Gintama: Mr. Ginpachi's Zany Class, known in Japan as is a Japanese light novel series written by , with illustrations by Hideaki Sorachi. It features characters from Sorachi's manga series Gintama transposed to a present day school setting (as opposed to the late Edo period in the parent series), with Gintoki Sakata—here named Ginpachi Sakata—acting as a teacher. The first volume was published by Shueisha in February 2006; ten volumes have been released as of October 2025. An anime television series adaptation produced by BN Pictures aired from October to December 2025.
Premise
Ginpachi Sakata, a listless high school teacher with silver, permed hair and a vacant stare, has been assigned to teach Class 3-Z at Ginpachi High School. His class consists of students with extreme personalities, including a stalker, a sadist, an idol enthusiast, and a delinquent. Life in 3-Z is a continuous series of chaotic incidents. Ginpachi rarely takes matters seriously, resolving problems with casual indifference or ignoring them outright. The students do not bond or grow together. Instead, each pursues their own selfish and disruptive behavior without restraint.
Media Light novels Written by and illustrated by Hideaki Sorachi, the first novel was published on February 3, 2006. The tenth and latest one was released on October 3, 2025.
Volumes
Manga A vertical, full-color digital manga adaptation, titled , storyboarded by Ao Suzumemura and illustrated by Yūki Aonuma, started on Shueisha's vertical-scrolling manga service Jump Toon on October 6, 2025.
Anime An anime adaptation was announced at the Gintama Ato no Matsuri event in March 2023. The series was produced by BN Pictures and directed by Natsumi Higashida, with Makoto Moriwaki serving as chief director, with Kazuyuki Fudeyasu and Mitei Mark II handling series composition, Shinji Takeuchi serving as character designer and chief animation director. Audio Highs composed the music. It aired from October 7 to December 23, 2025, on TV Tokyo and its affiliates. The opening theme song is , performed by , while the ending theme song is "Underclass Hero", performed by Longman.
Web3 anime-styled brand Azuki's Anime.com platform partnered with TV Tokyo to stream the series in English in the United States, while Crunchyroll acquired for worldwide streaming. Medialink licensed the series in South and Southeast Asia (outside Australia and New Zealand) for streaming on Ani-One Asia's YouTube channel.
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