
The episodes can also be watched for free a week after release. The episodes are available on Crunchyroll within hours of airing in Japan to paying members. On January 8, 2009, the streaming video site Crunchyroll began offering English subtitled episodes of the series. A total of thirteen volumes were released for the first season, between Jand June 26, 2007. In Japan, Aniplex distributes the anime in DVD format. All three are "free-lancers" who search for work in order to pay the monthly rent, which usually goes unpaid anyway. The story revolves around an eccentric samurai, Gintoki Sakata, his apprentice, Shinpachi Shimura, and a teenage alien girl named Kagura.



The anime is based on Hideaki Sorachi's manga of the same name. It aired on TV Tokyo from Apto Mawith a total of 49 episodes. The first season of the Japanese anime television series Gintama is directed by Shinji Takamatsu and animated by Sunrise.
