The new animated film adaptation of Hideaki Sorachi's popular manga Gintama, "New Theatrical Edition Gintama: Yoshiwara in Flames," was released on February 13th, and it has been revealed that it has grossed over 400 million yen in just three days. The film has made a strong start, attracting over 260,000 viewers and ranking second in the weekend audience rankings for February 13th-15th (according to Kogyo Tsushinsha).
It was also announced that the second instalment of special gifts for attendees will be the "Anime Original Art Stickers No. 1," featuring original artwork from memorable scenes, which will be distributed from February 20th. There are eight different stickers in total, each featuring an image of Sakata Gintoki with a kunai stuck in his head, Shimura Shinpachi and Kagura with dignified expressions, Tsukuyo holding a kunai in each hand, Kamui in combat mode, the calm and collected Abuto, Seita crying as he thinks of his mother, and Housen with a sharp gaze.
The new film is a brand new anime adaptation of the "Yoshiwara Burning Arc," known as the most passionate and memorable episode in the original manga'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, the film is produced by BN Pictures.
"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.
