Gintama

Sakata Gintoki is a samurai living in an era when samurais are no longer needed.

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Audience fit

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you like Sket Dance and Daily Lives of High School Boys.

Red flags

Skip if you avoid long, multi-cour commitments.

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At-a-glance commitment

Format

Anime series

Length

201 episodes

Typical session

25 min per episode

Total commitment

83 hr 45 min total

Release status

Finished

Synopsis

Sakata Gintoki is a samurai living in an era when samurais are no longer needed. To add to his troubles, oppressive aliens have moved in to invade. Gintoki lives with Kagura and Shimura Shinpachi, taking on odd jobs to make the world a better place... and to pay their rent.