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Sentai, the distributor of the Gintama anime in North America, will consider releasing more episodes based on the sales of the movie.
The English Gintama manga has been halted, but we have been given a second chance with the anime. Support Gintama!!

Tell Shonen Jump Alpha that you want Gintama to be officially translated and released in English, so it can join the other series in their online version of Weekly Jump which publishes chapters two weeks after Japan. And you might win some One Piece goods too!

OK. I will update these as I go. I'll just edit this as I continue.

Gintoki Sakata -  Chris Patton
Shinpachi Shimura – Mark X. Laskowski
Kagura – Luci Christian
Kotarou Katsura – Illich Guardiola
Shinsuke Takasugi - Kyle Colby Jones
Nizo Okada - Jay Hickman
Tetsuya Murata  - John Swasey
Tetsuko Murata - Brittney Karbowski
Henpeita Takechi - George Manley
Matako Kijima - Carli Mosier
Jintetsu Murata - David Wald
Tae Shimura - Shelley Calene-Black
Sadaharu - Kyle Colby Jones
Kondo Isao - David Wald
Toshiro Hijikata - Blake Shepard
Sougo Okita  - Clint Bickham
Sagaru Yamazaki - Clint Bickham
Bansai Kawakami - Andrew Love
Abuto - Kyle Colby Jones
Kamui - Chris Ayres
Mitsuba Okita - Shelley Calene-Black
Otose - Shelley Calene-Black
Catherine - Luci Christian
Kyubei Yagyu - Brittney Karbowski
Ayumu Tojo - Blake Shepard
Taizo Hasegawa (Madao) - Chris Ayres
Tatsuma Sakamoto - Chris Ayres
Katakuriko Matsudaira - Kyle Colby Jones
Prince Hata - Andrew Love
Elizabeth - Andrew Love
Shoyo Yoshida - David Wald
Ayame Sarutobi (Sachan) - Carli Mosier
War-san - David Wald
Ner-san - Chris Ayres

...and think that is the most important people.

Thank @BOYWEC for allowing me to write this stuff down. Made small edits to clean it up a bit.

Here is the full article on AnimeNewsNetwork:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-04-09/voice-actor-takeshi-aono-passes-away

He at least lived a long successful life. It sucks whenever a Seiyuu passes away.

Soyo-chan~

Information on Aniplex's volume 2 of the Gintama Radio CD "Gintama Broadcasting Station Returns" has been released!
This CD will be included with the first-release version of the 11th DVD for Gintama'.
This time the radio hosts are the voices of Gintoki and Shinpachi, with Hijikata as the special guest.
They're currently accepting input from fans. Anyone can participate by filling out the form on the website.
The deadline is March 29, 2012 at 23:59.

Unfortunately and as usual, it's in Japanese only but it's open to everyone.
http://www.aniplex.co.jp/gintamadvd/

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[Listener's Corner]
Accepting your questions and messages to the voice of Sakata Gintoki, Sugita Tomokazu and the voice of Shimura Shinpachi, Sakaguchi Daisuke!

[Gintama "It Happens!" Ranking]
Accepting your "it happens!" moments from the Gintama world!
Like "the story's almost over when Gin-san says something good"
or "they're doing seasonal jokes when the season's long over",
please think of the rules in Gintama's world and send them in.

[Messages to the Guest, Nakai Kazuya]
This time, Nakai Kazuya, the voice of Hijikata Toshiro makes his appearance as a guest.
We await your questions and messages to the guest.

["Authorized to Cut" Consultation]
Send in your worries and troubles to the 3 hosts.
The 3 of them will cut them with all they've got.

[Ask 'n Run] (Question Corner)
Sugita Tomokazu will straight-out answer your nonsensical questions!
(Example Question)
・I have a question for the guy known as Hypermedia Creator Sugita-san. What's the next popular thing?
・I have a question for Sugita-san who invented a ground-breaking dieting method. Just what kind of diet is it?

Read subject.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-03-18/sentai-filmworks-considers-more-gintama-based-on-film-sales

As Gintama's new season is predicted to comes to a close on March 26 as its time slot will be replaced by a 50-episode TV series called "Gon", questions arose as to what the "last episode", episode 252 could be about...

Would they close it off on a good note with Toyako? The story right after the recent New Year's chapter? An anime original?

Well, how about this synopsis?

Hopefully the women's soccer team can take the gold medal in London...
After all, "Gold" is better than "Silver", isn't it?

That said, today's story is about...

※ Please use spoiler tags where appropriate if your posts involves discussing manga-only plots.

Thanks to eli_ossan for the heads up, the long-awaited 4th soundtrack for the Gintama Anime is now available for pre-order on Amazon! It will be released on March 21, 2012.

Check out the following list to see if your favorite is in it:

1. Kintama -Host Theme-
2. Elizabeth's First Errand
3. It's Surprisingly Hard to Name a Generic Track
4. It's the Shoguuuun!
5. Now's Not the Time to Say That
6. Nothing Matters, Jeez
7. The Moon of Yoshiwara Shangri-La
8. It's Bad Luck to See a Spider at Night
9. The Meeting with Shoyo-sensei -Gintoki's Past-
10. The More Precious the Burden, The Heavier and More Difficult It Is to Shoulder It
11. I am Shock
12. Not Losing to the Rain
13. Ketsuno Clan vs Shirino Clan
14. My Identity At Night is an Onmyoji
15. The God of Cardboard
16. Everyone Looks a Little Grown Up After Spring Break
17. Everyone Looks Pretty Grown Up After Summer Break
18. Day x of Living on Anpan
19. Kabukicho -Four Devas Theme-
20. A Lawless Town Tends to Attract a Bunch of Whoohooey Folk
21. Ghosts Aren't the Only Ones Who Run Wild Around Graveyards
22. Chains of a Warrior
23. Iron Town
24. 'Tis an Honor!
25. Jugem
26. Making It Through Love
27. Renho Arc Theme
28. Piggy Banks and Trash Cans
29. Go! Kaien
30. Thorny and Rosy
31. Mimawarigumi -Isaburo's Theme-
32. Feelings to My Big Brother -Hijikata's Past-

Sentai Filmworks licences Gintama: Shinyaku Benizakura-hen

Who wants a BD of Benizakura, guys?

Sentai Filmworks confirm the English Dub of Gintama: Shinyaku Benizakura-hen.

It's Kintoki, creating a parallel version of volume 1, for reasons that will be clear soon. This volume's out in just a few days.



Here was a larger version of a volume preview that's been floating around for a while. Click on the thumbnail to enlarge. Thanks sogo_toshi_gin!

Hello! As the first "Site News" of the new year, I'd like to use this opportunity to talk about the past, present, and future.

Back in 2009, we were on a subdomain on the Baratie (One Piece) domain name. The site started with a mere "Gintama Arcs" page. We started with a few new people in the forums who wanted to see how far we'd get. You wouldn't have even known the forums were Gintama-related if you didn't see the board titles or thread names.

We've come a long ways in a short period of time.

Now we've got our own domain name, we've gone through various Gintama forum themes, and neat things are being made for the content side of the site. We are a community that can stand on its feet. And we're only going to go higher!


Site Content:
As visitors from the past may have noticed, a lot of content that was planned from the beginning in 2009 still hasn't been made yet! The intention was to avoid putting up half-completed pages, but eventually the main problem was the limitation of the site's design. Current long-term projects are the References, Changes, Characters sections, and miscellaneous translations (Question Corners, interviews ... Sorachi's Weekly Jump comments are coming in full package -- all 370+ of them, and the Sket x Gintama interview is nearly done). The new site design is inching closer and closer to its completion so please look forward to it.

Finally, a new design means revamps to older pages as well, so you can expect new features to make reading or researching more fun. For example, instead of a simple list for the episode⇔chapter maps, there will be an easy way to find out more information if chapter and episode numbers don't mean a thing to you. Maybe you need a short synopsis and picture for the episode lists. Maybe you're interested in knowing what the serious arcs are, or which episodes are recommended before diving into one. Maybe you want to know all the Shogun or Otose/Catherine episodes are.

If you have a cool idea or a request, send me a message!


Forums:
Welcome to "Baragaki Month"! We skip a general winter theme and go straight to a "Baragaki/Thorny arc" version. I've tested it under a few browsers, but please let me know if anything is not working correctly. It is similar to the previous "Four Devas" theme in the way that lots of elements were brought from both anime (opening) and manga (color page).

Upon popular request, a ZuraBot in the chatroom is currently in development. Unfortunately, the chatroom was designed to house only one bot, so it is somewhat unknown when it will be available alongside GintokiBot. Furthermore, if you have more ideas for bot personalities or commands, feel free to give your input in http://www.yorozuyasoul.com/forums/index.php?topic=539.0

And finally, as I promised to do, I encourage all to create lots of discussion about a chapter's contents every week! It'll give Mr. Translator lots of smiles, so please do so!


Giveaway Aftermath:
I'm proud to announce a second winner! Valued at 1,600 yen is the anime version of the Gintama 2012 calendar. (see pictures here)

Our second prize goes to...
Sparticus!

Congrats!

Thanks all, and cheers to 2012 and beyond!

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