The Gintama Channel 4th Year Anniversary & Gintoki Sakata Sudden Emergence Anniversary 2024 livestream revealed that spin-off anime 3rd Year Class Z Ginpachi-sensei will finally premiere in October 2025 on TV Tokyo. A new teaser trailer and key visual were revealed as well, alongside the staff and cast.
Natsumi Higashida is directing the 3rd Year Class Z Ginpachi-sensei anime at BN Pictures. Makoto Moriwaki is the general director, and Kazuyuki Fudeyasu and Mitei Mark II handle the series composition. Gintama animation director Shinji Takeuchi returns for the project, and Audio Highs will compose the anime’s music.
Returning cast members for the anime include:
- Tomokazu Sugita as Ginpachi Sakata
- Daisuke Sakaguchi as Shinpachi Shimura
- Rie Kugimiya as Kagura
- Satsuki Yukino as Tae Shimura
- Susumu Chiba as Isao Kondo
- Kazuya Nakai as Toshiro Hijikata
- Kenichi Suzumura as Sogo Okita
- Tetsuharu Ohta as Sagaru Yamazaki
- Yū Kobayashi as Ayame Sarutobi
- Akira Ishida as Kotaro Katsura
- Takehito Koyasu as Shinsuke Takasugi
- Satoshi Hino as Kamui
More details will be revealed, including a full official trailer, at Jump Festa 2025. In the meantime, check out the new trailer and key visual below:
Hideki Sorachi’s popular Gintama series began with the manga in 2004 and ran all the way until June 2021. In March 2023, an anime adaptation for the 3rd Year Class Z Ginpachi-sensei spin-off novel by Tomohiko Osaki was announced. In the spin-off, Gintoki Sakata is a high school teacher in charge of Class 3-Z at Gintama High School.
While waiting on the new spin-off anime, fans may catch up with the Gintama anime right now by streaming the series on Crunchyroll. A total of 382 episodes are available to watch on the platform. Moreover, the Gintama: The Very Final anime movie is available to stream as well.
