Gintama: The Movie: The Final Chapter: Be Forever Yorozuya
Gintama: The Movie: The Final Chapter: Be Forever Yorozuya | |
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Gin Tama by Hideaki Sorachi | |
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Cinematography | Ei Rouhei |
Edited by | Takeshi Seyama |
Music by | Audio Highs |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. Japan |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Box office | ¥1.7 billion (Japan)[1] |
Gintama: The Movie: The Final Chapter: Be Forever Yorozuya (劇場版 銀魂 完結篇 万事屋よ永遠なれ, Gekijōban Gintama Kanketsu-hen: Yorozuya yo Eien Nare) is a 2013 Japanese
The Final Chapter was first announced August 2012 although major details were not released until early 2013. Although the film has been marketed as "Final Chapter" Sorachi and Fujita did not confirm it was the last anime production from Gin Tama; the former wrote the story with the concept of the series' ending. Two themes were provided by the bands
Plot
While working in a cinema, Gintoki comes upon a "movie thief" (a figure in Japanese culture often depicted as a man with a video camera as a head, stand in as someone who illegally film in cinemas). After scolding the movie thief for his actions, he finds himself warped into another world via the camera lens. In this world, 5 years have passed, and not only has the land of Edo changed into an apocalyptic wasteland, but it is stated Gintoki has died. The movie thief, or Time Thief the time machine, explains mankind is close to extinction, and gives Gintoki an item to disguise himself. After the Time Thief is damaged by criminals, Gintoki encounters his freelancer comrades:
Gintoki, Kagura and Shinpachi go to the execution of the Shinsengumi leader
Despite the death of the future Gintoki, the White Curse does not stop. Gintoki used the repaired Time Thief to go back to the past and kill his past self from the war, the White Demon, before the virus goes into incubation. However, the White Demon is actually
Cast
The cast from the TV series returned to voice the characters with:
- Tomokazu Sugita as Gintoki Sakata. A freelancer samurai travelling across time to find the source of the virus. Sugita expressed satisfaction with the script.[3]
- Daisuke Sakaguchi as Shinpachi Shimura. Gintoki's apprentice of samurai who has grown into a skilled warrior in the future. Sakaguchi found it felt like the story fitted the series. Due to Shinpachi's portrayal as a stronger character, Sakaguchi commented it was difficult voicing him for the movie.[3]
- Rie Kugimiya as Kagura. A young girl who grew into a quite skilled fighter in the future. Kugimiya shared similar feelings about her work as the older Kagura based on her calm dialogue despite sharing several traits from her common persona.[3]
- Mikako Takahashi as Sadaharu / Otsuu-chan
- Susumu Chiba as Isao Kondo
- Kazuya Nakai as Toshiro Hijikata
- Kenichi Suzumura as Sogo Okita
- Tetsuharu Ōta as Sagaru Yamazaki
- Akira Ishida as Kotaro Katsura
- Satsuki Yukino as Tae Shimura
- Fumiko Orikasa as Kyubei Yagyu
- Yū Kobayashi as Ayame "Sacchan" Sarutobi
- Yūko Kaida as Tsukuyo
- Kujira as Otose
- Omi Minami as Tama
- Yū Sugimoto as Catherine
- Fumihiko Tachiki as Taizo Hasegawa
- Bin Shimada as Gengai Hiraga
- Kōji Yusa as Ayumu Tojo
- Kōichi Sakaguchi as Musashi-Like Man
- Takehito Koyasu as Shinsuke Takasugi
- Shinichirō Mikias Tatsuma Sakamoto
- Akira Kamiya as Future Elizabeth
- Tsutomu Isobe as Emmi
- Kōichi Yamaderaas Time Bandit
Production
The movie was announced in August 2012 in
Music
The film uses two musical themes: the insert theme "Genjō Destruction" (現状ディストラクション, lit. "Present state Destruction") by
Changes
The Anime Book for the 2nd Gintama movie had a bonus part where it showed off the storyboards of the original version of movie 2 where there were 3 additional scenes that were cut from the final version. These scenes include: all the future versions of the Gintama characters, with the exception of Gintoki, Tae, and the ones who don't feature in the film having dialog. A conversation with Gintoki and Gengai after Gintoki met his future self, and the most important one, a cut scene that would have explained how the memories of Gintoki came back to the others, with Tama, having saved pictures of Gintoki and using it to show everyone around giving them back the memories of Gintoki. Additionally, there were two further changes made, a different version of the opening and a different version of how Gintoki and Future Gintoki talk would have gone down.[11]
Release
In December 2012 at Jump Festa the cast from the Gintama anime series commented they were not sure when the film was going to be released due to delays from the script.[12] The delay to Summer 2013 was confirmed in January 2013 in an episode from the TV series.[13] An anime event titled "Soul of Silver" was made to promote the movie in Osaka. The DVD featuring videos and interviews from event was released on October 23, 2013.[14] A novelization of the film by Ohsaki Tomohito was released by Shueisha on July 8, 2013.[15]
The film premiered in theaters on July 6, 2013.
Box office and sales
The movie debuted in the Japanese box office fourth earning ¥281,776,256 (US$2,821,707) on 127 screens.[20] Oricon reported in August 2013 that it sold over one million tickets surpassing the ticket sales from the previous Gin Tama film.[21] By the end of 2013, the film grossed ¥1.7 billion ($17.42 million) at the Japanese box office.[1]
It was released in DVD and Blu-ray format on December 18, 2013 by Aniplex. The two are available in both regular and limited editions, the latter including a bonus extra CD.[22] A week after its release, the Blu-ray sold 38,783 units in Japan,[23] while in mid-January 2014 it reached a total of 44,778 units sold.[24]
References
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- ^ "Gintama's 2nd Film Slated for Next Summer". Anime News Network. December 22, 2012. Retrieved March 13, 2013.
- ^ a b c "劇場版銀魂 完結篇 映像コメント(坂田銀時役 杉田智和、志村新八役 阪口大助、神楽役 釘宮理恵)". Sunrise. Youtube.
- ^ "Gintama Gets 2nd Film Written by Manga Creator". Anime News Network. August 22, 2012. Retrieved August 27, 2013.
- ^ Director: Yoichi Fujita (March 21, 2013). "酒とガソリンと笑顔と涙". Gintama' Enchousen. TV Tokyo.
- ^ Director: Yoichi Fujita (March 14, 2013). "二人のアニキ". Gintama' Enchousen. TV Tokyo.
- ISBN 978-4-08-870647-4.
- ^ "'Final' Gintama Film Director Discusses Possible Continuation". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
- ^ a b "Vol.279 ロックバンド SPYAIR". OKWave. Archived from the original on July 9, 2015. Retrieved August 19, 2013.
- ^ "劇場版銀魂 完結篇 万事屋よ永遠なれ オリジナル・サウンドトラック Soundtrack". Retrieved August 5, 2013.
- ^ "銀魂 アニメコミックス 劇場版銀魂 完結篇 万事屋よ永遠なれ 空知英秋ネーム本&そこから起こしたアニメコミックス".
- ^ "Gintama's 2nd Film Slated for Next Summer". Anime News Network. December 22, 2012. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
- ^ ""Gintama" Anime Confirms Movie Delay". Crunchyroll. January 10, 2013. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
- ^ "Gintama (Movie) Ginmaku Zenya Matsuri 2013". CDJapan. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
- ^ 劇場版 銀魂 完結篇 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved August 22, 2013.
- ^ "2013 Gintama Film's Title, Date, 1st Visual Revealed". Anime News Network. March 13, 2013. Retrieved March 13, 2013.
- ^ "Yorozuya Crew Dress Up for Silver Screen "Gintama" Movie Premiere". Crunchyroll. April 8, 2013. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
- ^ "「銀魂」ポップコーンはあんこ味、昆布味、マヨ味の3種". Natalie. June 14, 2013. Retrieved August 19, 2013.
- ^ "'Final' Gintama Movie-Goers to Get 'Vol. 0' Notepad". Anime News Network. June 17, 2013. Retrieved August 20, 2013.
- ^ "Japanese Box Office, July 6–7". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
- ^ "'Final' Gintama Film Sells 1 Million+ Tickets". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
- ^ "'Final' Gintama Film's Blu-ray/DVD Slated for December 18". Anime News Network. September 17, 2013. Retrieved September 18, 2013.
- ^ "Japan's Animation Blu-ray Ranking, December 16–22". Anime News Network. December 24, 2013. Retrieved December 25, 2013.
- ^ "Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, December 30-January 5". Anime News Network. January 13, 2014. Retrieved January 15, 2014.
External links
- Official website (in Japanese)
- Gintama: The Movie: The Final Chapter: Be Forever Yorozuya at IMDb
- Gintama: The Movie: The Final Chapter: Be Forever Yorozuya at Anime News Network's encyclopedia