Shonen Jump magazine, number 43 , announced that Gintama, the manga by author Hideaki Sorachi, will soon be getting a new anime, airing on Japan's classic TV Tokyo channel. The magazine also teased what we call the climax of Gintama's final story arc. Future issues of Shonen Jump will announce the broadcast schedule and other details, such as a release date, and perhaps an official trailer will be released alongside the issue.
The previous issue of Jump hinted that “ surprising news ” would arrive for the franchise in the next issue, which is the one you just read.
Author Hideaki Sorachi began publishing in 2004 and continues to rank among the best-selling manga in Japan to this day. Currently licensed by Viz Media, the manga has published the first 23 volumes in English. Shueisha published the manga's 65th volume in Japan in August, with its final arc released in July.
The manga as a whole inspired an anime that premiered in 2006 and continued (with several long hiatuses) until 2013. The most recent Gintama anime premiered in April 2015, and had its ending aired on TV in March.
Gintama is currently streaming on Crunchyroll !
The Crunchyroll paid streaming channel currently streams the series, as it aired in Japan. In addition to the TV series, the manga also inspired two animated films, including Gekijōban Gintama Kanketsu-hen: Yorozuya yo Eien Nare, which premiered in 2013. Several OVAs released at anime events, as well as light novels and games, have also been produced.
Remembering that in the middle of this year, issue 31 of Jump announced that Gintama will have a live-action film in 2017 made by Warner Bros. Pictures of Japan, starring Shun Oguri as Gintoki Sakata and written and directed by Yuichi Fukuda.
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