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Gin Tama (銀魂 Gintama?, lit. "Silver Soul") is a comedic manga created by Hideaki Sorachi. The original manga began in December 8, 2003 and is currently being published by Shueisha in Weekly Shōnen Jump. The manga has sold over 20 million copies in Japan.[1] In March 2007, Shueisha announced that sales of the first volume had passed one million copies.[2]
The manga has been licensed by Viz Media in North America. In addition to publishing the individual volumes of the series, Viz serialized in its Shonen Jump manga anthology. It debuted in the January 2007 issue, and was serialized at a rate of one chapter a month.
An OVA of Gin Tama by Sunrise was showing at Jump Festa 2006 Anime Tour in 2005. This was followed by a full anime series which debuted on April 4, 2006 TV Tokyo. As of February 2009, 146 episodes have aired.
The subtitle for the Gin Tama anime could be loosely translated as "The starting point is the utmost importance for anything, so trying to outdo oneself is just about right."[3]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GintamaThe show made me laugh too much,like a sitcom.