It has been announced that a "super limited character film-style sticker" will be distributed starting March 27th as the sixth bonus item for moviegoers of the new theatrical anime film "Gintama: Yoshiwara on Fire," based on Hideaki Sorachi's popular manga "Gintama." The stickers will feature memorable scenes of Sakata Gintoki, Kamui, Hijikata Toushirou, Okita Sougo, and Tsukuyo, who were selected as the top 1-5 characters in the fan-voted "Character General Election for Moviegoers." There are 5 types in total, and they will be distributed randomly.
The new theatrical film is a completely new anime adaptation of the "Yoshiwara on Fire Arc," considered one of the most passionate and iconic episodes in the original manga's history. Gintoki, Shinpachi, and Kagura of the Yorozuya venture into Yoshiwara, an underground red-light district ruled by the "Night King" Hosen, which has lost all light. Directed by Naoya Ando and produced by BN Pictures, it was released on February 13th.
"Gintama" is a story set in a fictional Edo period, where Sakata Gintoki, along with his friends Shinpachi and Kagura, solves various incidents brought to their odd-jobs business (Yorozuya). The manga 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 theatrical anime films "Gintama: The Movie - The Final Chapter: Be Forever Yorozuya" were released in 2010, and "Gintama: The Movie - The Final Chapter: Be Forever Yorozuya" was released in 2013. The theatrical film "Gintama THE FINAL" was released in 2021.
