no, the influences of BLEACH are yu yu hakusho and saint seiya From the person who asked: Kubo really got his ideas from other anime/manga? yes, he was influenced by saint seiya (especially in the form of soul society gotei 13 = gold saints, etc.) i actually read that in wikipedia, but i cant find it know so i cant put the link (sorry) but yes, saint seiya help inspire bleach, and bleach also has some resemblence to yu yu hakusho, to the point the first time tite kubo presented it to shonen jump they did not publish due to its similarity of the opening trama, and about DBZ, well i havent heard anything about bleach relating them except that akira toriyama has talked with tite kubo and that some call bleach DBZ with swords (or say that it would turn into that if they start giving power meas