Gintama
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is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hideaki Sorachi. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from December 2003 to September 2018, later in Jump Giga from December 2018 to February 2019, and concluded on the Gintama app, where it ran from May to June 2019. Its chapters were collected in 77 volumes. Set in Japan during the Edo period, 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
Key facts
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- Gintama vol. 01.png
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- The image features a jumping silver-haired person with a funny expression and holding up one arm. He wears a white and light blue kimono, a pair of black boots and pants. Only one arm is covered by the kimono. He has a wooden-sword being held by a black belt. The background features the Universe, a large number of stars, and in the bottom the Earth. The kanji 銀魂 (Gintama) is below, being written light blue and red letters with a golden spiral shown in the back. Under the kanji, the number "1" is shown, in the right words 天然パーマに悪いやつはいない (Tennen Pāma ni Warui Yatsu wa Inai) and above credits to the publisher (Jump Comics) and the author (Hideaki Sorachi).
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- First volume cover, featuring Gintoki Sakata
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- 銀魂
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- manga
- Animanga/Print.author
- Hideaki Sorachi
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- Shueisha
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- Jump Comics
- Animanga/Print.first
- December 8, 2003
- Animanga/Print.last
- June 20, 2019
- Animanga/Print.volumes
- 77
- Animanga/Print.volume_list
- List of Gintama chapters
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- Related
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- ''Gintama: Mr. Ginpachi's Zany Class''
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- yes
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.shonenjump.com/j/
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- Commons category
- Gin Tama
- number of parts of this work
- 77
- Stack Exchange tag
- anime.stackexchange.com/tags/gintama
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27 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Production
- Themes and style
- Media
- Manga
- Anime
- Jump Festa specials
- Television series
- 2006–2010 series
- ''Gintama'''
- ''Gintama°''
- ''Gintama.''
- ''Gintama: Mr. Ginpachi's Zany Class''
- Films
- Compilation films
- Original animation DVDs
- Live-action
- CDs
- Light novels
- Video games
- Guidebooks
- Reception
- Sales and accolades
- Critical response
- Notes
- References
- External links
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hideaki Sorachi. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from December 2003 to September 2018, later in Jump Giga from December 2018 to February 2019, and concluded on the Gintama app, where it ran from May to June 2019. Its chapters were collected in 77 volumes. Set in Japan during the Edo period, 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. After his editor suggested doing a historical series, Sorachi incorporated a science fiction setting to develop characters to his liking.
The series was adapted into an original video animation (OVA) by Sunrise, which was featured at the Jump Festa 2006 Anime Tour in 2005. This was followed by a full 367-episode anime television series, which aired on TV Tokyo from April 2006 to October 2018. The storyline of the series was concluded in the film Gintama: The Very Final, which was released in January 2021. Two other films were released in April 2010 and July 2013, respectively. Besides the anime series, there have been various light novels and video games based on Gintama. A live-action film adaptation was released in July 2017 in Japan by Warner Bros. Pictures.