Image via Gintama anime Twitter
The official X (formerly Twitter) account for the anime adaptation of Hideaki Sorachi's Gintama manga was announced on Saturday, with the Kintama arc also getting a general run this fall. The announcement of Gintama on Theater 2D: Kintama-hen came on the opening weekend of the Gintama on Theater 2D: Ikkoku Keisei-hen (Courtesan of the Nation) compilation.
The first installment of the new Gintama on Theater 2D collection, Gintama on Theater 2D: Baragaki-hen (Thorny Arc), opened a three-week limited run in Japanese theaters on November 10. The collection the second, Gintama on Theater 2D: Ikkoku Keisei-hen, opened its three-week run on Friday.
This collection is part of the Gintama franchise's 20th anniversary, with 2023 being the 20th anniversary of Hideaki Sorachi's Gintama manga, and 2026 being the 20th anniversary of the television anime. The television anime rerun Yorinuki Gintama-san also spawned two collections”on Theater 2D” in 2012 and 2013.
3-Nen Z-Gumi Ginpachi-Sensei (Ginpachi Teacher of Class 3-Z), Tomohito Ōsaki's spinoff novel series based on Hideaki Sorachi's Gintama manga, will also have an anime adaptation.
Sorachi's original “sci-fi-historical comedy” manga series began in 2003 and ended in June 2019 with over 55 million copies in circulation. The manga has inspired several anime television series totaling 367 episodes, as well as three previous anime films. The latest anime series premiered in July 2018. The manga has also inspired multiple original video anime (OVAs), event anime, two live-action films, and two live-action spin-off films. Viz Media published the first 23 volumes of the manga in English.
Gintama THE VERY FINAL (Gintama: The Final), the third and final anime film based on the original manga's finale, incorporating new story elements, opened in Japan in January 2021.
Eleven Arts screened the film in Japanese with English subtitles and an English dub in North American theaters in November 2021. Eleven Arts and Shout! Factory released the film digitally in January 2022, and on Blu-ray and DVD in February 2022.
The manga also inspired an online anime special titled Gintama The Semi-Final with a story that serves as two movies.-a prequel episode to Gintama THE VERY FINAL. The online anime premiered exclusively in Japan on the dTV streaming service in January 2021.
Source: X/Twitter of Gintama anime account via Hachima Kikō