Summary
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New Ichigo & Renji inspired Bleach shoes available at Champs Sports and Foot Locker.
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The shoes feature colorful character schemes and a subtle design, perfect for anime fans.
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Asics shoes are available and come in specific sizes, which will appeal to international fans.
The timely new collaboration was announced just a day before the season three finale Bleach: Thousand Year Blood Warwhich ended last week. The penultimate episode of the anime aired on December 28, and the day before on December 27, it announced a sports store called Champs Sports in collaboration with Bleach. The design of the shoes is based on the two main characters of the anime.
Special Bleach the shoes were announced via X (formerly Twitter) Champs Sports, where both shoe designs were shown alongside their specially designed boxes. Shortly thereafter, they were sent to X's account for Foot Locker. The shoes are now available for limited purchase at both stores.

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New bleach-based shoes
Inspired by the two main characters
New shoes come from Bleach characters Ichigo Kurosaki and Renji Abarai and are done in the respective characters' color schemes. The Ichigo themed shoes are GT-2160 and the Renji themed shoes are called GEL-NYC. The shoes themselves have a subtle design, with only the colors reflecting the characters they're based on, with no other details like the characters' faces.
According to Viz Media, the shoes “feature the familiar Soul Reaper Substitute insignia and the floral emblem of Squad 6 from the Thirteen Court Guards.” For anime fans who want something subtle to show their love for the series, the shoes are perfect. To anyone who doesn't know what they are, they just look like stylish athletic shoes. However, they come very much Bleach– themed shoe boxes featuring Ichigo and Renji.

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The Bleach Shoes by Asics
All the details
While Sports Champs just posted photos of the shoes themselves and the shoe boxes on their X account, Foot Locker went a little more creative. Their special announcement Bleach shoes included an animated video of employees from the store wearing special shoes and being transported to the Inverted World. Of the two, Foot Locker definitely knows how to appeal to fans.
AnimeNewsNetwork announced a few more details about the shoes themselves, including
The Asics GT-2160 Ichigo inspired shoe retails for $145.00 USD and is only available in men's size 8.0 and medium width. The GEL-NYC Renji inspired shoe retails for $165.00 USD and is available in men's sizes 8.0, 8.5, and 10.0 and a medium width.
The best news about them Bleach-theme shoes is that they can be purchased in the United States. They're made by Japanese shoe company Asics, but since they're sold at Sports Champs and Foot Locker, they're significantly more affordable than regular anime collaborations. With more anime shirts now available with international shipping, it looks like international anime fans are starting to have more access to official merchandise.
Sources: AnimeNewsNetwork, Viz Media
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