As for the delayed second season’s unaired episodes, NHK will also be airing them, but after the third season’s episodes air.
Live-action Gintama director Yuuichi Fukuda is returning from the second season to direct the new series once again.
NHK has announced that the new series will be premiering new episodes on January 11 and January 18.
The second half of the second season got delayed because of Typhoon Hagibis, which caused billions of yen worth of damage, as well as killed several people.