Thursday, August 6, 2009

Gin Tama


Gin Tama
Gin Tama
is a continuing jap manga written and illustrated by Hideaki Sorachi. It has been serialized since December 8, 2003 in Shueisha's Weekly Sh?nen Jump. Set in an Edo that has been conquered by aliens named Amanto, the plot follows the life from the samurai Gintoki Sakata who works as a freelancers along his friends, Shinpachi Shimura and Kagura, in order to pay the monthly rent from where he lives.
As well as publishing the individual volumes of the series, Viz serialized its chapters in their Shonen Jump manga anthology. Though the anime episodes didn't air in North America, the website Crunchyroll is currently streaming the series on its site. Besides the anime series, there have been assorted light novels and computer games based primarily on Gin Tama.
In Japan, the Gin Tama manga has been highly popular, having commonly ranked in the Top 10 from best seller series. The anime and its DVDs have also been featured in Top Ten from their respective media various times, while television Tokyo came to say the Gin Tama anime was responsible for great sales overseas along with the anime adaptation from Naruto. Publications for manga, anime and other have commented on the Gin Tama manga. Postive response has been centered in the comedy and characters from the series, while negative reply was in the manga's artwork.

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