Elsewhere, the owner of the stolen bag meets with his friends revealing he has found Ichigo. The next day, the thief and his gang seek out Ichigo at his school and are confronted by Uryū Ishida. On the way home from school, Ichigo incapacitates a thief and returns the stolen bag to its owner. Seventeen months after the defeat of Sōsuke Aizen at the cost of his Soul Reaper powers, Ichigo Kurosaki has been living in peace as a third year high school student.
Transcription: " Kōkō 3 Nensei! Yosoi Arata ni Shinshō Kaishi!" ( Japanese: 高校3年生!装い新たに新章開始!) "3rd Year High School Student! Dressed Up, and a New Chapter Begins!"
The first ending theme, "Re:pray" by Aimer is used from episodes 343 to 354 and the second ending theme, "MASK" by Aqua Timez is used from episode 355 to 366. The opening theme is " Harukaze" by Scandal. The episodes of this season use three pieces of theme music one opening and two endings. The English adaptation of the Bleach anime is licensed by Viz Media, and this season started airing on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block on and finished on November 2, 2014. Aniplex collected it in six DVD volumes between Augand January 23, 2013. The season aired from October 2011 to March 2012. Based on Tite Kubo's Bleach manga series, the season is set seventeen months after Ichigo Kurosaki lost his Soul Reaper powers and meets a man known as Kūgo Ginjō who proposes him to recover them. It is directed by Noriyuki Abe, and produced by TV Tokyo, Dentsu and Studio Pierrot.
The sixteenth season of the Bleach anime series is known as the Lost Agent arc ( 死神代行消失篇, Shinigami Daikō Shōshitsu hen).