Wow this movie was really mind blowingly good. Bleach is so amazing I am finding it difficult to express how great it is. This movie was excellent, Ichigo gets his Hell powers he is the most awesome main character from of all anime and manga. The animation in this movie was off the hook, I cant imagine it being any better. the way hell was designed, the skulls and fire elements all around was spectacular. from the beginning to end. it was truly entertaining in every way. Bleach and this movie is a must watch, if you don't your missing out on such epicness. BLEACH FOREVER!!! (show less)

pros
+ great animation and action
+ focus on Ichigo and family
cons
- story lacks in detail but provides a lot of plot holes instead
- predictable, both story and dialogue
- no relation to the original series, despite drawing one at the very beginning (ulquiorra, anyone?)

conclusion: entertainment depends on how much of a die-hard fan you are. action fans may love this, but that's about the only strong point of this movie. blame the time limit, but they could have done a lot better than this, especially in terms of plot and dialogue. no detail, generic dialogue, a predictable plot and the holes... (spoiler? they forgot chad when returning from hell... and that's only one example). i liked bleach, but this for me personally is the worst out of the four movies. decent fight scenes, but that's about it.

peace. (show less)

This wonderful work of ART gave me the chance to see Ichigo in his best form! Awesomeness in a file, while drinking bottled lightning....I loved it! BEST Bleach Movie I've Seen Yet!

Story is awesome.
Dialogue is lacking in areas, but decent enough to be okay maybe even good.
Animation is,well its Bleach in a semi, (pardon my French), not give a fuck, slug-fest. ie, sped-up a little cut-loose.
Entertainment; It's Bleach off the chain and in full gear!

(**SPOILER**)

If you LIKED the Arancar Arc, Ichigo and gang in HueceoMunde, or however its spelled, where Ichigo fight #4 Elquira, or whatever, the winged Arancar, on top of the world, then Ichigo in his grandest form is back!
Full-Power Hollowfication Unleashed!!! Again!!!
You Will LOVE It!!! (show less)

The Idea was great and to see Ichigos hollowform again was best fanservice ever. Byakuya and Inoue have their good scenes too. Just like Renji and... well. To make it short, the fights were great and the world of hell was a eye-catcher. Unfortunaly the movie was all in one TOO SHORT!
There was more expandable than the other movies and Ichigos little... well... screaming fit and going overboard was perhaps a bit to much, but its understandable because he know his sister Yuzu good enough, to know that she is the most innocent person after Masaki and Karin x3
But many questions remained unsettled and the OST is... well I just liked 4 themes and the rest was way too... operatic? But really: The Movie is great. I just would spoiler to much, when I praise it the way I always do ^^° (show less)

Warning first, don’t download the file subbed by “Team Akatsuki” – the subs are hilariously incomprehensible. Somebody seems to have gotten their hands on the script and shoved the whole thing into Google Translator. (Seriously, what or who else can translate Renji as “Mrs. Oven”?!?)

Anyway, review-wise – “The Hell Verse” starts off quite promising, but quickly goes downhill. The story is easy to follow, but rather predictable at the same time and, sadly, rather rushed and inconsistent. You get to learn about Hell in the Bleach universe, which so far was mentioned only in a few episodes. Now that in itself would be awesome; weren’t there the plot holes. Example? /SPOILER WARNING/ How can Sinners escape from Hell without being chased? How come they’re chased only when they’re injured? And that’s just part of the questions left open in the end. /SPOILER END/ The plot would need a whole lot of details not given due to lack of time. Plus, there’s basically no time for a decent buildup of tension, making the whole thing feel like a rather rushed release.

The relation to the anime itself is badly done. If you ignore the first two minutes, you can watch this as any other movie as a filler and addition to the storyline – and you’ll be fine. However, those first two minutes draw a direct relation to the fight between Ichigo and Ulquiorra, which in turn left me personally waiting for another relation for the duration of the full movie, since there is no other relation. There are a few allusions to the Soul Society arc, yes, but that one was long over when Ulquiorra entered the picture in the original anime. The possible relation left me wondering what was going on. *sweatdrops* The recycled scene didn’t make sense to me other than for drawing watchers in. That might be my quest to have things make sense though.

Quite unlike the other movies, “The Hell Verse” focuses on Ichigo and his care for his family. You won’t get to see many people from Soul Society, but you will get to see characters a tad out of their usual character (I faintly remember Inoue hugging Ichigo out of nowhere *coughs*). The villains are kept flat, lacking a real background and motivation, making them pretty clichéd. Blame the time limit, but they could have done so much better than this.

There’s not just a movie-exclusive villain but also a movie-exclusive power for Ichigo, which – compared to the other Bleach movies – might be a nice change of pace. Speaking of Ichigo, however, he seems more dumb than usually. I wonder who else would believe a Sinner that just escaped from Hell (me definitely not).

The dialogue is average; spiced up with some “big bro talk” but generally not all that different from the usual series; nothing you haven’t really heard before.

The animation, however, is good indeed. This movie focuses on fighting instead of plot, providing its viewers with nonstop action. There’s some drama/friendship mixed into this, but mostly, it’s action, and action only. The art is high definition, though I can’t help but feel like Kubo-san could have been more creative with Hell (frankly spoken, to me it looked like Hueco Mundo dyed red… but perhaps that’s just me *sighs*). However, the music is finely done and fits the scenes. The sounds, in turn, sometimes annoyed the hell out of me (pun unintended). I don’t have anything against screams in anime, but once the crew enters Hell, there is a scream in average every 20 seconds of which you don’t even know where it came from. That went on for a few minutes till I turned the audio on mute (and I’d advise anyone who can’t stand that to do so too, quite frankly).

For an action-only fan, or a Bleach fan that can’t miss a single episode, this movie most probably is enjoyable. However, don’t expect too much in terms of plot or character development (I was - and that was the mistake). Yes, the animation is high definition, and yes, you’ll definitely get your fill of badass action, but the plot severely lacks. IMO a lot more could have been made out of this had there been more time for the release. (show less)

Some dumb kids here try to create flamewars by trolling. Naruto fans make fun of one piece so the one piece fans get angry at naruto fans. One piece fans make fun of bleach so bleach fans get mad at one piece fans and so on.

YOU KNOW WHAT ? If you had the slidest bit of inteligence then you would ignore the haters and enjoy the anime you personally like.
I am a bigass bleach fan and I learned that those fan wars make no sense. If you want to tell me that bleach sucks then i have to accept your opinion and dont give a fuck. If anyone tells you that naruto sucks then you have to respect his opinion.

GROW THE FUCK UP RETARDS Bleah naruto and one piece they,re all epic on their own.

Bleach: Cinematic, Badass
Naruto: Sad, emotional
One piece: Compley storyline lots of enemies and different islands

Thats basically it. This is a fact they,re all good but its up to whether you like it or not.

And fuck yea the fullbring arc is my favorite arc as well its better then the fucking troll aizen overpowered bitch (show less)