
Manga Entertainment released the season in three DVDs for the United Kingdom from Octoto June 7, 2010, while a box set was released on August 9, 2010. Two DVD box sets collecting the entire season were released on Novemand February 16, 2010. Each of them contain four episodes in both English and Japanese languages. To save his family, Ichigo accepts Rukias offer of taking her. It is then that he meets a Soul Reaper named Rukia Kuchiki, who gets injured while protecting Ichigos family from the assailant. Viz Media released the season on seventeen DVDs from to November 17, 2009. Ichigo Kurosaki is an ordinary high schooleruntil his family is attacked by a Hollow, a corrupt spirit that seeks to devour human souls. Seven DVD compilations, each containing four episodes of the season, were released by Aniplex between to December 20, 2006. The English adaptation of the season began airing on on the Adult Swim programming block, and the last episode of the season aired on December 6, 2008. The season initially ran from Januto Augin Japan on TV Tokyo. This season lasted twenty-eight episodes.


This season, along with season five are fillers which are not direct adaptation of the Bleach manga by Tite Kubo the plot focuses on the introduction of the Bount, a race of humans that consume human souls to extend their lives, and their conflicts with Ichigo Kurosaki and his allies. The episodes are directed by Noriyuki Abe and produced by TV Tokyo, Dentsu, and Studio Pierrot. The fourth season of the Bleach anime series is named The Bount arc.
