The story takes place in Edo (known today as Tokyo because of the name change in 1868), Japan, which has been taken over by aliens called Amanto since the late Edo period. The samurai of Japan have fallen, and the Amanto placed a ban on carrying swords in public. The story focuses on an eccentric samurai, Gintoki Sakata, his (partial) apprentice Shinpachi Shimura, and a teenage alien girl: Kagura. All three are “free-lancers” who search for work in order to pay the monthly rent, which usually goes unpaid anyway.
Gintama is all about that too. The world itself is quite interesting because it takes place in a post bakumatsu era with instead of the Americans coming to Japan on ships, we have aliens called Amanto coming to Japan in spaceships. It makes for a quite interesting dynamic as you have a clash of old world Japanese culture i.e. samurais with modern day life as well as sci-fi technology. The
Gintama is all about that too. The world itself is quite interesting because it takes place in a post bakumatsu era with instead of the Americans coming to Japan on ships, we have aliens called Amanto coming to Japan in spaceships. It makes for a quite interesting dynamic as you have a clash of old world Japanese culture i.e. samurais with modern day life as well as sci-fi technology. The
Main characters in the story. There are plenty more reoccurring characters all throughout the series.
Sataka Gintoki – ( seiyu – Tomokazu Sugita)
The main character of the show, Gintoki and Sugita san that voices him is hilarious. The question that would always sits in the back of my mind was just how strong is Gin san? The show would always show flashbacks from when he had to fight in the war against the Amanto. He looked like a serious bad ass, and again reminds me alot of Kenshin when he was a hitokiri doing the same thing against the Tokugawa Bakufu.
Being the protagonist that he is, he would always appear to be weak or not care as comedic relief, but when he had to turn on that bad ass switch to save the day he would. This is prominent in my mind because of what happened in Ep 58.
Shimura Shinpachi (Seiyu – Daisuke Sakaguchi)
Gintoki’s sidekick I guess you could say. He’s very funny for his own reasons, but I would say he has a kind of generic feel to him. Even the mangaka said this when he designed the character Shinpachi.
He’s great though when he the topic is about his idol love Otsuu chan.
His sister is the best though, Otai voiced by the great Satsuki Yukino.
Kagura (Seiyu – Rie Kugimiya)
My favorite character hands down. Kagura voiced by Kugimiya Rie (Nagi from Hayate no Gotoku!) is so funny. The way she speaks with an accent that is suppose to sound Chinese is great.
She’s just a typical 14 year old girl, but with super human strength because she’s suppose to be an alien. That dynamic makes for some really hilarious moments in the show, and also shows up in her demeanour
Shinsengumi
The shinsengumi in this show are exactly like they are in other shows and in Japanese history. They have Kondo san , Hijikata san , and Okita san the three most famous Shinsengumi.
The difference is of course these guys live in a futuristic world, and thus have uniforms that look more western. They still carry swords, but Okita likes to use a bazooka instead and that pretty much sums up what Gintama is all about.
Sataka Gintoki – ( seiyu – Tomokazu Sugita)
The main character of the show, Gintoki and Sugita san that voices him is hilarious. The question that would always sits in the back of my mind was just how strong is Gin san? The show would always show flashbacks from when he had to fight in the war against the Amanto. He looked like a serious bad ass, and again reminds me alot of Kenshin when he was a hitokiri doing the same thing against the Tokugawa Bakufu.
Being the protagonist that he is, he would always appear to be weak or not care as comedic relief, but when he had to turn on that bad ass switch to save the day he would. This is prominent in my mind because of what happened in Ep 58.
Shimura Shinpachi (Seiyu – Daisuke Sakaguchi)
Gintoki’s sidekick I guess you could say. He’s very funny for his own reasons, but I would say he has a kind of generic feel to him. Even the mangaka said this when he designed the character Shinpachi.
He’s great though when he the topic is about his idol love Otsuu chan.
His sister is the best though, Otai voiced by the great Satsuki Yukino.
Kagura (Seiyu – Rie Kugimiya)
My favorite character hands down. Kagura voiced by Kugimiya Rie (Nagi from Hayate no Gotoku!) is so funny. The way she speaks with an accent that is suppose to sound Chinese is great.
She’s just a typical 14 year old girl, but with super human strength because she’s suppose to be an alien. That dynamic makes for some really hilarious moments in the show, and also shows up in her demeanour
Shinsengumi
The shinsengumi in this show are exactly like they are in other shows and in Japanese history. They have Kondo san , Hijikata san , and Okita san the three most famous Shinsengumi.
The difference is of course these guys live in a futuristic world, and thus have uniforms that look more western. They still carry swords, but Okita likes to use a bazooka instead and that pretty much sums up what Gintama is all about.
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Gintoki Sakata
Nicknames Gin-san
Age 23
Gender Male
Species Human
Date of birth July 29
Occupation Samurai
Nicknames Gin-san
Age 23
Gender Male
Species Human
Date of birth July 29
Occupation Samurai
