A new PV for the upcoming animated film "Gintama: The New Movie - Yoshiwara in Flames," based on Hideaki Sorachi's popular manga "Gintama," has been released on YouTube, depicting the battle between Shimura Shinpachi and Kagura versus Abuto. The video depicts a fierce battle between the Yato warriors, and features an overwhelmingly powerful battle scene in which Shinpachi and Kagura join forces to take on Abuto, the vice-commander of the 7th Division of the space pirates, Harusame. At the end of the video, we see an awakened Kagura, whose love for her comrades has pushed her beyond her limits to unleash her powers.
It was also announced that stage greetings entitled "Great Flame Festival" will be held with cast members. The "Brother and Sister Great Flame Festival," featuring Kugimiya Rie and Hino Satoshi, will be held on February 21st at Aeon Cinema Minato Mirai (Naka Ward, Yokohama), while the "Shinsengumi Great Flame Festival," featuring Chiba Susumu, Nakai Kazuya, Suzumura Kenichi, and Ota Tetsuji, will be held on February 22nd at United Cinema Aqua City Odaiba (Minato Ward, Tokyo). The "Yoshiwara Great Flame Festival," featuring Kaida Yuko, Sanpei Yuko, and Inoue Kikuko, will be held on March 1st at TOHO Cinemas Shinjuku (Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo).
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.
