646f9e108c In an era where aliens have invaded and taken over feudal Tokyo, an unemployed samurai finds work however he can. In the early 17th century, Japan adopted strict isolation policies and severed almost all ties with foreign countries. In 1853, the US fleet commanded by Admiral Perry forced the doors open, leading to a modernization of the nation&#39;s sociopolitical systems and the eventual fall of the Shogunate. The samurai regime ended its life with the imperial restoration in 1868. That&#39;s what history tells, but in Gintama, that&#39;s not what happens. Instead of the US fleet, the country is stormed by spaceships coming from four corners of the universe and soon we see it occupied by extraterrestrials. The Shogunate has become a puppet of alien occupation armies. All samurais have been disarmed and reduced to temp workers with no skills who just try to make ends meet. Gintama is a story of a handyman named Gintoki, a samurai with no respect for rules set by the invaders, who&#39;s ready to take any job to survive. He and his gang, however, are also among the very few who have not forgotten the morale of a swordsman. Wherever they go, all they do is to create troubles. Troubles that they of course try to solve, but in reality… Every anime has it&#39;s funny, even hilarious moments. But not many are built around these moments. Gintama, for the most part definitely is.<br/><br/>This anime is completely insane. It&#39;s full of random hilarity and antics, while still maintaining a storyline (per episode and arcs). You don&#39;t even have to worry about fillers, because you won&#39;t know when they hit you,there is no general plot. Plus, the fillers are justfunny and awesomethe other episodes, if not more. There are tons of references to anime and Japanese culture, which is kind of a down side for a person who isn&#39;t familiar with either or both. This reason also makes this anime almost impossible to dub and very hard to even sub! However, if you do get the jokes (and not all of them are reference related), you&#39;ll be in tears. It&#39;s not all just laughter though. There are definitely some heart touching, throat lump forming, beautiful moments in the anime too (though notmuch).<br/><br/>All I can say is, if you&#39;re an anime fan and haven&#39;t watched it, you&#39;re doing yourself a big crime by missing this one. As the title says, I not only class thisone of the greatest anime, or even one of the greatest TV shows, but one of the most brilliant pieces of entertainment mankind has ever created. This anime is the funniest show ever created - not even the simpsons, south park and Family guy combined would have 1/3 of the funniness of this series.<br/><br/>It doesn&#39;t have an overall plot - buta comedy series it doesn&#39;t need one - and there are a lot of longer stories which serve to give you spledid action and emotion.<br/><br/>But what makes this series really epic is the fact that it manages to stay funny for every minute of every of the over 250 episodes! At some episodes you simply cant stop to laugh - not for one single second - And this despite the fact that many of the references are aimed for a Japanese audience.<br/><br/>But even without getting all the Japan- related jokes one still has to watch out not to die from laughter! I would give this show a 11 or 12 or 15 out of 10 if I could!
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