Gintama

Gintama (銀魂 Gintama, or Silver Soul) is a Japanese anime series based on the manga written and illustrated by Hideaki Sorachi. The anime adaptation was directed by Shinji Takamatsu from Episodes 1 to 105, by Yoichi Fujita from Episode 100 to 265, and Chizuru Miyawaki from Episode 266 to 367.

Synopsis

Twenty years ago, Edo-period Japan suffered a great cultural shock—the aliens called Amanto invaded the Earth, overpowered the nation's government, and outlawed the carrying of swords by the once proud samurai. Moreover, the aliens took the people's jobs and are currently running Japan as a sweatshop using the natives as laborers. In this strange new era are Gintoki Sakata, an eccentric samurai whose personal trademarks are his naturally permed silver hair, his love of anything sweet, and his addiction to Shonen Jump; Shinpachi Shimura, the teenaged heir of the Kakido-Ryu style; and Kagura, an incredibly strong alien girl from the powerful Yato clan. The trio are self-employed in an odd jobs shop called Yoruzuya Gin-chan, which offers to do almost anything for a price, from finding lost kittens to saving the world. Unfortunately, the jobs rarely go as planned, or pay enough to cover the pain and suffering the employees encounter—never mind their rent.

Dubbing History[]

The first two seasons of the Gintama series were initially licensed by Sentai Filmworks, which released the first season across 4 volumes from April 27, 2010 to February 22, 2011. Sentai also had the second season licensed, but the releases stalled before finishing. Sentai's release was subtitle-only, with Gintama: The Movie being the only part of the series which they dubbed. The Movie's release performed well, and Sentai Filmworks announced that based on the film's performance, they would consider releasing more of the series in North America, possibly with an English dub. This never occurred.

On July 1, 2016, Crunchyroll announced that they would be releasing the series on Blu-ray and DVD with an English dub. Due to Sentai still owning the rights to the first two series, Crunchyroll chose to dub the most recent series, Gintama°, which consists of Episodes 266 to 316. Crunchyroll began streaming the English dub of the first 12 episodes of the series on February 1, 2017. 12 additional episodes were added weekly.

On November 8, 2019, Hulu add the the English dub of Episode one part 1 of Gintama, before the full dub got release on December 1, 2019, part 2 was not added at that time, The first episode part 1 of the Gintama dub was on Hulu for few days before it was remove on November 15, 2019.

On December 1, 2019, Hulu released the first season of the series with an English dub. The dub was commissioned by The Japan Foundation, who currently has the rights for the first seasons of the series in America, and recorded in Miami, Florida at Universal Cinergia. Upon its release, fans derided the dub for it's own quality, not containing the Ocean cast, along with production mistakes and various translation choices, including Gintoki's name being mispronounced, as well as untranslated titles being narrated outloud (a common practice in Spanish and Portuguese dubbing, which are the majority of Miami's dubbing industry).

In 2021, Eleven Arts licensed Gintama: The Very Final movie for the United States. The dub was recorded and produced primarily in Houston, Texas, containing most of Gintama: The Movie's casting choices for secondary and recurring characters, but bringing back the canadian cast for the 3 main characters: Michael Daingerfield as Gintoki, Jocelyne Loewen as Kagura and Cole Howard as Shinpachi, recording their voices remotely from Vancouver.

Cast[]

Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Gintoki Sakata	Tomokazu Sugita	Roly Gutierrez
Shinpachi Shimura	Daisuke Sakaguchi	Clay Cartland
Kagura	Rie Kugimiya	Crystal Lopez
Toshiro Hijikata	Kazuya Nakai	Travis Roig
Sogo Okita	Kenichi Suzumura	Christian Vandepas
Isao Kondo	Susumu Chiba	Phil DuBois
Sagaru Yamazaki	Tetsuharu Ōta	?
Ayano Terada / Otose	Kujira	Jeni Hacker
Ayano Terada / Otose	Atsuko Enomoto (young)	?
Otae Shimura	Satsuki Yukino	?
Catherine	Yū Sugimoto	Connie Fernandez
Kotaro Katsura	Akira Ishida	Jason Kesser
Ayame "Sacchan" Sarutobi	Yū Kobayashi	Jehane Seralles
Shinsuke Takasugi	Takehito Koyasu	Donald Guzzi
Tsū "Otsū" Terakado	Mikako Takahashi	Christina Jopling
Taizo Hasegawa / Madao	Fumihiko Tachiki	Chris Jahn
Tatsuma Sakamoto	Shinichirō Miki	Alex Alvarez
Prince Hata	Kōichi Sakaguchi	Christian Vandepas
Jii	Toshitaka Hirano	Barry Tarallo
Ana Ketsuno	Sayaka Narita	?
Hatsu Hasegawa	Sayuri Kubo	?
Tokumori Saigō	Hisao Egawa	Alex Alvarez
Narrator	Fumihiko Tachiki	Wayne LeGette

Episodic Characters[]

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Ep(s).
	Shimomoto	Shingo Horii	Donald Guzzi	1-2

Additional Voices[]

Jim Ballard
Paula Barros
Rayner Garranchan
Donald Guzzi
Daniel Llaca
Paul Louis
Travis Roig
Gregg Weiner
Wayne LeGette

Transmission via Streaming[]

Company	Date	Category	Format	Content	Country
	December 1, 2019	Anime	Digital	49 episodes	United States

Notes[]

5 years before, the Brazilian Portuguese dub of the first 24 episodes was recorded in Miami, and for some kind of coincidence, it was produced in the same studio that did the English dub, which is Universal Cinergia. Alex Alvarez, who voiced Sakamoto in the English dub, also voiced Katsura and additional voices in the Portuguese dub.
- The Latin American Spanish dub was also produced by Universal Cinergia, but it was instead dubbed in Cuernavaca, Mexico.

External Links[]

Gintama (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Gintama at the Internet Movie Database

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