Ichimaru uses his shikai and pushes Ichigo back through the gate. Transcription: " Shinigami o Nikumu Otoko" ( Japanese: 死神を憎む男) Thanks to Urahara's training, Ichigo easily defeats Jidanbō, but when Jidanbō opens the gate in defeat, Ichigo encounters the Squad Three captain Gin Ichimaru. Ichigo quickly finds himself in a battle with the gatekeeper Jidanbō when he carelessly tries to enter the Seireitei, where the Soul Reapers reside. They arrive in the Rukon District, where normal spirits reside. Ichigo Kurosaki, Uryū Ishida, Orihime Inoue, Yasutora "Chad" Sado and Yoruichi Shihōin cross over into the Soul Society using the gate. Transcription: " Totsunyū! Shinigami no Sekai" ( Japanese: 突入!死神の世界) Animation/ Warner Home Video on North American home video. It is also now distributed by Warner Bros. The second season of Shonen Jump’s Bleach (aka Bleach: The Entry in the English-dubbed version, or the Soul Society: The Sneak Entry arc) is currently licensed by VIZ Entertainment LLC in North America, when it aired on Cartoon Network's late-night primetime programming block, Adult Swim. A compilation of these two volumes was released on December 29, 2008. In the United Kingdom, Manga Entertainment released the season in two DVD volumes on Jand November 3, 2008.
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It was shown on YTV's Bionix programming block in Canada and Cartoon Network's Adult Swim in the United States. The first English airing of the series lasted from February 11 to July 15, 2007.
The arc initially ran from March 1, to Jin Japan on TV Tokyo. The episodes' plot centers on Ichigo Kurosaki and his friends' journey to the Soul Society in order to save Soul Reaper Rukia Kuchiki from her impending execution. The season adapts Tite Kubo's Bleach manga series from the 9th volume to the 14th volume (chapters 71–117), with the exception of episode 33 (filler).
In the English release by Viz Media, the title is translated as The Entry. The episodes are directed by Noriyuki Abe, and produced by TV Tokyo, Dentsu and Studio Pierrot. The Soul Society: The Sneak Entry arc ( 尸魂界・潜入篇, Sōru Sosaeti Sennyū Hen) is the second season of the Bleach anime series, containing 21 episodes.