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This anime was introduced in the Jump Festa Anime Tour 2005, after which it debuted on the 「火曜いージャン!!」 kayou i-jan!! segment, a Tuesday 1900~2000 hours time slot together with the 'Bleach' anime series on TV Tokyo channel on 2006-04-04 in Japan. It was subsequently moved to every Thursday 1800~1830 hours, outside the 'golden time' hours from October onwards in the same year in Japan. The series ended its run after Season 4 on 25 Mar 2010, at Episode 201. TV Tokyo announced a series of repeat telecasts called 「よりぬき銀魂さん」 yorinuki gintama tama san aka 'The Best of Gintama-san' to be shown every Monday from 1800~1830 hours starting 5 April 2010. A movie version of the Benizakura Chapter (anime episodes 58 to 61) was released in the the theatres in Japan starting 24 April 2010, during the Golden Week holiday.

The current time slot is just before the キンコンヒルズ 'King Kong Hills' variety show at 1830~1900 hours, which aired from 2006-10-5 until 2009-04-06^[1]. This show was hosted by duo by the name of キングコング King Kong, comprising comedians 西野亮廣 Nishino Akihiro ( tsukkomi role) and 梶原雄太 Kajiwara Yuuta ( boke role). This explained why the ending omake of some of the Gintama episodes aired during this time period frequently has Ginpachi Sensei calling out "Oi, King Kong duo, please take it from here".

This anime series is mostly based on the manga by Sorachi Hideaki 空知英秋, first serialized in Weekly Shounen Jump, interspersed with the occasional episode created by the anime creators themselves, as a result of which some characters are original anime characters not found in the original manga. As of April 4, 2012, currenlty 44 volumes of the manga tankoubon have been published by Jump Comics. The series is helmed by renowned director 高松信司 Takamatsu Shinji, well-known for directing other comedic anime including 「スクールランブル」 'School Rumble' and 'Kochikame' (full title is 「こちら葛飾区亀有公園前派出所」 kochira katsushikaku kameari kouen mae wa shutsujo).

In accordance to the manga's original premise, the series is part-period drama, part-science fiction and 100% comedy, with elements of space monsters and aliens mixed with historical samurai and ninjas. Its episodic nature meant that there is no main plot, but there are a few long chapter that spanned a number of episodes, the longest thus far being the The Blaze of Yoshiwara First Chapter 吉原炎上篇 standing at 8 episodes. Some episodes are made up of 2 different stories, comprising Part A and Part B.

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Introduction NarrationEdit

Shimura Shinpachi's introduction narration at the beginning of earlier episodes:

「侍の国」
'Kingdom of Samurai'

僕らの国がそう呼ばれたのは、今は昔の話。
That was what our country was called long ago.

二十年前、突如異世界から舞い降りた天人（あまんと）の台頭により
侍は衰退の一途をたどった。
Twenty years ago, the surge of the Amantos from
some strange world who descended suddenly on our skies,
led the samurais down the road of decline.

かつて侍達が仰ぎ、夢を馳せた青い空には異郷の船が飛び交い
Where once, samurais used to look up and dream about
foreign spaceships flying back and forth in a blue sky,

かつて侍達が肩で風を切り歩いた街には、今は異人がふんぞり返り歩く。
where once, samurais used to swagger down the streets,
now it is the foreigners that strode with arrogance.

それが僕らの世界。
That is our world.

それが僕らの町、江戸である。
That is our town, Edo.

And so goes the background setting for this anime series, which revolves around the adventures of an odd-job merchant which goes by the name of 'Yorozuya 万事屋' ...

^[2] Near the end of the Edo period in the Gintama world, a extra-terrestrial foreign species collectively termed Amanto (天人) forcefully descended upon Earth, and not long thereafter, Earth inhabitants waged what was to become an approximately 20-year war with the Amantos, broadly called the Joui War (攘夷戦争). Many samurais and Joui patriots joined in this fight to expel the foreigners. However, the Amantos' overwhelming military might, coupled with the weak Bakufu government, led to the meek submission of the ruling Shogunate, thereby allowing the Amantos to overrun the Earth with ease. The Bakufu government in effect became the Amantos' puppet government, and from then on, the Amantos were able to swagger down the streets of Edo with total disregard for anyone. On the other hand, the Joui rebels who fought against the Amantos became the target of the Bakufu government's crack-down operations. As part of the suppression campaign, a ban on carrying swords in public was effected, and the heretofore valiant samurais lost their fighting spirit.

Fast forward 20 years after the Amantos' arrival, a teenager by the name of Shimura Shinpachi 志村新八 is seen working in a cafeteria much against his will. He inherited a dojo from his deceased father but has very limited sword training, and so is unable to resuscitate the school of sword skills. Though a young boy, he still believes in the age-old spirit of the samurai. At this point, a remarkable character appeared before him, a character who still embodies the age-old samurai spirit, and whose name is Sakata Gintoki 坂田銀時. Attracted by the sense of chivalry exuded by this character, Shimura Shinpachi decided to work for him at his outfit called Yorozuya 万事屋 in order to learn the samurai spirit. Not long after that, an Amanto of the Yato tribe by the name of Kagura 神楽 and an Inugami in the form of a huge dog, latterly named Sadaharu 定春 by Kagura, joined the company.

And thus, Yorozuya, which gets involved with literally every odd-job in Edo, Shinsengumi 真選組 which is responsible for the law and order in the city, and Sakata Gintoki's past comrades, come into contact with all kinds of people and Amantos as their many adventures unfold.

Kintama 金魂Edit

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Kintama 金魂 (きんたま can be translated as "golden balls, or be a bawdy euphemism for testicles(金玉）), a parody of Gintama 銀魂 itself, is set in the alternate world of Male Host Club located in Shinjuku 新宿 instead of Kabuki District 歌舞伎町. The table below sets out the Gintama characters' respective alter-egos in the Kintama world among other changes. Kintama is also an story arc,and the character Kintoki also make an return in the story arc, albeit as an robot clone of Gintoki and have different appearance and traits

坂田金时Sakata Kintoki is the only character to have two different character share the same name.

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