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Gin Tama

Volume 1 (North American version)
銀魂
(Silver Soul)
Genre Comedy, Parody, Science Fiction
Manga
Author Hideaki Sorachi
Publisher Flag of Japan Shueisha
English publisher Flag of Canada Flag of the United States Viz Media
Demographic Shōnen
Magazine Flag of Japan Weekly Shōnen Jump
Flag of Canada Flag of the United States Shonen Jump (Ended)
Flag of Thailand C-Kids
Original run December 8, 2003 – ongoing
Volumes 29 (List of volumes)
Original video animation
Gintama
Studio Sunrise
Released December 2004
Runtime 33 minutes
Episodes 1
TV anime
Director Shinji Takamatsu (episodes 1-99)

Yoichi Fujita, Shinji Takamatsu (episodes 100-105)

Shinji Takamatsu (episodes 106 onwards)
Studio Sunrise
Network Flag of Japan TV Tokyo
Original run April 4, 2006 – Ongoing
Episodes 166 (List of episodes)
Light novel
3-Nen Z-Gumi GinPachi-sensei
Author Tomohito Ōsaki
Illustrator Hideaki Sorachi
Publisher Shueisha
Original run February 3, 2006 – ongoing
Volumes 4
Related works
Anime and Manga Portal

Gin Tama (銀魂 Gintama?, lit. "Silver Soul") is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Hideaki Sorachi. The original manga began in December 8, 2003 and is currently being published by Shueisha in Weekly Shōnen Jump. It is set in an Edo which has been conquered by aliens named Amanto. The plot follows the life from the samurai Gintoki Sakata who works as a free-lancer along his friends, Shinpachi Shimura and Kagura, in order to pay the monthly rent from where he lives. Sorachi added the science fiction setting in order to develop characters from his own liking after his editor suggested him to do an historical series.

The manga has been licensed by Viz Media in North America. In addition to publishing the individual volumes of the series, Viz serialized its chapters in their Shonen Jump manga anthology. It debuted in the January 2007 issue, and was serialized at a rate of one chapter a month. An original video animation of Gin Tama by Sunrise was featured at Jump Festa 2006 Anime Tour in 2005. This was followed by a full anime series which debuted on April 4, 2006, TV Tokyo which is still ongoing. Besides the anime series, there have been various light novels adaptations and video games based on Gin Tama.

In Japan, the Gin Tama manga has been highly popular, having commonly ranked within the Top Ten from best seller series. The anime and its DVD have also been featured in Top Tens from their respective media various times, and TV Tokyo came to announce that the Gin Tama anime was responsible for great sales overseas along with the anime adaptation from Naruto. Publications for manga, anime and other have commented on the Gin Tama manga. Response has been generally positive with the comedy and characters from the series having been praised.

Contents

[edit] Plot

See also: List of Gin Tama characters

The story takes place in Edo (known today as Tokyo because of the name change in 1868), Japan, which has been taken over by aliens called Amanto since the late Edo period. The samurai of Japan have fallen, and the Amanto placed a ban on carrying swords in public. The plot is focused on an eccentric samurai, Gintoki Sakata who helps a teenager named Shinpachi Shimura to save her sister Tae from a group of aliens. Shinpachi becomes his apprentice, while a teenage alien girl name Kagura starts living with Gintoki after escaping from a group of Yakuza. All three are "free-lancers" known as "Odd Jobs Gin" who search for work in order to pay the monthly rent, which usually goes unpaid anyway. While doing their job they encounter several times the police force Shinsengumi, who normally ally with Odd Jobs Gin in their works, since they commonly involve dangerous criminals. They also come to meet Gintoki's former comrades during the Amanto's invasion including the terrorist Kotaro Katsura who mantains a friendly relationship with them and Shinsuke Takasugi, a major antagonist throughout the series who wants to destroy the Government in a more violent way than Katsura. Although the series' story is commonly episodic, there are also a few story arcs which are developed through various chapters.

[edit] Production

In 2003, Hideaki Sorachi was an up-and-coming mangaka who had already created two one-shots for the Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine. Although he was preparing himself to create his first serialized series, his editor suggested that he would create a manga series based on the Shinsengumi, mostly inspired by an upcoming TV-drama about the 1860s troupe as depicted by idol actors. Sorachi attempted to create this series since he admitted to liking the Shinsengumi, but ultimately failed to get anything off the ground. But instead of abandoning the idea completely, the mangaka remained in the historical Japanese era but began to create his own story, adding in elements of science fiction and fictionalizing many of the figures from the era to create a story more to his own liking.[1] The original title of the series was meant to be Yorozuya Gin-san (万事屋銀さん?, lit. "General Merchant Gin-san"), but it did not have any impact on Sorachi. After great debate, he decided to go with the name Gin Tama after discussing it with his family, deciding to go with a name that sounded close to the edge without being completely off it.[2]

The main character of the series was originally meant to be Toshiro Hijikata as Sorachi was a fan of the Shinsengumi, most notably from Hijikata Toshizō (the Shinsengumi who was the base for the one of Gin Tama), after he saw Burn! Sword!. When Sorachi could not "shake off" Hijikata's initial design, he decided not to use him as the lead character, but added him along with the Shinsengumi to the story.[2] The pilot chapter from the series had a different plot to the one from the serialization: Sorachi kept adding more Shinsengumi to the story such as Harada Sanosuke. As all these characters were older to most of the recurring ones from the series, Sorachi removed them thinking they were not entertaining.[3]

During the first year of the series, Sorachi believed that the source of the popularity to Gin Tama was partially connected to the Shinsengumi drama. While the drama ran during the first year of the series, when the manga was mostly shorter stories that established the characters and the world, he felt sick of riding on the coattails of something else's success. By the second year and beyond, he became more daring in his stories and concepts, creating longer storylines that included more drama while keeping his bizarre sense of humor and satirization of modern Japan by way of his fictionalized past.[4] When working in the chapters Sorachi commonly has problems to finish the manuscript the require time, leaving his supervisor to take it before he could revise it. He figures on what to write by staying in his room or by going for a walk.[5] Although he commented that some of his ideas are "random", he focuses on the fact that they are related to the manga. However, when he has problems to figure out what ideas, Sorachi is normally helped by his editor.[6] When writing lines in the series Sorachi commonly uses a felt-tip pen, a fountain pen, a brush-tip pen and a multiliner. For the major lines of characters he only uses a felt-tip pen and a fountain pen, while for the outlines a multiliner-0.8.[7]

[edit] Media

[edit] Manga

Main article: List of Gin Tama chapters

The chapters of the Japanese manga series Gin Tama are written and illustrated by Hideaki Sorachi. They have been serialized for the manga anthology book Weekly Shōnen Jump from Shueisha since December 8, 2003.[8] Over two-hundred chapters identified as a "Lesson" have been serialized. Viz Media licensed Gin Tama for publication in North America. A 55-page preview from the series was first featured in the January 2006 Shonen Jump issue.[9] Viz acquired the license to publish chapters from the series in the Shonen Jump during the San Diego Comic-Con International from 2006.[10] The chapters were serialized in Shonen Jump from January to May 2007 at a rate of one chapter a month.[11][12]

Shueisha has been collecting the chapters in tankōbon volumes with the first being published on April 2, 2004.[13] As of July 3, 2009, twenty-nine volumes have been released in Japan.[14] In North America tankōbon are published in under Viz's "Shonen Jump Advanced" imprint.[15] The first volume was published on July 3, 2007. Currently, twelve volumes have been released.[16][17]

[edit] Anime

Main article: List of Gin Tama episodes

An original video animation (OVA) of Gin Tama by Sunrise was showing at Jump Festa 2006 Anime Tour in 2005.[18] An anime adaption, debuted on TV Tokyo on April 4, 2006. It is developed by Sunrise and initally directed by Shinji Takamatsu. Episodes 100 to 105 were directed by Takamatsu and Yoichi Fujita, while following episodes only by Fujita.[19] The subtitle for the Gin Tama anime could be loosely translated as "The starting point is the utmost importance for anything, so trying to outdo oneself is just about right."[20] During January 2009, Fujita mentioned he was not going to work in the fourth season of the series starting in such year. However, in February 2009, it was confirmed that the anime would continue for a fourth year once again directed by Fujita.[21]

In Japan, Aniplex distributes the anime in DVD format.[22] A total of thirteen volumes were released for the first season, between July 26, 2006 and June 26, 2007.[23] The second season was released over another set of thirteen volumes between July 25, 2007 and July 23, 2008.[24] The first volume of the third season was released on August 27, 2008.[25] On September 30, 2009, it will be published a DVD named Gintama Jump Anime Tour 2008 & 2005 which contains the 2005 OVA and an audio commentary.[26]

In November 2008, an agreement was reached between TV Tokyo and the streaming video service Crunchyroll. Crunchyroll would stream English-subtitled episodes for free one week after airing in Japan. Paid subscribers can watch new episodes an hour after airing in Japan.[27] On January 8, 2009, Crunchyroll uploaded their first episode (episode 129) to the service. Alongside new episodes each week, Crunchyroll also uploads episodes from the beginning of the series.[28]

[edit] CDs

The music for the Gin Tama anime was composed by Eiichi Kamagata. On September 27, 2006, Audio Highs published the first CD soundtrack for the series known as Gintama Original Soundtrack. It featured 36 tracks including the TV version from the first opening theme and the first two ending themes.[29] The second CD soundtrack, Gintama Original Soundtrack 2, was released on November 11, 2007. It included 40 tracks but it did not have TV versions of the opening and ending themes from the series.[30] The latest CD is Gintama Original Soundtrack published on June 24, 2009. It features a total of 28 tracks including the theme "Gintaman" which was used as a gag in episode 100 from the series.[31] Apart from soundtracks from the TV series, on March 25, 2009 it was published Gintama The Best. Gintama The Best is composed of a CD and a DVD. The former includes the fullversions from the first five opening themes of the series and the first nine ending themes. The latter features the videos from the musical themes from the former but without credits.[32]

[edit] Light novels

A series of light novels featuring the Gin Tama characters have been authored by Tomohito Ōsaki, illustrated by Hideaki Sorachi, and published by Shueisha. They feature the characters transposed to a school setting with Gintoki acting as their teacher. It is running in Jump Square under the title 3-Nen Z-Gumi GinPachi-sensei (3年Z組銀八先生?). The first novel was published on February 3, 2006, while as of April 4, 2009, four light novels have been published by Shueisha.[33][34]

[edit] Video games

In Japan, a PlayStation 2 Gin Tama game, Gintama: Together with Gin! My Kabuki District Journal (銀魂 銀さんと一緒!ボクのかぶき町日記 Gintama Gin-san to Issho! Boku no Kabuki-cho Nikki?), was released on August 30, 2007, and a Wii game, Gintama: General Store Tube: Tsukkomi-able Cartoon (銀魂 万事屋ちゅ〜ぶ ツッコマブル動画 Gintama Yorozuya Chūbu Tsukkomaburu Dōga?), was released on October 25, 2007.[35][36] A game for the Nintendo DS called Gintama: Silver Ball Quest: Gin's Job-Change to Save the World (銀魂 銀玉くえすと 銀さんが転職したり世界を救ったり Gintama Gintama Kuesuto Gin-san ga Tenshoku-shitari Sekai o Sukuttari?) was released on December 6, 2007.[37] Other two games for the DS include Gintama Dee-Ess: Odd Jobs Grand Riot! (銀魂でぃ〜えす・万事屋大騒動! Gintama Dīesu Yorozuya Daisōdō!?) and Gintama: Gintoki vs. Hijikata!? The Huge Fight Over Silver Souls in the Kabuki District!! (銀魂 銀時vs土方!? かぶき町銀玉大争奪戦!! Gintama Gintoki vs Hijikata!? Kabuki-cho Gitama Daisōdatsusen!!?).[38][39] Also, there have been two Nintendo DS games featuring Gin Tama characters so far: the Weekly Shōnen Jump crossover Jump Superstars and its sequel, Jump Ultimate Stars.[40][41]

[edit] Reception

The Gin Tama manga has been highly popular in Japan, having ranked as the seventh best seller of the Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine as of 2007.[42] As of February 2008, the manga has sold over 20 million copies in Japan.[43] In March 2007, Shueisha announced that sales of the first volume had passed one million copies.[44] Volumes from the manga have had good sales, having appeared various times in the Japanese comic ranking.[45][46] The 17th volume from the manga ranked as the 10th best-seller volume from Japan.[47] During 2008, the manga ranked as the 10th best seller series with a total of 2,390,196 copies sold.[48] Gin Tama hit number 5 in Japan in the most sold manga in the first half of 2009 list, selling 2,756,631 volumes through out November 17, 2008 to May 17, 2009.[49] Gin Tama ranked as the best new shonen manga from 2007 in About.com's "2007 Readers Poll: Best New Shonen Manga".[50] In the Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation Awards from 2008, Gin Tama was nominated for the category "Best Manga - Comedy", losing to Negima! Magister Negi Magi.[51][52] In an Oricon survey from 2009, Gin Tama was listed as the sixth choice for what manga could adapted into a live-action film.[53] Fuji News Network has cited Gin Tama as one of the responsibles for the wooden swords' popularity during 2008 as Hokkaido's retailers have experienced brisk sales in wooden swords to foreigners.[54] The third light novel from the series became the top selling light novel from Japan during 2008.[55] The anime adaptation has also been featured several times in the Japanese TV ranking.[56][57] DVD sales of the series have also been positive as most of them have been featured in the Japanse anime DVD ranking.[58][59] The third DVD of season 3 ranked ninth in the Japanese Amazon.com Top Ten of best sellers DVDs during 2008.[60] In August 2008, TV Tokyo announced that Gin Tama and Naruto "contributed to robust sales of overseas rights in the last fiscal year which ended in March."[61]

Critical response to the Gin Tama manga has generally been positive. Carlos Santos from Anime News Network found the manga to be a "one-of-a-kind comedy" praising the characters' personalities and gags. On the other hand, the artwork was criticized for being "hard to follow" when there are fast scenes.[62] Jokes regarding clichés from other shōnen series were also positively received by About.com writer Deb Aoki, who, like Santos, found the artwork to be "the only thing that distracts from the otherwise considerable pleasures of this loveable, goofy manga".[63] Characters' designs were praised for its variations including the ones from the aliens appearing in the series by Katherine Dacey from popcultureshock.com who remarked that "These characters add visual interest and life to every panel, keeping the reader invested when the stories stall."[64] Other negative comments regarding the manga have the few number of aliens appearing the series as well as how some chapters are focused in fights such Hijikata's fight against Gintoki. Michael Aronson from mangalife.com concluded his review of the manga by saying that "The potential is there, but the execution is struggling" as still he liked the comedy from the story.[65] Comicsvillage's Alex Hoffman mentioned that Gin Tama "can't truly be compared to those comics because of one thing: the jokes." He found the context from the series hilarious and like how there are new jokes in every chapter. Like other reviewers, Hoffman also disliked Sorachi's artwork, but still found the manga to be "a great comedy, or a great read."[66] Comicbookbin.com writer Leroy Douresseaux found that the large number of characters with different appearances in the series allow the reader to remain entertained with the series as "at least every few pages or so present some unusual and interesting visual."[67]

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