Gintama: The Final Episode 1
An anime special Gintama: The Semi-Final, tied into the film, premiered on January 15, 2021 on dTV online service, with the second episode released on January 20.[2] This bridges the gap between the end of the TV anime and the movie.
Gintama: The Final Episode 1
In the final edition of Ginpachi-sensei, Sorachi Hideaki makes a cameo to answer unresolved questions, including if Gintoki is half-Amanto due to his silver hair (no, it is just a manga) and if the baby was really Takasugi (they take a vote but did not come to a conclusion).
The film was announced in August 2019 by the manga's final 77th volume.[3] The film, titled Gintama: The Final, premiered on January 8, 2021.[4][5] It adapts the finale of the original manga, combined with new story elements.[6] SPYAIR performs the film's theme song "Wadachi" (轍Wadachi, lit. "Tracks"), while DOES performs an insert song.[7] A Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba card illustrated by Sorachi, depicting Tanjiro Kamado and the Hashira, were given to the theatergoers in the film's first week of screenings.[8][9]
An anime special, Gintama: The Semi-Final, which ties into the film, premiered on January 15, 2021 on dTV online service, with the second episode released on January 20. On May 1, it was announced that the Blu-ray release would go on sale on August 4, 2021, with the Gintama: The Semi-Final episodes bundled.[10]
Anime News Network praised the film's gags but lamented how several of the subplots of the series were not properly closed as a result of using many characters.[12] IGN was more positive, comparing the narrative to two other popular shonen manga series Naruto and Jujutsu Kaisen for how Gintoki and his friends deal with the Shoyo and Utsuro in their final fights "distilling a major conflict into a massive good-versus-evil showdown helps it to become interesting even for those who aren't as up to date on the saga as others"-[13] Crunchyroll felt the animation felt more a Dragon Ball film rather than Gintama as a result of Toei working on it but still praised for retaining a humor and style reminiscent of the comedy Konosuba.[14] Yahoo panned the movie for being too difficult to follow unless the audience has knowledge about previous Gintama events and found some jokes did not feel appealing. Nevertheless, he praised fight scenes which would appeal to the fans of samurai series Rurouni Kenshin and Afro Samurai.[15]
The episodes of the Japanese anime series Gintama were animated by Sunrise. The first 99 episodes were directed by Shinji Takamatsu. Episodes 100 to 105 were directed by Takamatsu and Yoichi Fujita, while following episodes only by Fujita.[1] It premiered on TV Tokyo on April 4, 2006, and finished on March 25, 2010 with a total of 201 episodes.[2][3] The anime is based on Hideaki Sorachi's manga of the same name.[4] The story revolves around an eccentric samurai, Gintoki Sakata, his apprentice, Shinpachi Shimura, and a teenage alien girl named Kagura. All three are freelancers who search for work in order to pay the monthly rent, which usually goes unpaid anyway.
On January 8, 2009, the streaming video service Crunchyroll began offering English subtitled episodes of the series. On the same day, Crunchyroll also began uploading episodes from the beginning of the series at a rate of two a week.[13] The anime is licensed 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.[14] The first collection containing thirteen English-subtitled episodes was released on DVD on April 27, 2010.[14][15]
While the original anime series ended with the fourth season, a sequel series, titled Gintama' and directed by Yoichi Fujita, began airing on April 4, 2011 and concluded on March 28, 2013 after sixty-four episodes.[16] A third anime series, Gintama, was produced by BN Pictures with Chizuru Miyawaki directing. This series lasted fifty-one episodes and was broadcast from on April 8, 2015 to March 30, 2016.
Utsuro comes to a realisation that Takasugi did not stab Utsuro earlier. Instead, supported by Oboro whose blood also runs through his body, Takasugi stabbed himself. The body that Utsuro saw lying on the ground was himself. Gintoki and Utsuro fight each other, and Utsuro asks if he really wanted to cut down his friend. Gintoki responds that the people he wanted to protect, including Takasugi, are right there in his soul. With a final stab and in a human body, Utsuro is no longer immortal and dies. He finally understands that humans are inherently empty, but because of that, they bring other people to live on within their soul and will not be destroyed even in death. Gintoki holds a dying Takasugi in his arms, who tells him that Gintoki has won again. He said that he could not let Gintoki cut down their teacher one more time and felt that he was much easier for Gintoki to cut down Takasugi, because of all the fights and bickering they had done since childhoold. Gintoki tells him that Takasugi had won this fight because he was the one who protected both him and Shouyou, and said that he would have liked to exchange drinks with Takasugi, imagining the two of them on a boat cruising down a river. Takasugi tells Gintoki to get going because he still has people to protect. He said that the last thing he saw with his left eye was Gintoki's tearful face and asks him not to show a dishearted look when he closes his right eye too. Gintoki smiles and tells Takasugi to wait for him in hell; Takasugi dies in his arms.
Some time in the future, Tama wakes up with memories of what has happened given to her by Tamako. She walks around the city, which has now transformed into Tokyo. After the final battle, Gintoki returned to the Yorozuya. Much of their old friends have remained the same and Tama watches as they celebrate at Snack Smile. Sakamoto writes to Gintoki and informs him that Katsura met up with the remnants of the Kiheitai. Matako scoured the land for Altana gates and found a baby that has emerged from one of the holes.
A new Gintama net special streamed on Japanese service dTV to promote the movie. After the movie was aired, dTV also released 2 semi-final episodes, Episode 368 and Episode 369, that covers Lesson 687 to Lesson 698.
When they are asked who they are, all three finally introduce themselves as the Yorozuya. A cat then passes between the two parties. Sinpachi confirms that the cat is the missing Kuromi-chan that their client is looking for. All four then proceed to catch the cat, completely ignoring their surprised enemies. Gintoki is hit by a truck.
Utsuro's ultimate plan is revealed: spark a universal war that will ultimately lead to the destruction of Earth, allowing him to finally die but taking the universe down with him. Gintoki and others must team up with old allies and former enemies to not only defeat him but also the victims of the immortal's plans, a gathering army of vengeful Amanto who may no longer listen to reason...
The official website for Gintama: The Final, the new anime film of Hideaki Sorachi's Gintama manga, posted the full trailer and poster visual for the film on Saturday (which is Gintoki's birthday). The trailer announces and previews the theme song "Wadachi" (Tracks) by the band SPYAIR. It also emphasizes, like previous videos and promotional materials, that this film is the "finale, for real."
The official Gintama Channel is opening on YouTube on Saturday, and it is now streaming the first television episode and eight other episodes. It will stream 2010's Gintama: The Movie at 7:00 p.m. (6:00 a.m. EDT). Starting on October 24, the channel will stream the top 25 episodes as chosen by votes in the ongoing poll.
The first 49 episodes of the first television series began streaming on Hulu with a new English dub in December. Sentai Filmworks released the anime's first 49 episodes on DVD in 2010 and 2011, but that release did not include an English dub.
Gintoki explains the reason for the anime's abrupt ending. Through the court trial, he finds several characters, such as Hijikata, Umibouzu and Hasegawa guilty for wasting episodes or massively altering their character design. The trial ends with a letter from Sorachi Hideaki and Gintoki finds him innocent, despite being the one who could not end the manga series on time.
Gintama: The Very Final brings the Odd Job crew back together again like old times, for one final, massive battle. It's utter chaos as the nefarious Utsuro (Adam Gibbs) threatens to bring everything and everyone to an end. He seeks a final reprieve from life, putting his immortal soul to rest once and for all. Gintoki (Michael Daingerfield), Takasugi (Kyle C. Jones), and Katsura (Jocelyne Loewen) must work in tandem to eliminate the threat Utsuro represents to bring order to their lives as well as the universe itself. As such, this is, as the title implies, the final (yes, we really mean it this time!) ending for a masterfully self-aware and intriguing series. Luckily, it's a fantastic one, and the send-off fans deserve as the irreverent saga wraps things up one last time.
Gintama may be one of the funniest send-ups of anime and the genre as a whole ever. Since its inception, it's taken the limits of what anime humor is capable of and stretched them well past what many might call acceptable. Shows like Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt and Excel Saga have long held the crown for their raunchy humor, and we can't forget series like Prison School or Golden Boy, but Gintama takes things to the next level, with entire episodes dedicated to off-color, surreal jokes and snarky self-awareness imbued in every character. It's a shtick that could very easily get old over 350 episodes, but instead, you learn to love frontman Gintoki and the rest of the crew like a dysfunctional family. 041b061a72