'Gintama' Anime's 'Baragaki-hen' Gets Compilation Movie

The official website of the Gintama anime series announced Gintama on Theater 2D: Baragaki-hen (Gintama on Theater 2D: Thorny Arc), a re-edited version of the Baragaki-hen (Thorny Arc) from the second season, on Monday. The anime, featuring new footage, will screen nationwide for three weeks beginning November 10.

The Baragaki-hen (Thorny Arc) spanned from chapters 365–370 in the manga and episodes 43–46 in the second season (244–247 overall). The re-edit is part of the franchise's 20th anniversary project, which will run from 2023—the manga serialization's 20th anniversary, to 2026—the anime broadcast's 20th anniversary. The official website also revealed a key visual (pictured).

Hideaki Sorachi began drawing Gintama in Weekly Shounen Jump in December 2003 and ended its run in September 2018. The manga switched to Jump GIGA afterwards for three consecutive issues before transferring to the official Gintama application and concluding in June 2019. Shueisha published the 77th and final volume in August that year.

Sunrise produced a special episode for the Jump Festa Anime Tour in September 2005. The first anime season debuted in Spring 2006 and ran for 201 episodes until Winter 2010, which was followed by six more seasons between 2011 and 2018.

The manga also received two anime movies that premiered in 2010 and 2013, among several original video anime episodes.

Sentai Filmworks released the first 49 episodes and the first anime movie from 2010 to 2012 on DVD and Blu-ray, respectively. Crunchyroll re-licensed the anime series and streamed episodes 266–291 through Funimation in March 2018. The second part of the release containing episodes 292–316 shipped in September 2018.

VIZ Media began publishing the series in English through its Shounen Jump Advanced imprint in 2007 before the release was discontinued with the 23rd volume in 2011. The manga has also been localized in multiple foreign languages.

Official site: https://bn-pictures.co.jp/gintama/on_theater_2d/
Official Twitter: @gintamamovie

Source: PR Times

Gintama on Theater 2D: Baragaki-hen on MAL