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Sunday, December 1, 2013
Gin Tama
Gin Tama (銀魂 Gintama?, lit.
"Silver Soul"), also known as Gintama,
is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Hideaki Sorachiand serialized, beginning on
December 8, 2003, in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen
Jump. Set in Edo which has been conquered by aliens
named Amanto, the plot follows life from the point of view of samurai Gintoki Sakata, who works as a freelancer alongside
his friendsShinpachi
Shimura and Kagura in order to pay the monthly rent.
Sorachi added the science fiction setting to develop characters to his
liking after his editor suggested doing a 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 first 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. The series has
been adapted into an original video
animation (OVA) by Sunrise and
was featured at Jump Festa 2006
Anime Tour in 2005. This was followed by a full anime series, which debuted on April 4, 2006
in TV
Tokyo and finished on
March 25, 2010. A sequel titled Gintama' first premiered in Japan on April 4,
2011 and ended on March 26, 2012, before returning once again for a brief run
from October 4, 2012 to March 28, 2013. Two animated films have also been
produced. The website Crunchyroll is
streaming the series on its site, while Sentai Filmworks licensed the series,
with distribution from Section23 Films on DVDs. Besides the anime series,
there have been various light novels and video games based
on Gin Tama.
In Japan,
the Gin Tama manga has been popular, selling over
44 million volumes as of July 2013. The anime and its DVDs have been featured,
at various time, in Top Ten of their respective media, while TV Tokyo has
announced that the first Gin
Tama anime was responsible
for high sales overseas along with the anime adaptation from Naruto.
Publications for manga, anime and others have commented on the Gin Tama manga. Positive response have focused
on the comedy and characters from the series, while negative responses concern
the manga's artwork.