Gintama: The Very Final

Gintama: The Very Final is a 2021 anime film based on the Gintama anime series. As the movie title says it, it is the final movie in the Gintama series.

It was animated by Bandai Namco Pictures, directed by Chizuru Miyawaki, and was released in Japanese theaters on January 8, 2021. Eleven Arts licensed the film and commissioned Sentai Filmworks to produce an English Dub of the film which was released in North American theaters from November 21–22, 2021.

Synopsis

This is the actual ending. The countdown to destruction has begun! All will join to reclaim an Edo in grave peril! Earth is facing its darkest days, and the members of the Odd Jobs must come together to save it from an otherworldly menace.

Old allies Gintoki, Takasugi, and Katsura strive their hardest for their own ideals, but standing in their way is someone with whom they share a sad history: Utsuro, an alternate personality of their former teacher and mentor, Shoyo. Having been spawned by Altana, the energy that fuels all planets, this immortal fiend has regenerated multiple times until finally becoming Utsuro, the ultimate enemy... And he intends to take down the entire world in order to end his own life.

Gintoki and the others set out to fulfill the wishes of their teacher Shoyo and thwart Utsuro's plans. Shinpachi, Kagura, the Shinsengumi, members of the Kabuki District, and even former enemies will join their fight. As Utsuro's power grows, Takasugi fights for his very life.

Will Gintoki be able to put an end to all this?!

Cast[]

Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Gintoki Sakata	Tomokazu Sugita	Michael Daingerfield
Shinpachi Shimura	Daisuke Sakaguchi	Cole Howard
Kagura	Rie Kugimiya	Jocelyne Loewen
Sadaharu	Mikako Takahashi	¿?
Utsuro	Kōichi Yamadera	Adam Gibbs
Shōyō Yoshida	Kōichi Yamadera	Adam Gibbs
Shōyō Yoshida	Eri Kitamura (young)	¿?
Shinsuke Takasugi	Takehito Koyasu	Kyle C. Jones
Kotarō Katsura	Akira Ishida	Joe Daniels
Tatsuma Sakamoto	Shinichirō Miki	Jeremy Gee
Elizabeth
Hitsugi	Masashi Sugawara	Steve Fenley
Oboro	Kazuhiko Inoue	¿?
Isao Kondō	Susumu Chiba	David Wald
Toshirō Hijikata	Kazuya Nakai	Blake Shepard
Sōgo Okita	Kenichi Suzumura	Clint Bickham
Katakuriko Matsudaira	Norio Wakamoto	Ty Mahany
Sagaru Yamazaki	Tetsuharu Ōta	¿?
Tae Shimura	Satsuki Yukino	Elissa Cuellar
Kyūbei Yagyū	Fumiko Orikasa	Brittney Karbowski
Tsukuyo	Yūko Kaida	Taylor Fono
Ayame Sarutobi	Yū Kobayashi	Carli Mosier
Nobume Imai / Mukuro	Aya Hirano	¿?
Zenzō Hattori	Toshiyuki Morikawa	¿?
Prince Hata	Kōichi Sakaguchi	¿?
Jii	Toshitaka Hirano	¿?
Tama	Omi Minami	Luci Christian
Tamako	Omi Minami	Catherine Thomas
Taizō Hasegawa	Fumihiko Tachiki	Andrew Love
Otose	Kujira	Shelley Calene-Black
Catherine	Yū Sugimoto	Luci Christian
Gengai Hiraga	Bin Shimada	¿?
Soyo Tokugawa	Ryō Hirohashi	Juliet Simmons
Umibozu	Shō Hayami	John Gremillion
Kamui	Satoshi Hino	Greg Ayres
Abuto	Hōchū Ōtsuka	John Swasey
Henpeita Takechi	Chafurin	George Manley
Matako Kijima	Risa Hayamizu	¿?
Former Tendoshu Leader	Binbin Takaoka	Chris Rager
Tendoshu Executive A	Ryūnosuke Watanuki	¿?
Tendoshu Executive B	Shinnosuke Ogami	¿?
Gin-san Sepia	Satoshi Miyazaki	James Belcher
Gin-san Shibia	Takehiro Hasu	Carl Masterson
Reporter A	Kazuki Sōya	¿?
Repoter B	Motoki Sakuma	¿?
Animation Staff	Chizuru Miyawaki	¿?
Shenron
Hideaki Sorachi	Hideaki Sorachi	¿?

Additional Voices[]

Notes[]

This makes it the fourth time overall that Gintama received an English Dub.
The main Odd Jobs trio from Gintama° reprised their roles.
A selection of voice actors from Sentai Filmworks reprised their roles from when they dubbed the first movie, while some characters were recasted.
- Greg Ayres and Jeremy Gee both replace Christopher Ayres as Kamui and Tatsuma Sakamoto due to his passing one month before the film was released in America.
- Joe Daniels replaces Illich Guardiola as Kotaro Katsura due to Guardiola being caught in a relationship with a minor in 2014.
- Ty Mahany and John Swasey replaces Kyle C. Jones as Katakuriko Matsudaira and Abuto.
- Elissa Cuellar replaces Shelley Calene-Black as Tae Shimura/Otae.
- Adam Gibbs replaces Simon Hayama as Utsuro.
Characters that also originally appeared in both Gintama, and Gintama° were also recasted.
- Taylor Fono replaces Marlie Collins as Tsukuyo.
- Juliet Simmons replaces Caitlynne Medrek as Soyo Tokugawa.
- John Gremillion replaces Paul Louis as Umibozu.
- Carli Mosier replaces Jehane Seralles as Ayame Sarutobi.
- Luci Christian replaces Chantal Strand as Tama.
Eleven Arts licensing and localization manager Amelie Khuat stated about the casting process and has said “It was important to bring back as many of the original cast as possible for the fans."^[1]

Video Releases[]

Distributor	Year	Format	Region	Country
Shout! Factory	2022	+	1 NTSC A DVB-T	United States

References[]

↑ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-09-21/eleven-arts-premieres-gintama-the-very-final-anime-film-english-dub-at-new-york-comic-con/.177530

External Links[]

Gintama: The Very Final at the Internet Movie Database.
Gintama: The Very Final (anime) on the Anime News Network's encyclopedia.
Gintama: The Very Final on Behind The Voice Actors.

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