The results of the "Entrance Prize Character Election" project for the new animated film version of Hideaki Sorachi's popular manga "Gintama: The New Movie - Yoshiwara Enjo" have been announced. The project involved fans participating in which the top five characters were chosen by voting to receive "ultra-limited character film-style stickers" as gifts to attendees. The protagonist, Gintoki Sakata, came in first place. Coming in second was Kamui, followed by Hijikata Toushirou, in third place, Okita Sougo, in fourth place, and Tsukuyomi in fifth place.
It was also announced that the fifth gift for attendees will be "Anime Original Art Stickers Vol. 2," which will feature original artwork from the anime, and will be distributed from March 13th. There will be eight designs in total, featuring characters such as Katsura Kotaro, Kondo Isao, Sakata Gintoki, Shimura Shinpachi, Kagura, Kamui, and Abuto.
The new movie is a completely new anime adaptation of "Yoshiwara Burning Arc," also 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 was 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.
