Why is the anime bleach called bleach?

In an interview in Shonen Jump Magazine, Tite Kubo revealed the reasoning behind Bleach's title: The title wasn't Bleach when Tite Kubo decided to draw a story about Shinigami. This was before he drew the one-shot manga that appeared in Akamaru Jump. read more

The anime Bleach is called so because it's the adaptation of the manga named Bleach. As for why the manga is called Bleach, it was never officially clarified. Tite Kubo (mangaka of Bleach) is a fan of Nirvana (band) and their first Album was called Bleach. read more

Pretty much it, Ichigo's hair colour is a natural 'orange' that you get if you bleach black hair, he cops quite a bit of flack for it when he's younger, one other student, who has bleached his hair insists Ichigo goes back to hhis normal hair colour to avoid copying him, which fires ichigo up quite a lot. read more