Kisuke Urahara’s Bankai is HEREEE! What to Expect from Bleach: Thousand Year Blood War Episode 42

In the previous Bleach: Thousand Year Blood War episode, as Yhwach experiences a nightmare of his defeat, Kisuke and Yoruichi have a hard time against Askin Nakk Le Vaar

Chapters Adapted

Bleach: Thousand Year Blood War Episode 42 is titled, “Son of Darkness”

Episode 42 adapts Chapter 664: “The Gift”, Chapter 665: “The Princess Dissection”, Chapter 666: ” Dull, Doll, Null” (pages 1-13),  Chapter 672: “Son of Darkness” (13-17). where the title is from, Chapter 673: “Father” (pages 5-17) and Chapter 674: “Father 2” (pages 1-6), for a total of 71 pages adapted and 6 chapters chosen.

With this pagecount, we see a mostly-manga faithful episode but we also get plenty of anime-original content.

Staff List:

Script: Masaki Hiramatsu, Tomohisa Taguchi

Storyboard and Episode Director: Shintarou Matsui

Chief Animation Director: Kiyoshi Komatsubara

AD: Mari Tominaga, Cindy H. Yamauchi, Rina Suzuki, Izumi Kondou, Kazuo Takigawa

Action / Effects AD: Satoshi Sakai

KA: Katsuhiro Takagi, Kazuo Takigawa, Yoshifumi Miyaji, Yoshihito Narimatsu, Chie Kinoshita, Kazumi Kasai, Toshiharu Kudou, Atsushi Kasano, Yoshitaka Satou, Hiromi Niioka, NELLE, Mori G, Paul Z, Tomoko Satou, Amphibi

PIERROT FILMS
Rina Suzuki, Mika Ookubo, Yukino Kumeta

26 2nd KAs

Next Episode: Blood of My Bone

Bleach: Thousand Year Blood War Episode 43 is titled, “Blood of my Bone” based on the title of Chapter 675.

Since every Volume cover except the last one has had their poems used, everything from Episodes 42 to 49 will be anime-original.

This episode will be released on August 8, 2026.

Source: Twitter

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✦#𝟒𝟐「𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝐎𝐅 𝐃𝐀𝐑𝐊𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐒」https://t.co/HnT8xel181

脚本：平松正樹、田口智久
絵コンテ・演出：松井信太郎
総作画監督：小松原聖
作画監督：とみながまり、
Cindy H. Yamauchi、鈴木里奈、
近藤いずみ、滝川和男… pic.twitter.com/N9Sx7pF09Y

— 【公式】TVアニメ『BLEACH』 (@BLEACHanimation) July 31, 2026

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