Jump Force was one of the big surprise announcements of E3 this year pitting Shonen Jump’s most iconic heroes and villains against each other in a realistic environment 3D arena fighting game from Bandai Namco.
The initial trailers for the game showed off characters from Dragon Ball, Naruto, One Piece and even Death Note battling it out in the real world — except Light and Ryuk aren’t actually fighting — but now we get our first chance to see the game’s Bleach characters in action.
Ichigo, Rukia, and Aizen were revealed as playable characters in Jump Force though were only seen in screenshots until now. At ACGHK 2018 this past weekend, Bandai Namco revealed a new trailer focusing on the gameplay of the new Bleach characters and the Hong Kong stage — flashy particle effects and all.
The characters’ designs are based on their appearances in the final arc Bleach manga so this will be the first time to see many of these forms and attacks in motion since the anime was canceled before it was able to air.
Ichigo features his new Soul Reaper attire and wields his twin Zangetsu blades from the final Quincy arc while Rukia activates her Bankai and Aizen appears in his prisoner outfit — he gets beat on pretty heavily in the trailer too.
Jump Force is due out in 2019
All footage own by Spike Chunsoft & Bandai Namco
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