A N I M E / O T A K U : PART 4

Bleach

Other Title:

Bleach: Anime

Characters and Voice Actors:

- Supporting:

Zommari Leroux

Zommari Leroux is a tall, heavily featured, dark-skinned arrancar who displays a calm, contemplative personality and rarely spoke until his confrontation with Byakuya. His chin is marked by several triangular tattoos. The remnants of his hollow mask consist of a small row of bony spikes extending along the crest of his head, skull-shaped earrings, and a bony necklace. Zommari's first major appearance is shortly after Aaroniero Arruruerie's death. As he is about to finish off Aaroniero's killer,Kuchiki Rukia, he is interrupted by Kuchiki Byakuya. The two do battle and, after releasing his zanpakutō, Zommari takes control of Rukia's body to use as his puppet against Byakuya. Byakuya counters this attempt and attacks Zommari with his bankai. Zommari barely survives, realizing that he has lost. He begs for his life before he angrily dismisses shinigami as arrogant for believing they have a right to hunt and judge hollows simply because they consider them evil. Byakuya counters by stating he was fighting simply because Zommari "pointed [his] sword at [his] pride" (referring to Rukia), then coldly kills the Espada with a single strike. Zommari dies shouting his praise for Aizen.

Zommari's sonído is the self-proclaimed fastest among the Espada, to the point that he can leave up to five afterimages of himself behind when he moves, which earned it the name Gemelos Sonído (双児響転（ヘメロスソニード）, Hemerosu Sonīdo?, Spanish for "Twins Sound"). His zanpakutō is called Brujería (呪眼僧伽（ブルヘリア）, Buruheria?, Spanish for "witchcraft," Japanese for "sangha of bewitching eyes") and resembles a regular katana except for the guard, which appears as a thick disk with spikes around the rim. It is released by the command "suppress" (鎮まれ, shizumare?). When released, Brujería covers his entire body with fifty open eyes, and his legs are replaced by a pumpkin-like structure surrounded by cycloptic faces. Using the eyes on his body, Zommari can take control of one object per eye. He refers to the effect as amor (Spanish for "love"). This is signified by a sun-shaped mark on the affected area and dilation of the activated eye. Although he can take control of an opponent's limbs individually, he can also take control of their entire body by targeting their head. The release can also be used as a defensive resource, as its lower half can become a full sphere that covers his upper body. This sphere was strong enough to barely withstand the attack of Byakuya Kuchiki's bankai, at the cost of depriving him the use of a substantial amount of eyes.

- Kusunoki, Taiten (Japanese)

- Eagles, Greg (English)

- Kaplan, Neil (English)

Lily

Lily is a female spirit with bright pink hair, transparent yellow goggles, and a blue thong bathing suit. She is one of Orihime's fairies who manifests her power. She has a tattoo on her backside. She is capable of shielding Orihime from attacks along with Baigon and Hinagiku.

- Kugimiya, Rie (Japanese)

- Higgins, Kate (English)

- Baroli, Luciana (Brazilian)

- Wunsch, Vanessa (German)

Tesla Lindocruz

Tesla is a slim, male arrancar with blond hair. He has an odd blue marking on his right cheek and wears an eyepatch over his right eye. Tesla also wears a different style jacket from most arrancar in that it resembles a lab coat. The remains of his hollow mask appear to be a thin upper jaw which forms a circlet around his forehead. Although he was a Numero his power was comparable to that of a captain as he was able to block Chad's Diablo attack (although Chad was in a weak condition) with his sword, and was able to seriously injure Ichigo while in a weakened bankai state.

Tesla seems to idolize Nnoitra to a degree, his eyepatch (though not identical) echoing that of his master. This is also shown when he stands by his act of shielding Nnoitra against Chad's last assault, despite criticism from Nnoitra himself. Nnoitra first instructs Tesla to restrain Orihime while the Espada fights Ichigo, and later to finish off Ichigo. He mercilessly beats the weakened Ichigo in his released state until he is stopped and is badly wounded by Kenpachi Zaraki. He is later seen on the ground in his unreleased state, dropping a tear for the fallen Nnoitra.

Tesla's zanpakutō is Verruga (牙鎧士（ベルーガ）, Berūga?, Spanish for "wart," Japanese for "tusked armored warrior"). He releases it with the phrase "crush" (打ち伏せろ, uchifusero?) When sealed, it takes the form of a rapier with a chakram embedded in the blade just above the hilt. Tesla can make the ring solid if he wishes, as seen when he blocks an attack from Chad using the solid ring then converts it back to a hollow one after Chad has fallen. The guard seems to be made of a kind of scaled ribbing. When released, Tesla becomes a large, warthog-like creature. His mask grows to cover his entire face, and also produces a pair of tusks. His hair also grows into a mane. In his released form, Tesla's mask has a large scar covering his right eye, where he has an eyepatch on his unreleased form. In his released form, Tesla uses brute force to defeat his opponents.