A new trailer for the Shingekijoban Gintama -Yoshiwara Daienjo- anime film has been unveiled, which includes a spotlight on Gintoki and Hosen’s intense battle. The anime film was released in Japanese theaters on February 13, 2026.
Naoya Ando (Paradox Live THE ANIMATION, Kemono Friends 2 assistant director) is directing the Yoshiwara Daienjo anime film, with Yoichi Fujita (Gintama director) as supervisor, Taku Kishimoto (Sakamoto Days series composer, The Keeper of the Camphor Tree) as scriptwriter, Shinji Takeuchi (Gintama) as character designer and chief animation director, Ritsuko Utagawa (Gintama) as color designer, Chiho Wada (From Bureaucrat to Villainess: Dad’s Been Reincarnated!) as background art director, Mari Gomyo as compositing director, and original manga creator Hideaki Sorachi as super advisor gorilla. BN Pictures handled the animation production.
Meanwhile, the main voice cast stars Tomokazu Sugita as Gintoki Sakata, Daisuke Sakaguchi as Shinpachi Shimura, and Rie Kugimiya as Kagura. Voice actor Kappei Yamaguchi also joined the anime film’s cast as Enkaku.
Yoshiwara Daienjo adapts the “Yoshiwara Enjo” story arc from the Gintama TV anime series that was covered from episodes 139 to 146.
The Gintama TV anime aired for four seasons from 2006 to 2018. In addition to the TV series, the series has inspired a few anime films, including 2021’s Gintama THE FINAL and the recent Gintama on Theater 2D films which are theatrical re-edits of previously adapted arcs. An anime adaptation of the 3-nen Z-gumi Ginpachi-sensei spin-off was released in October 2025.
Gintama is based on Sorachi’s manga series, which was serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump from December 8, 2003 to September 15, 2018. It was transferred to Jump Giga from December 28, 2018 to February 22, 2019 and completed its publication in the free Gintama app from May 13, 2019 to June 20, 2019. Seventy-seven total tankobon volumes were released in Japan. VIZ Media published the manga’s first 23 tankobon volumes in English until 2011.
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Crunchyroll is streaming the Gintama anime series in select countries and territories worldwide. It describes the main premise as:
In a world where aliens have invaded Edo Period Japan, skyscrapers, trains and motor bikes have replaced the simple life of Earth inhabitants. One man however, still carries the soul of a samurai, Gintoki Sakata, otherwise known as Yorozuya Gin-san. As reckless as he is, Gintoki carries his own resolve and is ready to take on any challenge with his fellow companions.
Sources: Gintama Official Twitter, Crunchyroll News
