BLEACH Mirrors High, Bandai Namco's new free-to-play action game set after the Thousand-Year Blood War, goes live on iOS and Android on October 28, 2026 (UTC). The publisher confirmed the date today and opened pre-downloads on both stores, so players can install the client now and jump in as soon as launch-day maintenance ends. Bandai Namco is pointing players to the game's official X account for the exact time the servers open.
A new story after the Thousand-Year Blood War
Mirrors High is not another retelling of Ichigo's journey. It tells an original story set after the anime's Thousand-Year Blood War arc, and BLEACH creator Tite Kubo worked closely with the team. Kubo designed the game's new characters himself, so the original cast looks like it belongs to the series rather than to a licensed spin-off. The official site lists a protagonist named Shirin Migishima, voiced by Chiaki Kobayashi, alongside new faces such as Shirane, Giro, Maiko and Naru. Familiar Soul Reapers including Ichigo Kurosaki, Rukia Kuchiki, Renji Abarai, Byakuya Kuchiki and Kisuke Urahara also appear.
Returning characters are voiced by the original Japanese anime cast. The App Store listing supports English, French, German, Japanese, Korean and Chinese text, and the game is releasing worldwide rather than in Japan first. Bandai Namco has a separate Japanese store listing and an international one, and both list the same October 28 launch.
An opening animation from the anime's own studio
Bandai Namco has also released a specially made opening animation to mark the launch. It was animated by PIERROT FILMS, the studio behind the Thousand-Year Blood War anime, so the game's new characters get the same treatment as the show's cast. The theme song is "CRITICAL" by suisoh, and the official site has posted comments from the artists. The video is on Bandai Namco's own YouTube channel, and a special broadcast archive in English and Japanese is linked from the game's site.
You play your own Soul Reaper
Instead of putting you in Ichigo's shoes, Mirrors High has you create your own Soul Reaper. The avatar editor covers appearance and style, and the signature feature is customizing your Zanpakutō. You can change both what your sword looks like and how it fights, which is about as close to the BLEACH fantasy of an awakened blade as a game has come. Your character is the lead of the story, and Kubo's new characters fight alongside you.
The game is played in portrait, holding your phone upright. Bandai Namco describes it as a 3D action game with large, full-body character models, built so that stances, sword draws and finishing moves fill the screen rather than appearing as small figures in a landscape arena.
How combat works
Battles are three-on-three. You build a squad of three characters, and each fight is a mix of fast action and card-based choices. Attacks come from a hand of Action Cards that you combine as the fight goes on, so the same team can play very differently depending on what you draw and in what order you play it.
Two systems turn the tide. Mortal Blows are each character's big animated finishers. SOUL DRIVE is a coordinated combo attack that brings your team in together, and Bandai Namco presents it as the move that can flip a fight in an instant. The publisher says the basic controls work with a single tap and that the depth comes from team-building and card choices rather than from complicated inputs.
Price, Premium Pass and requirements
BLEACH Mirrors High is free to download on the App Store and Google Play, with in-game purchases. The official product page says it contains loot boxes. There is also a Premium Pass subscription for $5.99 a month (1,000 yen in Japan) that unlocks extra features and renews automatically until you cancel it.
On iPhone the game requires iOS 17.0 or later and is about 400 MB before additional data downloads. The App Store rates it 12+. Bandai Namco notes that some devices are not supported, so Android players with older or lower-end phones should check the Google Play listing before launch day.
A crowded field for BLEACH on mobile
Mirrors High joins a busy shelf. KLab's BLEACH: Brave Souls has run for more than a decade, and BLEACH: Soul Resonance launched last year. Bandai Namco's pitch is the thing neither of them has: a canonical-feeling continuation after the final arc, with new characters from Kubo himself. For fans who finished the Thousand-Year Blood War anime and wanted to know what comes next, that is the reason to pre-download it tonight.
