‘Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War’ Part 4, Episode 6 Release Date and Air Time

The final stretch of ‘Bleach’ is gaining momentum, and fans are eagerly awaiting the next chapter in Yhwach’s downfall. Episode 6 of ‘Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War’ Part 4, titled The Calamity, is set to release on August 29, marking the show’s overall episode 46 as the battle between Soul Reapers and Quincies approaches its climax.

With shifting time zones and a season filled with revelations, keeping track of when and where to watch has become a challenge for dedicated viewers. Here’s everything currently known about the release window, streaming details, and story developments leading into this episode of ‘Bleach’.

New episodes of ‘Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War’ Part 4, The Calamity, are confirmed to premiere weekly, with episode 6 arriving on August 29. Episodes are being released with English subtitles and an English dub simultaneously, which has been a welcome change for the international fanbase.

The season has been airing on a consistent international schedule, with episodes going live at 7:30 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time, 8:30 a.m. Mountain Daylight Time, 9:30 a.m. Central Daylight Time, 10:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time, and 2:30 p.m. Greenwich Mean Time. Fans in Japan see the episode first, as the series airs on TV Tokyo at 11 PM JST before streaming internationally.

Episode 4 of the season was also labeled episode 44 of the overall ‘Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War’ series, which places the sixth episode of this final cour at overall episode 46, exactly where the countdown to Yhwach’s defeat currently stands. The final cour has been confirmed to run through episode 50, meaning this installment pushes the story firmly into its concluding stretch.

‘Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War’, The Calamity is available exclusively in the United States on Hulu, while international audiences, including viewers in the UK, Spain, Italy, and Germany, can stream the season on Disney+ with subtitled versions. The series is also available on Prime Video alongside Hulu and Disney+, with new episodes dropping on Saturdays.

This season completes an anime adaptation nearly four years in the making from Studio Pierrot, and the streaming rollout has kept pace with the manga’s final arc without the delays that have affected other long-running shonen adaptations. This reliability has made ‘Bleach’ one of the more predictable weekly watches on the current anime calendar.

Viewers who closely track the countdown have noted the show maintaining its Saturday release schedule without interruption so far this cour, a detail that matters given how many other seasonal anime have shifted dates mid-run this year.

The journey to this episode has been eventful. Episode 43, titled Blood For My Bone, concluded with Ichigo revealing a new Hollow-infused transformation called Horn of Salvation against Yhwach, a moment that significantly altered the tone of the fight within Wahrwelt.

By that point, Yhwach had already absorbed the Soul King, and the story established that even temporarily losing access to his ability called The Almighty does not leave him vulnerable. Meanwhile, Byakuya Kuchiki, Toshiro Hitsugaya, Kenpachi Zaraki, and other Soul Reapers have been striving to prevent Gerard Valkyrie from becoming an even greater threat.

Episode 4, subtitled ‘The Perfect Crimson,’ escalated that battle further, pitting Kenpachi against Gerard in a confrontation that ignited social media reaction threads. Episode 5 then shifted focus outside the castle walls, where Yoruichi Shihouin clashed with Askin Nakk Le Vaar before Kisuke Urahara arrived with a plan to turn the tide.

Critical response to ‘The Calamity’ has remained largely positive since its premiere. Anime News Network’s preview coverage praised the season’s cinematic opening, animation, and atmospheric soundtrack, calling the fight sequences among the best the franchise has produced.

Fan reaction online has matched that enthusiasm, with viewers highlighting the animation quality during the Kenpachi and Gerard showdown as a standout moment of the cour so far. This kind of episode-by-episode buzz has become a pattern for ‘The Calamity,’ with each new release generating fresh discussions around character transformations and fight choreography.

The stakes continue to rise as ‘Bleach’ barrels toward chapter 686 of Tite Kubo’s original manga, and with only a handful of episodes left after this one, the tension surrounding Ichigo, Uryu, and Yhwach’s final confrontation is palpable.

What do you think Ichigo and the Soul Reapers will face when episode 46 finally drops, and are you hoping for Uryu to break free from Haschwalth’s grip before the war concludes?