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His Name Is Not “Zura” In The New GINTAMA Character Poster

Watching an anime series like Gintama will leave you breatheless most days – either from vociferous laughter or outright awe from the chaos and explosive twists and turns that occur as it explores the arcs. Coming into director Fukuda Yuichi’s own live-action adaptation, the current cast listing sums up what appears to be the Benizakara end of things and hopefully a full trailer will arrive soon to take a deeper visual dive to whet the appetite. Until then, the promotional rollout has already begun as of late last year with a spate of character posters hailing the star trio of the saga with actor Oguri Shun and Suda Masaki, and actress Kashimoto Hanna. The three, based on Sorachi Hideaki’s popular Shonen Jump manga property and subsequent anime, lead the film as an Odd Jobs outlet in Edo period, Japan following the arrival of an alien race known as the Amanto, […]

GINTAMA: Oguri Shun Slashes And Thrashes In The First Teaser For The Live-Action Movie

Lee B. Golden III

The prospects of manga author Sorachi Hideaki’s longstanding manga success, Gintama, sure feel pretty exciting these days. A new anime series is on the horizon following a hiatus back in March and since then, we’ve also had a live-action feature adaptation of the film now headed for a July release. For this, we now get our first teaser for the film directed by none other than Hentai Kamen helmer Fukuda Yuichi. More details are pending while previous news hints at the likely story details surrounding the Benizakura Arc where certain characters go “missing” in the wake of a mysterious killer running loose in Edo with a stolen mystical demon sword consuming him. Oguri Shun (Museum) leads the cast as wayward Samurai-turned-Odd Jobs entrepreneur Sakata Gintoki along with Suda Masaki as Shimura Shinpachi and Kashimoto Hanna as Kagura – all of whom are visible in the teaser; Tonewise, you get none […]

[UPDATED] GINTAMA: Meet The Odd Jobs Trio In New Character Posters For Fukuda Yuichi’s 2017 Live Action Adaptation

Lee B. Golden III

Having only found out just a few months or so after production on Hentai Kamen helmer Fukuda Yuichi had begun production on a live-action adaptation of popular manga/anime property, Gintama, it was then and there that I decided to catch up. Hence, why many of you who might be following me on Instagram have been seeing gobloads of posts about the show, and I cannot reiterate enough just how much fun the show has been for me. Thus, it is the first day of marketing for the campaign over at Warner Bros. Japan ahead of the film’s release next year, and with none other than the first of a forthcoming series of character posters which now features actor Suda Masaki as Shimura Shinpachi. Suda joins his fellow Assassination Classroom co-star Kashimoto Hanna who plays the sprightly and superstrong Kagura, and lead actor Oguri Shun who takes the mantle as Sakata […]