The season began airing on January 10, 2007 in Japan on TV Tokyo and ended on June 27, 2007. The English adaptation of the Bleach anime is licensed by Viz Media, and began airing on Adult Swim on April 18, 2009 and ended on July 11, 2009. Five DVD compilations, each containing four episodes of the season, were released by Aniplex between June 27, 2007 and October 24, 2007. __TOC__