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Gintama
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Gintoki Sakata
銀魂
Genre	Adventure Samurai Science fiction comedy
Manga
Written by	Hideaki Sorachi
Published by	Shueisha
English publisher	NA: Viz Media
Imprint	Jump Comics
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Jump (December 8, 2003 – September 15, 2018) Jump Giga (December 28, 2018 – February 22, 2019) Gintama app (May 13 – June 20, 2019)
English magazine	NA: Shonen Jump
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	December 8, 2003 – June 20, 2019
Volumes	77 (List of volumes)
Further information Anime television series Directed by Shinji Takamatsu (1–105) Yōichi Fujita (100–201) Produced by Noriko Kobayashi (1–13) Daiji Mutō (1–112) Ryūta Wakanabe (1–150) Fukashi Azuma (14–201) Naoki Sasada (113–201) Hiromitsu Higuchi (151–201) Written by Akatsuki Yamatoya Music by Audio Highs Studio Sunrise Licensed by NA: Sentai Filmworks (1–49) Crunchyroll (51–201) SEA: Medialink Original network TXN (TV Tokyo) English network SEA: Animax Asia US: Shorts HD Original run April 4, 2006 – March 25, 2010 Episodes 201 (List of episodes) Light novel Class 3Z Ginpachi-sensei Written by Tomohito Ōsaki Illustrated by Hideaki Sorachi Published by Shueisha Imprint Jump J-Books Demographic Male Original run February 3, 2006 – June 4, 2018 Volumes 8 Anime television series Gintama' (1–51) Enchōsen (52–64) Directed by Yōichi Fujita Produced by Hiromitsu Higuchi Shinjirō Yokoyama Fukashi Azuma (1–13) Shinnosuke Wada (14–64) Written by Akatsuki Yamatoya Music by Audio Highs Studio Sunrise Licensed by NA: Crunchyroll SEA: Medialink Original network TXN (TV Tokyo) Original run April 4, 2011 – March 28, 2013 Episodes 64 (List of episodes) Anime television series Gintama° Directed by Chizuru Miyawaki Produced by Susumu Matsuyama Susumu Miura Tomoyuki Saitō Written by Deko Akao Shū Matsubara Taku Kishimoto Masaki Tachihara Music by Audio Highs Studio Bandai Namco Pictures Licensed by NA: Crunchyroll SEA: Medialink Original network TXN (TV Tokyo) Original run April 8, 2015 – March 30, 2016 Episodes 51 (List of episodes) Original video animation Gintama: Love Incense Arc Directed by Chizuru Miyawaki Produced by Hiromitsu Higuchi Susumu Matsuyama Yū Honda Music by Audio Highs Studio Bandai Namco Pictures Released August 4, 2016 – November 4, 2016 Episodes 2 (List of episodes) Anime television series Gintama. (1–12) Porori-hen (13–25) Shirogane no Tamashii-hen (26–51) Directed by Chizuru Miyawaki Produced by Hiromitsu Higuchi Susumu Matsuyama Written by Shū Matsubara Taku Kishimoto Masaki Tachihara Music by Audio Highs Studio Bandai Namco Pictures Licensed by NA: Crunchyroll SEA: Medialink Original network TXN (TV Tokyo) Original run January 8, 2017 – October 7, 2018 Episodes 51 (List of episodes) Anime television series Class 3Z Ginpachi-sensei Directed by Makoto Moriwaki (chief) Natsumi Higashida Written by Kazuyuki Fudeyasu Mitei Mark II Music by Audio Highs Studio Bandai Namco Pictures Original network TXN (TV Tokyo) Original run October 2025 – scheduled Anime films Gintama: The Movie (2010) Gintama: The Movie: The Final Chapter: Be Forever Yorozuya (2013) Gintama: The Very Final (2021) Live action film Gintama (2017) Gintama 2 (2018) Video games Gintama Dee-Ess: Odd Jobs Grand Riot! (2006) Gintama: Gintoki vs. Hijikata!? The Huge Fight Over Silver Souls in the Kabuki District!! (2006) Gintama: Together with Gin! My Kabuki District Journal (2007) Gintama: General Store Tube: Tsukkomi-able Cartoon (2007) Gintama: Silver Ball Quest: Gin's Job-Change to Save the World (2007) Gintama's Sugoroku (2013) Gintama Rumble (2018)
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Gintama (銀魂, lit. 'Silver Soul') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hideaki Sorachi. It was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from December 2003 to September 2018, later in Jump Giga from December 2018 to February 2019, and finished on the Gintama app, where it ran from May to June 2019. Its chapters were collected in 77 tankōbon volumes. Set in Edo, which has been conquered by aliens named Amanto, the plot follows samurai Gintoki Sakata, who works as a freelancer in his self-established store, "Yorozuya", alongside his friends Shinpachi Shimura and Kagura, offering a wide range of services to handle various tasks and odd jobs. 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 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.

The manga has been licensed by Viz Media in North America. In addition to publishing the individual volumes of the series, Viz Media serialized its first chapters in its 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 Gintama manga has been popular, with over 73 million copies in circulation by November 2024, making it one of the best-selling manga series. The anime and its DVDs have been featured, at various times, in the Top Ten rankings of their respective media, while TV Tokyo has announced that the first Gintama anime was responsible for high sales overseas along with the anime adaptation from Naruto. Publications for manga, anime, and others have commented on the Gintama manga. Positive responses have focused on the comedy and characters from the series, as well as its overarching plot and action choreography.

Plot

The story is set in an alternate-history late-Edo period, where humanity is attacked by aliens called "Amanto" (天人, "Sky People"). Edo Japan's samurai fight to defend Earth, but the shogun cowardly surrenders when he realizes the aliens' power. He agrees to an unequal contract with the aliens, placing a ban on carrying swords in public and allowing the invaders to enter the country. The samurai's swords are confiscated and the Tokugawa bakufu (shogunate) becomes a puppet government.

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 odd-jobs freelancing business, and the three become known as "Yorozuya" (万事屋, 'Store of 10,000 business' or 'We do everything').

While working, they regularly encounter the Shinsengumi police force, who often ally with Gintoki when work involves dangerous criminals. The trio also meets Gintoki's former comrades from the Amanto invasion, including the revolutionary Kotaro Katsura who is friendly toward them despite his terrorist activities against the alien-controlled government.

The story is a balance between episodic and shorter arc based plotlines that resolve quickly, and a rich background plot that develops from its beginning to end. For example, Gintoki's former comrade Shinsuke Takasugi is a major antagonist who regards Gintoki and his other former comrades as enemies and seeks to destroy the shogunate. Over time, Takasugi gains allies, including Kagura's brother Kamui, and the elite fighting unit Mimawarigumi to prepare for his large-scale coup d'état. After the true antagonist—the immortal Utsuro—is introduced, Gintoki works with both friends and enemies to stop Utsuro from destroying the Earth.

Themes and style

Hideaki Sorachi's main focus in Gintama 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. Various jokes from the manga are comments regarding elements from other manga series. 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 Shōnen Jump (which causes him to fight other readers to get it) also makes fun of shōnen series, since during those parts characters quote them. Other types of comedic situations are more general so that the reader must know about Japanese culture to understand them. The humor 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. It tends to point out "an irritating foible about modern society" including celebration days or famous mythical figures. Additionally, there are references to several historical figures with a few characters from the story being based on them. Besides the series' comedy, the aliens' invasion of Japan brings several social issues between them and the humans with the most recurring one being the lack of social equality. As a result, one of the main themes involves society trying to preserve their way of living rather than fulfilling a dream like in other shōnen series.

Production

In 2003, Hideaki Sorachi was an up-and-coming manga artist who had already created two one-shots for the Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine. 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. 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. 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. 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. Sorachi also cited the manga series Rurouni Kenshin, set during the Bakumatsu and Meiji periods, as a major source of inspiration.

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 Toshizō (the Shinsengumi who was the base for the one of Gintama) 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. 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. 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 hero Sakata no Kintoki.

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. To increase its popularity, the author introduced new characters, the Shinsengumi, who felt memorable to his assistants. 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." 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.

When working on a chapter of Gintama, Sorachi sometimes had problems finishing the manuscript, leaving his supervisor to take it before he can revise it. He figured out what to write by staying in his room or going for a walk. Although he commented that some of his ideas are "random," he focused on the fact that they are all related to the manga, and when he had problems coming up with ideas, Sorachi was often helped by his editor. Thinking of Gintama as a "non-sense manga," before writing a chapter, Sorachi decided whether it should be a comedy or a drama. Sorachi defined Gintama as a "science fiction human drama pseudo-historical comedy."

When Sorachi illustrated Gintama, he usually used a felt-tip pen, a fountain pen, a brush-tip pen, and a multiliner, but for the major characters, he only used a felt-tip pen and a fountain pen and did their outlines with a multiliner-0.8.

Media

Manga

Gintama, written and illustrated by Hideaki Sorachi, started in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump on December 8, 2003. The manga was originally scheduled to end on September 15, 2018; however, on that day it was announced that the series would be transferred to Jump Giga, where it ran in three consecutive issues from December 28, 2018, to February 22, 2019, and later continued in the free Gintama app, where it ran from May 13 to June 20 of that same year, concluding with its 704th chapter. Shueisha collected its chapters in 77 tankōbon volumes, released from April 2, 2004, to August 2, 2019.

Viz Media licensed Gintama for publication in North America. A 55-page preview from the series was first featured in the January 2006 issue of its Shonen Jump magazine. The chapters were serialized in Shonen Jump from January to May 2007 at a rate of one chapter a month. The 23 tankōbon volumes were published under Viz Media's "Shonen Jump Advanced" imprint from July 3, 2007, to August 2, 2011; publication ended with that volume with no reasons given.

Anime

Jump Festa specials

Two animated specials of Gintama were developed by Sunrise for the Jump Festa Anime Tour 2005 and 2008. The first one, having the same title, is composed of various auto conclusive stories meant to introduce the characters from the series. The second special titled Shiroyasha Kotan (白夜叉降誕, lit. "White Demon's Birth") is initially set in the war between aliens and samurai and it is later revealed to be a hoax. On September 30, 2009, a DVD collection, Gintama Jump Anime Tour 2008 & 2005, was published by Aniplex. It contains the 2005 and 2008 specials and an audio commentary. In July 2014, it was announced that the Gintama anime would return for a one-episode special for the year's Jump Festa. The anime special DVD was bundled with the limited edition of the 58th manga volume released on April 3, 2015. The fourth special was released in 2015.

Gintama

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. 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." 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. The series ended on March 25, 2010, with a total of 201 episodes.

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. The second season was released over another set of thirteen volumes between July 25, 2007, and July 23, 2008. Season 3 was also released in thirteen volumes from August 27, 2008, to August 26, 2009. The fourth season was collected released in thirteen DVD volumes from October 28, 2009, to October 27, 2010.

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. 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. 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. The first collection containing thirteen English-subtitled episodes was released on DVD, April 27, 2010. Only 49 episodes were released before the releases stalled. However, shortly after licensing the Gintama 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. An English subtitled version of the series began airing in the United States on Shorts HD on July 12, 2015. On July 1, 2016, Crunchyroll announced that they would re-release the series on Blu-ray and DVD with an English dub. On November 23, 2019, it was announced that Hulu would add an English dub for the first season to their service beginning on December 1, 2019.

Yorinuki Gintama-san

On April 5, 2010, TV Tokyo stations began airing high-definition reruns of older episodes of Gintama under the title Yorinuki Gintama-san (よりぬき銀魂さん, lit. '"The Very Best of Gintama"'), the title being a parody of the "best of" reruns of the anime Sazae-san. In addition to being broadcast in HD, new opening and ending themes were made. The opening and ending themes for episodes 1–9 are "Bakuchi Dancer" (バクチ・ダンサー, Bakuchi Dansā, lit. "Fullspeed Dancer") and "Bokutachi no Kisetsu" (僕たちの季節, lit. "Our Season"), respectively, both performed Does. From episodes 10–26 the opening theme is "Kaze no Gotoku" (風のごとく, lit. "Like the Wind") by Joe Inoue and the ending theme is "Wave" by Vijandeux. From episode 27–39, the opening theme is "Kanōsei Girl" (可能性ガール, Kanōsei Gāru, "Probable Girl") by Chiaki Kuriyama and the ending is "In My Life" by Azu. From episodes 40–51, the opening "Karto Niago" (カートニアゴ, Kāto Niago) by Flip and the ending is "Sakurane" (桜音, "Sakura Sound") by Piko.

Gintama'

In March 2010, Yoichi Fujita hinted the anime would continue once the staff gets 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." In December 2010, Shueisha stated that the Gintama anime would resume in April 2011. Gintama' (銀魂’), the sequel to the original Gintama anime, premiered in Japan on April 4, 2011. The main staff from the first TV series remain in Gintama' with Fujita as the director. Crunchyroll simulcasted the premiere of Gintama' to subscribers from its site. The first DVD from the series was released on July 27, 2011. The episode released on September 26, 2011, contains Sket Dance as a crossover special. The series ended on March 26, 2012, with a total of 51 episodes, which were collected in thirteen DVDs by Aniplex.

Gintama': Enchōsen

The series premiered on 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. 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.

Gintama°

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. The 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.

Gintama.

A new season of Gintama was announced via Weekly Shōnen Jump in September 2016. On November 27, 2016, it was announced that the new season would premiere on January 9, 2017, on TV Tokyo and its affiliates. The staff from the Gintama° anime series returned to reprise their roles in this season.

Gintama. Porori-hen

An anime, adapting the skipped comedic arcs taking place before the events of the Shogun Assassination Arc, began airing in October 2017. The series spanned 13 episodes and ran until December 25.

Gintama. Shirogane no Tamashii-hen

Sunrise announced that the final arc of the manga would be adapted into an anime series and began airing on January 7, 2018, spanning 12 episodes and running until March 25. In March of the same year, it was announced that the series would go on a hiatus until July. The series resumed on July 8 and ran for another 14 episodes until October 7, 2018.

Class 3Z Ginpachi-sensei

An anime adaptation of the Class 3Z Ginpachi-sensei spin-off light novel was announced at the Gintama Ato no Matsuri event on March 19, 2023. The series is produced by Bandai Namco Pictures and directed by Natsumi Higashida. Makoto Moriwaki is serving as chief director, Kazuyuki Fudeyasu and Mitei Mark II are handling series composition, with Shinji Takeuchi serving as the character designer and chief animation director. Audio Highs are composing the music. It is set to premiere on TV Tokyo in October 2025.

Films

There have been three films based on the franchise. The first one is Gintama: Shinyaku Benizakura-Hen (銀魂 新訳紅桜篇, lit. "Gintama: A New Retelling Benizakura Arc"), a retelling of the Benizakura arc from Gintama in which Kotaro Katsura is attacked by a member of the army Kiheitai, and Odd Jobs Gin start searching for him. One of the TV commercials of the film teased that the "true last scene" of the anime would appear in the film. It premiered on April 24, 2010, picking up US$2,118,342 on 90 screens during its first days, and earned US$12.86 million in total. Sentai Filmworks released the film in both DVD and Blu-ray format in North America on May 29, 2012, as Gintama: The Motion Picture. Manga Entertainment distributed the film in the United Kingdom while Madman Entertainment published it in Australia.

A second film was announced in August 2012 by the Weekly Shonen Jump with the script being written this time by Hideaki Sorachi. 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. The film managed to surpass the success of its predecessor.

A third film was announced in August 2019 by the manga's 77th volume. The film, titled Gintama: The Final in Japan and Gintama: The Very Final in the West, premiered on January 8, 2021. It adapts the finale of the original manga, combined with new story elements. Spyair performs the film's theme song "Wadachi" (轍～Wadachi～, lit. "Tracks"), while Does performs an insert song. 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. An anime special Gintama The Semi-Final, tied into the film, premiered on January 15, 2021, on the dTV online service, with the second episode released on January 20.

Compilation films

A compilation film, titled Gintama on Theater 2D: Baragaki-hen (銀魂オンシアター2D バラガキ篇, Gintama on Shiatā 2D Baragaki-hen, lit. 'Gintama on Theater 2D: Thorny Arc'), premiered on November 10, 2023. It encompasses episodes 244–247 of the anime series (Gintama'). It had a limited three-week screening in Japan.

A second compilation film, titled Gintama on Theater 2D: Ikkoku Keisei-hen (銀魂オンシアター2D 一国傾城篇, Gintama on Shiatā 2D Ikkoku Keisei-hen, lit. 'Gintama on Theater 2D: Courtesan of the Nation Arc'), premiered on June 21, 2024. It encompasses episodes 257–261 of the anime series (Gintama': Enchōsen). It had a limited three-week screening in Japan, featuring scenes not included during the television broadcast.

A third compilation film, titled Gintama on Theater 2D: Kintama-hen (銀魂オンシアター2D 金魂篇, Gintama on Shiatā 2D Kintama-hen, lit. 'Gintama on Theater 2D: Kintama Arc'), is set to premiere on November 22, 2024. It encompasses episodes 253–256 of the anime series (Gintama': Enchōsen). It will have a limited three-week screening in Japan.

Original animation DVDs

The 65th and 66th volumes of the manga were bundled with an original animation DVD (OAD) each, the 65th manga volume that was released on August 4, 2016, and the 66th manga volume on November 4 of that same year. Both OADs adapted the Love Potion arc in the manga.

Live-action

In June 2016, Shueisha announced the series would have a live-action adaptation. It premiered on July 14, 2017. The direction of the film as well as the script was handled by Yūichi Fukuda. The film stars Shun Oguri as Gintoki Sakata, along with Kanna Hashimoto as Kagura, and Masaki Suda as Shinpachi Shimura. The film follows a retelling of the franchise's successful Benizakura arc in which Kotaro Katsura is attacked by a member of the army Kiheitai, and Odd Jobs Gin starts searching for him.

A sequel to the live-action was announced in November 2017 by Director Yuichi Fukuda and Shun Oguri and was slated to release in Summer 2018. In April 2018, it was announced that Shun Oguri, Kanna Hashimoto and Masaki Suda would reprise their roles as Gintoki, Kagura, and Shinpachi respectively. The film was also given a working title of Gintama 2 (Kari) or Gintama 2 (Working title). which was eventually replaced by the final name, remaining as Gintama 2: Okite wa Yaburu tame ni koso Aru" (銀魂2 掟は破るためにこそある, "Gintama 2: Rules are Made to be Broken"). The film premiered on August 17, 2018, raising 280 million yen on its first day, selling a million tickets in just 7 days.

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. 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". In only 7 days of its release, the first episode reached 4 million views.

CDs

The music for the Gintama 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. 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. 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" (どんだけー! ギンタマン) 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.

Apart from soundtracks from the TV series, there have been three CDs known as Gintama Best (銀魂 BEST) which include the full versions from the opening and ending themes. Each of the CDs also has an extra DVD with the original videos. The two movies have also had their original CD soundtracks.

Light novels

A series of light novels based on manga, titled Class 3Z Ginpachi-sensei (3年Z組銀八先生, 3-Nen Z-Gumi Ginpachi-sensei, lit. "Grade 3 Class Z Ginpachi-sensei"), authored by Tomohito Ōsaki and illustrated by Hideaki Sorachi, has been published by Shueisha. They feature the series characters transposed to a school setting with Gintoki acting as their teacher. The first novel was published on February 3, 2006. The eighth and latest one was released on June 4, 2018. A ninth novel is set to be released on December 4, 2024.

A novelization of the second film has also been authored by Ōsaki and was released in 2013 alongside the film.

Video games

In Japan, a PlayStation 2 Gintama game, Gintama: Together with Gin! My Kabuki District Journal (銀魂 銀さんと一緒!ボクのかぶき町日記, Gintama Gin-san to Issho! Boku no Kabuki-chō Nikki), was released on August 30, 2007, and a Wii game, Gintama: General Store Tube: Tsukkomi-able Cartoon (銀魂 万事屋ちゅ〜ぶ ツッコマブル動画, Gintama Yorozuya Chūbu Tsukkomaburu Dōga), was released on October 25, 2007. A game for the Nintendo DS called Gintama: Silver Ball Quest: Gin's Job-Change to Save the World (銀魂 銀玉くえすと 銀さんが転職したり世界を救ったり, Gintama Gintama Kuesuto Gin-san ga Tenshoku-shitari Sekai o Sukuttari) was released on December 6, 2007. Other two games for the DS include Gintama Dee-Ess: Odd Jobs Grand Riot! (銀魂でぃ〜えす・万事屋大騒動!, Gintama Dīesu Yorozuya Daisōdō!) and Gintama: Gintoki vs. Hijikata!? The Huge Fight Over Silver Souls in the Kabuki District!! (銀魂 銀時vs土方!? かぶき町銀玉大争奪戦!!, Gintama Gintoki vs Hijikata!? Kabuki-cho Gitama Daisōdatsusen!!). Gintama characters also appear in the Weekly Shōnen Jump crossover Jump Super Stars and its sequel, Jump Ultimate Stars, both for Nintendo DS. 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's Sugoroku - 銀魂のすごろく 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. On October 18, 2018, in the Japanese version and follow-up on July 22, 2020, including all other regional versions of the game, Gintama crossed over with The King of Fighters All Star, a mobile beat 'em up spinoff of The King of Fighters. In the original crossover, Gintoki, Kagura, Kondo, Hijikata, Okita, and Takasuki as well as non-playable Shinpachi and Elizabeth appear in a few costumes such as Terry Bogard. In the second collab, Katsura, White Yaksha Gintoki, Kamui, and a playable Elizabeth incorporate the costumes from the previous collab into their moveset.

Guidebooks

There have been various guidebooks for the Gintama manga and its anime. The first guidebook for the manga is Gintama Official Character Book - Gin Channel! (銀魂公式キャラクターブック｢銀ちゃんねる!｣, 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. The second book is Gintama Official Character Book 2 - Fifth Grade (銀魂公式キャラクターブック2 ｢銀魂五年生｣, 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. The first guidebook for the anime is named Gintama Official Animation Guide "Gayagaya Box" (オフィシャルアニメーションガイド 銀魂あにめガヤガヤ箱). 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. It was followed by Official Animation Guide Gintama Anime Paraparakan (オフィシャルアニメーションガイド　銀魂あにめパラパラ館) on April 5, 2011. A series of three anime character guidebooks titled Gintama Character Book (銀魂キャラクターズブック, Gintama Kyarakutazu Bukku) have also been published in Japan within 2010.

Reception

Sales and accolades

The Gintama manga had 50 million copies in circulation May 2016; over 55 million by February 2018; over 58 million by December 2023; and over 73 million by November 2024. In March 2007, Shueisha announced that sales of the first volume had passed one million copies. Following volumes from the manga have also had good sales, having appeared various times in the Japanese comic ranking. The 17th volume from the manga ranked as the tenth bestseller volume from Japan during 2007. During 2008, the manga ranked as the tenth bestseller series with over 2.3 million copies sold. It was also the fifth top-selling manga in the first half of 2009 list, selling over 2.7 million volumes from November 17, 2008, to May 17, 2009.

In 2008 Gintama was featured in two Oricon surveys; it ranked at the top as "funniest manga" and fifth in "most interesting manga". In another survey from 2009, it was listed as the sixth choice for what manga could be adapted into a live-action film. In a poll from Zassosha's Puff Japanese manga magazine, Gintama was second in the category "Best Long Stories". Fuji News Network has cited Gintama as one of the anime responsible for the wooden swords' popularity during 2008 as Hokkaido's retailers have experienced brisk sales in wooden swords to foreigners. On TV Asahi's Manga Sōsenkyo 2021 poll, in which 150,000 people voted for their top 100 manga series, Gintama ranked twelfth.

In North America, Gintama has ranked as the best new shōnen manga from 2007 in About.com's 2007 Readers Poll: Best New Shonen Manga. In the Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation Award from 2008, Gintama was nominated in the "Best Manga - Comedy" category, losing to Negima! Magister Negi Magi. 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.

The first Gintama light novel became the top-selling novel from Japan in 2006. The same achievement was made by the third novel during 2008. The anime adaptation has also been featured several times in the Japanese TV ranking, with the first two episodes having a rating of 5.6. DVD sales of the series have also been featured in the Japanese anime DVD ranking various times, while the third DVD of season 3 ranked ninth in the Japanese Amazon.com Top Ten of best sellers DVDs during 2008. In August 2008, TV Tokyo announced that Gintama and Naruto "contributed to robust sales of overseas rights in the last fiscal year which ended in March." In a poll from Puff, Gintama won the "Best Animation" category. The DVD from the Gintama OVAs became the top-selling OVA in Japan in 2009, having sold 61,226 units after two weeks of being released. In the Oricon survey "2009's Top-Selling DVDs in Japan", the same DVD topped the "Animation/Special Effects DVDs" category with a total of 76,000 units sold. The CD soundtrack Gintama The Best received the "Animation Album of the Year award" from the Kinema Junpo's DVD Navigator Japanese magazine.

Critical response

Manga

Critical response to the Gintama manga has generally been positive when it comes to gags. 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. Jokes regarding clichés from other shōnen series 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". However, characters' designs were praised for their 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." Other negative comments regarding the manga have the few numbers of aliens appearing in the series as well as how some chapters are focused on 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. Comics Village's Alex Hoffman mentioned that Gintama "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." Comic Book Bin writer Leroy Douresseaux found that the large number of characters with different appearances in the series allows the reader to remain entertained with the series as "at least every few pages or so present some unusual and interesting visual." Anime News Network criticized its constant amount of penis jokes as well as the narrative's style which might bother readers. The series' story arcs were also criticized for being derivative to common Shonen Jump series and that the battles were poorly illustrated and coreographed. The ending of the series was criticized as for its messy storytelling where multiple plots are explained but not all are solved as the title instead focuses on telling multiple jokes from different point of views.

Anime

The anime adaptation of Gintama 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. The notes on the DVD releases were criticized for lacking an explanation of cultural jokes. Additionally, the humor's quality was found to be inconsistent within the first episodes due to the depth some bring, to the point that some viewers may abandon the series. The quality of the series was found to improve as the series continues as people would not be intimidated by its large number of episodes. The characters' actions were praised due to their knowledge that their tendencies to "break the fourth wall", while the female characters were found appealing based on their unusual qualities. The series has been noted for its ability to shift between comedy and drama without a loss of quality.

Controversy

Episode 232 of the anime series had a defamatory depiction of a character that referenced a specific politician, then–Minister for Government Revitalisation Renhō Murata, which resulted in the cancelation of its rerun on AT-X. Series supervisor Shinji Takamatsu explained that TV Tokyo canceled the rerun on its own. Renhō's representative denied having objected to the episode although a report from the newspaper Mainichi Shimbun stated the affected party contacted TV Tokyo. When the story arc the episode belonged to was completed, Takamatsu expressed doubts about the arc's release in DVD format.

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External links

• Official Gintama website (in Japanese)
• Official Gintama website at Weekly Shōnen Jump
• Official TV Tokyo Gintama website (in Japanese)
• Official Sunrise Gintama website (in Japanese)
• Official Warner Brothers Gintama: Shinyaku Benizakura-Hen website (in Japanese)
• Gintama (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

v t e Sunrise television series
1970s	Hazedon (1972–1973) Zero Tester (1973–1974) Reideen The Brave (1975–1976) La Seine no Hoshi (1975) Kum-Kum (1975–1976) Chōdenji Robo Combattler V (1976–1977) Dinosaur Expedition Born Free [ja] (1976–1977) Chōdenji Machine Voltes V (1977–1978) Invincible Super Man Zambot 3 (1977–1978) Majokko Tickle (1978–1979) Tōshō Daimos (1978–1979) Invincible Steel Man Daitarn 3 (1978–1979) Cyborg 009 (1979–1980) Future Robot Daltanious (1979–1980) Mobile Suit Gundam (1979–1980) The Ultraman (1979–1980) Scientific Adventure Team Tansar 5 [ja] (1979–1980)
1980s	Invincible Robo Trider G7 (1980–1981) Space Runaway Ideon (1980–1981) Fang of the Sun Dougram (1981–1983) Combat Mecha Xabungle (1982–1983) Aura Battler Dunbine (1983–1984) Armored Trooper Votoms (1983–1984) Ginga Hyōryū Vifam (1983–1984) Heavy Metal L-Gaim (1984–1985) Giant Gorg (1984) Panzer World Galient (1984–1985) Choriki Robo Galatt (1984–1985) Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (1985–1986) Dirty Pair (1985) Blue Comet SPT Layzner (1985–1986) Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (1986–1987) Metal Armor Dragonar (1987–1988) City Hunter (1987–1988) Mister Ajikko (1987–1989) Mashin Hero Wataru (1988–1989) Ronin Warriors (1988–1989) City Hunter 2 (1988–1989) Jushin Liger (1989–1990) Madö King Granzört (1989–1990) City Hunter 3 (1989–1990) Patlabor: The TV Series (1989–1990)
1990s	Brave Exkaiser (1990–1991) Mashin Hero Wataru 2 (1990–1991) The Brave Fighter of Sun Fighbird (1991–1992) Future GPX Cyber Formula (1991) City Hunter '91 (1991) Armored Police Metal Jack (1991) Matchless Raijin-Oh (1991–1992) Mama is a 4th Grader (1992) The Brave Fighter of Legend Da-Garn (1992–1993) Genki Bakuhatsu Ganbaruger (1992–1993) The Brave Express Might Gaine (1993–1994) Nekketsu Saikyō Go-Saurer (1993–1994) Mobile Suit Victory Gundam (1993–1994) Shippū! Iron Leaguer (1993–1994) Brave Police J-Decker (1994–1995) Haō Taikei Ryū Knight (1994–1995) Mobile Fighter G Gundam (1994–1995) The Brave of Gold Goldran (1995–1996) Wild Knights Gulkeeva (1995) Mobile Suit Gundam Wing (1995–1996) Brave Command Dagwon (1996–1997) The Vision of Escaflowne (1996) After War Gundam X (1996) Ganbarist! Shun (1996–1997) Reideen the Superior (1996–1997) The King of Braves GaoGaiGar (1997–1998) Super Mashin Hero Wataru (1997–1998) Outlaw Star (1998) Ginga Hyōryū Vifam 13 (1998) Sentimental Journey (1998) Brain Powerd (1998) DT Eightron (1998) Gasaraki (1998–1999) Cowboy Bebop (1998–1999) Crest of the Stars (1999) Aesop World (1999) Angel Links (1999) Betterman (1999) Turn A Gundam (1999–2000) Seraphim Call (1999) The Big O (1999–2000) Infinite Ryvius (1999–2000)
2000s	Mighty Cat Masked Niyander (2000–2001) Banner of the Stars (2000) Dinozaurs: The Series (2000) Brigadoon: Marin & Melan (2000–2001) Argento Soma (2000–2001) Gear Fighter Dendoh (2000–2001) Inuyasha (2000–2004) Z.O.E. Dolores, I (2001) Banner of the Stars II (2001) s-CRY-ed (2001) Crush Gear Turbo (2001–2003) Witch Hunter Robin (2002) Overman King Gainer (2002–2003) Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (2002–2003) The Big O II (2003) Machine Robo Rescue (2003–2004) Crush Gear Nitro (2003–2004) Tank Knights Fortress (2003–2004) Planetes (2003–2004) Superior Defender Gundam Force (2004) Kaiketsu Zorori (2004–2005) Sgt. Frog (2004–2011) My-HiME (2004–2005) Onmyō Taisenki (2004–2005) Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny (2004–2005) Yakitate!! Japan (2004–2006) Majime ni Fumajime Kaiketsu Zorori (2005–2007) GaoGaiGar Final -Grand Glorious Gathering- (2005) Cluster Edge (2005–2006) My-Otome (2005–2006) Zegapain (2006) Gintama (2006–2010) Intrigue in the Bakumatsu – Irohanihoheto (2006–2007) Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (2006–2007) Kekkaishi (2006–2008) Dinosaur King (2007–2008) Idolmaster: Xenoglossia (2007) Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (2007–2008) Dinosaur King D-Kids Adventure: Pterosaur Legend (2008) Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 (2008) Battle Spirits: Shounen Toppa Bashin (2008–2009) Tales of the Abyss (2008–2009) Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Second Season (2008–2009) The Girl Who Leapt Through Space (2009) Black God (2009) Inuyasha: The Final Act (2009–2010) Hipira (2009)
2010s	SD Gundam Sangokuden Brave Battle Warriors (2010–2011) Tiger & Bunny (2011) Gintama' (2011–2012) Sacred Seven (2011) Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere (2011–2012) Mobile Suit Gundam AGE (2011–2012) Phi Brain: Puzzle of God (2011–2014) Daily Lives of High School Boys (2012) Natsuiro Kiseki (2012) Accel World (2012) Good Luck Girl! (2012) Battle Spirits: Sword Eyes (2012–2013) Gintama': Enchousen (2012–2013) Aikatsu! (2012–2015, #1–126) Love Live! School Idol Project (2013–2014) Valvrave the Liberator (2013) Battle Spirits: Saikyou Ginga Ultimate Zero (2013–2014) Gundam Build Fighters (2013–2014) Buddy Complex (2014) KERORO (2014) Mobile Suit Gundam-san (2014) Buddy Complex: The Final Chapter (2014) Tribe Cool Crew (2014–2015, #1–24) Gundam Reconguista in G (2014–2015) Gundam Build Fighters Try (2014–2015) Cross Ange: Rondo of Angels and Dragons (2014–2015) Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans (2015–2017) Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn RE:0096 (2016) Love Live! Sunshine!! (2016–2017) ClassicaLoid (2016–2018) Magic-kyun Renaissance (2016) Gundam Build Divers (2018) Double Decker! Doug & Kirill (2018) Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin – Advent of the Red Comet (2019)
2020s	Wave, Listen to Me! (2020) King's Raid: Successors of the Will (2020–2021) Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon (2020–2022) Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club (2020–2022) SD Gundam World Heroes (2021) Scarlet Nexus (2021) Love Live! Superstar!! (2021–present) Amaim Warrior at the Borderline (2021–2022) Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury (2022–2023) Yohane the Parhelion: Sunshine in the Mirror (2023) The Faraway Paladin: The Lord of Rust Mountain (2023) Maebashi Witches (2025) Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX (TBA)
Category

v t e Sunrise OVAs and ONAs
1980s	VIFAM: News from Kachua (1984) VIFAM: The Gathered 13 (1984) VIFAM: The Missing 12 (1985) VOTOMS: The Last Red Shoulder (1985) VIFAM: Kate's Memory (1985) Dirty Pair: Affair of Nolandia (1985) GALIENT: Chapter of Ground (1986) GALIENT: Chapter of Sky (1986) VOTOMS: The Big Battle (1986) GALIENT: Crest of Iron (1986) LAYZNER: Eiji 1996 (1986) LAYZNER: Le Caine 1999 (1986) LAYZNER: Engraved 2000 (1986) L-GAIM: Pentagona Window + Lady Gablae (1986) L-GAIM: Farewell My Lovely + Pentagona Dolls (1987) Dirty Pair: With Love from the Lovely Angels (1987–1988) Dougram vs. Round-Facer (1987) L-GAIM: Fullmetal Soldier (1987) Dirty Pair 2 (1987–1988) VOTOMS: Origin of Ambition (1988) New Story of Aura Battler Dunbine (1988) Mobile Suit SD Gundam (1988–1990) Starship Troopers (1988) Armor Hunter Mellowlink (1988–1989) Crusher Joe: The Ice Prison (1989) Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket (1989) Ronin Warriors Gaiden (1989) Crusher Joe: The Ultimate Weapon: Ash (1989) Wataru Majinzan (1989) Ronin Warriors: Legend of the Inferno Armor (1989–1990)
1990s	Dirty Pair: Flight 005 Conspiracy (1990) SD Gundam Gaiden (1990–1991) Obatarian (1990) City Hunter: Bay City Wars (1990) City Hunter: Million Dollar Conspiracy (1990) GRANZORT: The Final Magical Battle (1990) GRANZORT: Non-Stop Rabi (1990) Patlabor: The New Files (1990–1992) Mobile Suit SD Gundam Scramble (1991) Ronin Warriors MESSAGE (1991) Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory (1991–1992) GRANZORT: The Mado Stone (1992) Raijin-Oh FINAL (1992–1993) Future GPX Cyber Formula 11 (1992–1993) Mashin Hero Wataru: The Endless Story (1993–1994) Dirty Pair Flash (1994–1996) VOTOMS: Brilliantly Shining Heresy (1994) Future GPX Cyber Formula ZERO (1994–1995) Ryū Knight: Adeu's Legend (1994–1995) Iron Leaguer: Under of The Banner of Silver Light (1994–1995) Ryū Knight: Adeu's Legend II (1995–1996) City Hunter: The Secret Service (1996) Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team (1996–1999) The Silent Service (1996–1998) Future GPX Cyber Formula EARLY DAYS RENEWAL (1996) Gundam Wing: Operation Meteor (1996) Ryū Knight: Adeu's Legend Final - Onsen Dungeon no Kettō (1996) Future GPX Cyber Formula SAGA (1996–1997) Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz (1997) City Hunter: Goodbye My Sweetheart (1997) DAGWON: The Boy with Crystal Eyes (1997) Dinozone (1998–2000) Future GPX Cyber Formula SIN (1998–2000) Z-Mind (1999) City Hunter: Death of the Vicious Criminal Ryo Saeba (1999)
2000s	The King of Braves GaoGaiGar Final (2000–2003) Passage of the Stars - Birth (2000) G-Saviour (2000) Zone of the Enders: 2167 Idolo (2001) Kanzen Shouri Daiteioh (2001) Gundam Evolve (2001–2007) Argento Soma: Alone and by myself (2002) Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Astray (2004) Mobile Suit Gundam SEED AFTER PHASE (2004) Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO: The Hidden One Year War (2004) Banner of the Stars III (2005) Gintama (2005–2014) The Wings of Rean (2005–2006) Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny: FINAL PLUS (2005) Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO: Apocalypse 0079 (2006) Mobile Suit Gundam SEED C.E. 73: Stargazer (2006) Cluster Edge Specials (2006) My-Otome Zwei (2006–2007) Freedom Project (2006–2008) Armored Trooper Votoms: Pailsen Files (2007–2008) Code Geass: Black Rebellion (2008) My-Otome 0: S.ifr (2008) Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO: The Gravity Front (2008–2009) Urusei Yatsura: The Obstacle Course Swim Meet (2008) Code Geass: Zero Requiem (2009) Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Special Edition (2009–2010) Black God: Tiger and Wings (2009)
2010s	My-HiME: The Black Dance/The Last Supper (2010) My-Otome: The Holy Maiden's Prayer (2010) VOTOMS: Phantom Arc (2010) Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn (2010–2014) Model Suit Gunpla Builders Beginning G (2010) VOTOMS: Case;Irvine (2010) Votoms Finder (2010) VOTOMS: Alone Again (2011) Coicent (2011) Five Numbers! (2011) Code Geass: Nunnally in Wonderland (2012) Code Geass: Akito the Exiled (2012–2016) Accel World (2012–2013) Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team: Battle in Three Dimensions (2013) Mobile Suit Gundam AGE: Memory of Eden (2013) Love Live! (2013) Japan Animator Expo (2014) Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin (2015–2016) Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt (2015–2017) Gundam Build Fighters Try: Island Wars (2016) Mobile Suit Gundam: Twilight AXIS (2017) Gundam Build Fighters: Battlogue (2017) Gundam Build Fighters: GM's Counterattack (2017) Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin: Loum Arc (2017–2018) Gundam Build Divers: Prologue (2018) Isekai Izakaya ~Koto Aitheria no Izakaya Nobu~ (2018) Gundam Build Divers Re:Rise (2019–2020) SD Gundam World Sangoku Soketsuden (2019–2021)
2020s	Mashin Hero Wataru: The Seven Spirits of Ryujinmaru (2020) Gundam Build Divers: Battlogue (2020) Amaim Warrior at the Borderline: UltraSteel Ogre-Gear (2023) Gundam Build Metaverse (2023) Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance (2024)
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Television series	Aikatsu! (2015–2016, #127–178) Tribe Cool Crew (2015, #25–50) Battle Spirits: Burning Soul (2015–2016) Brave Beats (2015–2016) Gintama° (2015–2016) Battle Spirits: Double Drive (2016–2017) Aikatsu Stars! (2016–2018) Heybot! (2016–2017) Gintama. (2017) Gintama. Porori-hen (2017) Gintama. Shirogane no Tamashii-hen (2018) Aikatsu Friends! (2018–2019) B-PROJECT: Zecchō Emotion (2019) Aikatsu on Parade! (2019–2020) Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun (2019–2023) Motto! Majime ni Fumajime Kaiketsu Zorori (2020–2022) Saikyō Kamizmode (2020–2021) Aikatsu Planet! (2021) Cestvs: The Roman Fighter (2021) Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story (2022–2023) Raven of the Inner Palace (2022) Malevolent Spirits: Mononogatari (2023) Wistoria: Wand and Sword (2024–present) I Left My A-Rank Party to Help My Former Students Reach the Dungeon Depths! (2025) Mashin Genesis Wataru (2025) Rock wa Lady no Tashinamideshite (2025) Shabake (2025)
OVA/ONAs	Milpom! (2015–2017) Gintama (2015) Dream Festival! (2016) Gintama°: Love Incense Arc (2016) Dream Festival! R (2017) Fight League: Gear Gadget Generators (2019) Battle Spirits: Kakumei no Galette (2020) Tiger & Bunny 2 (2022)
Films	Aikatsu! Music Awards – The Show Where Everyone Gets an Award! (2015) Kaiketsu Zorori: Uchū no Yūsha-tachi (2015) Aikatsu! The Targeted Magical Aikatsu Card (2016) Aikatsu Stars! The Movie (2016) Eiga Kaiketsu Zorori ZZ no Himitsu (2017) Gintama: The Very Final (2021) Hula Fulla Dance (2021) Aikatsu Planet! The Movie (2022) Aikatsu! 10th Story: Starway to the Future (2023)
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