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Casting Call: Bleach

by Jason

Bleach Manga Volume 1 Cover Featuring Ichigo Kurosaki

Here it is folks. This is the first casting call post. If you missed the explanation of what’s going on here, then check out the previous post.

Everyone have fun with this one. I look forward to seeing your choices.

The anime to cast is…

Bleach

You can cast the role of any extra characters you want, but the characters I’m looking for are…

  • Ichigo Kurosaki
  • Rukia Kuchiki
  • Orihime Inoue
  • Sado “Chad” Yasutora
  • Uryu Ishida

and because my g/f and I like him…

  • Kenpachi Zaraki

These are the characters that you have to use if you want a shot at some free manga. If you don’t care about that, then ignore the list and cast your favorite characters.

Type of Casting

Serious: The actor that you think is best for the part.

Leave a comment with your dream cast for a big budget live action version of Bleach.


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22 Responses to “Casting Call: Bleach”

  1. Linda Says:

    Okay, here goes my initial picks for dream casting of BLEACH live-action!

    Ichigo - Ryan Phillipe or young Paul Walker or even Shia LaBeouf

    Rukia - Christina Ricci

    Orihime - Amy Adams

    Chad - William Levy Gutierrez

    Uryu - Jared Leto

    And a big thank you for including Zaraki. This was a tough one for me but I settled on….

    Zaraki- Gerard Butler (the way he looked in 300!) or Viggo Mortensen

    And a few others that occured to me:

    Ikkaku - young Jason Statham or Wentworth Miller

    Yumichika - Orlando Bloom or Adrian Grenier

    Yachiru - Dakota Fanning

    Isshin - Hugh Jackman

    Urahara - Matthew Mcconaghy

    Ta Da!

    Linda

  2. Jason Says:

    Thanks for playing Linda. You got some good ones there. I particularly liked your choices for Urahara and Rukia. Matthew McConaughey (unless you did mean Matthew Mcconaghy) has that laid back attitude and Christina Ricci looks like Rukia.

  3. Kimberleigh Says:

    So I thought about this for a bit and this is the cast I came up with.

    Ichigo - Justin Chambers (Karev on Grey’s Anatomy) or Burn Gorman (Owen on Torchwood)

    Rukia - Christina Ricci or Mila Kunis

    Orihime - Amanda Bynes

    Chad - Gael Garcia Bernal

    Uyru - Ben Barnes

    Kenpachi - Bruce Willis

    And because once I started I couldn’t stop, I also cast -

    Yachiru - Abigail Breslin

    Urahara and/or Don Kanoji - Eddie Izzard

    Yoruichi - Gina Torres

    Renji - Gareth David Lloyd (Ianto on Torchwood)

    This is fun :)

    Kimber Leigh

  4. Jason Says:

    Very interesting cast Kimber Leigh. I could see Abigail Breslin as the perfect Yachiru when she was younger.

    So far it’s unanimous… Christina Ricci would be great as Rukia.

    If you think of any more let us know. ;)

  5. Linda Says:

    I just wanted to add that yes, I meant Matthew McConaughey. I can’t spell..sorry! I also gave it a bit more thought after reading Kimber Leigh’s suggestions and wanted to throw in these names as well…

    Yoruichi - Eva Mendes

    Don Kanoji - Antonio Banderas

    Hanataro - Michael Cera

    And I so completely agree with Kimber Leigh’s casting of Yachriu. Abigail Breslin is perfect!! If I think of more…I’ll be back!

    Linda

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  9. Chris Says:

    Ichigo - Chris Rankin (Percy Weasley)

    Rukia - Christina Ricci

    Sado/Chad - Nick Simmons (Son of KISS Singer) (Psst he’s 6′7!!)

    Uryu Ishida - Simon Valero (Google him)

    Orihime Inoue - I’ll go with Amanda Bynes

    Kenpachi - Vinnie Jones (Bullet Tooth Tony from Snatch)

    Aberai Renji - Maybe Adrian Grenier

    Yourichi - Rhianna

    Kūkaku Shiba - Eva Mendes

    Ganju Shiba - Luiz Garcia

  10. Chris Says:

    * Ganju Shiba - Luiz GUSMAN

  11. Jason Says:

    @ Chris >> Nick Simmons as Chad? That’s a good one. A bit different, but I think he’d be pretty cool in the role.

    Vinnie Jones. Wow. The face is great for Zaraki. I’m gonna have to rent some of the movies he’s in and think about that one. Good one!

  12. Dani Says:

    I know which cast woulb be good its my made up cast

    Ichigo Kurosaki - Hayden Christensen
    Rukia - Kasumi Nakane or Ako Masuki(Japanese Idols)
    Uryu - Sung Kang
    Renji Abarai - Shin Koyamada
    Byakuya Kuchiki - Kane Kosugi
    Toshiro Hitsugaya - Rain(Korean pop star)
    Yachiru - Abigail Brislin
    Kenpachi Zaraki - Gerard Butler
    Yourichi - Megan Good
    Retsu Unohana - Koyuki or Yukie Nakama
    Aizen - James Franco
    Gin Ichimaru - Jet Li
    Momo Hinamori - Erika Toda or Aya Matsuura
    Mayuri - Tom Crusie
    Nemu - Keiko Kitagawa
    Izuru Kira - Collin Chou

  13. Dani Says:

    also

    Shunsui Kyoraku - Hiroyuki Sanada

    Nanao - Zhang Ziyi

    Tousen - Samuel L, Jackson

    Shiba Kuukaku - Kim Kardashian

    Hisagi Shuuhei - Shido Nakamura

  14. Kiya Says:

    Ones I could finally come to terms with…

    Ichigo- Jensen Ackles
    Rukia- Ellen Page
    Orihime- Emma Stone
    Ishida- Teddy Geiger
    Chad- Kellan Lutz
    Tatsuki- Samaire Armstrong
    Yoruichi- Zoe Saldana
    Urahara- Matthew Mcconaghy
    Kenpachi- Gerard Butler
    Shunsui- Hugh Jackman
    Nanao- Jennifer Connelly
    Momo Hinamori- Emily Browning
    Matsumoto- Scarlett Johansson
    Aizen- Cillian Murphy (he looks evil)

  15. Kiya Says:

    actually, i change my aizen to…
    Brandon Routh
    Gin- Christian Slater
    Tousen- Will Smith
    Yachiru- Elle Fanning

  16. Raye Says:

    aaaah! no! Thank god this is all for fun, and will never come to fruitition EVER! Whew!
    *breathes relieved*

    But hmm Christina ricci, i can see why, ok nnot bad on that

    but a lot of the others are plain awful or hilarious lol

    agn Thank god this is all for fun! lol

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  18. Dani Says:

    some others chars came to me

    Orihime Inoue - Yuko Ogura

    Soi Fon - Rie Komiya(from The Kunoichi contest)

    Yumichika Ayesegawa - Donnie Yen

    Ikkaku - Jason Statham

    Jushiro Ukitake - Takeshi Kaneshiro

    Ragiku Matsumoto - Leah Dizon
    Aizen - Shi Kyung

    Kiyone Kotetsu - Ayako Miyake(3 time Kunoichi champion)

  19. Dani Says:

    Im gonig to make a new dream cast. Ive made changes to the cast.

    Ichigo Kurosaki- Hideaki Takizawa
    Rukia Kuchiki- Maki Horikita
    Orihime Inoue- Yuko Ogura
    Uryu Ishida- Ikuta Toma
    Yasutora “Chad” Sado- Yu Shirota
    Kisuke Urahara- Kane Kosugi
    Renji Abarai- Shin Koyamada
    Byakuya Kuchiki- Jyoji Shibue
    Toshiro Hitsugaya- Kanata Hongo
    Rangiku Matsumoto- Leah Dizon
    Yoruichi- Meagan Good
    Soi Fon- Rie Komiya(from the Kunoichi Competition)
    Retsu Unohana- Yukie Nakama
    Kiyone Kotetsu- Chiaki Kuriyama
    Isane Kotetsu- Ayako Miyake(3 time Kunoichi Champion)
    Kenpachi Zaraki- Wataru Sakata
    Yachiru Kusajishi- Rina Hatakeyama
    Aizen- Shi Kyung
    Gin Ichimaru- Jet Li
    Momo Hinamori- Erika Toda
    Mayuri Kurotsuchi- Rain
    Nemu Kurotsuchi- Keiko Kitagawa
    Izuru Kira- Collin Chou
    Shunsui Kyoraku- Hiroyuki Sanada
    Nanao Ise- Zhang Ziyi
    Shiba- Gong Li
    Tousen- T.I.
    Hisagi Shuheei- Shido Nakamura
    Ikkaku Madarame- Jaycee Chan
    Yumichika Ayasegawa- Donnie Yen
    Tetsuzaemon Iba- Ken Watanabe
    Jushiro Ukitake- Takeshi Kaneshiro

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  21. Nina Says:

    ok..

    Ichigo-ooh that’s hard…Jake Richardson from Hangman’s Curse
    Orihime- Katie leung from Harry Potter
    Rukia/Soi Fon- Devon Ioki from Sin City
    Ulliquerra- Jared Leto
    Hisagi- Bill Kaulitz from Tokio Hotel if he cut his hair short
    Kira- Hayden Christensen
    Renji- another fly hard one…maybe Rob Pattinson from Twilight
    Aizen- Brandon Routh
    Kaname- Edi Gathegi from Twilight
    Kyotaku- either Johnny Deppor Matthew Mccaunehay
    oh and Plz do a D.Gray-Man casting game next!!! I have the perfect cast!!!

  22. Jason Says:

    D.Gray-man? Hmmm… That would be interesting. There are a tons of interesting characters in that. I’ll have to think about that.

    Thanks for the suggestion Nina. :)

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