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Gintama Anime's Courtesan of the Nation Arc Compilation Film Opens in Taiwan on October 18
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
MediaLink began streaming an English- and Chinese-subtitled trailer for the Gintama on Theater 2D: Ikkoku Keisei-hen (Courtesan of the Nation) compilation film on Saturday. The video reveals that the film will open in Taiwan on October 18.
The "Ikkoku Keisei" (Courtesan of the Nation) arc encompasses episodes 257-261 of the anime.
The "Baragaki" (Thorny) arc is the first compilation film of the latest Gintama on Theater 2D series, which also had a limited three-week run in Japanese theaters in November 2023. Gintama on Theater 2D: Kintama-hen compilation, the third film, will open in Japan on November 22 later this year.
The compilations are part of the Gintama franchise's 20th anniversary celebration, with 2023 being the 20th anniversary of Hideaki Sorachi's Gintama manga debuting, and 2026 being the 20th anniversary of the television anime's premiere. The Yorinuki Gintama-san rerun of the television anime also spawned two "on Theater 2D" compilations in 2012 and 2013.
3-Nen Z-Gumi Ginpachi-Sensei (Class 3-Z's Teacher Ginpachi), Tomohito Ōsaki's spinoff novel series of Hideaki Sorachi's Gintama manga, will also have an anime adaptation.
Sorachi's original "science-fiction period-drama comedy" manga began in 2003 and ended in June 2019 with over 55 million copies in circulation. The manga has inspired several television anime series with 367 total episodes, as well as three previous anime films. The latest anime series premiered in July 2018. The manga has also inspired various original video anime (OVA), event anime, two live-action films, and two live-action net spinoffs.
Gintama THE VERY FINAL (Gintama: The Final), the third and last anime film based on the finale of the original manga, combined with new story elements, opened in Japan in January 2021.
The manga also inspired a net anime special titled Gintama The Semi-Final with a story that served as a two-episode prequel to Gintama THE VERY FINAL. The net anime premiered exclusively in Japan on the online dTV service in January 2021.
