Netflix has announced that Gintama the Movie 2026: Yoshiwara in Flames, the Gintama: Yoshiwara in Flames Arc compilation film, is coming to the streaming service on August 27. In Japan, Gintama the Movie 2026: Yoshiwara in Flames is also coming to Blu-ray on August 26.
Gintama the Movie 2026: Yoshiwara in Flames opened in theaters on February 13 in Japan with IMAX screeninigs. That same day, a novel adaptation of the film was released.
As previously announced, the compilation film adapts the Gintama anime’s Yoshiwara in Flames arc, including episodes 139 through 146. The film features newly animated scenes and characters who didn’t originally appear in the arc.
SUPER BEAVER performs the film’s main theme song “Sanzen (Sparkling).”
The main cast includes:
- Tomokazu Sugita as Ginpachi Sakata
- Daisuke Sakaguchi as Shinpachi Shimura
- Rie Kugimiya as Kagura
- Susumu Chiba as Isao Kondo
- Kazuya Nakai as Toshiro Hijikata
- Kenichi Suzumura as Sogo Okita
- Tetsuharu Ohta as Sagaru Yamazaki
- Akira Ishida as Kotaro Katsura
- Satoshi Hino as Kamui
Naoya Ando directed the film at BN Pictures with a script by Taku Kishimoto. What’s more, Yōichi Fujita supervised the film, and Shinji Takeuchi is the character designer and chief animation director.
Hideki Sorachi’s popular Gintama series began with the manga in 2004 and ran all the way until June 2021. 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. In addition, GINTAMA – Mr. Ginpachi’s Zany Class spinoff anime is now streaming on Crunchyroll and Anime.com.
