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GINTAMA 2 Is Out In Japan, And Kagura Can’t Sleep

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 […]

GINTAMA 2: Crisis Looms And New Enemies Pull The Strings In The First Official Trailer

Lee B. Golden III

Hit anime series, Gintama, just began the final run of its long-running anime series this week with the Silver Soul arc, culminating an epic samurai/space saga that has drawn loyal crowds to manga shelves and live stage show readings for years. In the meantime, Warner Bros. Japan is making good on its successes with forthcoming sequel, Gintama 2, after hitting it big last summer with starring principles Oguri Shun, Hashimoto Kanna and Suda Masaki all back to reprise as the beloved odd jobs trio. They’re joined by a mix of returning and new additions to the cast that will mingle both the Shinsengumi Crisis Arc and the Shogun Assassination Arc; Both arcs are packed with kinetic, big-scale action and doeses emotive upheaval to couple with the usual serving of comedic, often forth-wall breaking gags Gintama is known for, which kind of speaks to just how returning director Fukuda Yuichi may […]

GINTAMA 2: Get A Look At Who’s Who In The First Official Poster For The Sequel!

Lee B. Golden III

It’s okay to want things! That’s at least one thing you can take away from the Shinsengumi Crisis Arc of the long running Gintama manga and anime franchise depending on your own sensibilities – such were that of “Tosshi”, Shinsengumi Vice Chief Toshiro Hijikata’s otaku persona when he chose to acquire an intriguing sword with its own dark history. …That’s the backstory to many of the images you’ve likely caught online as post production rolled on for Gintama 2, the upcoming live-action sequel to the 2017 film that retold a slight retooling of the Benizakura Arc. Title actor Oguri Shun is back in the role of Sakata Gintoki, a lazy, sweet-toothed ronin/odd jobs entrepreneur in an alternative Edo-period Japan with Hashimoto Kanna as Yato exile, Kagura and Suda Masaki as the straight-laced Shimura Shinpachi. Also returning is actor and musician Domoto Tsuyoshi who plays Takasugi, the elusive leader of the […]

Fukuda Yuichi’s GINTAMA 2 Hints At A Potential Crisis With New Character Teaser Posters

Lee B. Golden III

Sorachi Hideaki’s Gintama is a universe brimming with colorful characters, and for what it’s worth, director Fukuda Yuichi has done an albeit impressive job at manifesting it all into a reality for live-action cinema. He’s back at it again with a sequel tentatively titled Gintama 2 and while we await its August 17 release with much of the cast returning from the first film and subsequent festival and rollout news to come, new character posters are out and about and teasing the possible turn of events that could center heavily on the Shinsengumi and the Shogunate. Sitting center of the collage below is the 14th ruling Shogun of Edo himself, Tokugawa Shige Shige. On the left are Kawakami Bansai (close associate of the Kiheitai’s Takasugi Shinsuke played by actor and recording artist Domoto Tsuyoshi in the 2017 film) and Oniwabanshuu-trained ninja, assassin and café worker, Sarutobi Ayame, who has a […]

GINTAMA 2 Teaser Poster Parodies The Godfather Because Why The F*ck Not?

Lee B. Golden III

Yep. Because of course Warner Bros. Pictures Japan totally would with this poster for Gintama 2. Indeed it’s the kind of campaigning that fits right into the fourth wall-breaking spectrum of the anime and manga and those in the know would expect as much. All else is still pending about the actual follow-up to last year’s hit adaptation from director Fukuda Yuichi. Thus, we wait, and all while enduring the kind of tomfoolery courtesy of co-star Sato Jiro (a.k.a. the not-Marlon Brando of our generation) in the poster below.

GINTAMA 2 Signals The Fans With A Teaser Announcement!

Lee B. Golden III

And just like that, we have a teaser for Fukuda Yuichi’s upcoming Gintama 2 ahead of its August 17 release. Your guess is as good as mine on what’s to come following last year’s Benizakura treatment and though it looks more of an announcement sans any new footage there might be, it helps to see something. Even the logo looks pretty dang spiffy. As for the players: Oguri Shun, Masaki Suda and Hashimoto Kanna all reprise their roles based on the hit manga from Sorachi Hideaki with Sato Jiro, and even the enigmatic “Elizabeth” also returning to star.

GINTAMA 2 Signals A Trio Of Peacemakers In New Character Posters

Lee B. Golden III

I’m still a little bit on the fence about Fukuda Yuichi’s 2017 live-action adaptation of Sorachi Hideaki’s Gintama. Granted however, it’s a pretty short fence with lots of cozy bushes to land on as much as I’ve given the film a curve being a fan of the anime that I am and how generally fun the film was. Needless to say, I’m already curious about what the summer will bring with the forthcoming sequel, tentatively titled Gintama 2. The latest update over at the offical website doesn’t have much in the way of anything new apart from the expected return of actor Masaki Suda and actress Hashimoto Kanna in the respective roles of straight-laced Shinpachi and loveable, battle-proficient Yato exile Kagura. Both rejoin actor Oguri Shun who headlines the trio based on Sorachi Hideaki’s longstanding manga and subsequent anime. Gintama centers its whacky, often parodic narrative on a trio of […]

FIVE-A-DAY ROUND-UP VII: Gintama 2, The Monkey King 3, Bleach, Inrang, Laughing Under The Clouds

Lee B. Golden III

Going into some more adaptations, I have at least five others in mind worth pointing out, one of which already might be in production given the recent announcement of Gintama 2. Little is known about the project which will have Fukuda Yuichi back at the helm advancing a follow-up to this year’s live-actiom rendition of the Benizakura Arc in his 2017 film starring Oguri Shun, Kahsimoto Hanna and Masaki Suda; Well Go USA is releasing that one in the Spring on DVD and Blu-Ray while we await more info on the sequel and what it entails. Chinese moviegoers will continue to endure their beloved folklore as seen on the big screen in time for the Chinese New Year release of The Monkey King 3: Kingdom Of Women. Aaron Kwok is back in the title role with William Feng as the monk Tang under director Soi Cheang who shepherds this latest […]

Fukuda Announces GINTAMA Sequel For 2018

Lee B. Golden III

Japan had an amazing run at the box office this year with manga adaptations, especially in the summer with Fukuda Yuichi’s live-action adaptation of Hideaki Sorachi’s long running manga, Gintama from Warner Bros. Japan. I don’t know what the buzz is on a critical scale but the film reportedly earned an impressive 3.84 billion yen which clearly paves the way for some good prospects to come. …And come, they did, with word via Crunchyroll by way of Comic Natalie that a sequel is now being slated for the Summer of 2018, according to an announcement made by the director himself at the UDX theater in Tokyo alongside the initial film’s star, Oguri Shun whose return to the role hadn’t yet been confirmed; The announcement was made in parallel to the promotion of the Japanese DVD and Blu-Ray. I’m a little surprised since Summer is only about seven or eight months […]