Bleach

One of my top 5 series for sure. What are your thoughts about the current state of Bleach?

I mainly watch anime these days, I don't really read comics/manga anymore, not faithfully anyway. I've seen bits and pieces of the manga, but watch mostly the anime. Usually the English dub. I watched some of the original Japanese anime, but not much past Aizen. Currently I am watching the Fullbring Arc on Toonami and I am digging it.

I also heard the Bleach anime will return in Japan, is this true?

I'm with you Derek, I've been following the English Dub of Bleach for the past 2 years I think. I'm really liking the FB arc as well. I don't get why everyone hates it. I will say though, that Kubo is a horribly inconsistent writer. Bleach is either in my top 5 favorite anime, or the worst piece of garbage I've ever watched in my life, depending on what he does. Like, the introduction arc and Soul Society arc were some of the best opening arcs I've ever seen in shonen history. The pacing, characters, and plot were breathtaking. Then, the Arrancar arc started out great as well but became godawful once he started writing Orihime super OOC and fucking over his main characters. I'm really digging this arc though