
The original series is 201 episodes though. Well, you shouldn't watch this new season without watching the original series of course, since the new season is a continuation. Gintama runs in Weekly Shonen Jump and is written and illustrated by Hideaki Sorachi. Or read the Themes and Styles section from its Wikipedia page.ĭoes Gintama have a manga? Who was it written/illustrated by? But it's still kind of hard to describe without watching some videos on Youtube or having already watched the anime. But then that's just the tip of the iceberg of the wide array of gags this anime uses. Gintama makes references to various video games, animes, popular people, shows, etc.


But basically there are really crude jokes, and then there are references which are funny. These story arcs involve some pretty good stories with intense fight scenes.Īs for the comedy, it's kind of hard to describe what makes Gintama funny. Gintama is also mainly comedic and uses gags, with lots of episodic episodes but there are also occasional story arcs as well.
