Gintama Spinoff 3-Nen Z-Gumi Ginpachi-Sensei Gets 1st New Novel in 6 Years

Gintama THE VERY FINAL (Gintama: The Final), the third and last anime film based on the finale of the original manga, combined with new story elements, opened in Japan in January 2021.

3-Nen Z-Gumi Ginpachi-Sensei (Class 3-Z’s Teacher Ginpachi), Tomohito Ōsaki’s spinoff novel series of Hideaki Sorachi’s Gintama manga, is getting its first new novel volume in six years on December 4.

The manga also inspired a net anime special titled Gintama The Semi-Final with a story that served as a two-episode prequel to the film.