Pineda, Rafael Antonio (August 12, 2020). "New Gintama Anime Film's Teaser Claims January 2021 Film Is 'Finale for Real' ". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on August 17, 2020 . Retrieved August 12, 2020. Gintama Official Character Book 2 - Gonen-Sei] (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on May 6, 2009 . Retrieved July 26, 2009. Beveridge, Chris (February 16, 2012). "Sentai Filmworks Announces May Anime Release Slate". The Fandom Post . Retrieved February 14, 2012. In 2003, Hideaki Sorachi was an up-and-coming manga artist who had already created two one-shots for the Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine. [12] Although he was preparing to write his first serialized series, his editor suggested he create a manga series based on the Shinsengumi, mostly inspired by an upcoming TV drama about the 1860s troupe as depicted by idol actors. Sorachi attempted to create this series since he admitted to liking the Shinsengumi but ultimately failed to get anything off the ground. Instead of abandoning the idea completely, he remained focused on the historical Japanese era but began to create his own story, adding in elements of science fiction and fictionalizing many of the figures from the era to create a story more to his liking. [13] The original title of the series was meant to be " Yorozuya Gin- san" ( 万事屋銀さん, lit. "Odd Jobs Gin-san"), but it did not have any impact on Sorachi. After a great debate, he decided to go with the name Gintama after discussing it with his family, deciding on a name that sounded close to the edge without being completely off it. [14] Although Sorachi considered the one-shot "Samuraider" to be very poor, the setting of one-shot served as the base for Gintama such as the addition of alien characters. [15] Sorachi liked the Bakumatsu and Sengoku periods due to how both were eras of change and thus presented the positive and negative points of humanity. The series was then set in an alternate Bakumatsu to give a bigger significance to the characters' bushido as in that time samurais were at the low point of their lives. [11] Sorachi also cited the manga series Rurouni Kenshin (1994–1999), set during the Bakumatsu and Meiji periods, as a major source of inspiration. [16] In Japan, Aniplex distributes the anime in DVD format. A total of thirteen volumes were released for the first season, between July 26, 2006, and June 26, 2007. [55] The second season was released over another set of thirteen volumes between July 25, 2007, and July 23, 2008. [56] Season 3 was also released in thirteen volumes from August 27, 2008, to August 26, 2009. [57] The fourth season was collected released in thirteen DVD volumes from October 28, 2009, to October 27, 2010. [58] [59]

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The series focuses on an eccentric samurai, Gintoki Sakata who works as an odd-jobs freelancer. He helps a teenager named Shinpachi Shimura save his sister Tae from an alien group that wants to send her to a brothel. Impressed by Gintoki, Shinpachi becomes his freelance apprentice to pay the bills and learn more about the enigmatic samurai. When the pair rescues a teenage alien girl with super-strength, Kagura, from a Yakuza group, they accept her into their freelancing business and the three become known as "Yorozuya" ( 万事屋, "We do everything" or literally "The Anything Store"). Hulu to Stream 1st 'Season' of Gintama Anime With English Subtitles, English Dub on December 1". Anime News Network. November 23, 2019. Archived from the original on December 9, 2019 . Retrieved November 23, 2019. Loo, Egan (December 19, 2020). "See Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Characters — as Drawn by Gintama's Hideaki Sorachi". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on December 19, 2020 . Retrieved December 19, 2020. Gintama Season 4 Adapts Manga's 'Silver Soul' Final Arc (Updated)". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on December 8, 2017 . Retrieved December 8, 2017.Sentai Filmworks Licenses Gintama: The Movie". Anime News Network. February 9, 2012. Archived from the original on September 30, 2022 . Retrieved February 9, 2012. Aoki, Deb. "Gin Tama Manga Profile and Story Summary". About.com. Archived from the original on July 19, 2009 . Retrieved July 11, 2009.

Japanese Box Office, April 24–25". Anime News Network. April 29, 2010. Archived from the original on May 1, 2010 . Retrieved April 30, 2010. When starting serialization the manga was unpopular and was close to being canceled. Although Sorachi was pleased with the first tankōbon selling all of its copies, he later learned Shueisha was afraid of poor sales which resulted in the minimum printed. [18] To increase its popularity, the author introduced new characters, the Shinsengumi, who felt memorable to his assistants. [11] Sorachi had little hope on the manga's popularity, as he noted that people used to tell him the manga would not surpass the number of two tankōbon volumes. However, once the third volume was released, Sorachi found that he did not have "any fresh material to use." [19] During the first year of the series, Sorachi believed that the source of the popularity of Gintama was partially connected to the Shinsengumi drama. While the drama ran during the first year of the series, when the manga was mostly shorter stories that established the characters and the world, he felt uncomfortable making things related to the drama. By the second year and beyond, he became more daring in his stories and concepts, creating longer storylines that included more drama while keeping his sense of humor and satirization of modern Japan by way of his fictionalized past. [5] Japanese Comic Ranking, April 1–7". Anime News Network. April 10, 2008. Archived from the original on April 7, 2009 . Retrieved July 10, 2009. Pineda, Rafael Antonio (August 20, 2018). "Gintama Manga Ends in 5 Chapters". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on September 30, 2022 . Retrieved August 22, 2018.Gintama - Products - DVD 3" (in Japanese). Sunrise. Archived from the original on July 4, 2009 . Retrieved June 20, 2009.

Gintama 2 - The Exceedingly Strange Gintama-chan (2018) Episode List". IMDb. Archived from the original on September 30, 2022 . Retrieved September 3, 2018. Pineda, Rafael Antonio (September 15, 2018). "Gintama Manga Moves to Jump Giga Magazine". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on September 15, 2018 . Retrieved September 15, 2018. An anime adaptation by Sunrise debuted on TV Tokyo on April 4, 2006. The first ninety-nine episodes were initially directed by Shinji Takamatsu. Episodes 100 to 105 were directed by Takamatsu and Yoichi Fujita, while the following episodes are being directed only by Fujita. [51] The subtitle for the Gintama anime could be loosely translated as "The starting point is the utmost importance for anything, so trying to outdo oneself is just about right." [52] In January 2009, Fujita mentioned he was not going to work in the fourth season of the series starting in such year. However, in February 2009, it was confirmed that the anime would continue for a fourth year, once again directed by Fujita. [53] The series ended on March 25, 2010, with a total of 201 episodes. [54] Gin Tama, Vol. 1". Viz Media. Archived from the original on July 21, 2009 . Retrieved June 17, 2009.Gintama: Gin-Oh Quest". GameSpot. Archived from the original on July 22, 2011 . Retrieved July 10, 2009. New Gintama Anime Premieres on January 8, Switches to Late Night Timeslot". Anime News Network. November 27, 2016. Archived from the original on November 29, 2016 . Retrieved December 5, 2016. The series has been adapted into an original video animation (OVA) by Sunrise and was featured at Jump Festa 2006 Anime Tour in 2005. This was followed by a full 367-episode anime television series, which debuted in April 2006 on TV Tokyo, and finished in October 2018. Three animated films have been produced. The first film premiered in April 2010. The second film premiered in July 2013. The third and final film premiered in January 2021. Besides the anime series, there have been various light novels and video games based on Gintama. A live-action film adaptation of the same name was released in July 2017 in Japan by Warner Bros. Pictures. Along with the release of the film, a 3-episode miniseries called Gintama 2 – Yonimo Kimyou na Gintama-chan ( 銀魂2 –世にも奇妙な銀魂ちゃん-, "Gintama 2: The Strange and Unusual Gintama") was also premiered on dTV. [119] The 3 episodes would be revealed one per week, starting on August 18. The names of them would be 1. "I can not sleep". 2. "Hijikata quits smoking". 3. "No matter how old you are, you hate going to the dentist". [120] In only 7 days of its release, the first episode reached 4 million views. [121] CDs [ edit ] Natalie (in Japanese). September 15, 2018. Archived from the original on September 30, 2020 . Retrieved June 18, 2020.