User blog comment:Lemursrule/Bleach 271 English Dubbed and Bleach Hell Verse Dub News/@comment-4866818-20120921002031/@comment-1351982-20120921005111

Honestly there will only be about a 3 month gap between Hell verse and episode 299. Viz and WB probably thought that the information given by episode 271 was more important for the average person to understand to get the movie, which I would honestly agree with. Episode 299 is kind of a throwaway episode, if you have seen hell verse, you will know that you do not need to watch that episode to understand the movie, because the episode itself kinda contradicts the movie and really reveals nothing of any importance. Episode 299 is pretty much a really long commercial for Hell verse (although all anime and tv shows are just commercials for the DVDs, this episode was even more a grab for money) and overall adds nothing to the Bleach universe canon or otherwise. Plus the fact they have this, Bleach box set 15 and the first part of Inuyasha: The Final Act coming out all within a week of each other makes Viz and WB go "ho,ho,ho." So really if the viewers have the information, there is no reason why Viz and WB should wait on releasing it, especially with the holiday season coming up.