Licensed!

[Eppy]

Official Confirmation of TV License, TV Broadcast Announcement Shortly.Viz Media has informed us that they have "secured from worldwide licensors, TV Tokyo Corporation and Shueisha Inc., the television, home video and merchandising rights to Shonen Jump (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=1363)'s Bleach (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=4240) in the Americas, Europe and Oceania."

Viz is the Bleach (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=2468) master licensor and expects to announce television broadcast and other licensing partners "shortly." John Easum (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=12389), executive vice president of Viz Media, stated, "Working together with Viz Media B.V. in Europe, we look forward to making Bleach (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=2468) a global success.”

No specifics about the home video release are available yet.
This article has a follow-up: Bleach Press Release (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=8561) (2006-03-15 17:13:26)
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=8560

[Sledgstone]

I had a feeling that this was coming. -_- Damn, I wished Lunar would have been able to finish this series. :\

[Godgrave]

How huge is the entire series ?

[aqu]

However long they can milk it for

[Dogmatix]

*sigh* oh well, I'm still like 20 episodes behind so that'll have to keep me amused for a while, i guess