Review of Gintama

This is my first review on MyAnimeList, so please bear with me! So, Gintama. The anime that my friend tried to get me into by showing an episode of a toilet scene. At first, I thought it was funny, but I still didn't get into it, since I thought it will still be boring. However, I was indeed very wrong. This is Gintama, a silver samurai who runs the Yorozuya. STORY; There isn't a storyline to this anime, since every anime has its own story to it. There are some really great arcs such as the Benizakura Arc and the Yoshiwara in Flames Arc. Gintama is acomedy shounen anime, but that doesn't mean it never gets serious. Gintama gets you dying on the floor laughing then later to tears. Then, it hooks you up with intense action, such as many of Gintoki's fights. I was amazingly stunned how Gintama can transition from comedy to serious action.

ART;
The animation in this anime is pretty great, the art and design on each character is really nice and detailed. The background designs are really pretty, too. If you want to see a modern city or feudal Japan, then Gintama pretty much nailed it all.

SOUND;
The original soundtracks (OSTs) sound really amazing in this anime. The songs in the openings and endings are amazing, especially the songs that Gintama used by DOES (such as Donten, Shura, Bakuchi Dancer and Bokutachi no Kisetsu)! Some OSTs sounds extremely hilarious, like when Otose shows up. Some OSTs are so awesome, such as the Kabukicho Four Devas theme. The voice acting in Gintama fits the characters just too well.

CHARACTER;
I can just say too much about each character, but let's not. In general, each character has their own distinctive personalities. Do you ever see a character who's obsessed with adding such huge amounts of mayonnaise on top of their food or a character who is a super sadist? Well, Gintama has it.

ENJOYMENT & OVERALL;
I loved this anime as you can tell that I overused 'amazing' in this review a lot. Nothing more, nothing less.