2025’s 49th digital issue of Weekly Shonen Jump magazine confirmed that SEGA and NextNinja are working on a new Gintama mobile game. The new Gintama mobile game is described as a “chibi character battle,” and more details are coming soon.
Hideki Sorachi’s popular Gintama series began with the manga in 2004 and ran all the way until June 2021. The Gintama Yoshiwara in Flames arc premiered in 2009 and ran for eight episodes. The original Gintama anime series is streaming with English subs on Crunchyroll. Hulu is also streaming Gintama Seasons 2 and 3 with an English dub.
The New Gintama the Movie: Yoshiwara in Flames film will open in theaters in Japan on February 13, 2026. As previously announced, the film adapt the anime’s Yoshiwara in Flames arc.
In addition, GINTAMA – Mr. Ginpachi’s Zany Class spinoff anime is now streaming on Crunchyroll and Anime.com. Botchi Boromaru performs the opening theme song “Sakurakaze (Cherry Blossom Wind),” and LONGMAN performs the ending theme song “Underclass HERO.”
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
Natsumi Higashida is directing the GINTAMA – Mr. Ginpachi’s Zany Class 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.
