The official Twitter account for the Gintama anime series has announced that the currently airing Gintama.: Shirogane no Tamashii-hen anime will broadcast in split cours. After the final episode airs on Monday, the anime will continue this summer.

The anime series is based on Hideaki Sorachi's manga of the same name. It has been serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shounen Jump magazine since December 2003 and is on its final arc. 72 compiled volumes have been released, with the latest released on March 2.

The manga has received multiple anime seasons, with the first in Spring 2006. A live-action movie premiered last July, with the second movie planned for an August screening.

Source: Official Twitter

Gintama.: Shirogane no Tamashii-hen 2 on MAL