Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-25900715-20141220201302/@comment-24035756-20141226162450

I had once read an interesting topic that stated Bleach anime will be coming back when there will be enough published chapters. It said that because of the fillers (which, if you didn't know, make 45% of the entire series - 166 episodes out of 366) the ratings and sells of Bleach fell too much, and so they decided to launch second arc when there'll be enough canon material (and of good quality) so they won't need fillers. I don't know is it true or not, but the man claimed he got this info from someone in Japan who, in turn, says this is an unofficial agreement between Kubo and studio Pierrot that leaked out to him. That somehow explains the fierceness and overall dynamics of the Wandenreich arc.