Warner Brothers Japan revealed in a new teaser trailer on Saturday that the anime based on Hideaki Sorachi‘s Gintama manga will get a new compilation film titled Shin-Gekijōban Gintama: Yoshiwara Daienjō (Gintama New Film Version: Yoshiwara in Flames) in 2026 adapting the Yoshiwara in Flames arc of the series.
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The film covers episodes 139-146 of the anime and features newly animated scenes, as well as characters who did not originally appear in the arc. The staff for the series made the announcement during a 20th anniversary event on Saturday.
Naoya Ando (Paradox Live The Animation) is directing the film based on a script by Taku Kishimoto (Fruits Basket, Haikyu!!) at BN Pictures. Yōichi Fujita (Gintama, Mr. Osomatsu) is supervising. Shinji Takeuchi (Fairy Tail, Gintama) is serving as character designer and chief animation director.
At the same event, the staff for the series announced the October 6 premiere date for the anime adaptation of GINTAMA – Mr. Ginpachi’s Zany Class (3-Nen Z-Gumi Ginpachi-Sensei), Tomohito Ōsaki‘s spinoff novel series.
The 2013 Gintama: The Final movie and 2021 Gintama THE VERY FINAL films are getting 4DX screenings in Japan starting on August 22 and November 14 respectively as part of the franchise’s 20th anniversary celebration.
The first of the new Gintama on Theater 2D compilations, Gintama on Theater 2D: Baragaki-hen (Thorny Arc), opened a three-week limited engagement in Japanese theaters in November 2023. The second compilation, Gintama on Theater 2D: Ikkoku Keisei-hen, opened its three-week run in June 2024. The third compilation, Gintama on Theater 2D: Kintama-hen, had a three-week limited screening in Japan that started in November 2024. Gintama on Theater 2D: Shinsengumi Crisis Arc opened on February 7, while Gintama on Theater 2D: Kabukicho Four Devas Arc opened on February 21.
The compilations are part of the Gintama franchise’s 20th anniversary celebration, with 2023 being the 20th anniversary of Hideaki Sorachi’s Gintama manga debuting, and 2026 being the 20th anniversary of the television anime’s premiere. The Yorinuki Gintama-san rerun of the television anime also spawned two “on Theater 2D” compilations in 2012 and 2013.
Sorachi’s original “science-fiction period-drama comedy” manga began in 2003 and ended in June 2019 with over 55 million copies in circulation. The manga has inspired several television anime series with 367 total episodes, as well as three previous anime films. The latest anime series premiered in July 2018. The manga has also inspired various original video anime (OVA), event anime, two live-action films, and two live-action net spinoffs. Viz Media published the manga’s first 23 volumes in English.
Sources: Warner Brothers’ Japanese YouTube channel, Comic Natalie
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