Gintama Season 2
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“Returning to Edo after a year away, Shinpachi finds his friends bizarrely transformed, even his Yorozuya companions.”
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Returning to Edo after a year away, Shinpachi finds his friends bizarrely transformed, even his Yorozuya companions.
After a one-year hiatus, Shinpachi Shimura returns to Edo, only to find the city he once knew has become unrecognizable. The familiar faces of his friends and neighbors have undergone bizarre transformations, with personalities and appearances completely altered from what he remembers. Even his trusted companions at the Yorozuya seem to have become entirely different people. As Shinpachi struggles to make sense of this strange new world, he discovers that some things haven't changed - the city is still filled with aliens, samurai, and the same chaotic energy that always defined Edo. Determined to understand what's happened to his home, Shinpachi must navigate this topsy-turvy version of the city while trying to find anyone who might remember the way things used to be. With its trademark blend of irreverent humor, pop culture parodies, and over-the-top action, Gintama' continues the adventures of the Yorozuya crew in a world where nothing is quite as it seems and the only constant is unpredictability.
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After a one-year hiatus, Shinpachi Shimura returns to Edo, only to stumble upon a shocking surprise: Gintoki and Kagura, his fellow Yorozuya members, have become completely different characters! Fleeing from the Yorozuya headquarters in confusion, Shinpachi finds that all the denizens of Edo have undergone impossibly extreme changes, in both appearance and personality. Most unbelievably, his sister Otae has married the Shinsengumi chief and shameless stalker Isao Kondou and is pregnant with their first child. Bewildered, Shinpachi agrees to join the Shinsengumi at Otae and Kondou's request and finds even more startling transformations afoot both in and out of the ranks of the the organization. However, discovering that Vice Chief Toushirou Hijikata has remained unchanged, Shinpachi and his unlikely Shinsengumi ally set out to return the city of Edo to how they remember it. With even more dirty jokes, tongue-in-cheek parodies, and shameless references, Gintama' follows the Yorozuya team through more of their misadventures in the vibrant, alien-filled world of Edo.
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9.3/10
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- 10/10 “Gintama stands as my favorite anime of all time because it delivers everything I've ever wanted from a series. Every season maintains brilliant quality without exception, making the entire...”
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- 10/10 “Gintama continues to be an epic experience that consistently exceeds my expectations, even when I feared it had already reached its peak. There are no criticisms to be found, as the series...”
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Reel · 01 Cat. №BS-5986
- Format
- 51 × 24′
- eps × min
- Total runtime
- 20h 24m
- all episodes
- Aired
- Apr 2011 – Mar 2012
- Spring 2011
- Source
- Tv
- media type
- Rated
- PG
- 13 - Teens 13 or older
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- BS-5986
- catalog