{ "id": "epdtgd4tgj", "slug": "gintama-the-movie-2026-yoshiwara-in-flames", "title": "Gintama the Movie 2026: Yoshiwara in Flames", "updated": "2026-11-01", "topic_path": [ { "id": "culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture" }, { "id": "culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.films", "label": "Films and standalone screen works", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.films" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works", "label": "Individual films by title and year", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series", "label": "Franchise and series entries as standalone works", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series.franchise-series.anime-movie-entries", "label": "Anime 'the Movie' franchise entries", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series.franchise-series.anime-movie-entries" } ], "geo": [ { "id": "geo.asia.t2021.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series", "label": "Asia (other) · 2021 and later: Franchise and series entries as standalone works", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.asia.t2021.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series", "path": [ { "id": "geo.asia", "label": "Asia (other)", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.asia" }, { "id": "geo.asia.t2021", "label": "Asia (other) · 2021 and later", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.asia.t2021" }, { "id": "geo.asia.t2021.culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.asia.t2021.culture" }, { "id": "geo.asia.t2021.culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.asia.t2021.culture.performance" }, { "id": "geo.asia.t2021.culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.asia.t2021.culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "geo.asia.t2021.culture.performance.screen.films", "label": "Films and standalone screen works", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.asia.t2021.culture.performance.screen.films" }, { "id": "geo.asia.t2021.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works", "label": "Individual films by title and year", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.asia.t2021.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works" }, { "id": "geo.asia.t2021.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series", "label": "Franchise and series entries as standalone works", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.asia.t2021.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series" } ] } ], "excerpt": "Gintama the Movie 2026: Yoshiwara in Flames (新劇場版 銀魂 -吉原大炎上-) is a fully reanimated anime film adapting Gintama's Yoshiwara arc, released in Japan February 13, 2026, directed by Naoya Ando, BN Pictures, highest-grossing Gintama film.", "snippet": "Gintama the Movie 2026: Yoshiwara in Flames (新劇場版 銀魂 -吉原大炎上-) is a fully reanimated anime film adapting Gintama's Yoshiwara arc, released in Japan February 13, 2026, directed by Naoya Ando, BN Pictures, highest-grossing Gintama film.", "node": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series.franchise-series.anime-movie-entries", "markdown": "# Gintama the Movie 2026: Yoshiwara in Flames\n\n**Gintama the Movie 2026: Yoshiwara in Flames** (新劇場版 銀魂 -吉原大炎上-, *Shin Gekijōban Gintama: Yoshiwara Daienjō*, literally \"New Theatrical Edition Gintama: Great Yoshiwara Fire\") is a Japanese animated film that adapts the [Yoshiwara](https://www.edgepedia.org/yoshiwara) in Flames arc of Hideaki Sorachi's manga *Gintama* as a completely newly animated feature. It premiered in Japanese theaters on February 13, 2026, distributed by [Warner Bros. Pictures](https://www.edgepedia.org/warner-bros-pictures), Bandai Namco Pictures, Bandai Namco Filmworks, and Aniplex.[1](https://www.allcinema.net/cinema/401929) • [2](https://www.aniplex.co.jp/lineup/gintama_yoshiwara/)\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Japanese title | 新劇場版 銀魂 -吉原大炎上- (*Shin Gekijōban Gintama: Yoshiwara Daienjō*)[2](https://www.aniplex.co.jp/lineup/gintama_yoshiwara/) |\n| Japanese release | February 13, 2026; 124 minutes; rated PG12[1](https://www.allcinema.net/cinema/401929) |\n| Source material | The Yoshiwara in Flames arc, previously adapted as episodes 139–146 of the TV anime[3](https://animecorner.me/gintama-yoshiwara-in-flames-arc-gets-fully-reanimated-movie-in-2026-trailer-staff-visual-revealed/) • [4](https://as.com/meristation/manga-y-anime/uno-de-los-animes-mas-populares-de-la-historia-regresa-en-2026-con-un-remake-en-forma-de-pelicula-f202512-n/) |\n| Key staff | Director Naoya Ando; supervising director Youichi Fujita; script Taku Kishimoto; character design and chief animation direction Shinji Takeuchi; animation by BN Pictures[2](https://www.aniplex.co.jp/lineup/gintama_yoshiwara/) |\n| Format | Cinemascope (2.35:1), a first for the Gintama anime[3](https://animecorner.me/gintama-yoshiwara-in-flames-arc-gets-fully-reanimated-movie-in-2026-trailer-staff-visual-revealed/) |\n| Theme song | \"Sanzen\" (燦然) by SUPER BEAVER[5](https://www.anime-gintama.com/movie2026/caststaff/) |\n| Box office | Passed 1 billion yen within three weeks of release, running as the highest-grossing film in the Gintama theatrical series[6](https://www.anime-gintama.com/movie2026/news/post.php?id=23416) |\n| Home video | Blu-ray and DVD released August 26, 2026; original soundtrack CD released February 13, 2026[2](https://www.aniplex.co.jp/lineup/gintama_yoshiwara/) |\n\n## Spoilers\n\n### Story\n\nThe film adapts the Yoshiwara in Flames arc, which the TV anime covered in episodes 139–146 and which is counted among the most emotionally intense stories in the series.[3](https://animecorner.me/gintama-yoshiwara-in-flames-arc-gets-fully-reanimated-movie-in-2026-trailer-staff-visual-revealed/) • [4](https://as.com/meristation/manga-y-anime/uno-de-los-animes-mas-populares-de-la-historia-regresa-en-2026-con-un-remake-en-forma-de-pelicula-f202512-n/) The setting is Yoshiwara, a giant underground red-light district beyond the reach of the law, ruled by Hosen, a member of the warrior Yato tribe whose overwhelming strength lets him control every concession in the district, including the courtesans.[8](https://secure.eiga.com/movie/104470/)\n\nGintoki Sakata, who runs the Odd Jobs (Yorozuya) shop in Kabuki-cho, meets Seita, an orphan pickpocket searching for his separated mother. Seita believes Hinowa, the top courtesan of Yoshiwara, may be that mother, and Gintoki and his companions throw themselves into a fierce battle to grant his small wish of seeing her once.[8](https://secure.eiga.com/movie/104470/) The trailer also featured Tsukuyo, Hinowa, Seita, Kamui, and Hosen, characters central to the original arc.[7](https://us.oricon-group.com/news/5794/)\n\nThe adaptation adds material the manga's version of the arc did not contain. The teaser trailer teased appearances by Katsura, Gintoki's former comrade, and the [Shinsengumi](https://www.edgepedia.org/shinsengumi) members Kondo, Hijikata, Okita, and Yamazaki, who were absent from the manga's version of the arc, and the official synopsis states that episodes and scenes not drawn in the original were added.[7](https://us.oricon-group.com/news/5794/) • [8](https://secure.eiga.com/movie/104470/)\n\n## Announcement and production\n\nThe film was announced on August 16, 2025, at the Gintama Multiverse Festival event in Tokyo, as the closing announcement of the Gintama 20th Anniversary Project. Voice actors [Tomokazu Sugita](https://www.edgepedia.org/tomokazu-sugita), Daisuke Sakaguchi, Rie Kugimiya, Susumu Chiba, Kazuya Nakai, Kenichi Suzumura, Tetsuharu Ota, and Mikako Takahashi appeared at the event, and a teaser visual drawn by Sorachi plus a teaser trailer were unveiled alongside the announcement.[7](https://us.oricon-group.com/news/5794/) Bandai Namco Pictures, the studio that took over the TV anime from [Sunrise](https://www.edgepedia.org/sunrise-studio) at Season 4, handled animation production.[3](https://animecorner.me/gintama-yoshiwara-in-flames-arc-gets-fully-reanimated-movie-in-2026-trailer-staff-visual-revealed/)\n\nSorachi marked the announcement with a characteristically self-deprecating comment, writing that six years after the manga ended, seeing the work \"squeezed until it loses all flavor\" was, while looking at his bankbook, \"a writer's dream,\" and joking that the series might end in a scandal involving Sugita's lower body.[7](https://us.oricon-group.com/news/5794/) At the event, Sakaguchi declared that the Yoshiwara arc was being reconstructed as a completely new production with entirely new animation, and set a target of 10 billion yen at the box office.[7](https://us.oricon-group.com/news/5794/)\n\nThe staff list pairs a new director with veterans of the TV series. Naoya Ando, previously director of *Paradox Live THE ANIMATION* and an episode of the *Tatsuki Fujimoto 17–26* short collection, directs; Youichi Fujita supervises; Taku Kishimoto writes the script; and Shinji Takeuchi, the TV series' character designer, returns in the same role with chief animation direction duties.[2](https://www.aniplex.co.jp/lineup/gintama_yoshiwara/) • [8](https://secure.eiga.com/movie/104470/) The film's music is by Audio Highs.[5](https://www.anime-gintama.com/movie2026/caststaff/)\n\n## Cast\n\nThe main trio reprises their long-running roles: Tomokazu Sugita as Gintoki Sakata, Daisuke Sakaguchi as Shinpachi Shimura, and [Rie Kugimiya](https://www.edgepedia.org/rie-kugimiya) as Kagura.[2](https://www.aniplex.co.jp/lineup/gintama_yoshiwara/) The wider cast includes Yuko Kaida as Tsukuyo, Yuko Sanpei as Seita, Yuko Kaida as Hinowa, Banjo Ginga as Hosen, Satoshi Hino as Kamui, and Chikao Otsuka as Abuto, with [Kappei Yamaguchi](https://www.edgepedia.org/kappei-yamaguchi) as Enshoku, Akira Ishida as Kotaro Katsura, and the Shinsengumi voices Susumu Chiba (Kondo), Kazuya Nakai (Hijikata), [Kenichi Suzumura](https://www.edgepedia.org/kenichi-suzumura) (Okita), and Tetsuharu Ota (Yamazaki).[5](https://www.anime-gintama.com/movie2026/caststaff/) • [14](https://oricon-group.com/news/7100/)\n\n## Release and box office\n\nThe film opened in Japan on February 13, 2026, with a first-day stage greeting at Shinjuku Baltan 9 relayed live to theaters nationwide.[1](https://www.allcinema.net/cinema/401929) • [9](https://www.cinema-taiyo.co.jp/guide_pdf/gintama_20260213.pdf) Within three weeks of release it had passed 1 billion yen in box office revenue and was running as the highest-grossing hit in the Gintama theatrical film series, prompting \"tsukkomi and support\" screenings where fans could heckle the film together, with paper glasses modeled on Shinpachi's body given out at participating theaters.[6](https://www.anime-gintama.com/movie2026/news/post.php?id=23416)\n\nInternational releases followed in parts of Asia. CBI Pictures announced an Indonesian premiere beginning June 10, 2026.[10](https://www.kaorinusantara.or.id/english/29082/cbi-pictures-announces-the-indonesian-premiere-date-of-gintama-the-movie-yoshiwara-in-flames)\n\nA refined special edition, the Super Blaze Edition (超炎上版), re-released in theaters nationwide from September 25, 2026. It applies refinements to more than 200 cuts, polishing character expressions and textures, action, camera work, and lighting, while keeping the same story with no added scenes, sound changes, or runtime change; new three-week runs of admission gifts accompanied it.[11](https://www.anime-gintama.com/movie2026/news/post.php?id=24021) The Blu-ray and DVD followed on August 26, 2026, and the soundtrack CD, released on the opening date of February 13, 2026, offered an early listening experience of the film's score on the premiere date.[2](https://www.aniplex.co.jp/lineup/gintama_yoshiwara/) • [12](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll2GJ0W1I0M)\n\n## Context within the franchise\n\n*Gintama* was created by Hideaki Sorachi and serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump from December 2003, concluding in June 2019 with total circulation surpassing 73 million copies. Set in an alternate [Edo period](https://www.edgepedia.org/edo-period) where aliens known as Amanto rule the land, it follows odd-jobs man Gintoki Sakata and his companions in a mix of science fiction, samurai drama, and comedy. The anime began airing on [TV Tokyo](https://www.edgepedia.org/tv-tokyo) in April 2006 and totals 367 episodes, plus OVAs, films, games, and novels.[7](https://us.oricon-group.com/news/5794/)\n\nThe 2026 film is the first theatrical anime film in the franchise since *Gintama: The Very Final* (2021), which adapted the manga's final arc and grossed over 1.85 billion yen (approximately USD 17 million) at the domestic box office.[3](https://animecorner.me/gintama-yoshiwara-in-flames-arc-gets-fully-reanimated-movie-in-2026-trailer-staff-visual-revealed/) Unlike that concluding film, the Yoshiwara film revisits a mid-series arc: the original TV episodes aired in 2009, and the remake presents the story with modern production values, including the cinemascope format and reworked action sequences.[4](https://as.com/meristation/manga-y-anime/uno-de-los-animes-mas-populares-de-la-historia-regresa-en-2026-con-un-remake-en-forma-de-pelicula-f202512-n/)\n\nOn Rotten Tomatoes the film's single listed review, from Common Sense Media, rated it 2 out of 5 and judged it meant for readers already devoted to the manga.[13](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/gintama_yoshiwara_in_flames)\n\n## References\n\n1. [新劇場版 銀魂 -吉原大炎上- (2026), allcinema](https://www.allcinema.net/cinema/401929)\n2. [新劇場版 銀魂 -吉原大炎上-, Aniplex official site](https://www.aniplex.co.jp/lineup/gintama_yoshiwara/)\n3. [Gintama: Yoshiwara in Flames Arc Gets Fully Reanimated Movie in 2026, Anime Corner](https://animecorner.me/gintama-yoshiwara-in-flames-arc-gets-fully-reanimated-movie-in-2026-trailer-staff-visual-revealed/)\n4. [Gintama: Yoshiwara in Flames, MeriStation (AS.com)](https://as.com/meristation/manga-y-anime/uno-de-los-animes-mas-populares-de-la-historia-regresa-en-2026-con-un-remake-en-forma-de-pelicula-f202512-n/)\n5. [キャスト＆スタッフ, 映画『新劇場版 銀魂 -吉原大炎上-』公式サイト](https://www.anime-gintama.com/movie2026/caststaff/)\n6. [みんなで大炎上！ツッコミ＆応援上映開催決定, 映画『新劇場版 銀魂 -吉原大炎上-』公式サイト](https://www.anime-gintama.com/movie2026/news/post.php?id=23416)\n7. [New Gintama Movie \"Yoshiwara in Flames\" Set for 2026 Release, Japan Anime News powered by ORICON NEWS](https://us.oricon-group.com/news/5794/)\n8. [新劇場版　銀魂　吉原大炎上, 映画.com](https://secure.eiga.com/movie/104470/)\n9. [公開初日舞台挨拶ライブビューイング 実施劇場決定, Cinema Taiyo](https://www.cinema-taiyo.co.jp/guide_pdf/gintama_20260213.pdf)\n10. [CBI Pictures Announces the Indonesian Premiere Date of \"Gintama the Movie: Yoshiwara in Flames\", KAORI Nusantara](https://www.kaorinusantara.or.id/english/29082/cbi-pictures-announces-the-indonesian-premiere-date-of-gintama-the-movie-yoshiwara-in-flames)\n11. [『新劇場版 銀魂 -吉原大炎上-』9月25日より＜超炎上版＞として再上映決定, 映画『新劇場版 銀魂 -吉原大炎上-』公式サイト](https://www.anime-gintama.com/movie2026/news/post.php?id=24021)\n12. [『新劇場版 銀魂 -吉原大炎上-』先行試聴, YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll2GJ0W1I0M)\n13. [Gintama: Yoshiwara in Flames, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/gintama_yoshiwara_in_flames)\n14. 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