The wraparound band on the 77th and final volume of Hideaki Sorachi's adventure comedy manga Gintama announced a new anime film on Friday. Production on a new anime was announced at the franchise's Gintama Shirogane Matsuri 2019 (Kari) event in March.

The announcement marks the third film in the Gintama anime series. Information regarding the release date and content of the film will be announced at a later time.

Gintama began serialization in 2003 and ended its run in Weekly Shounen Jump in September 2018. The manga subsequently transferred to Jump GIGA for three consecutive issues before making another switch to the official Gintama application and concluding on June 20. Shueisha published the 76th volume on January 4.

Prior to receiving a full anime series, a special episode produced by Sunrise was featured at the Jump Festa Anime Tour in September 2005. The first anime season premiered in Spring 2006 and ran for 201 episodes until Winter 2010, followed by six more seasons airing between 2011 and 2018. The manga also inspired two anime films that opened in 2010 and 2013, among several original video animations.

A live-action film adaptation produced by Warner Bros. Pictures opened in Japan in July 2017, grossing over 4.6 billion yen. A sequel film premiered in August 2018. The first film screened in the United States and Canada last January, and was subsequently released on Blu-ray and DVD in March of the same year.

Sentai Filmworks released the first 49 episodes and the first anime film between 2010 and 2012 on DVD and Blu-ray discs, respectively. Crunchyroll re-licensed the anime series and released episodes 266-291 through Funimation in March 2018. The second part of the release containing episodes 292-316 shipped on September 25 last year.

VIZ Media began publishing the series in English under its Shounen Jump Advanced imprint in 2007 before the release was discontinued with the 23rd volume in 2011. The manga has also been localized in multiple foreign languages.

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