With the hype surrounding Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, anime fans are bound to start watching the series. However, one needs to watch the original series before they start the new anime. That said, the original series has a total of 366 episodes, making it a difficult task to finish.
However, one can always choose to skip past the filler and anime canon episodes. These episodes are generally of no use to fans as they do not contain manga canon storylines. Moreover, they are only added so that the anime studio is able to manage the manga canon content for a continuous adaptation.
Full list of every Bleach filler episode to skip
Bleach has a high filler episodes count with a total of 163 episodes out of 366 being fillers. This accounts for about 45% of the entire anime. Therefore, if one were to watch the entire anime without the filler episodes, one might be able to finish the anime in about half the time it would take to complete the entire anime.
Additionally, the anime has one anime canon episode, and several mixed episodes, i.e., a mix of manga canon and filler content. Thus, here we will list out all the mixed, filler, and anime canon episodes of the series.
| Episode Number | Episode Title | Type |
| 8 | June 17, Memories in the Rain | Mixed Canon/Filler |
| 27 | Release the Death Blow! | Mixed Canon/Filler |
| 32 | Stars and the Stray | Mixed Canon/Filler |
| 33 | Miracle! The Mysterious New Hero | Filler |
| 46 | Authentic Records! School of Shinigami | Mixed Canon/Filler |
| 50 | The Reviving Lion | Filler |
| 64 | New School Term, Renji Has Come to the Material World?! | Filler |
| 65 | Creeping Terror, the Second Victim | Filler |
| 66 | Breakthrough! The Trap Hidden in the Labyrinth | Filler |
| 67 | Death Game! The Missing Classmate | Filler |
| 68 | True Identity of the Devil, the Secret which Is Revealed | Filler |
| 69 | Bounts! The Soul Hunters! | Filler |
| 70 | Rukia's Return! Revival of the Substitute Team! | Filler |
| 71 | The Moment of Collision! An Evil Hand Draws Near to the Quincy | Filler |
| 72 | Water Attack! Escape from the Shutdown Hospital | Filler |
| 73 | Gathering Bounts! The Man Who Makes His Move | Filler |
| 74 | Memories of an Eternally Living Clan | Filler |
| 75 | Earth-Shattering Event at 11th Squad! The Shinigami Who Rises Again | Filler |
| 76 | Crashing Force! Fried vs. Zangetsu | Filler |
| 77 | Unfading Grudge! The Shinigami whom Kenpachi Killed | Filler |
| 78 | Shocking Revelations for the 13 Divisions!! The Truth Buried in History | Filler |
| 79 | Yoshino's Decision of Death | Filler |
| 80 | Assault from a Formidable Enemy! A Tiny Final Line of Defense?! | Filler |
| 81 | Hitsugaya Moves! The Attacked City | Filler |
| 82 | Ichigo vs. Dalk! Appearance of the Faded Darkness | Filler |
| 83 | Grey Shadow, the Secret of the Dolls | Filler |
| 84 | Dissension in the Substitute Team? Rukia's Betrayal | Filler |
| 85 | Deadly Battle of Tears! Rukia vs. Orihime | Filler |
| 86 | Rangiku Dances! Slice the Invisible Enemy! | Filler |
| 87 | Byakuya Is Summoned! The Gotei 13 Start to Move | Filler |
| 88 | Annihilation of the Lieutenants!? Trap in the Underground Cave | Filler |
| 89 | Rematch?! Ishida vs. Nemu | Filler |
| 90 | Renji Abarai, Bankai of the Soul! | Filler |
| 91 | Shinigami and Quincy, the Reviving Power | Filler |
| 92 | Invasion of the Shinigami World, Again | Filler |
| 93 | The Bount Assault! The Gotei 13 of Destructive Earthquake | Filler |
| 94 | Hitsugaya's Decision! The Clash Approaches | Filler |
| 95 | Byakuya Takes the Field! Dance of the Wind-Splitting Cherry Blossoms | Filler |
| 96 | Ichigo, Byakuya, Kariya, The Battle of the Three Extremes! | Filler |
| 97 | Hitsugaya Strikes! Slice the Enemy in the Middle of the Forest | Filler |
| 98 | Clash! Kenpachi Zaraki vs. Maki Ichinose | Filler |
| 99 | Shinigami vs. Shinigami! The Uncontrollable Power | Filler |
| 100 | Suì-Fēng Dies? The Last of the Special Forces | Filler |
| 101 | Mayuri's Bankai!! Sawatari: Clash of the Demon | Filler |
| 102 | The Last Quincy! The Exploding Power | Filler |
| 103 | Ishida, Exceeding the Limits to Attack! | Filler |
| 104 | 10th Division's Death Struggle! The Release of Hyōrinmaru | Filler |
| 105 | Kariya! Countdown to the Detonation | Filler |
| 106 | Life and Revenge! Ishida, the Ultimate Choice | Filler |
| 107 | The Swung-Down Edge! The Moment of Ruin | Filler |
| 108 | The Wailing Bount! The Last Clash | Filler |
| 109 | Ichigo and Rukia, Thoughts in the Revolving Around Heaven | Mixed Canon/Filler |
| 111 | Shock! The Father's True Identity | Mixed Canon/Filler |
| 116 | The Evil Eye, Aizen Returns | Mixed Canon/Filler |
| 119 | Zaraki Division's Secret Story! The Lucky Men | Mixed Canon/Filler |
| 120 | Hitsugaya Scatters! The Broken Hyōrinmaru | Mixed Canon/Filler |
| 124 | Collision! Black Bankai and the White Bankai | Mixed Canon/Filler |
| 128 | The Nightmare Arrancar! Team Hitsugaya moves out | Filler |
| 129 | The Swooping Descent of the Dark Emissary! The Propagation of Malice | Filler |
| 130 | The Invisible Enemy! Hitsugaya's Merciless Decision | Filler |
| 131 | Rangiku's Tears, the Sorrowful Parting of Brother and Sister | Filler |
| 132 | Hitsugaya, Karin, and Soccer Ball | Filler |
| 133 | Ikkaku: The Hot-Blooded Kendo Tale | Filler |
| 134 | The Beautiful Patissier, Yumichika! | Filler |
| 135 | Kon is Deceived! Rangiku on the Lookout... | Filler |
| 136 | Civil War in Hueco Mundo! Ulquiorra's Death | Filler |
| 137 | The Malicious Battle, Aizen's Trap | Filler |
| 141 | Goodbye..., Kurosaki! | Mixed Canon/Filler |
| 143 | Grimmjow Revived | Mixed Canon/Filler |
| 146 | The Name's Nel! The Appearance of a Strange Arrancar | Mixed Canon/Filler |
| 147 | Forest of Menos! Search for the Missing Rukia | Filler |
| 148 | Ashido, The Soul Reaper Who Came from the Past | Filler |
| 149 | Through the Crumbling Forest, a Million Menos | Filler |
| 156 | Ishida & Pesche, the United Attack of Friendship | Mixed Canon/Filler |
| 160 | Testament, Your Heart is Right Here... | Mixed Canon/Filler |
| 161 | The Cruel Arrancar, Ulquiorra's Provocation | Mixed Canon/Filler |
| 168 | The New Captain Appears! His Name Is Shūsuke Amagai | Filler |
| 169 | New Development, the Dangerous Transfer Student Appears! | Filler |
| 170 | Desperate Struggle Under the Moonlit Night, the Mysterious Assassin and Zanpakutō | Filler |
| 171 | Kenryū, the Profusion of Blooming Crimson Flowers | Filler |
| 172 | Kifune Goes to War! The Violent Wind that Rages | Filler |
| 173 | The Appearance of the Great Evil! The Darkness in the House of Kasumiōji | Filler |
| 174 | Break the Mirror's Boundary! Ichigo's Captivity | Filler |
| 175 | The Revenging Assassin, Ichigo is Targeted | Filler |
| 176 | Mystery! The Sword-Consuming Assassin | Filler |
| 177 | The Reversal of Rukia! The Rampaging Blade | Filler |
| 178 | The Nightmare Which is Shown, Ichigo's Inside the Mirror | Filler |
| 179 | Confrontation!? Amagai vs. Gotei 13 | Filler |
| 180 | The Princess's Decision, the Sorrowful Bride | Filler |
| 181 | The 2nd Division Sorties! Ichigo is Surrounded | Filler |
| 182 | Amagai's True Strength, the Released Zanpakuto! | Filler |
| 183 | The Darkness Which Moves! Kifune's True Colors | Filler |
| 184 | Kira and Kifune, Offense and Defense of the 3rd Division | Filler |
| 185 | Ice and Flame! Fierce Fight of Amagai vs. Hitsugaya | Filler |
| 186 | Sortie Orders! Suppress the House of Kasumiōji | Filler |
| 187 | Ichigo Rages! The Assassin's Secret | Filler |
| 188 | Duel! Amagai vs. Ichigo | Filler |
| 189 | The Fallen Shinigami's Pride | Filler |
| 190 | Hueco Mundo Chapter Restart! | Mixed Canon/Filler |
| 193 | Hueco Mundo Chapter Restart! | Mixed Canon/Filler |
| 204 | Ichigo's Seppuku Persuasion Strategy ☆ | Filler |
| 205 | Thump! A Kemari Tournament Filled with Hollows | Filler |
| 206 | The Past Chapter Begins! The Truth from 110 Years Ago | Mixed Canon/Filler |
| 207 | 12th Division's New Captain, Kisuke Urahara | Mixed Canon/Filler |
| 209 | Muguruma 9th Division, Moves Out | Mixed Canon/Filler |
| 213 | The Konso Cop Karakuraiser is Born | Filler |
| 214 | Karakuraiser's Last Day | Filler |
| 222 | The Most Evil Tag!? Suì-Fēng & Ōmaeda | Mixed Canon/Filler |
| 223 | A Miraculous Body! Ggio Releases | Mixed Canon/Filler |
| 228 | Summer! Sea! Swimsuit Festival!! | Filler |
| 229 | Cry of the Soul? The Rug Shinigami is Born! | Filler |
| 230 | A New Enemy! The Materialization of Zanpakutō | Filler |
| 231 | Byakuya, Disappearing with the Cherry Blossoms | Filler |
| 232 | Sode no Shirayuki vs. Rukia! Confused Heart | Filler |
| 233 | Zangetsu Becomes an Enemy | Filler |
| 234 | Renji Surprised?! The Two Zabimarus | Filler |
| 235 | Clash! Hisagi vs. Kazeshini | Filler |
| 236 | Release! The New Getsuga Tenshō | Filler |
| 237 | Suì-Fēng, Surrounding the Zanpakutō | Filler |
| 238 | Friendship? Hatred? Haineko & Tobiume | Filler |
| 239 | The Awakening Hyōrinmaru! Hitsugaya's Fierce Fight | Filler |
| 240 | Byakuya's Betrayal | Filler |
| 241 | For the Sake of Pride! Byakuya vs. Renji | Filler |
| 242 | Shinigami and Zanpakutō, Total Sortie | Filler |
| 243 | One-to-One Fight! Ichigo vs. Senbonzakura | Filler |
| 244 | The Long Awaited... Kenpachi Appears! | Filler |
| 245 | Pursue Byakuya! The Confused Gotei Divisions | Filler |
| 246 | Special Mission! Rescue Captain Commander Yamamoto! | Filler |
| 247 | Deceived Shinigami! The World Collapse Crisis | Filler |
| 248 | Dragon of Ice and Dragon of Flame! The Strongest Showdown! | Filler |
| 249 | Senbonzakura's Bankai! Offense and Defense of the Living World | Filler |
| 250 | That Man, for the Sake of the Kuchiki | Filler |
| 251 | Dark History! The Worst Shinigami Is Born | Filler |
| 252 | Muramasa's True Identity Revealed | Filler |
| 253 | Muramasa's True Identity Revealed | Filler |
| 254 | Byakuya and Renji, the 6th Division Returns | Filler |
| 255 | Final Chapter - Zanpakutō The Alternate Tale | Filler |
| 256 | The Angered Byakuya! The Collapse of the Kuchiki House | Filler |
| 257 | A New Enemy! The True Nature of the Sword Fiends | Filler |
| 258 | Stray Snake, Tortured Monkey | Filler |
| 259 | Terror! The Monster That Lurks Underground | Filler |
| 260 | Conclusion!? Hisagi vs. Kazeshini | Filler |
| 261 | The Person with the Unknown Ability! Orihime Is Targeted | Filler |
| 262 | Haineko Cries! The Tragic Sword Fiend | Filler |
| 263 | Imprisonment?! Senbonzakura & Zabimaru | Filler |
| 264 | Battle of the Females? Katen Kyōkotsu vs. Nanao! | Filler |
| 265 | Ichigo vs. Ulquiorra, Resume | Filler |
| 266 | Ichigo vs. Ulquiorra, Resume | Filler |
| 267 | Connected Hearts! The Left Fist of Certain Death | Mixed Canon/Filler |
| 268 | Hatred and Jealousy, Orihime's Dilemma | Mixed Canon/Filler |
| 274 | Hitsugaya, the Desperate Hyōten Hyakkasō! | Mixed Canon/Filler |
| 276 | One Hit Kill, Suì-Fēng, Bankai! | Mixed Canon/Filler |
| 284 | Chain of Sacrifice, Harribel's Past | Anime Canon |
| 285 | The Hundred-Year Grudge! Hiyori's Revenge | Mixed Canon/Filler |
| 287 | Side Story! Ichigo and the Magic Lamp | Filler |
| 288 | The Final trump card! Ichigo, Towards the Decisive Battle | Mixed Canon/Filler |
| 290 | For the Sake of Justice?! The Man Who Deserted the Shinigami | Mixed Canon/Filler |
| 291 | Desperate Struggle with Aizen! Hirako, Shikai! | Mixed Canon/Filler |
| 295 | It's All a Trap... Engineered Bonds! | Mixed Canon/Filler |
| 298 | Film! Festival! Shinigami Film Festival! | Filler |
| 299 | Theatre Opening Commemoration! The Hell Verse: Prologue | Filler |
| 303 | Real World and Shinigami! The New Year Special! | Filler |
| 304 | Another Side Story! This Time's Enemy Is a Monster!? | Filler |
| 305 | Delusion Roars! Hisagi, Towards the Hot Springs Inn! | Filler |
| 310 | Ichigo's Resolution! The Price of the Fierce Battle | Mixed Canon/Filler |
| 311 | The Soul Detective: Karakuraiser Takes Off Again! | Filler |
| 312 | Inauguration! The Brand New 2nd Division Captain! | Filler |
| 313 | The Man Who Risks His Life in the 11th Division! | Filler |
| 314 | Kon saw it! The Secret of a Beautiful Office Lady | Filler |
| 315 | Yachiru's friend! The Shinigami of Justice Appears! | Filler |
| 316 | Toshirō Hitsugaya's Holiday! | Filler |
| 317 | Unusual Incident in Seireitei?! Gotei 13 Invading Army Arc! | Filler |
| 318 | Renji vs. Rukia?! Battle With Comrades! | Filler |
| 319 | Ichigo's Capture Net! Escape From Soul Society! | Filler |
| 320 | Gotei 13, Gathering in the Real World! | Filler |
| 321 | Showdown of Mutual Self, Ikkaku vs. Ikkaku! | Filler |
| 322 | Clash! Rukia vs. Rukia! | Filler |
| 323 | Protect Ichigo! Nozomi's Determination | Filler |
| 324 | Recapture Seireitei! The Captains Move! | Filler |
| 325 | For the Sake of the Believers! Byakuya vs. Hitsugaya! | Filler |
| 326 | The Two Hinamori, Hitsugaya's Resolution | Filler |
| 327 | Pride of the Kuchiki Family! Byakuya vs. Byakuya! | Filler |
| 328 | Defeat Kageroza! Shinigami, All-Out War! | Filler |
| 329 | The Forbidden Research...Nozomi's Hidden Secret! | Filler |
| 330 | I Want to Live...! Nozomi's Zanpakutō | Filler |
| 331 | For the Sake of Fighting! The Awakened Nozomi! | Filler |
| 332 | The Most Evil Reigai, Appearing in the Real World! | Filler |
| 333 | Destroy Nozomi!? Genryusai's Decision! | Filler |
| 334 | The Depleting Reiatsu! Ichigo, Death Struggle of the Soul! | Filler |
| 335 | Hiding in the Dangai? Another Ichigo?! | Filler |
| 336 | Pursue Kageroza! Technological Development Department, Infiltration! | Filler |
| 337 | The Developer of the Modified Souls | Filler |
| 338 | Kon's Thoughts, Nozomi's Thoughts | Filler |
| 339 | Protect Ichigo! The Bonds of Friends! | Filler |
| 340 | Reigai vs. Original, The Fierce Fighting for Gambled Pride! | Filler |
| 341 | Invading Army Arc, Final Conclusion! | Filler |
| 342 | Thank You | Mixed Canon/Filler |
| 343 | 3rd Year High School Student! Dressed Up, and a New Chapter Begins! | Mixed Canon/Filler |
| 345 | Uryū is Attacked, A Threat Draws Near the Friends! | Mixed Canon/Filler |
| 347 | A Crisis Sneaking up on the Kurosaki Family?! Ichigo's Confusion! | Mixed Canon/Filler |
| 351 | Fullbring, The Detested Power! | Mixed Canon/Filler |
| 355 | Shinigami at War! New Year in Seireitei Special! | Filler |
| 357 | Tsukishima's Ability, the Danger is Drawing Near! | Mixed Canon/Filler |
As seen in the list above, it is very evident that Bleach has a high number of filler and mixed episodes. While fans can definitely skip the entire filler episodes, it is advised that fans skim through the mixed episodes as many episodes have crucial manga canon events that one should not ignore.
