It has been announced that "Gintama: The Movie - Yoshiwara on Fire," the animated film based on Hideaki Sorachi's popular manga "Gintama," will be re-released as a special "Super Fire Version" starting September 25th. While "Gintama: The Movie - Yoshiwara on Fire" is the same, the film features refined details in the visuals, such as character expressions and textures, action, camerawork, and lighting. Viewers can enjoy a more powerful and immersive experience, and new admission gifts will be distributed for three consecutive weeks.
On September 26th, a stage greeting event will be held at Shinjuku Wald 9 (Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo) to commemorate the film's release, with Tomokazu Sugita(voice of Gintoki Sakata), Daisuke Sakaguchi (voice of Shinpachi Shimura), Rie Kugimiya (voice of Kagura), and producer Takashi Maekawa in attendance. They also have some fun activities planned in connection with Gintoki's birthday on October 10th.
"Gintama: The New Movie - Yoshiwara on Fire -" is a completely new anime adaptation of the "Yoshiwara on Fire Arc," considered one of the most passionate and iconic episodes in the original manga's history. Gintoki, Shinpachi, and Kagura of the Yorozuya venture into Yoshiwara, an underground red-light district ruled by the "Night King" Hosen, which has lost all light. Directed by Naoya Ando and produced by BN Pictures, the film premiered on February 13th. The Blu-ray and DVD will be released on August 26th.
"Gintama" is a story set in a fictional Edo period, where Sakata Gintoki, along with his friends Shinpachi and Kagura, solves various incidents brought to their odd-jobs business (Yorozuya). The manga began serialization in "Weekly Shonen Jump" (Shueisha) in December 2003 and concluded in June 2019. The comic series has sold approximately 73 million copies worldwide. The first season of the TV anime aired from 2006 to 2010, the second from 2011 to 2013, the third from 2015 to 2016, and the fourth from 2017 to 2018. The theatrical anime films "Gintama: The Movie - The Final Chapter: Be Forever Yorozuya" were released in 2010, and "Gintama: The Movie - The Final Chapter: Be Forever Yorozuya" was released in 2013. The theatrical film "Gintama THE FINAL" was released in 2021.
