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Over 32,000 Fans Vote For Gintama Cover Character
posted on by Lynzee Loveridge
This year's 21st issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine is announcing the result of this year's Gintama character poll on Monday. Over 32,000 fans weighed in to choose their favorite character to appear on the cover with Gintoki. The votes were tallied and Shinsengumi "Demonic Vice-Commander" Tōshirō Hijikata came out on top with a total of 4,446 votes.
- Tōshirō Hijikata - 4,446 votes
- Sōgo Okita- 3,041 votes
- Shinsuke Takasugi - 3,304 votes
- Kagura - 3,012 votes
- Tae Shimura - 2,774 votes
- Kotarō Katsura - 2,501 votes
- Kamui - 1,179 votes
- Hideaki Sorachi (series' creator) - 1,149 votes
- Shinpachi Shimura - 1,146 votes
- Shōyō Yoshida - 1,145 votes
- Tsukuyo 1,000 votes
- Sagaru Yamazaki - 894 votes
- Ayame Sarutobi - 892 votes
- Tatsuma Sakamoto - 876 votes
- Kintoki Sakata - 875 votes
- Sadaharu - 749 votes
- Elizabeth - 725 votes
- Taisō Hasegawa - 719 votes
- Kamotarō Itō - 696 votes
- Isao Kondo - 232 votes
Gintoki, Kagura, and Sadaharu recently made appearances in the J-Stars Victory Vs. PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita game. The "final" Gintama film, Gekijōban Gintama Kanketsu-hen: Yorozuya yo Eien Nare (Final Gintama: The Movie: Be Forever Yorozuya) opened in Japan last year.
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