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Live-Action Adaptation of 'Gintama' Announced for 2017

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Jul 1, 2016 12:58 AM | 77 Comments
The cover of this year's 31st issue of Weekly Shounen Jump magazine, to be released on July 4, has announced that the parody comedy manga Gintama will be getting a live-action movie slated for 2017. Yuuichi Fukuda will be directing and writing the script of the movie under Warner Bros. Entertainment, who also produced the animated Gintama films in 2010 and 2013. Actor Shun Oguri will play the role of the main character, Gintoki Sakata.

The Gintama series, which has announced that it will enter its final arc by this year, was created by Hideaki Sorachi and began serialization in December 2003. The series has received various anime adaptation, with the most recent TV series ending in March of this year. Gintama OVAs were announced to be bundled with the 65th and 66th manga volumes this year.

Official site: http://wwws.warnerbros.co.jp/gintama-film/

Source: Otakomu

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Can anyone confirm if you need to watch the anime to understand the live action movie? It'll be in US theaters in January, but my boyfriend hasn't watched Gintama and wants to make sure he won't be missing any information. I assume that it would be a standalone, but I don't want him to get stuck in a movie he can't follow.

Super excited for this!

Dec 11, 2017 9:13 PM by MajesticOtaKing

Kuma said:


how succesful was it?
Box office ¥4.6 billion ($42 million)

Seems like it did pretty fucking swell

Nov 16, 2017 7:52 PM by JizzyHitler



how succesful was it?

Nov 16, 2017 4:00 PM by Kuma

Part 2 for Summer 2018
http://natalie.mu/comic/news/257005

Nov 16, 2017 6:48 AM by tsubasalover

Yamazaki was funny lol.

Jul 21, 2017 9:58 PM by SkyFullOfStars

There's also original drama that will stream via dTV
https://nijimen.net/topics/11929

May 25, 2017 8:34 PM by tsubasalover



Zura and Elizabeth!

Jan 21, 2017 11:41 AM by Haneken2086

Dondake! Those images look spot on.

Here's the teaser trailer.

Dec 26, 2016 7:41 AM by Haneken2086

I remember when Shun was one of the guests in Kyubei's birthday and now he's going to play as Gintoki lol


Shinpachi is okay for me
Although Gintoki looked like a cool version of Gintoki in that poster - not the lazy fished eye Gintoki.
Kagura is so pretty but yeah it should be someone younger.

Dec 8, 2016 4:34 AM by Nunnally03

The looks are great (though Kagura should be a bit younger). Now, if only they used the anime voices!

Dec 6, 2016 6:39 AM by RS

Let's hope they don't ruin it and they said something about One Piece

Jul 25, 2016 6:20 PM by Anjim1989

Rojo said:
Live action or Gintamas version of live action?


They already beat them to it!!!

I hope they remember that Shinpachi is just a pair of glasses! NOT THE HUMAN WEARING THEM!

Jul 24, 2016 12:38 PM by who_dat_ninja

Not watching it unless the voice actors also play the live action parts!!!

Jul 24, 2016 12:38 PM by who_dat_ninja

tsubasalover said:
@Haneken2086:
Most of the text in the image talks about the staff members involving in the movie and that you're probably 666666 users who came to see the website. The note says "I will 'mince' you if you don't watch it."

Thanks! I hope that's humor the film will have.

Jul 13, 2016 9:02 AM by Haneken2086

Max said:
Jerkhov said:
I mean at least this won't be as cringy as the others announced recently (Tokyo Ghoul, Fullmetal)

Disagree completely. In my opinion, Gintama's sense of humour is for the mentally immature. It's only going to seem worse in a medium meant for all ages.


Bitch only watched 1 episode and think she know everything.

Jul 13, 2016 3:45 AM by Kaiser-chan

Max said:
Jerkhov said:
I mean at least this won't be as cringy as the others announced recently (Tokyo Ghoul, Fullmetal)

Disagree completely. In my opinion, Gintama's sense of humour is for the mentally immature. It's only going to seem worse in a medium meant for all ages.

yea, or you know, for those who can have a good laugh without being some pretentious fucks.

Jul 13, 2016 3:21 AM by ThEoNePugNA

@Haneken2086:
Most of the text in the image talks about the staff members involving in the movie and that you're probably 666666 users who came to see the website. The note says "I will 'mince' you if you don't watch it."

Jul 13, 2016 1:02 AM by tsubasalover





Does anyone know what they read please?

Jul 12, 2016 9:35 AM by Haneken2086

Finally it's has come! °×°

Jul 3, 2016 11:10 AM by Victorian_Cat

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