(銀魂.) are based on the Gin Tama manga by Hideaki Sorachi.
[2] The studio making the new season is BN Pictures, a new subsidiary of Bandai Namco Holdings.
[4] The series continues the story of eccentric samurai, Gintoki Sakata, his apprentice, Shinpachi Shimura, and a teenage alien girl named Kagura and their work as freelancers, who do odd jobs in order to pay the rent, which usually goes unpaid anyway.
Crunchyroll later added the anime series for its streaming service.
[8] It was confirmed that it would begin airing the rerun episodes under the name "Yorinuke Gintama.-san), starting on April 2, 2017.