ANIME CHARACTERS (ICHIGO KUROSAKI)

                     (ICHIGO KUROSAKI)

                 ICHIGO KUROSAKI IS A FICTIONAL CHARACTER IN BLEACH MANGA SERIES AND ITS ADAPTATIONS CREATED BY TITE KUBO. HE IS THE MAIN PROTAGONIST OF THE SERIES, WHO RECEVIES SOUL REAPER POWERS AFTER BEFRIENDING RUKIA KUCHIKI, THE SOUL REAPER ASSIGNED TO PETROL AROUND FICTIONAL CITY OF KARAKURA TOWN.THESE POWERS COME AT THE COST OF  RUKIA'S OWN,AND AS A RESULT,ICHIGO CONCEDES TO WORK AS RUKIA'S STAND IN,FIGHTING TO PROTECT PEOPLE FROM EVIL SPIRITS CALLED HOLLOWS AND SENDING GOOD SPIRITS,WHOLES,TO A DIMENSION KNOWN AS THE SOUL SOCIETY. IN ADDTION TO THE MANGA SERIES,ICHIGO APPEARES IN MANY OTHER PIECES OF BLEACH MEDIA, INCLUDING THE ANIME SERIES, THE FOUR FEATURED FILMS, THE TWO ORIGINAL VIDEO ANIMATIONS,ROCK MUSICALS,SEVRAL VIDEO GAMES, LIGHT NOVELS AND THE 2018 LIVE- ACTION FILM.

               KUBO SAID THAT ICHIGO WAS CREATED TO REPLACE RUKIA AS THE PROTAGONIST OF THE SERIES BEACAUSE HE FELT SHE WASN'T SUITED FOR THE ROLE. HIS CHARACTER HAS BEEN WELL RECEIVED AMONG BOTH READERS AND REVIEWERS.ICHIGO IS OFTEN FEATURED IN WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP CHARACTER POPULARITY POLLS. HE WAS CONSISTENTLY RANKED AS THE MOST POPULAR CHARACTER IN BLEACH. THE 2007 JAPANISE NEWTYPE MAGANIZE POLLS RANKED ICHIGO AS ONE OF THE TOP 100 MOST-LOVED ANIME CHARATERS. REVIEWERS OF THE SERIES HAVE PRAISED HIS PERSONALITY,THOUGH SOME CONSIDER HIM TO BE A STEREOTYPICAL ANTI-HERO. MERCHANDISE BASED ON ICHIGO'S LIKENESS HAS BEEN RELEASED,INCLUDING TOYS,CLOTHING AND ACTION FIGURES. IN THE ANIMATED ADAPTATIONS OF BLEACH, ICHIGO IS VOICED BY MASAKAZU MORITA IN JAPANESE. IN THE ENGLISH ADAPTATIONS,HE IS VOICED BY JOHNNY YONG BOSCH. IN THE LIVE-ACTION FILM, HE IS PLAYED BY SOTA FUKUSHI.

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                    WHEN DRAWING THE MANGA SERIES,KUBO COMENTED THAT RUKIA KUCHIKI, THE FIRST BLEACHED CHARACTER HE INTRODUCED,WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO BE THE PROTAGONIST. DURING THE SERIES' FIRST CHAPTER,ICHIGO'S WRISTWATCH WAS BASED ON ONE KUBO HIMSELF WORE AT THE TIME IN LATER CHAPTERS,HIS WRISTWATCH WAS BASED ON NAOTO FUKSAWA'S W11K CELLPHONE. WHILE ILLUSTRATING ONE OF ICHIGO'S SCENES,KUBO FOUND IT AWKWARD TO DROW HIM WITH A CHEERFUL SMILE. KUBO HAS STATED THAT ICHIGO'S  GREATEST IN HIS CONSIDERATE AND THOUGHTFUL NATURE; HE ALWAYS THINKS ABOUT OTHER'S NEEDS . HOWEVER,HE ALSO HOTED IT AS HIS GREATEST WEAKNESS,SINCE WORRYING ABOUT HIS FRIENDS TENDS TO PUT HIM IN DANGER.FOLLOWING OVER FIFTY VOLUMES OF THE MANGA RELEASED,KUBO BELIVES THAT ICHIGO WAS THE MOST DEVLOPED CHARACTER.

 

                 ICHIGO IS ONE OF THE TEENAGERS ATTENDING KARAKURA HIGH SCHOOL AND HAVING ABILITY TO SEE GHOSTS. HE MEETS A SOUL REAPER NAMED RUKIA KUCHIKI FROM A SECRET ORGANIZATION CALLED SOUL SOCIETY WHO ARE IN CHARGE OF SENDING SOULS TO THE AFTERLIFE. IN TIME, THE SOUL SOCIETY SENDS TWO HIGH-SEATED OFFICERS TO TAKE RUKIA BACK FOR COMMITING THE CRIME OF TRANSFERRIG HER SOUL REAPER IN PROTECTING KARAKURA TOWN FROM HOLLOWS AS THEIR FRIENDSHIP CONTINUES TO BLOOM. ICHIGO APPEARES IN EACH FILMS FOR THE SERIES, INCLUDING MEMORIES OF NOBODY, THE DIAMONDDUST REBELLION; FADE TO BLACK AND HELLVERSE.ICHIGO ALSO APPEARES IN THE FIRST VOLUME OF BLEACH BREATHLESS COLLECTION CD SOUNDTRACK SERIES TOGATHER WITH THE EMBODIMENT OF HIS QUINCY POWERS THAT POSED AS THE ZANPAKUTO SPIRIT ZENGETSU. IN THE 2007 JAPANISE NEWTYPE MAGANIZE POLL, ICHIGO WAS RANKED ONE OF THE BEST ANIME MALE CHARACTERS IN 2008. ICHIGO RANKED 1OTH IN CATEGORY ''THE CHARACTER I WANT TO BE MY GROOM '' FROM THE 2008 SURVEY AND EIGHT IN THE 2009. POLL WIZARD ENTERTAINMENT CONSIDERED ICHIGO THE BEST HERO FROM 2007. HE WAS ALSO 20TH IN IGN'S ''TOP 25 ANIME CHARACTERS OF ALL TIME'' WITH COMMENTS FOCUSED ON HIS DESIGN AND PERSONALITY.