CDs
Produced by Shirō Sagisu, 11 CD soundtracks have been released for the Bleach anime series and movies. Bleach Original Soundtrack 1 was released on May 18, 2005 and contains 25 tracks, including the first opening and ending themes in their original television lengths.[30] Bleach Original Soundtrack 2 followed on August 2, 2006 with an additional 23 instrumental tracks.[31] Bleach Original Soundtrack 3 later followed on November 5, 2008 with 27 instrumental tracks.[32] Bleach Original Soundtrack 4 was released on December 16, 2009 with 30 instrumental tracks.[33] Bleach: Memories of Nobody Original Soundtrack was released with 25 tracks from the Bleach: Memories of Nobody film. A soundtrack was also released for the Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion film, with nearly 30 tracks from the movie, followed by a third one for the Bleach: Fade to Black, I Call Your Name film, with 29 tracks.[34][35][36] Bleach: The Best contains 12 of the opening and ending themes from the series in their full length versions, later followed by Bleach: Best Tunes, which contains 12 more opening and ending themes.[37][38]
Three Radio DJCD Bleach 'B' Station season CD sets, each containing six volumes, have been released in Japan.[39] The third season is still ongoing in Japan.[40] Eight drama CDs have been produced for the series as well, featuring the original voice actors from the series; these drama CDs have only been included as part of the DVD releases.[41]
The Bleach Beat Collections is an ongoing set of CDs published by Sony Music featuring recordings by the original Japanese voice actors that provide a look at the personalities of the characters they play, as well as the voice actors themselves. The first CD was released on June 22, 2005, and as of March 2009[update], 21 volumes have been released across four named sets called Sessions.[42]
