Gintama: Collection 1

I am not that much of an anime fan, but THIS anime is my favorite TV show of any kind, EVER. GinTama is pure genius from beginning to end; I can stream anime for free all day long if I want to, but GinTama I will spend money on just because it is THAT. FREAKING. GOOD. It deserves to be supported; that's why I spend money on it.GinTama is unlike most anime in that there is no central plot; there is no core goal toward which the whole series is driving. This is a purely, beautifully, wonderfully character-driven series. As an editor, I found this concept both dubious and daunting. As a fan, I cannot imagine this series being any other way than it is while retaining all its brilliance.For the most part, GinTama is known for its comedy. This is certainly deserved; it's the funniest mass-media entertainment of any kind that I have ever enjoyed, although I realize that cultural bias and squeamishness will damage the impact of the hilarity for a lot of Americans and possibly other Westerners. I doubt many of those types will be looking into anime anyway, though.GinTama is not all comedy, however; there are several serious arcs throughout the series which have powerful emotional impact, particularly for fans who have grown to love the characters. I actually have no idea if there would be any emotional impact at all for someone who is *not* a fan of the characters, because I cannot effectively put myself in that position at this point.I am a writer and an editor; I've always loved books, still do, and am building a library of hardbacks that gives me a lot of satisfaction. However, I have to say in all honesty that no book and no other form of media has ever been able to plumb the heights and depths of my emotions to the extent GinTama does. When it's funny, I laugh until my sides ache; when it's not funny, I cry like Paris Hilton finding a wrinkle on her plastic face. Even the second and third times, when I already know what's coming.People here have complained about the subtitles - I have no sympathy for anyone who gives bad reviews on that basis. If you have no capacity for cultural diversity, GTFO and go watch Jersey Shore. Dubbed anime is uniformly horrific, as far as I have seen, and the voice actors for GinTama in particular are - seriously - irreplaceable. Whatever it is, whether it's the actors themselves, the script, the material, all of it together, some mystical force, whatever - the characters drive the plot (if you can really even say there is a plot...?), and the voice actors have given life to those characters in ways no dubbing can duplicate. So yeah, learn to read faster. It's worth it.I've had no technical difficulties whatsoever with the DVDs themselves; I love GinTama, love this first collection, and intend to buy them all.

Gintama will parody anything and everything and every episode is hilarious. Gin and his two associates take on any job to try and keep from being eternally penny-less and make fun of both Japanese and Western culture while doing so. Some arcs have extremely good battles, up there or above any other shonen titles.The quality on these two DVDs is excellent. Subtitles seem accurate. Note, it only has Japanese audio track, but then again it'd be too hard for anything to really translate over. Another thing is that they have subtitles that explain some of the inside jokes and references, but those do seem to disappear too quickly, so you'll likely have to go back and pause it to read that.I highly recommend this series. Right now it's taking a break in Japan since it ran too close to the manga material, but it will take a while before these catch up and by then they'll be doing more episodes there.

Gintama is historical show that talks about the samurai story,but with a twisted aliens invades them, then the aliens when and the city become a futuristic place,like in all the other movies we watched.So, its about a guy name Gintoki,who does any job that pays,but except paying his rent!He meet a nerd name Shinpachi who gets beat up by his boss for spilling juice on this alien,which the alien cost the spill in the first place by tripping him.Time to skip to Kagura a alien whos body is much stronger than a human, she can break boulders,and she can move half as fast as sonic the hedgehog or the Flash. Also this show makes fun of every anime we have ever watch, and some times horror movies to day make fun of, overall I give this a 10 out of 10. Best anime ever!

Do you enjoy historical-esque anime? What about comical ones? & action anime? What if i told you this, Gintama, was a combining of all three!? Well it is. it has rich characters living in the period of Japan when the U.s. forced open the borders to trade, only instead of other people it is now aliens. Gintama is a "jack-of-all-trades" and will do anything for money. thats the basic premise without delving too deeply. This is one of those anime's that doesnt take itsself seriously, much like the manga, and will make fun of other popular anime and manga while poking fun at itsself. it has lots of japanese word play so watching subbed is a must. i cannot recommend this series high enough. watch the first episode on the net somewhere& i can asure you that you'll be laughing 3minutes in.

Gintama is one of my favorite series that was taken to the states, not only did they not dub this series, but charge as much as it would cost to buy a dub, but only add 13 episodes with some of the worst subtitles I've ever seen. Yellow Subtitles? Seriously? That's hard on the eyes and makes it even less fun to watch. This is the first product I bought from Sentai Filmworks, and I will say, I am severely angry how they portrayed this awesome anime.

Came on time, no damage, nice package. All in all I am happy with it, they did what they would said they would do.

This anime is awesome. I can never get enough of watching it. Anyone who loves comedy should watch this show.

Came in good conditionDVDs work well.