Gintama: The Final

Two years have passed following the Tendoshuu's invasion of the O-Edo Central Terminal. Since then, the Yorozuya have gone their separate ways. Foreseeing Utsuro's return, Gintoki Sakata begins surveying Earth's ley lines for traces of the other man's Altana. After an encounter with the remnants of the Tendoshuu—who continue to press on in search of immortality—Gintoki returns to Edo.

Later, the regrouped Shinsengumi and Yorozuya begin an attack on the occupied Central Terminal. With the Altana harvested by the wreckage of the Tendoshuu's ship in danger of detonating, the Yorozuya and their allies fight their enemies while the safety of Edo—and the rest of the world—hangs in the balance. Fulfilling the wishes of their teacher, Shouyou Yoshida's former students unite and relive their pasts one final time in an attempt to save their futures.

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Sakata, Gintoki Main

Sugita, Tomokazu Japanese

Kagura Main

Kugimiya, Rie Japanese

Shimura, Shinpachi Main

Sakaguchi, Daisuke Japanese

Katsura, Kotarou Supporting

Ishida, Akira Japanese

Hijikata, Toushirou Supporting

Nakai, Kazuya Japanese

Okita, Sougo Supporting

Suzumura, Kenichi Japanese

Takasugi, Shinsuke Supporting

Koyasu, Takehito Japanese

Hasegawa, Taizou Supporting

Tachiki, Fumihiko Japanese

Tsukuyo Supporting

Kaida, Yuuko Japanese

Kamui Supporting

Hino, Satoshi Japanese

Sanjouba, Kazumasa Producer

Miyawaki, Chizuru Director, Storyboard, Screenplay, Series Composition

Takamatsu, Shinji Sound Director

Ishikawa, Mariko Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation, Animation Director

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Jan 8, 2021

YoshidaShouyou

Recommended

Its finally over. The story that I learned so many things from, the story which had a deep impression in my soul, my very silver soul.


It was the best farewell imaginable.

The art was top notch as it was shown in the trailers.

The story was heartbreaking yet heartwarming at the same time. I don't think there will be another anime which engages me more than Gintama for the rest of my life.

The characters of Gintama always seemed real to me more than any other anime. I laughed with them, I cried with them. like Gintoki, my soul has been colored by every one of them. They ... left a very deep impression on me and I truly hold them dear not only in my heart but from the bottom of my soul.

The sound and themes were awesome specially Wadachi as it somehow resonates with the whole story.

To those who want to watch Gintama: start it right now. it is a slow burner but I am sure you won't regret it as you progress forward, seeing this beautiful yet cruel story.
To think that it's over really brings tear to my eyes. It showed me desires, bonds and aspirations that I thought could never be shared through an anime.

Thank you Hideaki Sorachi for creating some of my most precious memories
Thank you for showing me what is the purest color of a person's soul
I am grateful to you for the rest of my life.

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Jul 29, 2021

Dubeysaitama

Mixed Feelings

I have been a true fan of Gintama, but this movie I would say was a big disappointment.

To be very honest, this movie wasn't needed.
The anime had ended quite well with the story. of course, the story did not end with the anime, but another episode or two would have ended the show well enough.

I got goosebumps in the beginning while the childhood scene of gintoki was being played, but that's it. The movie does not live up to the expectations, well but I did not expect anything from the movie in the first place..
All the residents of kabukichi coming back to join ... hands, now this had become pretty repetative.

I am a big gintama fan and it will always be my favorite anime, but this was just a filler episode. nothing else.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Aug 18, 2021

lilmnm1

Not Recommended

Gintama The Final finished. Oh boy what a disappointing ending. Here are my final thoughts and review. Again it's my thoughts. I will be going over both this movie and the series. This is my first review so here we go.

Characters
It's no doubt that Gintama has one of the best cast if not the best. And with females, they put them to good use. I don't think I need to go long on this because characters are something I would say Gintama does the best with. You love them and appreciate them as you go on with your watch and in the final movie, ... they were as good as usual. Would say the cast is peak. But the final villain being trash stops it from reaching a 10.

Rating:9

Story
This is where the issues start. Think of one of those cartoon movies of a bad guy taking over the world for whatever bs reason and the main cast has to stop them. The story of this movie. As generic as it gets
Gintama's story arc overall has usually been good. Serious or none serious. SSA is the conclusion to SS which I would say is the weakest part of the series. Silver soul part 1 was just bad. It took me some time to let it sink in because of my love for Gintama but honestly, it's dead, forgettable, boring, and is a cheap adaption. 2006 Gintama ironically looks better. And for The Final honestly, the story and conclusion was mediocre. It had its comedic reference at the start which I liked. We also got that alluring scene with Katsura Gintoki and Takasugi and Shoya which was nice. But from the hype this movie got, it was such a letdown. Utsuro being the final villain is the first issue. He was an uninteresting final villain with such boring reasoning to why he is doing what he is doing with the im going to destroy the world plan. I don't mind villains with no motives or wack motives if they have other things that make them intriguing. Utsuro lacked that for me. Just felt like one of the generic villains I've seen in movies that want to destroy the world. And the plot of this movie was the students stopping him from doing that. Story-wise it was mediocre. And for a series like Gintama I would say it was not a good conclusion at all.It has no hype at all and no peaks close to Shogun Assassination and I don't think Gintoki vs utsuro is close to 305.Gintoki vs Utsuro was not a good final fight mainly because I couldn't care for Utsuro and of course, I knew how it would turn out. I would give the story for SSA story a 5. As its own thing, it was meh but as the conclusion of the Gintama franchise, it was disappointing.

Rating:3

Art and Animation
It's not a question the art style improved. But the art style was just not it. They made it more modernized, soft, and polished. I'm typically not a fan of this art style and a few examples are DXD s4 animation change and What kid naruto looks like in boruto vs og naruto. But it's something that is just personal taste. Definitely prefer the old art style. The animation was alright. Don't have much to say. Gintoki vs utsuro had a few great animated scenes. Gintama was never something to have crazy animation so it was nice to see. But for a movie, the animation as a whole was below average.

Rating:3

Sound
The sound was fine nothing much to say. I Liked a lot of the new songs. New ost was fine, but I wished we got more of the old ost. It would bring more feels into it in my opinion.

Rating:7

Few things I want to address
With the fact that I really didn't enjoy this movie much all the flaws that Gintama had made it worse.
-Starting around ss part 1 they started doing a lot of these cringe one-liners when a character appears and it just hurts as much as seeing Nagatoro saying sus.
-Another thing about Gintama is they don't really kill characters. Killing characters doesn't decide if a show is good or not but I just don't feel danger for the characters and feeling danger is what they try to do. I mean it's a battle shounen.
-They keep trying to do these scenes where they try to make you think the good guy got hurt or killed or whatever but do a quick twist and either someone comes in or it's clutched. After how many countless times it happens it's obvious its plot is convenient.
-I've seen so many fatal stabbings and it's as if in the Gintama verse you can't run out of blood. Literally. With all the stab wounds some of these characters got you would think they at least get some lifetime injury. I'm aware it does not have to be realistic but I've never seen a shounen exaggerate it as much as Gintama. It's to the point where during this movie when one of the characters gets stabbed in a fatal spot I don't worry because it's equivalent to getting a paper cut. Like if they are going to make a character seem like they have a serious wound at least follow up with it. As long as you are a good guy you are immortal in this show except for a few unlucky ones.
These are some of the flaws Gintama started having later on in the show but with the love and enjoyment I had, I didn't mind them but now that I didn't enjoy ss1 and Gintama The Final these flaws just annoyed me.

Enjoyment
Didn't really enjoy, unfortunately. No peaks or hype. Maybe if they put a crazy budget it could save it. Just maybe. This is one of the worst final battles I've seen. Having a 4/10 final villain is probably the issue.

Rating:4

Overall
As I already said, this conclusion movie was a disappointment. This review might seem like I dislike Gintama but I enjoyed the majority of the series. I was looking forward to this movie but, I just was disappointed with the outcome. Gintama went from making fun of anime tropes to becoming them ironically which brought ss as a whole down. I wouldn't mind it going that generic route if it did it well but obviously it didnt. With the way, Gintama makes you fall in love, i'm sure many will overlook the issues this movie had. As a whole, though I confidently can say I am grateful for starting this series. It was such a fun ride while it lasted but this movie doesn't feel like the same Gintama I fell in love with. I would have been better off stopping at s5 than getting a bland generic shounen movie.

Final rating:4

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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