Gintama:Hideaki Sorachi draws "SAKAMOTO DAYS" style illustration and releases letter at Jump Festa

An event for the anime "Gintama," based on the popular manga by Hideaki Sorachi, was held on December 21st as part of "Jump Festa 2025" at Makuhari Messe (Mihama-ku, Chiba City), and an illustration in the style of Sorachi's manga "SAKAMOTO DAYS" was unveiled.

The event featured Tomokazu Sugita, who plays Tomokazu Sugita, Daisuke Sakaguchi, who plays Shimura Shinpachi, and Rie Kugimiya, who plays Kagura. A teaser PV for the TV anime "3-nen Z-gumi Ginpachi Sensei," based on the spinoff novel of the "Gintama" spinoff "Gintama 3-nen Z-gumi Ginpachi Sensei," was released.

Elizabeth appeared on stage and announced that she had received a letter from Sorachi. Kugimiya read the message on her behalf, and the audience erupted in laughter. Sorachi expressed her joy that Sugita and the other three had gathered on the Jump Festa stage, writing, "Sakata, played by Tomokazu Sugita, is a former assassin. Shinpachi is a boy who is practically useless. Kagura is a Chinese girl who talks to almost nothing but Al. It's the three of them together that make it 'SAKATADAYS'. I'm so excited for the anime to finally start in January that I couldn't help but draw something new," and released a "SAKAMOTO DAYS"-style illustration.

"Gintama" is an action drama set in a fictional Edo. In a world ruled by aliens called Amanto, the sweet-toothed and reckless samurai Sakata Gintoki solves various cases brought to Yorozuya with his friends Shinpachi and Kagura. The series began serialization in December 2003 in "Weekly Shonen Jump" (Shueisha), and the final episode aired on June 20, 2019.

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 animated film "Gintama: The Movie - The New Benizakura Arc" was released in 2010, and "Gintama: The Movie: The Final Chapter - Be Forever Yorozuya" was released in 2013. The film "Gintama: The Final" was released in 2021. The TV anime "3-nen Z-gumi Ginpachi Sensei" will begin airing on TV Tokyo from October 2025.

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