Dub and Sub: Two for the price of one
Gintama is a series that lampoons modern times much like Futurama. Rather than visiting the future to examine the present, Gintama looks to a futuristic rewritten past. Mid 1800's Japan has been brought violently into the future by alien invaders.
Now (not particularly important to the story, but 'now' is probably the late 1860's) things are relatively stable. In Gintama's Edo (an old name for Tokyo) the samurai way is now defunct.
Japanese pop culture, history, and even the show itself are mercilessly exploited for laughs. If you are already an anime fan or have just seen a few mainstream adaptations of popular anime you should have enough of a foothold to enjoy this movie.
The movie itself is a big-screen version of the long-running TV series' Benizakura arc. Benizakura is a powerful and mysterious sword. Former samurai Gintoki (aka Gin-san) is compelled to investigate its misuse because like many heroes, Gintoki has a "higher calling". This gig may...
A Very Good Movie, Dub is Sweet
This movie is kinda a remake of the Benizakura story arc episodes 58 to 61 gintama seires. For those who are unfamiliar with it, Gintama is a comedy series set in an alternate universe, where Japan is taken over by aliens. It follows the adventures of Sakata Gintoki who is always broke. He works like a mercenary together with two teenagers and does various tasks to make a living. The series are more like a parody of popular anime series and characters. samurai, space technology, aliens and comedy may sound strange, but Gintama is really funny and original. However, the Benizakura arc is probably the most action-packed in the whole series. So even those, who don't like comedy with sci-fi elements, will enjoy the spectacular sword fights.
The Benizakura story itself is kept unchanged. Katsura leader of anti-government faction, has disappeared. Some believe he has fallen victim to a murderer, who targets samurai on the streets of Edo. Gintoki wants to look for his missing...
Your chance for a dub!
Got the movie and seen it with my brother.
My thoughts about the movie: IT WAS AWESOME. AWESOME AWESOME! Just hearing them have english voices makes me over excited. After a only a few days of having this movie, I had already seen it around 9 times.
Here's my review:
With the dub, there were parts were my brother and I finally understood what was happening. We actually found some stuff in the story that we didn't know. Also, I was able to pay attention and catch pivotal moments in the art work and character emotions that was tough to catch when reading subtitles.
Now as for the voices. Some voices did sound a bit odd to me but I got used to them easily. This movie is definitely professional quality tho. There were some mispronunciations but as long as I know who theyre talking about than it's alright. ALso, there is cursing but that's not so unusual for Gintama lol
Kyle Jones did well. There WERE scripting errors that didn't fit the...
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