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New Gintama Anime's Promo Features Voice Acting
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The official website of the new television anime for Gintama. began streaming a promotional video for the anime on Wednesday. The video has similar footage to the earlier video, and also previews the opening theme song "Kagerō" by ЯeaL, but features voice acting.
Chizuru Miyawaki returns from the fourth Gintama. television anime to direct the new series, and Shinji Takeuchi returns to design the characters, but also serves as the chief animation director. Yumi Nakamura is credited for design. Nami Maniwa and Takayoshi Fukushima return as art directors, and Ritsuko Utagawa returns for color design. Yuki Teramoto is once again director of photography, and Tomomi Suzuki is the CGI director. Takeshi Seyama is in charge of editing. Audio Highs returns for the music, while Katsuyoshi Kobayashi returns for sound supervision. Shinji Takematsu is the sound director. Yōichi Fujita (first three Gintama. anime, Gintama: The Movie) is supervising the anime as he did for the fourth anime.
RIZE (Shion no Oh) will perform the ending theme song "Silver."
The new series will switch to a late night timeslot, and will premiere on TV Tokyo, TV Hokkaido, TV Aichi, TV Setouchi, and TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting on January 9 at 1:35 a.m., and then will premiere on TV Osaka on January 10 at 1:05 a.m. The previous Gintama. anime series aired on TV Tokyo and its affiliate stations at 6:00 p.m.
Hideaki Sorachi began the original manga in 2004 and it continues to be ranked among the top-selling manga in Japan. Viz Media published the first 23 volumes in English. Shueisha published the manga's 66th volume in Japan on November 4, and the manga entered its final arc in July.
The manga inspired a television anime that premiered in 2006 and continued (with several extended hiatuses) until 2013. The latest Gintama. television anime series premiered in April 2015, and ended in March. Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired in Japan. The manga also inspired two anime films, including the "final" Gekijōban Gintama Kanketsu-hen: Yorozuya yo Eien Nare film that opened in 2013, and various OVAs and event anime.
The manga is inspiring a live-action film adaptation starring Shun Oguri, and directed by Yūichi Fukuda (live-action HK/Hentai Kamen, Mr. Nietzsche in the Convenience Store). The film opens in Japan in 2017.
