Gintama Author Draws “Sakata Days” Parody Cover Featuring Gintoki, Shinpachi and Kagura

Class 3-Z’s Ginpachi-sensei revealed a new trailer at Jump Festa 2025, but arguably a more interesting reveal came in the form of the SAKATA DAYS parody cover drawn by the Gintama author, Hideaki Sorachi. The cover features Gintama’s Gintoki Sakata, Shinpachi Shimura and Kagura dressed as the SAKAMOTO DAYS’ trio of Taro Sakamoto, Shin Asakura and Lu Xiaotang.

Tomokazu Sugita voices the protagonist in both anime adaptations.

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SAKAMOTO DAYS also had a panel at Jump Festa 2025, where it announced a new trailer and additional cast. Studio TMS Entertainment is animating.

SAKAMOTO DAYS is a Japanese manga by Yuto Suzuki. It has been serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine since 2020, with 19 volumes released as of November 1, 2024. VIZ Media licensed the manga in English. The franchise also announced its first game for a Spring 2025 release. It’s a smartphone game titled SAKAMOTO DAYS: Dangerous Puzzle.

Hideaki Sorachi wrote and illustrated the Gintama manga, which first ran in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump from 2003 to 2018, and then in their Jump Giga until February 2019.

The Gintama anime adaptation was animated by Sunrise until Season 4, which is when Bandai Namco Pictures took over. The anime has a total of 367 episodes, as well as numerous OVAs, movies, games, novels and specials. The latest installment was the Gintama: The Very Final movie, which premiered in 2021.

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