It has been announced that Kappei Yamaguchi will be appearing as a voice actor in the new animated film "Gintama: The New Movie - Yoshiwara Great Flames," based on Hideaki Sorachi's popular manga "Gintama." This will be Yamaguchi's first time appearing in "Gintama," and he will play Sarukaku, a new character exclusive to the film. Sarukaku operates in the underground brothel of Yoshiwara as an aide to Housen, the Night King, who becomes his arch-enemy.
Yamaguchi commented, "This is my first time in Gintama! I took on the original role of Sarugaku, but as you'd expect from a Tenjin, he was full of mysteries. First of all, I couldn't tell if he was young or old (laughs). I guess I can just assume he's an important character, right? But I had a lot of fun recording with the Shinsengumi, so I thought this was fine. Thank you for my first time in Gintama!!"
It was also announced that the cast from "Yoshiwara Burning" including Kujira as Otose, Sugimoto Yu as Catherine, and Minami Omi as Tama will be continuing to appear in their roles, and cuts depicting the exploits of each character and Elizabeth were also released.
The new movie will be a completely new anime adaptation of "Yoshiwara Burning Arc," known as the most passionate and famous episode in the original work's history. Gintoki, Shinpachi, and Kagura of the Yorozuya family enter Yoshiwara, an underground red-light district that has lost its light and is now ruled by the "King of the Night," Housen. Directed by Naoya Ando and produced by BN Pictures, it will be released on February 13th.
"Gintama" is set in a fictional Edo, where Sakata Gintoki solves various cases brought to the Yorozuya (a general store) alongside his friends Shinpachi and Kagura. The series began serialization in "Weekly Shonen Jump" (Shueisha) in December 2003 and concluded in June 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 feature films "Gintama: The Movie - The Red Shadow 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.
