Ginn Tama

Gin Tama
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Gin Tama
Cover of the first manga volume

(Gintama)
Genre Adventure, comedy[1]
Manga
Written by Hideaki Sorachi
Published by Shueisha
English publisher NA
Viz Media
Demographic Shnen
Magazine Weekly Shnen Jump
English magazine NA
Shonen Jump
Original run December 8, 2003 present
Volumes 70 (List of volumes)
Anime film series
Directed by Shinji Takamatsu (Special 1)
Yoichi Fujita (Special 2)
Chizuru Miyawaki (Specials 34)
Written by Akatsuki Yamatoya (Special 1)
Sh Matsubara (Special 4)
Music by Audio Highs
Studio Sunrise (Specials 13)
Bandai Namco Pictures(Special 4)
Released September 24, 2005 November 3, 2015
Films 4 (List of films)
Anime television series
Directed by Shinji Takamatsu (Episodes 1105)
Yoichi Fujita (Episodes 100265)
Chizuru Miyawaki (Episodes 266328)
Written by Akatsuki Yamatoya (Episodes 1265)

Studio Sunrise (Episodes 1265)
Bandai Namco Pictures(Episodes 266328)
Licensed by NA
Sentai Filmworks(Episodes 149)
Original network TV Tokyo
Original run April 4, 2006 present
Episodes 336 (List of episodes)
Light novel
Class 3Z Ginpachi-sensei
Written by Tomohito saki
Illustrated by Hideaki Sorachi
Published by Shueisha
Demographic Male
Imprint Jump jBooks
Original run February 3, 2006 present
Volumes 5
Original animation DVD
Gintama: Love Incense Arc
Directed by Chizuru Miyawaki

Studio Bandai Namco Pictures
Released August 4, 2016 November 4, 2016
Episodes 2
Anime films
Gintama: The Movie (2010)
Gintama: The Movie: The Final Chapter: Be Forever

Yorozuya (2013)
Live-action film
Gintama (film)
Anime and Manga portal
Gin Tama (Japanese: Hepburn: Gintama, "Silver Soul"), also styled as Gintama, is a
Japanese manga written and illustrated by Hideaki Sorachi and serialized, beginning on
December 8, 2003, in Shueisha's Weekly Shnen Jump. Set in Edo which has been conquered
by aliens named Amanto, the plot follows life from the point of view of samurai Gintoki Sakata,
who works as a freelanceralongside his friends Shinpachi Shimura and Kagura in order to pay
the monthly rent. Sorachi added the science fiction setting to develop characters to his liking after
his editor suggested doing a historical series.
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 anime series,
which debuted on April 4, 2006, on TV Tokyo and finished on March 25, 2010. A sequel
titled Gintama' first premiered in Japan on April 4, 2011 and ended on March 26, 2012, before
returning once again for a brief run from October 4, 2012 to March 28, 2013. A continuation of
the TV anime series titled Gintama began airing on April 8, 2015, and ended on March 30,
2016. Two animated films have also been produced. Besides the anime series, there have been
various light novels and video games based on Gin Tama. A live action film adaptation of the
same name was released on July 14, 2017 in Japan by Warner Bros. Pictures.[2] A new anime
series continuing after the events in the Gintama anime series, named Gintama. premiered on
January 9, 2017.
The manga has been licensed by Viz Media in North America. In addition to publishing the
individual volumes of the series, Viz serialized its first chapters in their Shonen Jump manga
anthology. It debuted in the January 2007 issue, and was serialized at a rate of one chapter a
month. Sentai Filmworks initially licensed the series. The website Crunchyroll purchased the
anime's streaming rights and home video rights.
In Japan, the Gin Tama manga has been popular, selling over 50 million copies, making it one of
the best-selling manga series. The anime and its DVDs have been featured, at various times, in
Top Ten rankings of their respective media, while TV Tokyo has announced that the first Gin
Tama anime was responsible for high sales overseas along with the anime adaptation
from Naruto. Publications for manga, anime and others have commented on the Gin
Tama manga. Positive responses have focused on the comedy and characters from the series,
as well as its overarching plot and action choreography.
Contents
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1Plot
2Themes and style
3Production
4Media
o 4.1Manga
o 4.2Jump Festa specials
o 4.3Anime series
4.3.1Gintama
4.3.2Yorinuki Gintama-san
4.3.3Gintama'
4.3.3.1Gintama': Enchousen
4.3.4Gintama
4.3.5Gintama.
4.3.6Gintama: Porori-hen
o 4.4Films
4.4.1Animation
4.4.2Live-action
o 4.5Original animation DVDs
o 4.6CDs
o 4.7Light novels
o 4.8Video games
o 4.9Guidebooks
5Reception
o 5.1Controversy
6References
7External links
Plot[edit]
See also: List of Gin Tama characters
The story is set in an alternate late-Edo period, where humanity is attacked by aliens called
"Amanto" (, "Sky People"), and the samurai of Japan join the battle against the aliens, but
when the Shogun realizes the power of aliens, he betrays the samurai and surrenders to the
aliens. The Shogun writes an unequal contract with aliens which allows the aliens to enter the
country and places a ban on carrying swords in public. The swords of samurai are taken away so
they can no longer resist the aliens. After that, the Shogunate becomes a puppet government.
The plot is focused on an eccentric samurai, Gintoki Sakata (a.k.a. Odd Jobs Gin), who helps a
teenager named Shinpachi Shimurasave his sister Tae from a group of aliens who want to make
her part of a brothel. Impressed with Gintoki, Shinpachi becomes his apprentice and works with
him as a freelance odd-jobs man in order to pay the monthly rent on Gintoki's combination home
and office, as well as to know more about him. The two of them rescue a teenage alien girl
named Kagura from a group of Yakuza who wanted to use her superhuman strength to kill
people. Kagura joins Shinpachi and Gintoki to work as freelancers and the three become known
as "Yorozuya" (, "We do everything" or literally "The Anything Store").
While doing their job, they encounter the police force Shinsengumi several times, who normally
ally with Odd Jobs Gin in their work since the jobs commonly involve dangerous criminals. They
eventually meet some of Gintoki's former comrades from the fight against the Amanto's invasion,
including the revolutionary Kotaro Katsura who maintains a friendly relationship with them
despite his terrorist activities against the bakufu. On the other hand, Shinsuke Takasugi acts as a
major antagonist throughout the series, as he wants to destroy the bakufu and sees his former
comrades as enemies.
Although the series' story is commonly episodic, there are also a few story arcs which are
developed through several chapters.[3]Across several story arcs Takasugi starts gaining allies
including Kagura's brother, Kamui, and the elite unit Mimawarigumi to prepare for his large scale
coup d'tat.
Following the assassination of the ruling Shogun, Shige Shige Tokugawa, the Shinsengumi rebel
against the new shogun Hitotsubashi Nobunobu.
Themes and style[edit]

Hideaki Sorachi's main focus in Gin Tama is the use of gags; during the manga's second year of
serialization he started to add more drama to the story while still keeping the comedy.[4] Various
jokes from the manga are comments regarding clichs from other shnenseries. For example, in
the first chapter after Gintoki fights a group of aliens to protect Shinpachi and Tae, Shinpachi
complains that he only fought for "one page" and Gintoki replies, "Shut up! One page is a long
time for a manga artist!" Gintoki's exaggerated desire to read the Weekly Shnen Jump (which
causes him to fight other readers in order to get it) also makes fun of shnen, since during those
parts characters quote them.[5][6] Other types of comic situations are more general, so that the
reader must know about Japanese culture to understand them.[7] The humour is described by
publications as being "bizarre" and "weird". It is also described as being divided between two
categories: "sci-fi comedy" and a "samurai comedy" with the former referring to the aliens.[8] It
tends to point out "an irritating foible about modern society" including celebrations days or
famous mythical figures.[3] Additionally, there are references to several historical figures with a
few characters from the story being based on them.[9] Besides the series' comedy, the aliens'
invasion in Japan bring several social issues between them and the humans with the most
recurring one being the lack of social equality.[10] As a result, one of the main themes involves
society trying to preserve their own way of living rather than fulfilling a dream like in
other shnen series.[11]
Production[edit]
Cover of the first issue of the Weekly Shnen Jump magazine that featured the manga.
In 2003, Hideaki Sorachi was an up-and-coming manga artist who had already created two one-
shots for the Weekly Shnen Jumpmagazine.[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 own liking.[13] The original title of the series was meant to be "Yorozuya Gin-san" (
, lit. "Odd Jobs Gin-san"), but it did not have any impact on Sorachi. After great
debate, he decided to go with the name Gin Tama 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 such one-shot served as the
base for Gin Tamasuch 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]
The main character of the series was originally meant to be Toshiro Hijikata as Sorachi was a fan
of the Shinsengumi, most notably from Hijikata Toshiz (the Shinsengumi who was the base for
the one of Gin Tama), after he saw the film Burn! Sword!. When Sorachi could not "shake off"
Hijikata's initial design, he decided not to use him as the lead character, but added him along
with the Shinsengumi to the story.[14] The pilot chapter from the series had a different plot to the
one from the serialization: Shinpachi already met Gintoki in the story and there were more
Shinsengumi to the story such as one based on Harada Sanosuke. As all these new
Shinsengumi were older than most of the recurring characters from the series, Sorachi removed
them thinking they were not entertaining.[16] When asked by a fan, Sorachi mentioned that most
characters from the series are based on real-life Edo citizens while Gintoki's character is roughly
based on the folk heroSakata Kintoki.[9]
When starting serialization the manga was unpopular and was close to being cancelled. Although
Sorachi was pleased with the first tankbon selling all of its copies, he later learned Shueisha
was afraid of poor sales which resulted in the minimum printed.[17] In order to increase its
popularity, the author introduce 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 tankbonvolumes. However, once the
third volume was released, Sorachi found that he did not have "any fresh material to
use."[18] During the first year of the series, Sorachi believed that the source of the popularity
of Gin Tama 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 of 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.[4]Although Sorachi has already planned the series' ending,
he is not sure when the manga is going to reach that point due to the characters requiring
development to behave the way he wants.[17]
When working on a chapter of Gintama, Sorachi sometimes has problems finishing the
manuscript, leaving his supervisor to take it before he can revise it. He figures out what to write
by staying in his room or going for a walk.[19] Although he commented that some of his ideas are
"random," he focuses on the fact that they are all related to the manga, and when he has
problems coming up with ideas, Sorachi is often helped by his editor.[20] Thinking of Gin Tama as
a "non-sense manga," before writing a chapter, Sorachi decides whether it should be a comedy
or a drama. Sorachi defines Gin Tama as a "science fiction human drama pseudo-historical
comedy."[21]
When Sorachi is illustrating Gin Tama, he usually uses a felt-tip pen, a fountain pen, a brush-tip
pen, and a multiliner, but for the major characters he only uses a felt-tip pen and a fountain pen,
and does their outlines with a multiliner-0.8.[22]
Media[edit]
Manga[edit]
Main article: List of Gin Tama chapters
The manga chapters of Gin Tama are written and illustrated by Hideaki Sorachi. They have been
serialized for the manga anthology book Weekly Shnen Jump from Shueisha since December
8, 2003.[23] Shueisha is also publishing the first chapters of Gin Tama online on their Weekly
Shnen Jump official website.[24] Viz Media licensed Gin Tama for publication in North America. A
55-page preview from the series was first featured in the January 2006 Shonen
Jump issue.[25] Viz acquired the license to publish chapters from the series in the Shonen
Jump during the San Diego Comic-Con International in 2006.[26] The chapters were serialized
in Shonen Jump from January to May 2007 at a rate of one chapter a month.[27][28]
Shueisha has been collecting the chapters in tankbon volumes with the first being published on
April 2, 2004.[29] Seventy volumes have been released in Japan.[30] In North
America tankbon were published under Viz's "Shonen Jump Advanced" imprint.[31] The first
volume was published on July 3, 2007, while on August 2, 2011 Viz published the twenty-third
volume.[32][33] Publication of the series by Viz Media ended with that volume with no reasons
given.[34]
Jump Festa specials[edit]
Two animated specials of Gin Tama were developed by Sunrise for the Jump Festa Anime Tour
2005 and 2008. The first one, having the same title, is composed of various autoconclusive
stories meant to introduce the characters from the series.[35] The second special titled Shiroyasha
Kotan (, lit. "White Demon's Birth") is initially set in the war between aliens and
samurais and it is later revealed to be a hoax.[36] On September 30, 2009, a DVD named Gintama
Jump Anime Tour 2008 & 2005 was published by Aniplex. It contains the 2005 and 2008 specials
and an audio commentary.[36] On Weekly Shnen Jump's 34th issue of 2014, it was announced
that Gin Tama anime will return for a one-episode special for the year's Jump Special Anime
Festa tour.[37] The anime special DVD will be bundled with limited edition of the 58th manga
volume to be released on April 3, 2015.[38]
Anime series[edit]
Gintama[edit]
Main articles: List of Gintama episodes (season 1), List of Gintama episodes (season 2), List of
Gintama episodes (season 3), and List of Gintama episodes (season 4)
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.[39] 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."[40] During
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.[41] The series ended on March 25, 2010 with a
total of 201 episodes.[42]
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.[43] The second season was
released over another set of thirteen volumes between July 25, 2007 and July 23,
2008.[44] Season 3 was also released in thirteen volumes from August 27, 2008 to August 26,
2009.[45] The fourth season was collected released in thirteen DVD volumes from October 28,
2009 to October 27, 2010.[46][47]
In November 2008, an agreement was reached between TV Tokyo and the streaming video
service Crunchyroll. Crunchyroll would stream English-subtitled episodes for free one week after
they had aired in Japan. Paying subscribers can watch new episodes an hour after they air in
Japan.[48] On January 8, 2009, Crunchyroll uploaded their first episode (episode 129) to the
service. Alongside new episodes each week, Crunchyroll also uploads episodes from the
beginning of the series.[49] The anime is licensed in North America by Sentai Filmworks, with
distribution from Section23 Films. Section23 Films' Chris Oarr commented that only the first two
seasons were licensed, with an option on the rest.[50] The first collection containing thirteen
English-subtitled episodes was released on DVD, April 27, 2010.[50][51] Only 49 episodes were
released before the releases stalled. However, shortly after licensing the Gin Tama film, Sentai
Filmworks announced that based on the film's performance, they would consider releasing more
of the series in North America, possibly with an English dub.[52] An English subtitled version of the
series began airing on Shorts HD on July 12, 2015.[53] On July 1, 2016, Crunchyroll announced
that they will re-release the series on Blu-ray and DVD with an English dub.[54]
Yorinuki Gintama-san[edit]
On April 5, 2010, TV Tokyo stations began airing high-definition reruns of older episodes
of Gintama under the title Yorinuki Gintama-san (, literally "The Very Best of
Gintama"), the title being a parody of the "best of" reruns of the anime Sazae-san.[55] In addition
to being broadcast in HD, new opening and ending animations and themes have been made.
The opening and ending for episodes 1-9 are Does's "Bakuchi Dancer" (
Bakuchi Dans, lit. "Fullspeed Dancer") and "Bokutachi no Kisetsu" (, lit. "Our
Season"). Starting with episode 10 and going to 26, the opening was changed to Joe Inoue's
"Kaze no Gotoku" (, lit. "Like the Wind")[56] and the ending was changed to Vijandeux's
"WAVE". Starting with episode 27, the opening changed to Chiaki Kuriyama's "Kansei Girl" (
Kansei Gru, "Probable Girl") and the ending changed to Azu's "IN MY LIFE".
Starting with episode 40, the opening changed to FLiP's "Karto Niago" (
Ktoniago) and the ending changed to Piko's "Sakurane" (, "Sakura Sound").
Gintama'[edit]
Main article: List of Gintama' episodes
In March 2010, Yoichi Fujita hinted the anime would continue once the staff get enough material
to work on it. Shinji Takamatsu claimed the TV series "is absolutely not over. It hasn't even
begun yet! It will definitely return."[57] In December 2010, Shueisha stated that the Gintama anime
would resume in April 2011.[58] Gintama' (), the sequel to the original Gintama anime,
premiered in Japan on April 4, 2011.[59] The main staff from the first TV series remain
in Gintama' with Fujita as the director.[60] Crunchyroll simulcasted the premiere of Gintama' to
subscribers from its site.[59] The first DVD from the series was released on July 27, 2011.[61] The
episode released on September 26, 2011 contains Sket Dance as a crossover special.[62] The
series ended on March 26, 2012 with a total of 51 episodes,[63] which were collected in thirteen
DVDs by Aniplex.[64]
Gintama': Enchousen[edit]
Main article: List of Gintama': Enchousen episodes
The series premiered in TV Tokyo on October 4, 2012. It is a continuation of the
second Gintama' anime that ended in March 2012. The main staff from the second TV series
remain in Gintama with Yoichi Fujita as the director.[63] The series ended on March 28, 2013 with
a total of 13 episodes The episodes were collected in a total of four DVDs from December 19,
2012 to May 22, 2013.[65][66]
Gintama[edit]
Main article: List of Gintama episodes
On December 21, 2014 during Jump Festa's super stage event, it was announced that a new
Gintama TV series was in the works for an April 2015 premiere.[67] Cast of Yorozuya; Tomokazu
Sugita (Gintoki), Daisuke Sakaguchi (Shinpachi), and Rie Kugimiya (Kagura) attended the event.
A key visual was also revealed.
The new series aired on TV Tokyo and its affiliates for 51 episodes from April 8, 2015 to March
30, 2016, which also aired the previous seasons.
Crunchyroll began streaming an English dub of the first 12 episodes of the series on February 1,
2017. 12 additional episodes were added weekly.[68]
Gintama.[edit]
Main article: List of Gintama. episodes
A new season of Gintama was announced via Weekly Shnen Jump in September 2016.[69] On
November 27, 2016, it was announced that the new season would premiere on January 9, 2017
on TV Tokyo and its affiliates.[70] The staff from the Gintama anime series returned to reprise
their roles in this season.[71]
Gintama: Porori-hen[edit]
Main article: List of Gintama. Porori-hen episodes
An anime adapting the Porori arc has been announced and is set to air in October 2017.[72]
Films[edit]
Animation[edit]
Main articles: Gintama: The Movie and Gintama: The Movie: The Final Chapter: Be Forever
Yorozuya
There have been two films based on the franchise. The first one is Gintama: Shinyaku
Benizakura-Hen ( , lit. "Gintama: A New Retelling Benizakura Arc"), a retelling of
the story arc from Gin Tama in which Kotaro Katsura is attacked by a member of the
army Kiheitai, and Odd Jobs Gin start searching for him.[73][74] One of the TV commercials of the
film teases that the "true last scene" of the anime is in the film.[75] It premiered on April 24, 2010,
picking up US$2.118.342 on 90 screens during its first days,[76] and earned US$12.86 million in
total.[77] Sentai Filmworks released the film in both DVD and Blu-ray format in North America on
May 29, 2012 as Gintama: The Motion Picture.[78] Manga Entertainment distributed the film in the
United Kingdom while Madman Entertainment published it in Australia.[79][80]
A second film was announced in August 2012 by the Weekly Shonen Jump with the script being
written this time by Hideaki Sorachi.[81] It is titled Gintama: The Movie: The Final Chapter: Be
Forever Yorozuya and follows Gintoki as he travels to a future where he has to deal with a
mysterious group of sorcerers. It was released in Japan on July 6, 2013. Although the film is
marketed as "Final" director Yoichi Fujita commented they would make a continuation if it
became a hit.[82] The film managed to surpass the success from its predecessor.[83]
Live-action[edit]
Main article: Gintama (film)
In June 2016, Shueisha announced the series will have a live-action adaptation of the series. It is
slated to premiere in 2017. Direction of the film as well as the script is being handled by Yichi
Fukuda. Additionally, Shueisha said that Gintoki will be portrayed by Shun Oguri.[84]
Original animation DVDs[edit]
It was announced in Weekly Shnen Jump's 8th issue of 2016 that the 65th and 66th volumes of
the manga will be bundled with an original animation DVD each, the 65th manga volume
scheduled to release on August 4, 2016, and the 66th manga volume scheduled to release on
November 4, 2016. Both OADs will adapt the Love Potion arc in the manga.[85]
CDs[edit]
The music for the Gin Tama anime is composed by Audio Highs. On September 27, 2006, Audio
Highs published the first CD soundtrack for the series known as Gintama Original Soundtrack. It
featured 36 tracks including the TV version from the first opening theme and the first two ending
themes.[86] The second CD soundtrack, Gintama Original Soundtrack 2, was released on
November 11, 2007. It included 40 tracks but it did not have TV versions of the opening and
ending themes from the series.[86] The next CD is Gintama Original Soundtrack 3 published on
June 24, 2009. It features a total of 28 tracks including the theme "Dondake! Gintaman" (
! ) which was used as a gag in episode 100 from the series. The fourth and latest
CD soundtrack is composed of thirty-four tracks and was released on March 21, 2013.[86]
Apart from soundtracks from the TV series, there have been three CDs known as Gintama Best (
BEST) which include the full versions from the opening and ending themes. Each of the
CDs also have an extra DVD with the original videos.[87] The two movies have also had their own
original CD soundtracks.[88]
Light novels[edit]
A series of light novels based on the Gin Tama manga have been authored by Tomohito saki,
illustrated by Hideaki Sorachi, and published by Shueisha. They feature the series characters
transposed to a school setting with Gintoki acting as their teacher. It is running in Jump
Square under the title 3-Nen Z-Gumi Ginpachi-sensei (3Z, lit. "Grade 3 Class Z
Ginpachi-sensei"). The first novel was published on February 3, 2006, while seven light novels
have been published by Shueisha.[89][90]
A novelization of the second film has also been authored by saki and was released in 2013
alongside the film.[91]
Video games[edit]
In Japan, a PlayStation 2 Gin Tama game, Gintama: Together with Gin! My Kabuki District
Journal ( ! Gintama Gin-san to Issho! Boku no Kabuki-ch
Nikki), was released on August 30, 2007, and a Wii game, Gintama: General Store
Tube: Tsukkomi-able Cartoon ( Gintama Yorozuya
Chbu Tsukkomaburu Dga), was released on October 25, 2007.[92][93] A game for the Nintendo
DS called Gintama: Silver Ball Quest: Gin's Job-Change to Save the World (
Gintama Gintama Kuesuto Gin-san ga Tenshoku-shitari
Sekai o Sukuttari) was released on December 6, 2007.[94]Other two games for the DS
include Gintama Dee-Ess: Odd Jobs Grand Riot! (! Gintama
Desu Yorozuya Daisd!) and Gintama: Gintoki vs. Hijikata!? The Huge Fight Over Silver Souls
in the Kabuki District!! ( vs!? !! Gintama Gintoki vs Hijikata!?
Kabuki-cho Gitama Daisdatsusen!!).[95][96] Gin Tama characters also appear in the Weekly
Shnen Jump crossover Jump Super Stars and its sequel, Jump Ultimate Stars, both for
Nintendo DS.[97][98]Gintoki also appears as a playable fighter in the Jump crossover fighting
game J-Stars Victory VS on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita, with Kagura and Sadaharu
acting as support. "Gintama no Sugoroku - " was released on January 24, 2013
for the PlayStation Portable by Namco Bandai Games. On August 31, 2017, Bandai Namco
Entertainment announced "Gintama Rumble", a hack and slash action game for the Playstation
4 and the Playstation Vita.
Guidebooks[edit]
There have been various guidebooks for the Gin Tama manga and its anime. The first guidebook
for the manga is Gintama Official Character Book - Gin Channel! (
! Gintama Official Character Book - Gin Chaneru!) released by Shueisha on April
4, 2006. It features characters files, an interview with Hideaki Sorachi and original character
stickers.[99] The second book is Gintama Official Character Book 2 - Fifth Grade (
2 Gintama Official Character Book 2 - Gonen-Sei) which was
published on May 5, 2009. Like the previous book, this one also has an interview with Sorachi
and files for the new characters that have appeared in the series since the first guidebook's
release.[100] The first guidebook for the anime is named Gintama Official Animation Guide
"Gayagaya Box" ( ). It was published
on April 4, 2008 to celebrate the airing of the anime's 100th episode. This guidebook features
commentaries by the Japanese voice actors and the cast from the series.[101] It was followed
by Official Animation Guide Gintama Anime Paraparakan (
) on April 5, 2011.[102] A series of three anime character guidebooks
titled Gintama Character Book ( Gintama Kyarakutazu Bukku) have
also been published in Japan within 2010.[103][104]
Reception[edit]
The Gin Tama manga has sold 50 million units in Japan as of May 2016.[105] In March 2007,
Shueisha announced that sales of the first volume had passed one million copies.[106]Following
volumes from the manga have also had good sales, having appeared various times in the
Japanese comic ranking.[107][108] The 17th volume from the manga ranked as the 10th bestseller
volume from Japan during 2007.[109] During 2008, the manga ranked as the 10th bestseller series
with over 2.3 million copies sold.[110] It also hit number 5 in Japan in the most sold manga in the
first half of 2009 list, selling over 2.7 million volumes from November 17, 2008 to May 17,
2009.[111] In 2008 Gin Tama was featured in two Oriconsurveys; it ranked at the top as "funniest
manga" and 5th in "most interesting manga".[112][113] In another survey from 2009, it was listed as
the sixth choice for what manga could adapted into a live-action film.[114] In a poll from
Zassosha's Puff Japanese manga magazine, Gin Tama was second in the category "Best Long
Stories".[115] Fuji News Network has cited Gin Tama as one of the responsibles for the wooden
swords' popularity during 2008 as Hokkaido's retailers have experienced brisk sales in wooden
swords to foreigners.[116] In North America, Gin Tama has ranked as the best new shnen manga
from 2007 in About.com's 2007 Readers Poll: Best New Shonen Manga.[117] In the Society for the
Promotion of Japanese Animation Award from 2008, Gin Tama was nominated for the category
"Best Manga - Comedy", losing to Negima! Magister Negi Magi.[118][119] English sales from the
manga volumes have also been good with some of them having appeared in Diamond Comic
Distributors's Top 300 Graphic Novels.[120][121]
The first Gin Tama light novel became the top-selling novel from Japan during 2006.[122] The
same achievement was made by the third novel during 2008.[123] The anime adaptation has also
been featured several times in the Japanese TV ranking,[124][125] with the first two episodes having
a rating of 5.6.[126] DVD sales of the series have also been featured in the Japanese anime DVD
ranking various times,[127][128] while the third DVD of season 3 ranked ninth in the
Japanese Amazon.com Top Ten of best sellers DVDs during 2008.[129]In August 2008, TV Tokyo
announced that Gin Tama and Naruto "contributed to robust sales of overseas rights in the last
fiscal year which ended in March."[130] In a poll from Puff, Gin Tama won in the category "Best
Animation".[115] The DVD from the Gin Tama OVAs became the top-selling OVA in Japan during
2009, having sold 61,226 units after two weeks of being released.[131] In the Oricon survey "2009's
Top-Selling DVDs in Japan", the same DVD ranked at the top of the category "Animation/Special
Effects DVDs" with a total of 76,000 units sold.[132] The CD soundtrack Gintama The
Best received the "Animation Album of the Year award" from the Kinema Junpo's DVD
Navigator Japanese magazine.[133]
Critical response to the Gin Tama manga has generally been positive. Carlo Santos from Anime
News Network found the manga to be a "one-of-a-kind comedy" praising the characters'
personalities and gags. On the other hand, the artwork was criticized for being "hard to follow"
when there are fast scenes.[7] Jokes regarding clichs from other shnenseries were also
positively received by About.com writer Deb Aoki, who, like Santos, found the artwork to be "the
only thing that distracts from the otherwise considerable pleasures of this loveable,
goofy manga".[5] However, characters' designs were praised for its variations including the ones
from the aliens appearing in the series by Katherine Dacey from Pop Culture Shock who
remarked that "These characters add visual interest and life to every panel, keeping the reader
invested when the stories stall."[134] Other negative comments regarding the manga have the few
number of aliens appearing in the series as well as how some chapters are focused in fights
such as Hijikata's fight against Gintoki. Michael Aronson from Manga Life concluded his review of
the manga by saying that "The potential is there, but the execution is struggling" as still he liked
the comedy from the story.[135]Comics Village's Alex Hoffman mentioned that Gin Tama "can't
truly be compared to those comics because of one thing: the jokes." He found the context from
the series hilarious and like how there are new jokes in every chapter. Like other reviewers,
Hoffman also disliked Sorachi's artwork, but still found the manga to be "a great comedy, or a
great read."[136] Comic Book Bin writer Leroy Douresseaux found that the large number of
characters with different appearances in the series allow the reader to remain entertained with
the series as "at least every few pages or so present some unusual and interesting visual."[137]
The anime adaptation of Gin Tama has received positive and mixed responses. The humor was
noted to be improved after the series' introduction although some jokes were hard to understand
because some of them are references to Japanese culture and other series.[138] The notes on the
DVD releases were criticized for lacking explanation of cultural jokes.[139] Additionally, the humor's
quality was found to be inconsistent within the first episodes due to the depth some bring,[140] to
the point that some viewers may abandon the series.[139] The quality from the series was found to
improve as the series continues as people would not be intimidated by its large number of
episodes.[140] The characters' action were praised due to their knowledge that their tendencies to
"break the fourth wall",[138] while the female characters were found appealing based on their
unusual qualities.[140] The series has been noted for its ability to shift between comedy and drama
without a loss of quality.[141]
Controversy[edit]
Episode 232 of the anime series had a defamatory depiction of a character that referenced a
specific politician, the current Minister for Government Revitalisation Renh Murata, which
resulted in the cancellation of its rerun on AT-X.[142] Series supervisor Shinji Takamatsu explained
that TV Tokyo cancelled the rerun on its own. Renh's representative denied having objected to
the episode although a report from the Mainichi Shimbun paper stated the affected party
contacted TV Tokyo.[143] When the story arc the episode belonged to was completed, Takamatsu
expressed doubts about the arc's release in DVD format.[144]
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Cover of the first manga volume

Genre Adventure, comedy[1]

Written by Hideaki Sorachi

Magazine Weekly Shnen Jump

Original run December 8, 2003 present

Volumes 70 (List of volumes)

Anime film series

Directed by Shinji Takamatsu (Special 1)

Yoichi Fujita (Special 2)

Chizuru Miyawaki (Specials 34)

Written by Akatsuki Yamatoya (Special 1)

Music by Audio Highs

Studio Sunrise (Specials 13)

Bandai Namco Pictures(Special 4)

Released September 24, 2005 November 3, 2015

Films 4 (List of films)

Anime television series

Directed by Shinji Takamatsu (Episodes 1105)

Yoichi Fujita (Episodes 100265)

Chizuru Miyawaki (Episodes 266328)

Written by Akatsuki Yamatoya (Episodes 1265)

Studio Sunrise (Episodes 1265)

Bandai Namco Pictures(Episodes 266328)

Sentai Filmworks(Episodes 149)

Original network TV Tokyo

Original run April 4, 2006 present

Episodes 336 (List of episodes)

Written by Tomohito saki

Illustrated by Hideaki Sorachi

Imprint Jump jBooks

Original run February 3, 2006 present

Original animation DVD

Gintama: Love Incense Arc

Directed by Chizuru Miyawaki

Studio Bandai Namco Pictures

Released August 4, 2016 November 4, 2016

Gintama: The Movie (2010)

Gintama: The Movie: The Final Chapter: Be Forever

Anime and Manga portal

Themes and style[edit]

Official Gin Tama Weekly Shonen Jump website (in Japanese)

Gin Tama by Hideaki Sorachi

Series currently running in Weekly Shnen Jump

Weekly Shnen Jump: 20002009

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