Cygames just dropped the full character line-up for Granblue Fantasy‘s upcoming Bleach collaboration, and it is a stacked roster. BLEACH ECHOES IN THE BLUE HOLLOW runs from 22 July at 5:00 PM to 3 August at 8:59 PM (JST), landing right as Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War — The Calamity premieres on Disney+ on 25 July. Today Cygames released the GBF-style character artwork for all twelve participants — first through 4Gamer (Japanese) and Dengeki Online (Japanese) — making this the first major Bleach x GBF breakdown English-language press has not yet covered.
BLEACH ECHOES IN THE BLUE HOLLOW: Event Overview
This is a full collaboration story event inside the original browser and mobile RPG Granblue Fantasy — not Granblue Fantasy: Relink or Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising, but the original gacha RPG by Cygames. Collaboration story events let players experience an original crossover scenario, earn the guest characters, and pull from a limited summon pool featuring the collab IP.
The event title, Echoes in the Blue Hollow, was officially confirmed on the official @granbluefantasy Japanese Twitter account. Full event details — story summary, battle mechanics, summon pool breakdown — are set to release on 21 July, one day before the event opens.
All 12 Characters: The Full Roster
Today’s reveal confirms twelve characters in Granblue Fantasy’s signature watercolour-and-ink art style, spanning both the Soul Society and Hueco Mundo sides of the war:
- Ichigo Kurosaki (CV: Morita Masakazu)
- Byakuya Kuchiki (CV: Okiayu Ryoutarou)
- Toushiro Hitsugaya (CV: Park Romi)
- Rangiku Matsumoto (CV: Matsutani Kaya)
- Kenpachi Zaraki (CV: Tateki Fumihiko)
- Mayuri Kurotsuchi (CV: Nakao Takashi)
- Nemu Kurotsuchi (CV: Kugimiya Rie)
- Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez (CV: Suwa Toshiyuki)
- Neliel Tu Odelschwanck (CV: Kiyoto Arisa)
- Pesche Guatiche (CV: Kosuge Takahiro)
- Dondochakka Bilstein (CV: Sato Daisuke)
- Bawabawa (CV: Yasumoto Hiroki)
Twelve characters is a healthy pull for a GBF collab. For context, the earlier Jujutsu Kaisen and My Hero Academia events each brought in around a dozen fighters, so Echoes in the Blue Hollow is in that same tier of flagship crossover event.
Soul Society in GBF Art Style
Ichigo gets the classic shihakushō look with his Bankai sword over his shoulder — drawn in Cygames’s signature detailed brushwork that translates manga characters into painterly GBF units surprisingly well. Byakuya comes across as particularly striking, rendered in flowing white haori with his characteristic stillness.
Hitsugaya, Rangiku, Kenpachi, Mayuri, and Nemu round out the Soul Society side. Nemu’s inclusion alongside Mayuri is notable — she was the first character revealed who will not be part of the event summon pool, hinting she might appear as a story character or field companion rather than a gacha pull. Full details on who goes where in the summon versus story reward breakdown will be confirmed on 21 July.
Grimmjow, Nel, and the Hueco Mundo Crew
The Hollow and Arrancar contingent is where things get fun. Grimmjow looks exactly as insufferably cool as he should in GBF’s art style — blue spikes, Espada jacket, that permanently unimpressed expression. Neliel Tu Odelschwanck and her companions Pesche Guatiche, Dondochakka Bilstein, and Bawabawa (her giant pet snake) all make the cut, which is a great nod to the Hueco Mundo arc that a lot of TYBW fans have strong feelings about.
The inclusion of Pesche, Dondochakka, and Bawabawa alongside Nel suggests the event story may revisit her time in Hueco Mundo — or these three are purely comic-relief support characters in the GBF scenario, which also tracks.
Timed to TYBW The Calamity — What Singapore Players Should Know
Cygames deliberately timed the event to open on 22 July — three days before BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War — The Calamity begins airing on 25 July. Singapore fans can catch The Calamity on Disney+ Singapore as it airs. The collab runs until 3 August, giving you roughly two weeks to clear the story and farm what you need.
Granblue Fantasy is free to play on iOS, Android, and the official web browser version — no region lock, so Singapore players are in from day one. Veterans who still have rupies or crystals saved from summer campaigns will want to factor this into their pull planning; Bleach is a big IP and limited collab characters rarely return outside reruns.
For more on what’s launching this month, check our game news roundups or the full breakdown of BLEACH TYBW The Calamity on Disney+.