
Gintoki Sakata
main character


After a one-year hiatus, Shinpachi Shimura returns to Edo, only to stumble upon a shocking surprise: Gintoki and Kagura, his fellow Yorozuya members, have become completely different characters! Fleeing from the Yorozuya headquarters in confusion, Shinpachi finds that all the denizens of Edo have undergone impossibly extreme changes, in both appearance and personality. Most unbelievably, his sister Otae has married the Shinsengumi chief and shameless stalker Isao Kondou and is pregnant with their first child. Bewildered, Shinpachi agrees to join the Shinsengumi at Otae and Kondou's request and finds even more startling transformations afoot both in and out of the ranks of the the organization. However, discovering that Vice Chief Toushirou Hijikata has remained unchanged, Shinpachi and his unlikely Shinsengumi ally set out to return the city of Edo to how they remember it. With even more dirty jokes, tongue-in-cheek parodies, and shameless references, Gintama' follows the Yorozuya team through more of their misadventures in the vibrant, alien-filled world of Edo. (Source: MAL Rewrite)
Gintama Season 2 has been exceptionally well received, with an average AniList score of 89/100 — 90% of 39,779 ratings are 8/10 or higher.
It ranks #12 highest-rated anime of all time, and #3 highest-rated anime of 2011, and #17 most popular anime of 2011 on AniList.
Of the 68K AniList users who started it, 2.0% dropped it, so it is very rarely abandoned; 58.7K have finished it.
At roughly 20 h 24 min in total, it is a long commitment — about 3 weeks at an hour a day.
Best for viewers who enjoy Action, Comedy, Drama — especially found family, parody, swordplay, slapstick.
Save hours by skipping non-canon episodes, arc by arc.
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51 episodes are listed.
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Gintama Season 2 has 51 episodes of about 24 minutes each, roughly 20 h 24 min in total.
About 20 h 24 min back to back. At two episodes a day it takes 26 days; at one hour a day, about 21 days.
Yes. Gintama Season 2 has finished airing — the final episode aired March 26, 2012.
Yes — the story continues in Gintama Season 2 Part 2 (2012).
Watch Gintama first — Gintama Season 2 is a direct sequel.
Yes. Gintama Season 2 adapts the manga by Hideaki Sorachi.
Gintama Season 2 was animated by Sunrise and directed by Youichi Fujita.
The opening, "Tougenkyou Alien", is performed by an uncredited artist.