bankai Show Code 001, which does not continue the storyline. It was meant as a New Years special and was more for fun and had mostly new songs rather than additional story. They do add Hisagi Shuuhei to the cast, and Matsumoto Rangiku was absent from this musical because she was pregnant at the time.

The fourth (technically fifth) musical is titled No Clouds in the Blue Heavens and takes place from Rukia's rescue at the Soukyoku up to Aizen's betrayal and departure from Soul Society. Additions to the cast include Soi Fong, Unohana Retsu, and Kaname Tosen. Absences included Yamada Hanatarou and Matsumoto Rangiku.

The sixth musical hasn't been released on DVD yet, but it was the Live Bankai Show Code 002 and concluded Rock Musical Bleach. The DVD will be released August 2008.

Currently, there have been some subbed versions of these musicals out and about but as far as I've been able to find, there are only two. Rumbel Fansubs subbed Rock Musical BLEACH Saien but didn't sub the other musicals. Cruel Angel Productions has subbed them all, but you have to pay in order to acquire his subtitles. Now, I personally don't think that anyone should charge money for subtitling a production that wasn't theirs, and so I've taken the liberty to subtitle the last 3 musicals myself to distribute to my wonderful Soul-Slayers! Here are the download links:

Instructions for downloading:
Because most people prefer direct downloads as opposed to IRC or torrents, I've simplified this to the best of my ability by splitting each of the musicals into pieces to be hosted on various file sharing websites. In order to play all of the pieces together, you will need to go and download hjsplit. It's a free program that you can get by searching via Google.

Each of the parts that you download will have a file extension of .001, .002, .003, etc... depending on the file size. Do NOT join the files together with hjsplit until you've downloaded ALL of the parts. Also, make sure that ALL of the parts are in the same place.

The version of Saien that I will distribute is the one that was subtitled by Rumbel Fansubs. They get all the credit for that one, not me. The musicals following Saien are the ones that I've completed and you'll notice that there is a separate link for the subtitles for those musicals. This means that they are soft-subbed and in order to play the video with the subtitles, all you really need is the latest version of VLC Media Player, which is also free.

And now without further ado...

Saien Part 1 [link]
Saien Part 2 [link]
Saien Part 3 [link]
Saien Part 4 [link]
Saien Part 5 [link]
Saien Part 6 [link]
Saien Part 7 [link]
Saien Part 8 [link]
Saien Part 9 [link]
Saien Part 10 [link]
Saien Part 11 [link]

Dark of the Bleeding Moon Part 1 [link]
Dark of the Bleeding Moon Part 2 [link]
Dark of the Bleeding Moon Part 3 [link]
Dark of the Bleeding Moon Part 4 [link]
Dark of the Bleeding Moon Part 5 [link]
Dark of the Bleeding Moon Part 6 [link]
Dark of the Bleeding Moon Part 7 [link]
Dark of the Bleeding Moon Part 8 [link]
Dark of the Bleeding Moon Part 9 [link]
Dark of the Bleeding Moon Part 10 [link]
Dark of the Bleeding Moon Part 11 [link]
Dark of the Bleeding Moon Part 12 [link]
Dark of the Bleeding Moon Subtitles [link]

Live Bankai Show Code 001 Part 1 [link]
Live Bankai Show Code 001 Part 2 [link]
Live Bankai Show Code 001 Part 3 [link]
Live Bankai Show Code 001 Part 4 [link]
Live Bankai Show Code 001 Part 5 [link]
Live Bankai Show Code 001 Part 6 [link]
Live Bankai Show Code 001 Part 7 [link]
Live Bankai Show Code 001 Part 8 [link]
Live Bankai Show Code 001 Part 9 [link]
Live Bankai Show Code 001 Part 10 [link]
Live Bankai Show Code 001 Subtitles [link]

No Clouds in the Blue Heavens Part 1 [link]
No Clouds in the Blue Heavens Part 2 [link]
No Clouds in the Blue Heavens Part 3 [link]
No Clouds in the Blue Heavens Part 4 [link]
No Clouds in the Blue Heavens Part 5 [link]
No Clouds in the Blue Heavens Part 6 [link]
No Clouds in the Blue Heavens Part 7 [link]
No Clouds in the Blue Heavens Part 8 [link]
No Clouds in the Blue Heavens Part 9 [link]
No Clouds in the Blue Heavens Part 10 [link]
No Clouds in the Blue Heavens Part 11 [link]
No Clouds in the Blue Heavens Part 12 [link]
No Clouds in the Blue Heavens Part 13 [link]
No Clouds in the Blue Heavens Part 14 [link]
No Clouds in the Blue Heavens Part 15 [link]
No Clouds in the Blue Heavens Subtitles [link]

And if downloading these seems to take too long, then go on Youtube and search the user andromeda881. She's uploaded the subtitled versions from Cruel Angel Productions onto YouTube for your viewing pleasure, and it was thanks to her that I was able to know about the existence of Rock Musical Bleach.

If after all of that, you still can't get enough Bleach, then follow this link: [link] to download the Rock Musical Bleach soundtracks. Those were not uploaded by me, they were uploaded by andromeda881 on her Livejournal, not mine. You can also find her on Deviantart here: [link] so be sure to thank her for her uploaded soundtracks and YouTube videos! ^_^

Hope you guys enjoy! If you have any questions or find broken links, feel free to message and I'll be happy to help!

Check out ! They're an awesome Bleach club with the most awesome mods! ^_^