gintama the mitsuba arc

Fukuda Announces GINTAMA Sequel For 2018

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 […]

GINTAMA: THE MITSUBA ARC: This Brother/Sister Reunion Is Absolutely Lit!

Lee B. Golden III

With Fukuda Yuichi’s live-action adaptation, Gintama in theaters in Japan and gearing up for a release in Singapore as well as a North American debut at Fantasia, its dTV counterpart also began streaming with web drama spin-off, Gintama: The Mitsuba Arc. The exclusive streaming platform released well-over eight minutes of footage which you can sample from below featuring Yoshizawa Ryo and actress Kitano Kie, and title actor Oguri Shun featured. Killer dreams, spicy foods, bazookas and forced levity ensue, as well as high drama and action for the remainder of the program now available solely in Japan. Well Go USA is hosting the feature film adaptation at Fantasia later this month following its Japan release this weekend from Warner Bros. Japan and news and details await on that end. Stay tuned! (Feel free to skip to the 5:21 mark).

GINTAMA: THE MITSUBA ARC: A Tale Of Brotherly Love, Rivalry And Loyalty In The First Trailer For The Web Drama Spin-Off

Lee B. Golden III

The end is almost nigh for the wait until Fukuda Yuichi’s release of the new movie, Gintama, inspired by the pages of Sorachi Hideaki’s popular manga and subsequent anime series. The film is readying for a world premiere at Fantasia Fest next month followed by another screening in Bucheon later this year while Japan audiences gear up for a July 14 release with a live-action take on the Benizakura Arc. For this, we turn to the continuation of the tale now in the form of a three-part web drama that will stream on July 15 on Japan’s dTV platform with Gintama: The Mitsuba Arc, which delves heartily into the back story of the bittersweet rivalry between the two elite members of Edo’s samurai police unit, The Shinsengumi. Actors Yagira Yuga, Yoshizawa Ryo and Nakamura Kankuro are back along with, and supermodel and actress Kitano Kie in the respective roles of […]