Gintama

2018 • 131 minutes

About this movie

Set in the Edo shogunate where power of samurai is on decline as the aliens from outer space have invaded the country and outlawed their swords, it portrays the life of a handyman Gintoki Sakata, whom still carries the heart of a samurai.

Ratings and reviews

A Manga turned Anime turned into a Film made for Hardcore Gintama fans. Jojo and Love is War were good anime adaptations but Gintama is honestly the best version of a Manga/Anime being put as a film that actually captures the spirit of the source material. - In simple words,the best anime adaptation for fans of Gintama. - If you don't understand anime or manga culture it's a hard sell unless you accept the movie as a comedy based off a comedy show based off a comedy manga series.

If you are a die-hard Gintama fan then you will most likely enjoy this; if not, stay away. It stays true to the feel/mood of the anime and, minus a few of the side characters, is well cast. The definite downside is the extremely fake and sometimes bad acting, but given the source material that they are going off of, it almost doesn't diminish the enjoy-ability. Overall the film comes across as a decent representation of Gintama in spirit, but they lacked hard in the polishing of the films visuals, as is usual in anime adaptions, it is just lucky that Gintama works well with it.

Just one word... Gintama. Possibly one of the best live action adaptations so far. If your a fan of the Gintama series anime or manga this has all the things you'd suspect from 4th wall brakes to straight up reference to it's self and others series. If you've never seen the anime or read the manga this might be a pass since this is definitely not recommend if you have no knowledge of the series and a lot of stuff may confuse you.