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20 Episodes 2004 - 2005
Episode 1
Sat, Sep 9, 200624 mins
Fifteen-year-old Ichigo Kurosaki has the uncanny ability to see ghosts, but that seems pretty run-of-the-mill once Shinigami Rukia Kuchiki enters his life.

Episode 2
Fri, Sep 15, 200624 mins
Ichigo runs into Rukia at school, where she's posing as a transfer student. Now that he's got most of her powers, she wants him to take over her Shinigami duties?
Episode 3
Fri, Sep 22, 200624 mins
Ichigo learns that not all souls pass peacefully to the Soul Society. Some linger, only to become Hollows.

Episode 4
Fri, Sep 29, 200624 mins
Chad, Ichigo's friend and classmate, brings a cursed bird to school that is really the soul of a young boy who lived a tragic life.
Episode 5
Fri, Oct 6, 200624 mins
Rukia and Chad take on Shurîkâ, a vicious Hollow who's beaten many Shinigami and committed many crimes.
Episode 6
Fri, Oct 13, 200624 mins
At a Shinigami supply shop, Rukia picks up a mod soul to take over Ichigo's body while he's pulling Shinigami duty.

Episode 7
Fri, Oct 20, 200624 mins
Rukia and Ichigo track the mod soul in Ichigo's body to a local elementary school.

Episode 8
Fri, Oct 27, 200624 mins
On the anniversary of his mother's death, Ichigo intends to take the day off from Shinigami duties and visit her grave with the rest of his family.

Episode 9
Fri, Nov 3, 200624 mins
Ichigo faces Gurando fisshâ, a Hollow that uses a lure in the shape of a girl?
Episode 10
Fri, Nov 10, 200624 mins
When television hero Don Kan'onji schedules a live recording of his hit show "Spirit Hunter" at a local abandoned hospital, Ichigo is surprised to see that an actual demi-Hollow is being summoned for the show.

Episode 11
Fri, Nov 17, 200624 mins
Ichigo is unaware that one of his classmates, Uryû Ishida, possesses spiritual power of his own.
Episode 12
Fri, Nov 24, 200624 mins
In order to prove how useless Shinigamis are, Uryû releases bait to draw Hollows to their town. Whoever gets rid of the most wins the challenge.

Episode 13
Fri, Dec 1, 200624 mins
Orihime is paid a visit by a Hollow at school and discovers her own spiritual powers?

Episode 14
Fri, Dec 8, 200624 mins
In the midst of their battle, Ichigo finds out that Uryû is a Quincy, a group with a long-standing rivalry with Shinigamis.

Episode 15
Fri, Dec 15, 200624 mins
Rukia worries that news of Ichigo's battle with Menos Grande will attract the attention of the Soul Society.
Episode 16
Fri, Dec 22, 200624 mins
Rukia, wandering the streets at night, runs into two Shinigami from the Soul Society, Renji Abarai and her brother, Byakuya Kuchiki.

Episode 17
Fri, Jan 5, 200724 mins
Ichigo fights Renji Abarai, a lieutenant from the Soul Society. When it looks like Ichigo might win, Byakuya Kuchiki steps in and deals a fierce blow?

Episode 18
Fri, Jan 12, 200724 mins
Summer vacation begins, but it's all work for Ichigo, who starts training with Urahara in order to enter the Soul Society and save Rukia.
Episode 19
Fri, Jan 19, 200724 mins
In the Soul Society, Rukia learns that in 25 days, she'll be taken to the Central Execution Grounds to face her punishment.

Episode 20
Fri, Jan 26, 200724 mins
Ichigo completes lesson three of Urahara's training and learns the name of his zanpaku-to.