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Gintama° Series 3 |OT| It's Not Digimon Tri, But It'll Have To Do!
- Thread starter Watch Da Birdie
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So close.. So very close.
I didn't expect it to air this soon (more like april or so), but I'll take it.
Lilalaunebaer
Member
Awwww shit. That´s like 6 weeks. Wasn´t even expecting an announcement for another few months.
NeonZ
Member
The manga hasn't ended yet. Most people think that it's ending soon, but that impression has been going on for a while. It's possible they'll coordinate things to end anime and manga at almost the same time though.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
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I have been in stand by waiting for this new season! Hopefully it will include comedy chapters and wont serious all the time.
LOL, excellent!
LOL, excellent!
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Gintama°: Aizome Kaori-hen 02
Stop playing games with me Sorachi
Stop playing games with me Sorachi
The new episode of the OVA arc...
Well I don't know when it came out. But it's new for me today.
I already had to laugh just watching this and I don't even understand japanese. God bless this show.
A critically well received anime, but it doesn't get much attention here. Not uncommon, unfortunately.
I think I need to seek out some kind of summary or diagram of the political factions and notable people, since it seems a lot about these recent serious arcs revolve around those. All these names and allegiances have me a bit lost.
I think I need to seek out some kind of summary or diagram of the political factions and notable people, since it seems a lot about these recent serious arcs revolve around those. All these names and allegiances have me a bit lost.
NeonZ
Member
We don't really know how long it is, although one of the magazine images claimed that it'd be the last season. So it could be another one year arc going until the ending of the manga (assuming it ends soon or Sorachi spoils the ending for the anime staff). It seemed like an oddly small announcement though, so it could have been just a joke.
I'm disappointed they kept Chizuru Miyawaki as the director though. Her work last season was a pretty dry manga adaptation with most of the flourish going to the opening/endings, but little creativity in the anime itself. Rather than improving, some jokes actually were worse in the anime too. There were also some completely skipped comedic arcs which we probably won't see here either.
A timeslot change to late at night seems easily like material for an entire episode from the old anime staff, but here we just get a single scene and then it's back to the manga story, with only a single line later referencing it.
Didn't know about that stuff with the director. That might be a reason why the opening joke felt so abrupt. I feel like they would have ran with it in earlier Gintama.
It just seems to me that now that they have to work on seasons they decided to do a straight adaptation of the main storyline, at least they did try to make some Gintama humor at the start of it.
Honestly I don't mind it that much, the OVA was hilarious so its clear the humor is still there.
Also Saiki did get confirmation for a 2nd season, it sees to me that Gintama is going to run just for the battle arc and stop to give room to Saiki Season 2. (Saiki is awesome by the way, go watch it).
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I get the impression that they're doing all serious stuff now that it's coming to an end. The OVA promises a Kagura story OVA as the next one, so maybe they're doing some of the "filler" stuff that way.
NeonZ
Member
There are some jokes, but it's overall serious and the beginning of a new arc. Unless they go back to do the skipped stories later, there should only be serious arcs from now on (although there is still some humor in the middle).
The OVA preview with Kagara just looks like the episode where she fakes her own death and has a funeral. I don't think it's a new OVA.
Finally free from the ban, just wanted to say that it's nice to have Gintama back! And even if it's not an arc i particulary enjoyed, the jokes in animated form makes it more funnier to watch.
Hope it's going to be one long final stretch till the manga ends, although i'm unsure if there's enough material.
Hope it's going to be one long final stretch till the manga ends, although i'm unsure if there's enough material.
That's really a shame if true.
I don't think its the final season, they still have to adapt the current ongoing manga arc.
Crunchyroll has started releasing a dub of series 3. They'll release 12 episodes every week.