While Shonen Jump sometimes comes out on Saturdays, this trailer’s out today!
Earlier today, the live-action Gintama film franchise’s official website updated with a new teaser trailer for Gintama 2: Okite wa Yaburu Tame ni Koso Aru (Gintama 2: The Laws Are Surely There to Be Broken). The two-minute teaser introduces the major cast members and plot, with character dialogue delivering the major story beats. Theme song Dai fu seikai (Universal Sigma) (Great Wrong Answer (Universal Sigma)) by Back Number kicks in as a background track at the 1:14 mark.
Gintama 2: Okite wa Yaburu Tame ni Koso Aru will cover the manga’s “Shinsengumi Crisis” (Chapters 101 – 105) and “Shogun Assassination” arcs (Chapters 502 – 524). The film will open in Japanese theaters on August 17.
Yūichi Fukuda will return to the director’s chair on the project and, like the first film, will write the script.
The confirmed cast members include:
- Gintoki: Shun Oguri
- Shinpachi Shimura: Masaki Suda
- Kagura: Kanna Hashimoto
- Tae Shimura: Masami Nagasawa
- Kotaro Katsura: Masaki Okada
- Gengai Hiraga: Tsuyoshi Muro
- Ayano “Otose” Terada: Midoriko Kimura
- Isao Kondo: Nakamura Kankurō VI
- Toushirou Hijikata: Yūya Yagira
- Shinsuke Takasugi: Tsuyoshi Dōmoto
Jiro Sato is returning as a cast member as well, though he will not be reprising his role as Henpeita Takechi.
The first Gintama movie opened in Japanese theaters on July 14, 2017. In its first six weeks, the movie managed to bring in 3.48 billion yen ($31,796,794.80 USD).
The Gintama films are based on Hideaki Sorachi’s manga of the same name. Sorachi’s original manga kicked off in the pages of Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump on December 8, 2003. The title’s final chapter will run in Weekly Shonen Jump on February 5. Ultimately, the title will span 73 collected volumes.
Several anime adaptations were produced, including four TV series, five OVAs, and three films.
Viz Media currently holds the license for the Gintama manga. Funimation will release the third anime season on Blu-Ray and DVD starting in March, and Well Go USA will ship the first live-action film on March 6.
Source: Comic Natalie
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