[Review] Gintama

Gintama's genre is Gintama. There's no other way to explain it. It's divided into slice-of-life episodes and serious arcs. The slice-of-life episodes are comedic, while the serious arcs focus on the story. There's a lot of crude humor, but it also has a significant female fanbase. That's because many good-looking male characters appear. As a woman, I sometimes wonder if Gintama actually had crude humor. It's not really crude by those standards. The anime, made by equally crazy people as the manga artists, shows considerable quality. Especially since Gintama features many parodies of other manga, it's more enjoyable if you're familiar with various works. For example, both Asran Zara from Gundam SEED and Katsura Kotarou from Gintama share the same voice actor, Akira Ishida. In the Gintama anime, there's a scene where Katsura Kotarou rides a Gundam and shouts, "Katsura, ikimasu!" (A parody of "Kira Yamato, ikimasu!") Why is there a Gundam in Gintama? ...Because it's Gintama. *nods* It's good to read the manga, but I highly recommend watching the anime. The production staff must have been high.