The series will technically premiere on TV Tokyo, TV Hokkaido, TV Aichi, TV Setouchi, and TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting on January 9 at 1:35 a.m., and then will premiere on TV Osaka on January 10 at 1:05 a.m. The previous Gintama anime series aired on TV Tokyo and its affiliate stations at 6:00 p.m. Hideaki Sorachi began the original manga series in 2004 and it continues to be ranked among the top-selling manga in Japan.
TV Tokyo’s official website for the Gintama anime series announced on Saturday that the new anime series will premiere on January 8.
The latest Gintama television anime series premiered in April 2015, and ended in March.
The manga also inspired two anime films, including the “final” Gekijōban Gintama Kanketsu-hen: Yorozuya yo Eien Nare film that opened in 2013, and various OVAs and event anime.