Gintama
ギンタマ
Aired: 2006 - 2010
Produced by Sunrise, based on the manga by Hideaki Sorachi serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump, with over 73 million copies in circulation as of 2024. A sci-fi comedy set in an Edo overrun by aliens, following samurai Gintoki Sakata and his odd-jobs crew through adventures mixing sharp parody with serious arcs. The first season ran 201 episodes from April 2006, with 367 total across four seasons. ©Hideaki Sorachi/Shueisha, TV Tokyo, Dentsu, BNP