A screening of a re-edited version of a popular episode of the TV anime “Gintama” titled “Gintama on Theater 2D Ikoku Keisei-hen” will be held on June 22nd (Sat) at Shinjuku Wald 9 with four cast members on stage to commemorate the screening!

• Overview of the stage greeting to commemorate the screening of “Gintama on Theater 2D: Ikoku Keisei-hen”

[Venue]: Shinjuku Wald 9

[Date and time]: <1st screening> Saturday, June 22, 2024, 15:00 ~ Screening, stage greeting after the screening

<2nd screening> Saturday, June 22, 2024 18:00~ Screening Pre-screening greetings

[Speakers]: Tomokazu Sugita, Daisuke Sakaguchi, Rie Kugimiya, Yuki Ono

[Ticket purchase]:

[Ticket price]: Adults 2,200 yen, High school students and younger 1,200 yen

[Ticket sales]:

Lottery sales application period: Wednesday, May 29, 2024, 12:00 noon to Sunday, June 2, 2024, 23:59

Winners announced: Thursday, June 6, 2024

Number limit: Up to 4 tickets per application

*If any seats remain available through the ePlus lottery sale, tickets will be sold at the theater.

・Theater Online Ticket Sales System: On sale from 0:00 on Thursday, June 20th (24:00 on Wednesday, June 19th)

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・Tickets sold at the cinema: Available from the cinema opening on Thursday, June 20th

*If the e+ lottery sale is sold out, tickets will not be sold at the theater.

*If tickets are sold out via the theater's online sales, they will not be available at the theater box office.

For further details, please see the news page on the special website for the work.

• Overview of “Gintama on Theater 2D: Ikoku Keisei-hen”

Screening period: 3-week limited screening at theaters nationwide from Friday, June 21, 2024

Special website:

Staff

Original work: Hideaki Sorachi (published by Shueisha Jump Comics)

Director: Yoichi Fujita

Supervisor: Shinji Takamatsu

Screenplay: Akira Yamatoya, Michiko Yokote, Kento Shimoyama

Character design and chief animation director: Shinji Takeuchi

Distributor: Bandai Namco Pictures

Cast:

Gintoki Sakata: Tomokazu Sugita

Shinpachi Shimura: Daisuke Sakaguchi

Kagura: Rie Kugimiya

Moon Song: Yuko Kaida

Isaburo Sasaki: Toshiyuki Morikawa

Nobume Imai: Aya Hirano

Oboro: Kazuhiko Inoue

Tokugawa Sadayoshi: Takaya Hashi

Rokuten Maizo: Shigeru Chiba

Lily of the Valley: Ichiryusai Sadatomo

Tokugawa Shigeshige: Yuki Ono

• About “Gintama”

The hugely popular manga “Gintama” (Shūeisha Jump Comics, Sorachi Hideaki) was serialized in “Weekly Shonen Jump” (Shūeisha), with a total of over 58 million copies in print. It is a delightful entertainment packed with hilarious gags, spectacular action, and human feelings and bonds, and has been made into a TV and theatrical anime series (produced by BN Pictures) and a live-action film. In addition, an anime adaptation of the spin-off novel “Ginpachi Sensei, Class 3-Z” (written by Osaki Tomohito, based on the original work by Sorachi Hideaki) was announced for March 2023 and is currently in the works. Even after nearly 20 years since its serialization began, it continues to grow into a beloved content that continues to entertain many fans through various media mixes.

＜Anime＞

It was adapted into a TV anime series in 2006, and a total of 367 episodes were broadcast before the final episode on October 7, 2018.

Furthermore, theatrical anime films include “Gintama the Movie: The New Benizakura Arc” in 2010, “Gintama the Movie: The Final Chapter: Be Forever Yorozuya” written by the original author Sorachi Hideaki in 2013, and “Gintama the Final”, a film depicting the end of the original story, in 2021.

Directed by Yuichi Fukuda and starring Shun Oguri, “Gintama” was released in 2017, and “Gintama 2: Rules are meant to be broken” was released in 2018, both of which were huge hits and gained new fans.

Official website of the anime “Gintama”:

Anime “Gintama” Official X (formerly: Twitter):

YouTube “Gintama Channel”:

■ Copyright

© Hideaki Sorachi / Shueisha, TV Tokyo, Dentsu, BNP, Aniplex

■Company Profile

BANDAI NAMCO Pictures Inc.

Bandai Namco Pictures (Suginami-ku, Tokyo, President and CEO: Hiroyuki Sato) is an animation production company of the Bandai Namco Group. It was established in April 2015 as a spin-off from Sunrise Inc. (now Bandai Namco Filmworks Inc.). The label name is “BN Pictures.”

The company mainly produces and produces original works, such as “Aikatsu!”, “Battle Spirits” and “TIGER & BUNNY”, centered on merchandising, as well as works based on original comics, such as “Gintama” and “Sergeant Keroro”.

■Company website

*The contents of this press release are as of May 25, 2024 and are subject to change without notice.