BLEACH × LAM showcase
- The official crossartpj account announced a BLEACH × LAM installation opening April 24 at POP UP venues. (x.com) - LAM will show new illustrations per location, with online sales planned during the Tokyo leg. (x.com) - The showcase is timed to link into BLEACH anime’s final cour, blending fandom and collectible installation art. (x.com)
A BLEACH pop-up built around new art by illustrator LAM opens Friday, April 24, starting a three-city Japan run tied to the anime’s final stretch. (bleach-lam-soulartshowcase.com) The event, billed as “BLEACH×LAM -SOUL ART SHOWCASE-,” opens in Tokyo at SHIBUYA SACS from April 24 to April 26, then moves to i GALLERY OSAKA from May 1 to May 10 and AMU EST in Fukuoka from May 29 to June 7. Admission is free, though the official site says timed entry controls or numbered tickets may be used if crowds build. (bleach-lam-soulartshowcase.com) LAM created new BLEACH illustrations for the showcase, and venue goods include acrylic stands, stickers, clear files, can badges and T-shirts built around that art. The official site also lists an online shop for the Tokyo leg. (bleach-lam-soulartshowcase.com; animecorner.me) The collaboration arrives as the TV anime’s final cour, “BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Calamity,” is scheduled to begin airing in July 2026 on TV Tokyo and affiliated stations in Japan. VIZ and Fathom also said the first three episodes will play in U.S. theaters from June 25 to June 29 before broadcast and streaming. (bleach-anime.com; viz.com) That timing places the pop-up in the middle of a broader BLEACH promotion cycle that now spans Japan retail events, recap campaigns and an early theatrical rollout in the United States. VIZ said last month it was also making select older episodes free for a limited time on YouTube as part of its “BLEACH THE STORIES” campaign. (viz.com; viz.com) The official showcase site frames LAM as a commercial illustrator whose work ranges across character design, visual projects and books, while publisher PIE International says LAM released a first art book, “IKADUCHI,” in 2024. The collaboration page on Tite Kubo’s fan club site says BLEACH was “the origin” of LAM’s own creative work. (bleach-lam-soulartshowcase.com; pie.co.jp; klub-outside.com) That fan club page also promotes a Kubo-LAM interview and video tied to the project, with a fuller version reserved for Klub Outside members. The official site says BLEACH has sold more than 130 million copies and that its television anime has produced more than 360 episodes and four feature films. (klub-outside.com; bleach-lam-soulartshowcase.com) For now, the immediate draw is simple: new BLEACH character art, limited-run merch and three short windows to see it in person before the anime returns in July. (bleach-lam-soulartshowcase.com; bleach-anime.com)
