Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-11927664-20130711005557/@comment-24384892-20140526171046

Sternritter M wrote: I would say that only Byakuya's "shredding" and near-death would be violent enough to perhaps demand some censorship.

All the other characters who died, cut in half, beaten up etc., I don't think it would be too rough to animate that. I mean, action films have scenes much more violent than Bleach, although there are age restrictions. I doubt they'll be able to animate Yamamoto's death with him getting cut in half. It'll be censored. Same with Kirge's death.

Do you remember that one scene where Hiyori went to attack Aizen, but was attacked by Gin? The anime only showed her getting stabbed, but the manga showed her getting cut completely in half by Gin's blade. Apparently, getting cut in half is too violent to be shown in the anime.

Yamamoto's death in the anime (if they choose to animate it) won't be the same as in the manga.