Gintama
English title: Gintama
Japanese title: 銀魂
Alternative titles: Gin Tama, Silver Soul, Yorinuki Gintama-san
Type: TV
Source: Manga
Episodes: 201
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 4, 2006 to Mar 25, 2010
Broadcast: Thursdays at 18:00 (JST)
Duration: 24 min per ep
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Studios: Sunrise
Producers: TV Tokyo, Aniplex, Dentsu, Trinity Sound, Miracle Robo, Shueisha
Licensors: Sentai Filmworks, Crunchyroll
Genres: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Themes: Gag Humor, Historical, Parody, Samurai
Demographics: Shounen

Edo is a city that was home to the vigor and ambition of samurai across the country. However, following feudal Japan's surrender to powerful aliens known as the "Amanto," those aspirations now seem unachievable. With the once-influential shogunate rebuilt as a puppet government, a new law is passed that promptly prohibits all swords in public. 

Enter Gintoki Sakata, an eccentric silver-haired man who always carries around a wooden sword and maintains his stature as a samurai despite the ban. As the founder of Yorozuya, a small business for odd jobs, Gintoki often embarks on endeavors to help other people—though usually in rather strange and unforeseen ways. 

Assisted by Shinpachi Shimura, a boy with glasses supposedly learning the way of the samurai; Kagura, a tomboyish girl with superhuman strength and an endless appetite; and Sadaharu, their giant pet dog who loves biting on people's heads, the Yorozuya encounter anything from alien royalty to scuffles with local gangs in the ever-changing world of Edo.

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Gintama adapts chapters 1-292 of original manga. Several games based on Gintama have been released on a variety of platforms, such as the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, and Nintendo DS. Characters from the series have also appeared in Weekly Shounen Jump's crossover titles, including Jump Super Stars and Jump Ultimate Stars. The series received high-definition reruns of older episodes by TV Tokyo from April 5, 2010 to March 28, 2011 under the name Yorinuki Gintama-san, which included 51 selected episodes as well as four new opening and ending songs. Gintama received a live-action movie adaptation that premiered on July 14, 2017. Shortly after the film's release, a sequel was announced in November 2017 and was later released on August 17, 2018.