Aizen Stands! Horrible Ambitions

'''Aizen Stands! Horrible Ambitions''' is the sixty-first episode of the Bleach anime.

Statistics

 * Original Airdate: December 13, 2005
 * English Airdate: April 27, 2008
 * Opening Song: Ichirin No Hana
 * Ending Song: Life
 * Manga Chapters: Chapter 172 through Chapter 175.
 * Kanji: 藍染、立つ! 恐るべき野望
 * Romaji: "Aizen, tatsu! Osorubeki yabō"
 * Arc: Soul Society: The Rescue arc

Characters in order of appearance

 * Renji Abarai
 * Rukia Kuchiki
 * Sōsuke Aizen
 * Gin Ichimaru
 * Kaname Tōsen
 * Retsu Unohana
 * Isane Kotetsu
 * Tetsuzaemon Iba
 * Shūhei Hisagi
 * Yachiru Kusajishi
 * Kenpachi Zaraki
 * Sentarō Kotsubaki
 * Kiyone Kotetsu
 * Sajin Komamura
 * Marechiyo Ōmaeda
 * Soifon
 * Chōjirō Sasakibe
 * Nemu Kurotsuchi
 * Rangiku Matsumoto
 * Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto
 * Shunsui Kyōraku
 * Jūshirō Ukitake
 * Yasutora Sado
 * Uryū Ishida
 * Ichigo Kurosaki
 * Nanao Ise
 * Yumichika Ayasegawa
 * Makizō Aramaki
 * Ganju Shiba
 * Orihime Inoue
 * Yoruichi Shihōin
 * Izuru Kira
 * Ikkaku Madarame
 * Mayuri Kurotsuchi
 * Momo Hinamori (Flashback)
 * Jidanbō Ikkanzaka (Flashback)
 * Kūkaku Shiba (Flashback)
 * Shiroganehiko (Flashback)
 * Byakuya Kuchiki (Flashback)
 * Kaien Shiba (Flashback)
 * Metastacia (Flashback)
 * Kisuke Urahara (Flashback)
 * Shrieker (Flashback)

Powers and techniques used
Zanpakutō released:

Shikai:
 * Minazuki (肉雫唼, Purify the Flesh)
 * Tobiume (飛梅, Flying Plum Tree) (Flashback)
 * Zabimaru (蛇尾丸, Snake's Tail)

Bankai:
 * Tensa Zangetsu (天鎖斬月, Heavenly Chain Moon Cutter/Cutting Moon)

Techniques used:


 * Higga Zekkō (狒牙絶咬, Bite of a Broken Baboon's Fang)

Kidō used:


 * Bakudō #58 Kakushitsuijaku (摑趾追雀, Summoning of the Tracking Sparrows)
 * Bakudō #77 Tenteikūra (天挺空羅, Heavenly Rickshaws in Silken Air)
 * Bakudō #61 Rikujōkōrō (六杖光牢, Six Rods Prison of Light) (Flashback)