Comic-Con '08: How to Meet Bleach Manga-ka Tite Kubo

VIZ Media recently posted more details about Bleach manga-ka Tite Kubo's upcoming appearances and autograph sessions at San Diego Comic-Con 2008. In a recent Shonen Jump newsletter, fans were given more details about how tickets will be handed out for the two autograph sessions on Saturday, July 26, and how to get tickets for the Friday night screening of Bleach: Memories of Nobody.

Autograph sessions: Saturday, July 26 at 10:00 - 11:00 am and 3:30 - 4:30 pm at VIZ Media booth #4113

• There will only be 50 tickets available for each hour-long session and each ticket will come with a limited edition shikishi (autograph board) featuring Ichigo Kurosaki from Bleach.
• Tickets will be given out on a first-come, first-served basis with purchase of official Bleach merchandise from the VIZ Shop at Comic-Con, at their booth, #4113
• Tickets for Saturday's 10 am session will be handed out to fans who make their Bleach purchases at the VIZ booth on either Wednesday, July 23 (Preview Night) or Thursday, July 24.
• Tickets for Saturday's 3:30 pm session will be handed out to fans who make their Bleach purchases at the VIZ booth on either Friday, July 25 or Saturday, July 26.

Movie Screening: Bleach: Memories of Nobody, Friday, July 25, 7:00 pm
VIZ also announced the venue and times for the Friday night showing of Bleach: Memories of Nobody, featuring an appearance by Kubo-sensei, as well as how to get tickets.

• The movie will be shown at the Gaslamp 15 Theaters, at 701 Fifth Avenue (cross street: G Street, 6 blocks from the Convention Center)
• Tickets will be given away free at the VIZ Media Booth on a first-come, first-served basis on Friday
• Doors open at 6:30 pm, with the event starting at 7 pm sharp.

If you miss either of these opportunities to see Kubo-sensei, there's also a spotlight panel on Saturday.

Spotlight on Tite Kubo Panel: Saturday, July 26, 1:15 - 2:00 pm, Room 7AB
Join Kubo-sensei and his editor Atsushi Nakasaki at this very special event, as they share more details about Bleach and answer your burning questions about Ichigo and friends. Attendees to this event will also receive a limited edition Bleach poster, while supplies last.

Saturday is also Bleach Day at Comic-Con, so come wearing your official Bleach gear. You just might get spotted by the VIZ Media prize patrol, who'll give you a special gift for showing your love for Bleach and Kubo-sensei at his first U.S. convention appearance.

Check VIZ Media's official Bleach website for more updates on Kubo-sensei's appearances at Comic-Con.

Image credit: © Tite Kubo / Shueisha