Writer and director Fukuda Yuichi is fully staking his claim in the live-action end of things for Warner Bros. Japan’s Gintama 2 these days. The sequel to last year’s feature film hit adaptation is now playing in Japan theaters while the latest dTV mini-drama is now out with a clip that sees our heroine Kagura unable to fall asleep.
This particular story stems from episode 153 of the anime titled “Sleep Helps A Child Grow”. Hashimoto Kanna repises her role next to fellow principal star Oguri Shun, both who star along with Suda Masaki as the trio on the frontlines of the films whose story sees a trio of odd jobbers accustoming to life in Edo after the colonization of Amanto.
The Gintama 2 mini-drama will focus on three areas of the anime and manga, and will be available via Japan portal dTV this weekend. Be advised, however, as the YouTube channel for this particular clip, also featuring actor Tsutsumi Shin’ichi as Matsudaira Katakuriko of the Shinsengumi, is no longer available in North America. If it turns out you can’t see it in the player above, then my bad.
It’s weird, really.
I hugely recommend seeing the anime first, however. I still have a few episodes to catch up on but you can’t not love this show after starting it.
Well Go USA has the first Gintama installation in its library while stateside release details remain pending for the new movie.
