Completed Anime
Gintama

“Alien-occupied Edo samurai Gintoki runs odd-jobs crew with misfits, defying sword ban in comedic adventures.”

Gintama

8.93
20 rank · 1,148,117 viewers · 61,694 favorites
Action Comedy Sci-Fi Gag Humor Historical Parody Samurai Shounen
201 episodes · 24 min per ep min · Spring 2006 · Sunrise · PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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Synopsis

Alien-occupied Edo samurai Gintoki runs odd-jobs crew with misfits, defying sword ban in comedic adventures.

Edo is a city that was home to the vigor and ambition of samurai across the country. However, following feudal Japan's surrender to powerful aliens known as the "Amanto," those aspirations now seem unachievable. With the once-influential shogunate rebuilt as a puppet government, a new law is passed that promptly prohibits all swords in public. Enter Gintoki Sakata, an eccentric silver-haired man who always carries around a wooden sword and maintains his stature as a samurai despite the ban. As the founder of Yorozuya, a small business for odd jobs, Gintoki often embarks on endeavors to help other people—though usually in rather strange and unforeseen ways. Assisted by Shinpachi Shimura, a boy with glasses supposedly learning the way of the samurai; Kagura, a tomboyish girl with superhuman strength and an endless appetite; and Sadaharu, their giant pet dog who loves biting on people's heads, the Yorozuya encounter anything from alien royalty to scuffles with local gangs in the ever-changing world of Edo.

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9.4 /10

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98% recommend
Score distribution
median 10 mode 10 σ 1.31
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5.3 pts

Recommenders 9.6 · others 4.3

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Running avg · Feb 2009 → Sep 2025

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A Tv Production · Spring 2006

Sunrise.
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TV Tokyo · Aniplex

  • Format 201 × 24′ eps × min
  • Total runtime 80h 24m all episodes
  • Aired Apr 2006 – Mar 2010 Spring 2006
  • Source Tv media type
  • Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
  • Ref. BS-0834 catalog

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