Yoichi Fujita (first three Gintama. anime, Gintama: The Movie) is supervising the anime as he did for the fourth anime.
Chizuru Miyawaki is returning from the fourth Gintama. television anime to direct the new series, and Shinji Takeuchi is returning to design the characters and serve as chief animation director.
The fifth Gintama. television anime season premiered on January 9.
Among other plot points for the ongoing anime’s Rakuyō Kessen Arc, the footage teases a battle between Kamui and Gintoki.