Shueisha’s JUMP MV project has released its 50th collaboration video, featuring Tite Kubo’s BLEACH in collaboration with ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION’s iconic song “After Dark.”
The music video premiered on the official Shonen Jump YouTube channel on June 13 and features manga panels from BLEACH with the band’s 2007 hit, which anime fans may already recognize as the seventh opening theme of the original BLEACH anime.
The latest entry in the ongoing JUMP MV initiative celebrates one of Weekly Shonen Jump’s most successful series while bringing back one of its most memorable songs. The project regularly creates music videos that combine WSJ manga with songs from Sony Music artists.
Created by Tite Kubo, BLEACH was serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump from 2001 to 2016 and concluded with 74 volumes. The manga has exceeded 130 million copies in circulation worldwide, making it one of the best-selling manga series of all time.
The original anime adaptation aired from 2004 to 2012 and received four theatrical films. The franchise returned in 2022 with BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War, adapting the manga’s final arc. Its final part (Part 4) is set to release in July. Tite Kubo has confirmed it will include even more original material than the previous parts, expanding the manga’s final battles. It will premiere early in US theaters with the first three episodes.
The collaboration also arrives during a milestone period for ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION. Formed in 1996, the band celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2026 and recently performed at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2026 ceremony. The group has contributed songs to numerous anime series, including Naruto, Fullmetal Alchemist, Erased, and BLEACH.
Source: SHONEN JUMP YouTube Channel
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