Staff for the TV anime 3-Nen Z-gumi Ginpachi-sensei (Class 3-Z’s Teacher Ginpachi) have confirmed that the anime will premiere in October 2025 on TV Tokyo. A teaser video and visual have also been revealed for the anime.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JPLqGnM9IA]
Higashida Natsumi is directing the anime at BN Pictures, and returning cast members from the original Gintama anime include:
- Suguta Tomokazu as Ginpachi Sakata
- Sakaguchi Daisuke as Shinpachi Shimura
- Kugimiya Rei as Kagura
- Yukino Satsuki as Tae Shimura
- Chiba Susumu as Isao Kondo
- Suzumura Kenichi as Sogo Okita
- Ohta Tetsuharu as Sagaru Yamazaki
- Kobayashi Yuu as Ayame Sarutobi
- Koyasu Takehito as Shinsuke Takasugi
- Hino Satoshi as Kamui
The anime is based on the 3-Nen Z-gumi Ginpachi-sensei light novel series by Oosaki Tomohito (Occultalk!, Naruto: Sakura’s Story). The novel is a spin-off of Sorachi Hideaki’s Gintama manga.
Oosaki’s spin-off novel series was first published in 2006, and Shueisha published the latest volume in 2018. The 3-Nen Z-gumi Ginpachi-sensei novel is set in Gintama High School and follows the school’s teacher, Ginpachi Sakata, and his students. Excerpts of the novel were previously animated as shorts at the end of several episodes of the Gintama anime series.
The original Gintama manga started serialization in 2003 and ended in June 2019. Shueisha published the first tankoubon volume in April 2004 and the 77th and final volume in August 2019. The manga inspired several anime series, three anime films, two live-action films, and two live-action spin-offs.
