The characters from the anime and manga series Gin Tama were created
by Hideaki Sorachi. The story is set in Edo, the "Land of the
Samurai", which has been invaded by aliens named Amanto, who
subsequently coexist with humans. Despite the time, there are various
advanced technologies and even spaceships which allow people to travel
across space. Although the series' story is commonly episodic, there
are also a few story arcs which are developed through various
chapters.The story starts with teenager Shinpachi Shimura who is saved
from a group of Amanto attacking him by the samurai Gintoki Sakata.
Shinpachi is amazed with Gintoki and decides to start working with him
as a freelancer in order to learn "the ways of the samurai" while he
helps Gintoki in work to pay the monthly rent from where he lives.
Both also meet Kagura, a young Amanto girl who belongs to the Yato
Clan, one of the strongest Amanto races. The three of them become
known as "Yorozuya" and while they work as freelancer, they also come
to meet Gintoki's former comrades during the Amanto's invasion such as
the terrorist Kotaro Katsura as well as Shinsuke Takasugi, a major
antagonist throughout the series. They also encounter several times
the police force Shinsengumi, who normally ally with Yorozuya in their
works, since they commonly involve dangerous criminals.When creating
the series, Sorachi developed various characters based on the
historical Shinsengumi, which he is a fan of. Additionally, other
characters from the series are also based on real people. The
characters from the series have also been features in pieces of
merchandise based on their appearances as well as video games.
Response to the characters has commonly been mixed, with various
publication praising the comedy situations and criticizing the artwork
used in the series.Before the start from Gintama's serialization,
Hideaki Sorachi wrote various one-shot manga. Although he considered
the story Samuraider very poor, the setting of such one-shot served as
the base for Gintama such as the addition of alien characters. While
thinking of the name of a manga, Sorachi's editor commented "Do you
think a silver samurai would be cool?" That inspired Sorachi to write
the main character from the series after deciding the series should be
named Gintama. However, the main character was originally meant to be
Hijikata Toushiro as Sorachi was a fan of the Shinsengumi, most
notably Hijikata ToshizÅ (the Shinsengumi who was the base for the
one of Gintama), after he saw Burn! Sword!. When Sorachi could not
"shake off" Hijikata's initial design, he decided not to use him as
the lead character, but added him along with the Shinsengumi to the
story. The pilot chapter from the series had a different plot to the
one from the serialization: Sorachi kept adding Shinsengumi to the
story such as Harada Sanosuke. As all of these characters were older
than most of the recurring ones from the series, Sorachi removed them
thinking they were not entertaining.
by Hideaki Sorachi. The story is set in Edo, the "Land of the
Samurai", which has been invaded by aliens named Amanto, who
subsequently coexist with humans. Despite the time, there are various
advanced technologies and even spaceships which allow people to travel
across space. Although the series' story is commonly episodic, there
are also a few story arcs which are developed through various
chapters.The story starts with teenager Shinpachi Shimura who is saved
from a group of Amanto attacking him by the samurai Gintoki Sakata.
Shinpachi is amazed with Gintoki and decides to start working with him
as a freelancer in order to learn "the ways of the samurai" while he
helps Gintoki in work to pay the monthly rent from where he lives.
Both also meet Kagura, a young Amanto girl who belongs to the Yato
Clan, one of the strongest Amanto races. The three of them become
known as "Yorozuya" and while they work as freelancer, they also come
to meet Gintoki's former comrades during the Amanto's invasion such as
the terrorist Kotaro Katsura as well as Shinsuke Takasugi, a major
antagonist throughout the series. They also encounter several times
the police force Shinsengumi, who normally ally with Yorozuya in their
works, since they commonly involve dangerous criminals.When creating
the series, Sorachi developed various characters based on the
historical Shinsengumi, which he is a fan of. Additionally, other
characters from the series are also based on real people. The
characters from the series have also been features in pieces of
merchandise based on their appearances as well as video games.
Response to the characters has commonly been mixed, with various
publication praising the comedy situations and criticizing the artwork
used in the series.Before the start from Gintama's serialization,
Hideaki Sorachi wrote various one-shot manga. Although he considered
the story Samuraider very poor, the setting of such one-shot served as
the base for Gintama such as the addition of alien characters. While
thinking of the name of a manga, Sorachi's editor commented "Do you
think a silver samurai would be cool?" That inspired Sorachi to write
the main character from the series after deciding the series should be
named Gintama. However, the main character was originally meant to be
Hijikata Toushiro as Sorachi was a fan of the Shinsengumi, most
notably Hijikata ToshizÅ (the Shinsengumi who was the base for the
one of Gintama), after he saw Burn! Sword!. When Sorachi could not
"shake off" Hijikata's initial design, he decided not to use him as
the lead character, but added him along with the Shinsengumi to the
story. The pilot chapter from the series had a different plot to the
one from the serialization: Sorachi kept adding Shinsengumi to the
story such as Harada Sanosuke. As all of these characters were older
than most of the recurring ones from the series, Sorachi removed them
thinking they were not entertaining.
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