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Gintama'
![Gintama' cover](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/cover/medium/bx9969-XyP8TZwb3L6S.png)
#12 All-Time Ranking
#497 All-Time Popularity
- Format
- TV
- Episodes
- 51
- Episode Duration
- 24 minutes
- Status
- finished
- Start Date
- 4-4-2011
- End Date
- 3-26-2012
- Season
- spring 2011
- Average Score
- 8.9
- Mean Score
- 8.9
- Studios
- Sunrise
- Producers
- TV Tokyo Aniplex Dentsu Trinity Sound Miracle Robo
- Source
- manga
- Genres
- Action Comedy Drama Sci-Fi
After a one-year hiatus, Shinpachi Shimura returns to Edo, only to stumble upon a shocking surprise: Gintoki and Kagura, his fellow Yorozuya members, have become completely different characters! Fleeing from the Yorozuya headquarters in confusion, Shinpachi finds that all the denizens of Edo have undergone impossibly extreme changes, in both appearance and personality. Most unbelievably, his sister Otae has married the Shinsengumi chief and shameless stalker Isao Kondou and is pregnant with their first child.
Bewildered, Shinpachi agrees to join the Shinsengumi at Otae and Kondou's request and finds even more startling transformations afoot both in and out of the ranks of the the organization. However, discovering that Vice Chief Toushirou Hijikata has remained unchanged, Shinpachi and his unlikely Shinsengumi ally set out to return the city of Edo to how they remember it.
With even more dirty jokes, tongue-in-cheek parodies, and shameless references, Gintama' follows the Yorozuya team through more of their misadventures in the vibrant, alien-filled world of Edo.
(Source: MAL Rewrite)
Relations
Characters
![Gintoki Sakata](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/character/large/b672-gqeWnyXzOjyX.png)
Gintoki Sakata
main
Tomokazu Sugita
Japanese
![Tomokazu Sugita](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/n95002-nDIvHaynicEg.png)
![Shinpachi Shimura](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/character/large/b673-omeYXvqwrNwL.jpg)
Shinpachi Shimura
main
Daisuke Sakaguchi
Japanese
![Daisuke Sakaguchi](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/n95278-IrUPhIvJCsF9.png)
![Kagura](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/character/large/b674-w8wCh0A5Qa8R.png)
Kagura
main
Rie Kugimiya
Japanese
![Rie Kugimiya](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/n95008-2y0EeuSTHIri.png)
![Kotarou Katsura](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/character/large/b1533-EN0IUUtm3w8D.png)
Kotarou Katsura
supporting
Akira Ishida
Japanese
![Akira Ishida](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/n95017-GSRcmQ97a8ZT.png)
![Ayame Sarutobi](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/character/large/n1759-hbviRHbxGNmx.jpg)
Ayame Sarutobi
supporting
Yuu Kobayashi
Japanese
![Yuu Kobayashi](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/n95034-AwobjrcmkMi9.png)
![Sougo Okita](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/character/large/b2282-X0uYqwmwxiPo.png)
Sougo Okita
supporting
Kenichi Suzumura
Japanese
![Kenichi Suzumura](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/n95005-SkoVN02iOglr.png)
Staff
![Hideaki Sorachi](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/n96904-PbWsZd8U0G4v.jpg)
Hideaki Sorachi
Original Creator
![Youichi Fujita](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/n107437-tOtrCkQn1AFs.png)
Youichi Fujita
Director
![Shinji Takeuchi](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/n101887-GTT28h8x5B72.png)
Shinji Takeuchi
Character Design
![Katsuyoshi Kobayashi](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/n115050-m4IN3QWk3iUn.png)
Katsuyoshi Kobayashi
Sound Director
![Audio Highs](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/n108027-FDYkT66WME0W.png)
Audio Highs
Music
![ecosystem](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/15561.jpg)
ecosystem
Theme Song Performance (OP)
Watch
Recommendations
Not Implemented Yet
![Gintoki Sakata](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/character/large/b672-gqeWnyXzOjyX.png)
Gintoki Sakata
main
Tomokazu Sugita
Japanese
![Tomokazu Sugita](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/n95002-nDIvHaynicEg.png)
![Shinpachi Shimura](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/character/large/b673-omeYXvqwrNwL.jpg)
Shinpachi Shimura
main
Daisuke Sakaguchi
Japanese
![Daisuke Sakaguchi](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/n95278-IrUPhIvJCsF9.png)
![Kagura](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/character/large/b674-w8wCh0A5Qa8R.png)
Kagura
main
Rie Kugimiya
Japanese
![Rie Kugimiya](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/n95008-2y0EeuSTHIri.png)
![Kotarou Katsura](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/character/large/b1533-EN0IUUtm3w8D.png)
Kotarou Katsura
supporting
Akira Ishida
Japanese
![Akira Ishida](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/n95017-GSRcmQ97a8ZT.png)
![Ayame Sarutobi](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/character/large/n1759-hbviRHbxGNmx.jpg)
Ayame Sarutobi
supporting
Yuu Kobayashi
Japanese
![Yuu Kobayashi](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/n95034-AwobjrcmkMi9.png)
![Sougo Okita](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/character/large/b2282-X0uYqwmwxiPo.png)
Sougo Okita
supporting
Kenichi Suzumura
Japanese
![Kenichi Suzumura](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/n95005-SkoVN02iOglr.png)
![Toushirou Hijikata](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/character/large/b2650-zgkj5l8mIOnn.png)
Toushirou Hijikata
supporting
Kazuya Nakai
Japanese
![Kazuya Nakai](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/n95123-54LrTiD9kGwY.jpg)
![Sadaharu](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/character/large/n2651-e8BTqVZl8lK2.jpg)
Sadaharu
supporting
Mikako Takahashi
Japanese
![Mikako Takahashi](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/n95132-TpIFKL0tJg84.jpg)
![Isao Kondou](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/character/large/b2943-QVEHBh0T6hPC.jpg)
Isao Kondou
supporting
Susumu Chiba
Japanese
![Susumu Chiba](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/n95260-pKyM0LbhEznc.png)
![Tae Shimura](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/character/large/n2944-XzeaielhUwAV.jpg)
Tae Shimura
supporting
Satsuki Yukino
Japanese
![Satsuki Yukino](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/n95003-Du7wb5JJzb8P.png)
![Tatsuma Sakamoto](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/character/large/b2945-HS6t9u16Tdce.jpg)
Tatsuma Sakamoto
supporting
Shinichirou Miki
Japanese
![Shinichirou Miki](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/n95022-BXggjIr4KHqd.png)
![Elizabeth](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/character/large/b2946-Wr6RcgisCsbi.jpg)
Elizabeth
supporting
Tooru Furuya
Japanese
![Tooru Furuya](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/n95326-OfRv2DBnFVZU.png)
![Bansai Kawakami](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/character/large/b2947-sbdT3jDNmzS2.png)
Bansai Kawakami
supporting
Takumi Yamazaki
Japanese
![Takumi Yamazaki](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/n95346-YNXEZtXvJttr.png)
![Shinsuke Takasugi](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/character/large/b2948-Er1xnL05k1oU.png)
Shinsuke Takasugi
supporting
Takehito Koyasu
Japanese
![Takehito Koyasu](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/n95160-jWevcH7BmfE1.jpg)
![Matako Kijima](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/character/large/n2949-I6xXUlBaFuIh.jpg)
Matako Kijima
supporting
Risa Hayamizu
Japanese
![Risa Hayamizu](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/n95215-CvyYAqsZaaaK.png)
![Zenzou Hattori](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/character/large/b2950-MPIhNKfyJE2r.jpg)
Zenzou Hattori
supporting
Keiji Fujiwara
Japanese
![Keiji Fujiwara](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/n95063-xAsEUzspuLMG.jpg)
![Taizou Hasegawa](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/character/large/b3760-bxdyoPARX4Sx.png)
Taizou Hasegawa
supporting
Fumihiko Tachiki
Japanese
![Fumihiko Tachiki](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/n95284-k97k9dULn4vr.png)
![Sagaru Yamazaki](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/character/large/n4653-HTmFLlAViL0t.jpg)
Sagaru Yamazaki
supporting
Tetsuharu Oota
Japanese
![Tetsuharu Oota](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/n95955-7VtRKoCevQaG.png)
![Otose](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/character/large/n5970-mAiTzyfEOup9.jpg)
Otose
supporting
Kujira
Japanese
![Kujira](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/n95103-u0gfczhE9neg.png)
![Katakuriko Matsudaira](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/character/large/b5972-KiEozdifZmFN.jpg)
Katakuriko Matsudaira
supporting
Norio Wakamoto
Japanese
![Norio Wakamoto](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/n95084-RTrZSU38POPF.png)
![Kyuubei Yagyuu](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/character/large/n6110-2TQFGi833X4t.jpg)
Kyuubei Yagyuu
supporting
Fumiko Orikasa
Japanese
![Fumiko Orikasa](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/n95152-X9K5ciNGSX35.jpg)
![Tsuu Terakado](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/character/large/n6187-8sGEwWKV15xb.jpg)
Tsuu Terakado
supporting
Mikako Takahashi
Japanese
![Mikako Takahashi](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/n95132-TpIFKL0tJg84.jpg)
![Christel Ketsuno](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/character/large/n6225-LgPlEHrUqCZ5.jpg)
Christel Ketsuno
supporting
Sayaka Narita
Japanese
![Sayaka Narita](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/n95895-pQTEbJH3YGbO.jpg)
![Tama](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/character/large/b6615-KlhhQlhWbO1A.jpg)
Tama
supporting
Omi Minami
Japanese
![Omi Minami](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/n95323-IEzYhIR4WaHK.jpg)
![Shigeshige Tokugawa](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/character/large/7157.jpg)
Shigeshige Tokugawa
supporting
Yuuki Ono
Japanese
![Yuuki Ono](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/n96154-B8GAO9wm1Fbd.jpg)
![Hideaki Sorachi](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/n96904-PbWsZd8U0G4v.jpg)
Hideaki Sorachi
Original Creator
![Youichi Fujita](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/n107437-tOtrCkQn1AFs.png)
Youichi Fujita
Director
![Shinji Takeuchi](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/n101887-GTT28h8x5B72.png)
Shinji Takeuchi
Character Design
![Katsuyoshi Kobayashi](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/n115050-m4IN3QWk3iUn.png)
Katsuyoshi Kobayashi
Sound Director
![Audio Highs](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/n108027-FDYkT66WME0W.png)
Audio Highs
Music
![ecosystem](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/15561.jpg)
ecosystem
Theme Song Performance (OP)
![Serial TV drama](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/15563.jpg)
Serial TV drama
Theme Song Performance
![Kazuhiro Inoue](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/n118966-wkDZxQQB6qS0.jpg)
Kazuhiro Inoue
Background Art
![FLiP](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/n111627-n6WrdXfmNjLl.jpg)
FLiP
Theme Song Performance (OP3)
![Prague](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/16481.jpg)
Prague
Theme Song Performance (ending 2)
![SPYAIR](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/12707.jpg)
SPYAIR
Theme Song Performance (ED 1)
![Ai Yoshimura](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/16067-rSamGqs7RSCW.jpg)
Ai Yoshimura
Episode Director (3, 9, 15, 23)
![Hirofumi Ogura](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/n109751-DvGUtHQT4k5W.png)
Hirofumi Ogura
Episode Director (ep 31)
![Youichi Fujita](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/n107437-tOtrCkQn1AFs.png)
Youichi Fujita
Episode Director (OP)
![Kazuo Miyake](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/default.jpg)
Kazuo Miyake
Episode Director (eps 4, 12, 21, 32, 39, 48)
![Kazuo Miyake](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/default.jpg)
Kazuo Miyake
Storyboard (eps 4, 12, 39)
![Hirofumi Ogura](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/n109751-DvGUtHQT4k5W.png)
Hirofumi Ogura
Storyboard (eps 6, 16, 21, 31)
![Ai Yoshimura](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/16067-rSamGqs7RSCW.jpg)
Ai Yoshimura
Storyboard (3, 9, 15, 23)
![Youichi Fujita](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/n107437-tOtrCkQn1AFs.png)
Youichi Fujita
Storyboard (eps 1,2,26,41,49,51,OP)
![Yuuichi Tanaka](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/n103540-4dxbhyo0Z0cF.jpg)
Yuuichi Tanaka
Storyboard (ep: 20)
![Youko Satou](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/n116513-Dw7S1Aq2LWUF.png)
Youko Satou
Animation Director (ep 13)
![Tetsuya Wakano](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/n122343-B9qV2XqbJHfI.png)
Tetsuya Wakano
Key Animation (eps 37, 42, 48)
![Tadashi Oppata](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/default.jpg)
Tadashi Oppata
Key Animation (OP, eps 34, 45, 51)
![Toshiaki Iino](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/default.jpg)
Toshiaki Iino
Key Animation (eps 34-35)
![Kouhei Hashimoto](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/staff/large/n121207-PFYCLklEDsTX.jpg)
Kouhei Hashimoto
Key Animation (ep 36)
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