Gintama (2006) 銀魂

Media: TelevisionMedium: AnimationAdaptation: Inspiration

Apr 4

Director: Shinji Takamatsu / Yoichi Fujita / Ko Matsuo / Seiki Takuno / Ai Yoshimura / Hirofumi Ogura / Chizuru Miyawaki / Makoto Moriwaki / Yasuhiro Minami / Kei Umabiki / Shigeru Yamazaki / Hiroyuki Hata / Kazuo Miyake / Shinya Watada / Fumihiro Yoshimura / Hirokazu Yamada / Satoshi Ose-do / Naoki Hishikawa / Shuji Miyahara / Shigeki Takagi / Nobuhiko Nagahama / Masaomi Ando
Screenwriter: Akatsuki Yamatoya / Michiko Yokote / Kento Shimoyama / Katsuyuki Sumisawa / Hideaki Sorachi
Starring: Tomokazu Sugita / Rie Kugimiya / Daisuke Sakaguchi / Mikako Takahashi / Satsuki Yukino / Fumihiko Tachiki / Fumiko Orikasa / Akira Ishida / Kazuya Nakai / Kenichi Suzumura / Susumu Chiba / Takehito Koyasu / Shin-ichiro Miki / Takumi Yamazaki / Yu Kobayashi / Shinji Takamatsu / Yu Sugimoto / Yuko Kaida / Tetsuharu Ota / Satoshi Hino / Risa Shimizu / Chafurin / Takayuki Sugo / Ai Nonaka / Takumi Yamazaki / Keiji Fujiwara
Genre: Comedy / Action / Sci-Fi / Animation
Production Country/Region: Japan
Language: Japanese
Date: 2006-04-04 (Japan)
Number of Seasons: 5
Number of episodes: 371
Duration: 25 minutes per episode
Number of Movies: 3
Also Known As: Gintama
IMDb: tt0988818
Adaptation: Inspiration

Summary:

The story is set in an alternate-history late-Edo period, where humanity is attacked by aliens called "Amanto" (天人; 'Sky People'). Edo Japan's samurai fight to defend Earth, but the shogun cowardly surrenders when he realizes the aliens' power. He agrees to an unequal contract with the aliens, ceding power to them, and also places a ban on carrying swords in public and allows the invaders to enter the country. The samurai's swords are confiscated and the Tokugawa bakufu (shogunate) becomes a puppet government.

The series focuses on an eccentric samurai, Gintoki Sakata who works as an odd-jobs freelancer. He helps a teenager named Shinpachi Shimura save his sister Tae from an Amanto group that wants to send her to a brothel. Impressed by Gintoki, Shinpachi becomes his freelance apprentice to pay the bills and learn more about the enigmatic samurai. When the pair rescues a teenage alien girl with super-strength, Kagura, from a yakuza group, they accept her into their odd-jobs freelancing business, and the three become known as "Yorozuya" (万事屋; 'Store of 10,000 business' or 'We do everything').

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gintama_(TV_series)#Gintama'