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… I&#39;ve been watching TV shows, anime and movies for a very long time and i have watched shows like Seinfeld, How i Met your Mother, Friends, Curb your Enthusiasm, Arrested Development, Two and a half men, and many more. However, after watching Gintama, i have to say that this show is better than any other comedy show i have ever seen. The jokes are done so brilliantly that it legitimately makes you laugh out loud. Furthermore, every single character has been given a persona which suits their personality so incredibly well. The best part of the show is that each character is treatedthey are the main character. If one of them doesn&#39;t show up for some time, you&#39;ll start to miss them.<br/><br/>This is just the comedy part though, when the show gets serious - boy it gets serious. It&#39;s like you&#39;re transported into a completely different anime. The action scenes are so fluent and so perfectly crafted that you will be at the edge of your seat the entire time. These action arcs last for about 2 to 5 episodes - they have a beginning, a mid-point, and an end. They aren&#39;t dragged like most anime. Each serious or action arc of the show highlights the characters and provide hindsight in their lives, allowing viewers to know them better.<br/><br/>This emotional connection with the characters is what&#39;s missing in most action movies, TV shows and anime but in Gintama, it&#39;s remarkably well done. Also, there&#39;s a balance between comedy and action, so you won&#39;t be stuck in one genre the entire time. <br/><br/>I had my reservations about watching Gintama, especially after watching the first few episodes. However, when I got through them, the show started to get a whole lot funnier and better. It seems that writer wasn&#39;t too confident in his work in the beginning but when he started to see how well his work can be, he started to take risks and came up with some of the best comedy and action arcs that I&#39;ve ever seen.<br/><br/>Having watched a ton of TV shows, movies, and anime - I have to say that Gintama is (and probably will be) the best piece of entertainment I&#39;ve watched in my whole life. 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.
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