Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Final Season Marks End of Shonen Big 3 Era
Originally published as: It's Official, Shonen Anime Is Over As We Know It
Since Bleach released its first episode in 2004, the Shonen Big 3 worked in tandem to dominate the anime scene. Joining One Piece and Naruto, both of which released earlier, Tite Kubo's magnum opus became the third member of the famous trio. It has been over twenty years, and the Big 3 are now 2.