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Title: THE PERFECT CRIMSON (named after the chapter)
Full Staff List:
- Storyboard/Ep Director: Yeong-Hun Jeong (PIERROT FILMS)
- Chief Animation Director: Kumiko Takayanagi (PIERROT FILMS)
- Action/Effects Animation Director: Yoshihiro Kanno
- Animation Directors: Yeong-Hun Jeong, Mika Ookubo, mo, HAN SEUNGAH, Kazumi Inadome, Kazuo Takigawa, Wenxuan Liu
- Co-Animation Directors: Teruko Takeshima, Rina Suzuki
- Key Animation: Yoshihiro Kanno, Natsuko Suzuki, Yeong-Hun Jeong, Kouhei Ootsu, Kazuhito Tominaga, Mika Ookubo, Tadashi Fukuda, Kouya Uemichi, Arata Kimata, Kento Akagi, Alexandre Gomes, Yoshiki Nozawa, Tomoyuki Kameda, Teruko Takeshima, Kahoru Hirata, Haruko Ichihara, Masato Yoshida, Noriko Ootake, Ai Mochida, You Natsuki, Yuri Pinzon, Qiuyu Chen, Krephles, MLLK
Pierrot Animation Room
Retsu Ookawara, Riana Watanabe
Nichi Studio
Wenxuan Liu, Yuzhen Lee, Chinghsiang Weng
50+ 2nd KAs
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Leaks
Both Bankai Kenpachi and Adult Toshiro's fights against Gerard from the manga will be fully adapted (chapter 668-672 & 674)
Bankai Kenpachi is extremely fast and the the animation + OST choices during his fight are very good
A lot of the action scenes seem to have been redrawn by Kanno himself
Adult Toshiro will be voiced by Yuki Kaji (VA: Eren from Attack on Titan, Todoroki from MHA)
Ep ends with this dialogue between Toshiro and Byakuya from chapter 674, after they send Rukia and Renji to go assist Ichigo:
The character featured in the end credits this time will be Rukia
Post credits scene: continuation of Horn of Salvation Ichigo scene from last ep, showing Orihime's reaction to the transformation and a resumption of the fight against Yhwach from chapter 676
Crazy impact frames and sakuga during Ichigo vs Yhwach
Number One (original version) will play during this scene, which leaker calls "best moment from the whole ep"
The explosion in this part will be generated by Ichigo's horn (Cero?), which was not clear in the manga:
End of ep poem by Orihime (first 2 lines) and Ichigo (final line): "There’s nothing I can do. I only want power. The power to protect, nothing more."
Next ep (45) title: DEFEND YOU
credits to @/PacemanOP, @/0ciha and @/d0nut2x on X, and u/Arturo-plateado for the original post
Posted Aug 13, 2026, 4:55 PM UTC