On Saturday, Warner Brothers Japan unveiled a fresh teaser trailer announcing that Hideaki Sorachi’s Gintama manga will inspire a new compilation anime movie, Gintama: Yoshiwara Blaze (Shin-Gekijōban Gintama: Yoshiwara no Honō), set for release in 2026.
The up and coming film will reimagine the iconic Yoshiwara in Flames arc from the series.
Check out the teaser trailer below:
Gintama: Yoshiwara Blaze anime film also unveiled a teaser visual:
The movie encompasses episodes 139-146 of the Gintama anime, incorporating fresh animation and introducing characters not previously featured in the Yoshiwara in Flames arc. The series’ team shared this news at a special 20th anniversary celebration held on Saturday.
Gintama, crafted by writer and artist Hideaki Sorachi, is a Japanese manga that ran in Shueisha’s Weekly Shōnen Jump from December 2003 to September 2018, continued in Jump Giga from December 2018 to February 2019, and concluded on the Gintama app in May-June 2019. Its 77 tankōbon volumes weave a tale set in an alien-occupied Edo, where samurai Gintoki Sakata runs Yorozuya, a freelance business tackling odd jobs with his companions Shinpachi Shimura and Kagura. Sorachi blended science fiction into the historical setting to shape characters freely, diverging from his editor’s initial push for a purely historical narrative.
Sunrise adapted Gintama into an original video animation (OVA) for Jump Festa 2006 Anime Tour, followed by a 367-episode anime series aired on TV Tokyo from April 2006 to October 2018. The saga wrapped with the film Gintama: The Very Final in January 2021, alongside earlier films in April 2010 and July 2013. Beyond anime, Gintama spawned light novels, video games, and a live-action film by Warner Bros. Pictures, released in Japan in July 2017.
In North America, Viz Media licensed the manga, serializing early chapters in its Shonen Jump anthology starting January 2007, with one chapter monthly. Sentai Filmworks initially held anime rights, later acquired by Crunchyroll for streaming and home video.
With over 73 million copies in circulation by November 2024, Gintama ranks among Japan’s top-selling manga, celebrated for its irreverent humor and genre-blending storytelling.
