Gintama's obsession with ball jokes is because it's in the title. Gin = silver Tama = balls. Gintama = Silver Balls. Tama can also mean soul. So Silver Soul and Silver Balls. That's the joke.
FUN FACT: Gintama is supposed to mean Silver Soul (Gin no Tamashi) but literally translates to Silver balls (Gin=silver, Tama=ball as in the ball in football, volleyball, etc). It also sounds similar to Kintama which translates to Golden ball and in Japanese Golden balls is slang for Test**les.
Gintama is, to this day, is the only anime that made me cry out of laughter, genuine sadness and wholesomeness. It's just that versatile. There are episodes, that start out funny and by the end of it you just cry out of sadness.. it's a rollercoaster, you just never know, what you'll get when you go into an episode
To summed up Gintama, it is everything that you can think of a genre, that's Gintama. It can be comedy, psychological, horror, action, tragedy, drama and so on. It has everything if you can commit to the series. Sincerely, from a Gintama fan that wish can forget everything about the show and experience all of it again watching for the first time from the start and to the end. Gintama is one of it's kind, I tell you.
One thing to remember is there is a serious side to Gintama the out of context just takes all the comedic moments to make it even more random than the show already is. Gintama has a TON of humour but there is an overarching story with real heart and depth. But yes the humour is WILD and all over the place. People are still saying you need more anime under your belt before you watch ginama but I'd argue at this point you've gotten enough context to get the majority of the jokes in the show one or two deep cuts might fly over your head but I'd love to see you react to gintama and don't see you needing to wait another decade to do so. Also Japanese humour loves wordplay, the testicle joke is quite literally in the title of the show Gintama is silver soul but can also be translated into silver balls.
I absolutely want to watch this anime! Been high on my personal list for a while, but I'll keep to what I do and let all of you decide when! Can't wait though!
@@GOTGamesJust to let you know, also despite the rest saying you have to wait, you have consumed enough Japanese context so I'd also say you're ready to go whenever you want 😆 If we're seriously considering waiting for literally another 50 anime, bruh that's gonna take forever before you'd reach Gintama 😢
With all due respect - there were several hilarious jokes and references in these 2 videos alone (Sengoku Basara, Evangelion, Saint Seiya, One Piece, Detroit Metal City etc.) that he didn't get, and these are just surface level ones! There is no need for him to rush, the series is not going anywhere. The more jokes he gets, the more connected he is to the characters, the better the overall experience is. At least that's my little take :)
Gintama is toilet and balls humor with deep, life lessons and the best writing in anime/manga it's almost like sorcery. It's funny how you were caught off guard with these videos but can't blame you if you're thinking of lumping it with the other shonen. Gintama is on another level of its own, and I suggest please come into this with the expectation that it's mainly comedy :) Really looking forward to your Gintama reactions in the future!
Gintama is full of ridiculous laughter, but it is also a profound human drama. When I was depressed, Gintama saved my life. It made me realize that life doesn't have to be so serious.This anime is an important work for me.
Did not expect you to bring your wife to this, this should be fun. And you should react to more Eve so far you've only done full reactions to "Kaikai kitan" Jujutsu kaisen opening 1 and "Fight song" Chainsaw man ending 12. Avant - opening to Phantom parade a JJK mobile game so similar to "Kaikai kitan" op 1 of JJK. Inochi no tabekata / How to eat life - MV is a prequel to "Fight song" Bokurano - MHA op 11. Dramaturgy - one of his older songs and the most played after "Kaikai kitan" Insomnia - one of his newer songs.
Woah i did not expect this 😍 gintama is one of my favourites i always watch it in between heavy depressing animes just to have a good laugh. It’s not something that u watch until it ends I’m actually savouring the fact that I haven’t finished it 🤣 It’s also been said that gintama is like the deadpool of anime 🤣🤣 often breaking the fourth wall and constantly makes anime references Also to answer your question gintama is nothing and everything at the same time HAHAH
"Gintama" is a play on the word "kintama" which means "testicles", so for japanese speakers, it is actually exactly what you would expect from the title xD
@@雪怪-w6gthat’s like saying “balls” doesn’t directly mean testicles. It’s true but nobody is going to correct you if you say “man that almost hit me in the balls!”
Gintama means Silver Soul which has important meaning for show. It just happens to be very close to Kintama which is slang word for testicles, it doesnt literally mean testicles. Anyways it works well with comedy of show anyways to always make references to Kintama. They just change word Gin meaning silver to Kin meaning gold. There is also jokes made from this color change in series.
Imagine a show like It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, friends hanging out and getting into mischief for like 20 episodes And then for five episodes, it turns into The Raid, with the most satisfying and brutal fights you can imagine, before going back to Always Sunny for another stretch That's Gintama
So... Yeah, this is my favorite anime of all time)) «Gintama» is for 70% - wild and funny comedy and parody anime, and 30% - serious story with plot, action and drama. This anime is a real masterpiece for me. It is unique, and you will not see this in any other anime of all existing. I can talk about this anime for a long time, but this is what is better to see for yourself.
gintama is my favorite anime, i still can just sit down and rewatch some random episodes and literally die from laughing or crying. it's so good. yeah it's like deadpool but it's a story of a main character who lives in the city and makes new friends here and there. and every character is great. it also has very good plot, and it was very hard to let these characters go when the manga ended. if you are still not sure if you like it or not, i can recommend you some good episodes which doesn't spoil anything, but they has that special gintama charm in them: 153, the second half of the 189 and the second half of the 111.
Gintama is a series like nothing else. The comedy is really off the roof. At the same time the show manages to bring you such a profound appreciation of life it’s insane- it really thrives of its unique characters. You can see it as the story of a shounen-hero who did NOT manage to beat the „big bad“ and lives with the consequences now. A retired hero with PTSD and how he copes. But you only realize that way later on because the show is so full of random stuff that it takes a while to peace together all the serious stuff (but damn are the serious episodes amazing!)
I cannot believe how come Luke hasn't watched a proper Comedy Anime yet! Like the closest he's gotten are Kaguya Sama & Konosuba which are Hilarious shows but still, there's literally the entire genre left for him to explore 😭 We gotta make him watch Grand Blue or Asobi Asobase or any Goated Comedy Anime on Twitch atleast!
@@GOTGames It is Hilarious AF! The Manga is one of the Top 10 highest rated of all time, it's up there with the Top-Dogs like Berserk, JoJo, Vagabond etc.
My favorite scene in gintama is one that can make you angry, scared, cry and die of laughter... all at the same time. I literaly did it, i was crying my eyes out and then laughed so hard it hurt (im talking about the horror story with the dog iykyk). Man... gintama is something else. there is a meme chart about how the big 3 of the anime plot develops and then there is gintama who gets into all of them just casually. Gintama is one of the best comedy shows out there, but since its so frikin long not many people try it out, also, it has incredible action scenes, and the frikin op and endings just droppin in the end of a serious arc its just 10/10, it may seem that it makes no sense at the beggining but omg when everything comes together it is fantastic 100% recommended.
I got to initiate two Gintama newbies with that episode! My BIL saw it from the beginning, but my bf at the time arrived at the house right as the radio story started. He walked in and sat on the couch with no idea what we were watching. 11/10 experience! The bf is now a fiance and he's on episode 200 with me.
Gintama is my favorite anime, never have i cried as much in an Anime out of laughter and sadness. It's mainly comedy and has a really slow start but after that is gold and when it gets serious you'll question yourself if you are even watching the same series
Funny that you mention the obsession with balls and testicles in Gintama. In one of the early episodes they make it a very big point NOT to misspell it as Kintama, because that would translate to testicles
Here's are tips when watching Gintama -never eat while watching Gintama -never eat after watching Gintama -never eat before watching Gintama -always take a shower after watching Gintama, then you can eat later 😅
i literally just watched the jojo's out of context video and said "if you think this is weird you should react to gintama" and here you are!! 🤣😂😂😂 also, dont start watching gintama yet! i recommend watching it after you watch other animes first because its like the end journey of anime if you get what i'm saying...
Because there are many teenage jump works and characters in "Gintama", but they have not been complained about by other manga artists😂. Gintama manga author Hideaki Sorachi also has a good relationship with other manga artists, and Toriyama Akira's daughter went to watch Dragon Ball because she watched Gintama. Therefore, Mr. Toriyama is very grateful to Hideaki Sorachi.❤
Didn't know if you did seen my comment or not in the Jojo out of context reaction, but told ya. Gintama out of context is just as or much crazier than Jojo.
Gintama have one of the scenes that made laugh near to die, one in the public bathroom. Other anime that have this kind of scenes is "Daily life of High School Boys" (Danshi kokosei no nichijou). You could watch Daily Life, to tray a bit of the japanese anime comedy
I haven't seen Gintama before, but this does not surprise me at all. I have watched Cromartie High School, and I've seen bits of Bobobo Bo Bobobo, and believe me... Japanese comedy is a very strange experience for western audiences. there's some amount of it that can be chalked up to things like Japanese puns, or idioms/wordplay depicted literally, which will just become absurdist humor if you don't know why it's there... but there's also an element of Japanese humor that is just incredibly weird. Gintama is right in that vein, at all times. also, hello Luke's wife! it was nice to see her pop into a video, and I hope this experience was a fun one! it is hilarious that this was the clip that triggered the "hang on a minute, I have a person I love who I desperately need to confuse with this content" instinct. that's a true sign of affection.
Gintama has both some of the weirdest and funniest comedic moments in anime and then the end of the same episode will have you tear up from sadness or hype from an epic fight scene. Gintama mastered the comedy/serious moment tonal shift to the point where it would feel like two different shows anywhere else but for Gintama they are both part of it's identity.
you definetly have more than enough shows under your belt to watch gintama. i had seen way less when i watched it and its still my absolute number 1 after all these years. i feel like alot of the people saying ¨you need to watch more before you watch this¨ just say it so you would watch their fav anime instead. i understand its cool if you get more refrences but 95% of them is just one line anyways so it doesent really matter if you get it or not. pretty much all of the big refrences you will get even with less of watch time in anime
Finally, content about the besto shonen!! As a curious fact with other videos on the channel, Gintama is Ado's guilty pleasure, he said it in a podcast with Suzuka from AG, he finds this anime very funny but the scatological jokes sometimes alarm him.
It’s not like they only make one piece references. He can get by without having seen it. Hell he’s probably seen most of the anime Gintama references at this point. I’m sure he’ll be fine.
The thing is. Gintama is full of Japanese culture references other than anime/manga related. 99% of people outside of Japan will not get those jokes and references. What I mean is that you do not need to get every reference in the show to enjoy it.
This anime aired in the evening in Japan. There was no so-called age limit, and children were absorbed in watching it. Poop and naughty stuff were the kids' favorite, so it was really popular. There were also many parodies of other popular manga such as Shonen Jump, which was also highly rated. I also loved this silly comedy.
I watched Gintama when i only watched Naruto, Fairy Tail and Dragonball before. There is a lot of references, but i understood enough, that i could laugh constantly. This is in my opinion the funniest Anime of all time. (other comedic Animes i've watched are Great Teacher Onizuka, Grand Blue and Shikanokonoko koshitantan)
god i love gintama, yeah the reason we say to wait on it a bit is exactly that, the more anime you see the more references you get, some will fly over your head regardless since they also reference japanese classical things from time to time but its very much a comedy (serious at times and OH BOI when it gets serious its just beyond amazing) anime that has a lot of fun with itself.
Now one meme from every jojo episodes!! That video has been re-uploaded again on RUclips. It's my favourite jojo video of all time. I can Guarantee that it will be even crazier that the previous ones...
14:22 Idk if anyone told you yet but the literal title of the anime is a balls joke. In Japanese balls are often called "Kintama," 'kin' meaning gold and 'tama' being ball. Meanwhile 'gin' in gintama means silver. It's wild xD
Many fans declared Gintama as one of the badass anime- not because of these contents but because of how this kind of anime was created. It feels like a roller coaster ride when you watch this anime. You will laugh most of the time- actually, most episodes are funny, but you will also cry and eventually cheer for them to win against the bad guys who want to invade the earth.
Gintama is genuinely so good. Out of context it may seems undiluted, unhinged humor but it has so many heartwrenching moments too. The serious moments make it just as worthy of a watch as the jokes. I also watched it without having seen a chunk of the referenced animes and you will still have a great time. Gintoki is such a unique shonen protagonist, too. His whole thing is essentially that he just wants to live his life but life won't let him do that. 🤣
@@GOTGames think of Gintama as a reward for being a long time anime and manga fan! I watched Gintama after 15 years of being a weeb (I dropped it twice back when the first season was airing because I didn’t understand most of the references and japanese culture), and oh man was it worth it. It’s my all time favourite now. Patience will pay off!
Nah, I only watched Bleach and finished Gintama. Sure you might not completely understand every joke to the fullest if it is referencing something very specific but if you have a base idea of what the other animes are about most of the jokes are probably going to hit anyway.
Bruh, I watched Gintama and the second I saw something I didn't understand I immediately paused it and went on google, sure it made my watch very long but at least I got the Full experience and now I have extra useless knowledge of said things I googled rofl
Can you believe me that from this video, you will think that Gintama is a weird show that constantly making d*** and as* joke constantly but when you're watching the actual show, you will be surprised by how when you watching from some of the episode at the start, you will laugh but by the end of some episodes, you will cry non-stop and I'm not joking or pulling your leg with this one. Gintama has the power to do that if you actually watch the show.
Fun fact: Kin Tama (golden Balls) means testicles 😂 so lots of jokes about Gintama x Kintama But it also has another meaning: Gin tama (silver soul) also represents a re occurring theme in the show that even if you are not perfect, beautiful, strong, a good person, etc etc (a golden soul) you can still occasionally shine with a beautiful silver light 😊
Luke I’m here for your comedy anime journey. Best for you right now is Grand Blue. It’s fun, short and addicting but without any restrictions to other animes. Jojo is great but with 6/7 seasons, it becomes great starting from season 2 so you have to commit because it’s lengthy. Gintama is like dessert after you had a blast of main course buffet of anime.
So I was on vacation in China, I decided to see a movie while I was there. Just to see the difference between seeing a movie in a foreign country versus at home. Turns out that the Gintama live action movie had just been released, it was my first experience with the series. "Oh, so this is a historical series.....why is there a guy in a penguin suit?"
Gintama is top 5 anime for me because one arc I'm dying laughing and then the next its the most heart wrenching death of a character and there's no in between
Gintama is my favourite anime of all time! It's honestly hilarious. I tried recommending it to my friends back then but they dropped it early on because they find the first 10 episodes to be boring :') But it honestly builds up rapidly if you continue watching it!
Hahhaa I love Luke's comments on everything. Especially when he goes, "...I feel like I'd get most of them." And instantly misses a One Piece reference on the next clip
Gintama is the reward you treat yourself to after watching dozens of shows. You're not Japanese so you'll never get it 100% but you will enjoy it. Theres nothing i can say to describe the show that hasnt already been said, but in 20+ years of watching shows and thousands of episodes, it is my favorite series.
Even though it has moments like this, it actually has an outstanding overarching story that is serious and will make you cry at times. I know it might be hard to believe but I guess you'll have to see for yourself ;)
Gintama has a strong hold on #1 for my favorite anime of all time, simply being fun and it's penchant for mixing in sob stories and it doesn't feel off too.
I hope you react to this in the future tho it's not something that you can get hooked on instantly, I mean for most anime watchers because this is not the usual hyped up typa thing in this generation of anime. I remembered this series when I was looking for comedy anime and eventually I stayed because I became curious of Gintoki's backstory but in the long run I ultimately came to love this series, still my no. 1. All of the characters are lovable and you'll see the beauty of the story if you come to love it.
"I swear there is a testicle joke every 10s" Gintama is actually a testicle joke. Direct Translation: Gintama = silver marble Kintama = gold marble Meaning Translation: Gintama = silver soul Kintama = testicles (golden balls) Also "ki" and "gi" are basically the same kana: ki = き(hiragana) / キ (katakana) gi = ぎ (hiragana) / ギ (katakana) So if you glance over the title in kana you might read "Testicles" xD Gorilla-sensei's wisdom knows no bounds.
I would certainly say that the episode of gintama you watched was more insane than the first episode of JoJo. It had flying police cars, 4th wall breking and rapid pace timimg and jokes. Jojo was just over the top.
The Gintama manga ran for over a decade in Weekly Shounen Jump, and it got a lot of mileage out of parodying other Jump manga...but the parodies ranged further afield. There are episodes referencing Star Wars, even an episode parodying the movie Slumdog Millionaire. There are even places where the humor goes meta, like a whole arc making fun of character popularity polls. The manga author is even a character in the show (he's depicted as a gorilla). But there's another layer to Gintama: the overall setting and story is a sci-fi alternate history taking place in a warped version of the Bakumatsu period of Japanese history (the 1860s, right before the Meiji Restoration), where instead of American gunboats showing up, it was fleets of space aliens. In fact, many of the human characters are based on real Japanese historical figures. The main character has several run-ins with the Shinsengumi, who get a lot of development. So if you've done any reading on Japanese history, you'll get an extra charge out of the show.
Well clearly you weren't ready for Gintama🤣🤣🤣🤣 Basically it's THE definition of parody anime and yet it still somehow carries emotional and relatable message across the world, which makes the show one of the most popular ones. You can react to the series at anytime, people (including me) would recommend it after watching ALL shonen animes anyway😝
Gintama is a mix of South Park, Futurama, serious shonen and reference to plenty of animes. Decide for yourself when to watch it, even after twenty years of anime I didn’t get all the references. But if you want, for sure all big shonens are referenced, and each reference is making fun of its source. So more you know, more funny it gets.
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You are the first person i've heard saying Gintama seems normal 😂
Gintama's obsession with ball jokes is because it's in the title. Gin = silver Tama = balls. Gintama = Silver Balls. Tama can also mean soul. So Silver Soul and Silver Balls. That's the joke.
Ascendence of a Bookworm such a great anime ❤
Please react to yondemasu yo azazel-san
Fun fact : gintama's voice actor is the same who voice the JoJo of the season 2 of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure.
Out of all the videos you decide to bring your wife into, this is the one you chose?!...You're a good man, Luke.
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Vote for luke to high school dxd with his wife 🙋
Ah yes Gintama....
70% Comedy
29% Serious
1% Shinpachi 👓
What Shinpachi? I think you mean glasses
You mean the glasses wearing a human?
I misread the last one as "glasses". I should really put on my Shinpachi
1% DEATH BATTLE OF KETCHUP VS MAYO
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Are you ready for Gintama? No. No you're not.
But that's the secret: You can never be ready for Gintama.
agreed i was not ready when i started it, i never finish it either its just too wild for me haha
Just like the Hulk... Always angry 😳
You can. At least I can. After few series.
FUN FACT: Gintama is supposed to mean Silver Soul (Gin no Tamashi) but literally translates to Silver balls (Gin=silver, Tama=ball as in the ball in football, volleyball, etc). It also sounds similar to Kintama which translates to Golden ball and in Japanese Golden balls is slang for Test**les.
Oh 😳😂
@@GOTGames Even funnier fact: this funfact is not only relevant to the series' humor itself. It's also relevant to the plot in multiple ways.
Yes, Kintama...
Gintama is, to this day, is the only anime that made me cry out of laughter, genuine sadness and wholesomeness. It's just that versatile. There are episodes, that start out funny and by the end of it you just cry out of sadness.. it's a rollercoaster, you just never know, what you'll get when you go into an episode
To summed up Gintama, it is everything that you can think of a genre, that's Gintama. It can be comedy, psychological, horror, action, tragedy, drama and so on. It has everything if you can commit to the series.
Sincerely, from a Gintama fan that wish can forget everything about the show and experience all of it again watching for the first time from the start and to the end. Gintama is one of it's kind, I tell you.
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"Horror"
Sorry, Jerry
Horror...that dog still waiting for it's owner to comeback
@@Eremenatar 🤣😥🤣😥🤣
Luke forgetting Gintama is a parody 😂
But yes there is a plot and it is great
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the times when its not a parody is peak too, the fight scenes sometimes slaps
One thing to remember is there is a serious side to Gintama the out of context just takes all the comedic moments to make it even more random than the show already is. Gintama has a TON of humour but there is an overarching story with real heart and depth.
But yes the humour is WILD and all over the place. People are still saying you need more anime under your belt before you watch ginama but I'd argue at this point you've gotten enough context to get the majority of the jokes in the show one or two deep cuts might fly over your head but I'd love to see you react to gintama and don't see you needing to wait another decade to do so.
Also Japanese humour loves wordplay, the testicle joke is quite literally in the title of the show Gintama is silver soul but can also be translated into silver balls.
I absolutely want to watch this anime! Been high on my personal list for a while, but I'll keep to what I do and let all of you decide when! Can't wait though!
@@GOTGamesJust to let you know, also despite the rest saying you have to wait, you have consumed enough Japanese context so I'd also say you're ready to go whenever you want 😆 If we're seriously considering waiting for literally another 50 anime, bruh that's gonna take forever before you'd reach Gintama 😢
With all due respect - there were several hilarious jokes and references in these 2 videos alone (Sengoku Basara, Evangelion, Saint Seiya, One Piece, Detroit Metal City etc.) that he didn't get, and these are just surface level ones! There is no need for him to rush, the series is not going anywhere. The more jokes he gets, the more connected he is to the characters, the better the overall experience is. At least that's my little take :)
Gintama is toilet and balls humor with deep, life lessons and the best writing in anime/manga it's almost like sorcery. It's funny how you were caught off guard with these videos but can't blame you if you're thinking of lumping it with the other shonen. Gintama is on another level of its own, and I suggest please come into this with the expectation that it's mainly comedy :) Really looking forward to your Gintama reactions in the future!
Gintama is a masterpiece. It's very unserious most of the time, so when it does get serious it HITS HARD
Gintama is full of ridiculous laughter, but it is also a profound human drama. When I was depressed, Gintama saved my life.
It made me realize that life doesn't have to be so serious.This anime is an important work for me.
Luke was so confuse he had to bring help in the middle of recording😂😂btw i just love how Miss GOT Games just laughed as soon the clip played
I knew it was her kind of humour, that's why I went to grab Mrs GOT
@@GOTGames guess if you actually react to this you'll have to include her
The best way I've seen Gintama explained is that it's an 18+ kids anime
And I just remembered that Weekly Shounen Jump also brought us To Love Ru. 🤣
Did not expect you to bring your wife to this, this should be fun.
And you should react to more Eve so far you've only done full reactions to "Kaikai kitan" Jujutsu kaisen opening 1 and "Fight song" Chainsaw man ending 12.
Avant - opening to Phantom parade a JJK mobile game so similar to "Kaikai kitan" op 1 of JJK.
Inochi no tabekata / How to eat life - MV is a prequel to "Fight song"
Bokurano - MHA op 11.
Dramaturgy - one of his older songs and the most played after "Kaikai kitan"
Insomnia - one of his newer songs.
Woah i did not expect this 😍 gintama is one of my favourites i always watch it in between heavy depressing animes just to have a good laugh. It’s not something that u watch until it ends I’m actually savouring the fact that I haven’t finished it 🤣
It’s also been said that gintama is like the deadpool of anime 🤣🤣 often breaking the fourth wall and constantly makes anime references
Also to answer your question gintama is nothing and everything at the same time HAHAH
gintama is just justaway
"Gintama" is a play on the word "kintama" which means "testicles", so for japanese speakers, it is actually exactly what you would expect from the title xD
It doesn’t directly means testicles, it is a slang for testicles
@@雪怪-w6g it's a colloquial term that directly means testicles/balls. What's your point?
@@雪怪-w6gthat’s like saying “balls” doesn’t directly mean testicles. It’s true but nobody is going to correct you if you say “man that almost hit me in the balls!”
Gintama means Silver Soul which has important meaning for show. It just happens to be very close to Kintama which is slang word for testicles, it doesnt literally mean testicles. Anyways it works well with comedy of show anyways to always make references to Kintama. They just change word Gin meaning silver to Kin meaning gold. There is also jokes made from this color change in series.
@@RoflCannon6 kintama has no other meaning though, in contrast to "balls"
"Gintama looked somewhat normal", ya thought.
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Imagine a show like It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, friends hanging out and getting into mischief for like 20 episodes
And then for five episodes, it turns into The Raid, with the most satisfying and brutal fights you can imagine, before going back to Always Sunny for another stretch
That's Gintama
There also was a Evangelion , One Piece and Saint Saya reference BTW.
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Also Sengoku Basara and Detroit Metal City!
So... Yeah, this is my favorite anime of all time))
«Gintama» is for 70% - wild and funny comedy and parody anime, and 30% - serious story with plot, action and drama.
This anime is a real masterpiece for me. It is unique, and you will not see this in any other anime of all existing. I can talk about this anime for a long time, but this is what is better to see for yourself.
1% glasses
29% seriousness
gintama is my favorite anime, i still can just sit down and rewatch some random episodes and literally die from laughing or crying. it's so good. yeah it's like deadpool but it's a story of a main character who lives in the city and makes new friends here and there. and every character is great. it also has very good plot, and it was very hard to let these characters go when the manga ended. if you are still not sure if you like it or not, i can recommend you some good episodes which doesn't spoil anything, but they has that special gintama charm in them: 153, the second half of the 189 and the second half of the 111.
Gintama is a series like nothing else. The comedy is really off the roof. At the same time the show manages to bring you such a profound appreciation of life it’s insane- it really thrives of its unique characters.
You can see it as the story of a shounen-hero who did NOT manage to beat the „big bad“ and lives with the consequences now. A retired hero with PTSD and how he copes. But you only realize that way later on because the show is so full of random stuff that it takes a while to peace together all the serious stuff (but damn are the serious episodes amazing!)
I cannot believe how come Luke hasn't watched a proper Comedy Anime yet! Like the closest he's gotten are Kaguya Sama & Konosuba which are Hilarious shows but still, there's literally the entire genre left for him to explore 😭
We gotta make him watch Grand Blue or Asobi Asobase or any Goated Comedy Anime on Twitch atleast!
Grand Blue does look fun 🤔
@@GOTGames It is Hilarious AF! The Manga is one of the Top 10 highest rated of all time, it's up there with the Top-Dogs like Berserk, JoJo, Vagabond etc.
@@GOTGames its also the most realistic comedy anime i've seen lol
My favorite scene in gintama is one that can make you angry, scared, cry and die of laughter... all at the same time. I literaly did it, i was crying my eyes out and then laughed so hard it hurt (im talking about the horror story with the dog iykyk).
Man... gintama is something else. there is a meme chart about how the big 3 of the anime plot develops and then there is gintama who gets into all of them just casually.
Gintama is one of the best comedy shows out there, but since its so frikin long not many people try it out, also, it has incredible action scenes, and the frikin op and endings just droppin in the end of a serious arc its just 10/10, it may seem that it makes no sense at the beggining but omg when everything comes together it is fantastic 100% recommended.
Ah yes, i forgot to mention, gintama´s obsession with balls it cuz its name (Gintama=silver soul, but a very common joke is calling it Kintama=balls)
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@@slatedrash you mean the insomnia episode where kagura cant sleep? That sh*t was funny af i love it 💀😂😂😂😂
I got to initiate two Gintama newbies with that episode! My BIL saw it from the beginning, but my bf at the time arrived at the house right as the radio story started. He walked in and sat on the couch with no idea what we were watching. 11/10 experience!
The bf is now a fiance and he's on episode 200 with me.
The only correct reaction seeing Gintama out of context for the first time, is sitting with the mouth open just being speachless
Gintama is my favorite anime, never have i cried as much in an Anime out of laughter and sadness. It's mainly comedy and has a really slow start but after that is gold and when it gets serious you'll question yourself if you are even watching the same series
Funny that you mention the obsession with balls and testicles in Gintama. In one of the early episodes they make it a very big point NOT to misspell it as Kintama, because that would translate to testicles
The kintama even becomes plot relevant, don't forget that.
(Talking about the ultimate neil armstrong cyclone jet armstrong cannon here)
Gintama is perfect, the comedy is perfect and the action is one of the best of all the time, you need to watch
Here's are tips when watching Gintama
-never eat while watching Gintama
-never eat after watching Gintama
-never eat before watching Gintama
-always take a shower after watching Gintama, then you can eat later 😅
no way we got wife reveal before gta6
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I watched about 160 episodes of Gintama years ago, and I still have no idea what's happening in these clips
i just wanna say, Gintama is AMAZING. the humor? top tier. some of the action? top tier. you really should give this series a try
Hands down one of the most memorable series of all time
i literally just watched the jojo's out of context video and said "if you think this is weird you should react to gintama" and here you are!! 🤣😂😂😂
also, dont start watching gintama yet! i recommend watching it after you watch other animes first because its like the end journey of anime if you get what i'm saying...
Because there are many teenage jump works and characters in "Gintama", but they have not been complained about by other manga artists😂. Gintama manga author Hideaki Sorachi also has a good relationship with other manga artists, and Toriyama Akira's daughter went to watch Dragon Ball because she watched Gintama. Therefore, Mr. Toriyama is very grateful to Hideaki Sorachi.❤
I really love seeing your journey through Anime and RUclips❤ big fan been here since the first ever AoT vid
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Didn't know if you did seen my comment or not in the Jojo out of context reaction, but told ya. Gintama out of context is just as or much crazier than Jojo.
Don't know about him but I did.
Gintama have one of the scenes that made laugh near to die, one in the public bathroom. Other anime that have this kind of scenes is "Daily life of High School Boys" (Danshi kokosei no nichijou). You could watch Daily Life, to tray a bit of the japanese anime comedy
I haven't seen Gintama before, but this does not surprise me at all. I have watched Cromartie High School, and I've seen bits of Bobobo Bo Bobobo, and believe me... Japanese comedy is a very strange experience for western audiences. there's some amount of it that can be chalked up to things like Japanese puns, or idioms/wordplay depicted literally, which will just become absurdist humor if you don't know why it's there... but there's also an element of Japanese humor that is just incredibly weird. Gintama is right in that vein, at all times.
also, hello Luke's wife! it was nice to see her pop into a video, and I hope this experience was a fun one! it is hilarious that this was the clip that triggered the "hang on a minute, I have a person I love who I desperately need to confuse with this content" instinct. that's a true sign of affection.
Lmao perfect time I just started binging Gintama I’m on ep 31 atm
good luck with this masterpiece
Good luck with your journey
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Don't drop it no matter what
@@Gintoki_597I’m at 106 now and going strong it’s the only show I’ve been watching now I’m enjoying a lot
We need a 1 second from every gintama episode reaction
Gintama has both serious arc and funny/joke arcs/episodes
The Gintama with no context takes mostly from the joke//funny ones
omg this is exactly the first thing I thought after seeing your Jojo video without context!
Gintama has both some of the weirdest and funniest comedic moments in anime and then the end of the same episode will have you tear up from sadness or hype from an epic fight scene. Gintama mastered the comedy/serious moment tonal shift to the point where it would feel like two different shows anywhere else but for Gintama they are both part of it's identity.
I pray one day he watches Nichijou clips. Man vs Deer and goat suplex scenes are needed on this channel
I was gonna suggest Nichijou!!
He would not survive the deer fights and laserbeam dog 😂😂
you definetly have more than enough shows under your belt to watch gintama. i had seen way less when i watched it and its still my absolute number 1 after all these years. i feel like alot of the people saying ¨you need to watch more before you watch this¨ just say it so you would watch their fav anime instead. i understand its cool if you get more refrences but 95% of them is just one line anyways so it doesent really matter if you get it or not. pretty much all of the big refrences you will get even with less of watch time in anime
Gintama crosses all those categories
Finally, content about the besto shonen!! As a curious fact with other videos on the channel, Gintama is Ado's guilty pleasure, he said it in a podcast with Suzuka from AG, he finds this anime very funny but the scatological jokes sometimes alarm him.
When you mentioned south park, that's pretty much the japanese version of the same spirit. but more insane slapstick comedy.
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"Surely I'm there now right?" Then miss One Piece reference. You're definitely not there yet Luke
It’s not like they only make one piece references. He can get by without having seen it. Hell he’s probably seen most of the anime Gintama references at this point. I’m sure he’ll be fine.
The thing is. Gintama is full of Japanese culture references other than anime/manga related. 99% of people outside of Japan will not get those jokes and references. What I mean is that you do not need to get every reference in the show to enjoy it.
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This anime aired in the evening in Japan. There was no so-called age limit, and children were absorbed in watching it. Poop and naughty stuff were the kids' favorite, so it was really popular. There were also many parodies of other popular manga such as Shonen Jump, which was also highly rated. I also loved this silly comedy.
This show is so good that I wish I could erase my memory about Gintama and watch it again for the first time.
Gintama is its own genre
Gintama is absolutely amazing and the first anime that actually had me cracking up 😂 I binged the entire show
It's perfect trip from comedy to dramma, from dramma to comedy inside dramma, to damma inside dramma inside comedy
Jojo's is an action with comedy.
Gintama is a comedy with action.
I watched Gintama when i only watched Naruto, Fairy Tail and Dragonball before. There is a lot of references, but i understood enough, that i could laugh constantly. This is in my opinion the funniest Anime of all time. (other comedic Animes i've watched are Great Teacher Onizuka, Grand Blue and Shikanokonoko koshitantan)
god i love gintama, yeah the reason we say to wait on it a bit is exactly that, the more anime you see the more references you get, some will fly over your head regardless since they also reference japanese classical things from time to time but its very much a comedy (serious at times and OH BOI when it gets serious its just beyond amazing) anime that has a lot of fun with itself.
Love your reaction, dude... ❤️❤️
THANK YOU !!!! :D ps when you asked your wife to watch that I was like "yes, he aint going down alone hahahahah"
Now one meme from every jojo episodes!!
That video has been re-uploaded again on RUclips. It's my favourite jojo video of all time. I can Guarantee that it will be even crazier that the previous ones...
14:22 Idk if anyone told you yet but the literal title of the anime is a balls joke. In Japanese balls are often called "Kintama," 'kin' meaning gold and 'tama' being ball. Meanwhile 'gin' in gintama means silver. It's wild xD
Many fans declared Gintama as one of the badass anime- not because of these contents but because of how this kind of anime was created. It feels like a roller coaster ride when you watch this anime. You will laugh most of the time- actually, most episodes are funny, but you will also cry and eventually cheer for them to win against the bad guys who want to invade the earth.
Gintama is everything. Simply the best
Gintama is genuinely so good. Out of context it may seems undiluted, unhinged humor but it has so many heartwrenching moments too. The serious moments make it just as worthy of a watch as the jokes. I also watched it without having seen a chunk of the referenced animes and you will still have a great time. Gintoki is such a unique shonen protagonist, too. His whole thing is essentially that he just wants to live his life but life won't let him do that. 🤣
Bro ain't ready for Golden Kamuy 💀💀
Guys I think we traumatized Luke enough🤣🤣🤣
One day when you have seen more Shonen Jump series(One Piece, Naruto, Bleach, Dragon Ball, etc.) you will be ready to enjoy Gintama. Give it time.
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@@GOTGames think of Gintama as a reward for being a long time anime and manga fan! I watched Gintama after 15 years of being a weeb (I dropped it twice back when the first season was airing because I didn’t understand most of the references and japanese culture), and oh man was it worth it. It’s my all time favourite now. Patience will pay off!
Nah, I only watched Bleach and finished Gintama. Sure you might not completely understand every joke to the fullest if it is referencing something very specific but if you have a base idea of what the other animes are about most of the jokes are probably going to hit anyway.
nah hes been ready to watch it for a long time. you guys are way too gatekeepy about it.
Bruh, I watched Gintama and the second I saw something I didn't understand I immediately paused it and went on google, sure it made my watch very long but at least I got the Full experience and now I have extra useless knowledge of said things I googled rofl
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Luke went from just laughing to being a broken man
I know I'll enjoy this
"Perhaps we'll watch something normal next time."
Immediately the thought that popped in my head was "With the Frizz? No way!"
Can you believe me that from this video, you will think that Gintama is a weird show that constantly making d*** and as* joke constantly but when you're watching the actual show, you will be surprised by how when you watching from some of the episode at the start, you will laugh but by the end of some episodes, you will cry non-stop and I'm not joking or pulling your leg with this one. Gintama has the power to do that if you actually watch the show.
Literally. And when it starts getting too serious you start missing the comedy moments cuz that was not the Gintama I expected... 🥲😭😭
Fun fact: Kin Tama (golden Balls) means testicles 😂 so lots of jokes about Gintama x Kintama
But it also has another meaning:
Gin tama (silver soul) also represents a re occurring theme in the show that even if you are not perfect, beautiful, strong, a good person, etc etc (a golden soul) you can still occasionally shine with a beautiful silver light 😊
Luke I’m here for your comedy anime journey.
Best for you right now is Grand Blue. It’s fun, short and addicting but without any restrictions to other animes.
Jojo is great but with 6/7 seasons, it becomes great starting from season 2 so you have to commit because it’s lengthy.
Gintama is like dessert after you had a blast of main course buffet of anime.
So I was on vacation in China, I decided to see a movie while I was there. Just to see the difference between seeing a movie in a foreign country versus at home. Turns out that the Gintama live action movie had just been released, it was my first experience with the series. "Oh, so this is a historical series.....why is there a guy in a penguin suit?"
Gintama is top 5 anime for me because one arc I'm dying laughing and then the next its the most heart wrenching death of a character and there's no in between
He needed his wife to react to so that he think's what he was watching was real 🤣
Gintama is my favourite anime of all time! It's honestly hilarious. I tried recommending it to my friends back then but they dropped it early on because they find the first 10 episodes to be boring :')
But it honestly builds up rapidly if you continue watching it!
ナイスリアクション！ようこそ“日本のコメディーアニメへ”このアニメは2006年〜2018年まで、12年間続いた人気アニメです。実写映画化もされました。パロディの放送シーンは、無断使用で関係者の方々に謝罪に行く事もあったとか（笑）
Gintama is the only anime that is more bizarre than Jojo’s
This is the best anime every created, Gintama what a show will always be my favorite
Hahhaa I love Luke's comments on everything. Especially when he goes, "...I feel like I'd get most of them." And instantly misses a One Piece reference on the next clip
15:42 Luke... you are super red and crying. Are you ok? XD
Gintama is the reward you treat yourself to after watching dozens of shows. You're not Japanese so you'll never get it 100% but you will enjoy it. Theres nothing i can say to describe the show that hasnt already been said, but in 20+ years of watching shows and thousands of episodes, it is my favorite series.
She watched it even more out of context
07:40 😂😂 I was dying of laughter. Thanks for adding their reaction too 😂
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Even though it has moments like this, it actually has an outstanding overarching story that is serious and will make you cry at times.
I know it might be hard to believe but I guess you'll have to see for yourself ;)
No way you reacting gintama, this is wild 😂😂😂😂
I wish there was a Bobobo compilation on RUclips. I looked everywhere but it's only short clip videos :c Hilarious anime from early 2000s
Gintama is my favorite anime. You should definitely watch it! I promise you will laugh at least once nearly every episode.
Gintama has a strong hold on #1 for my favorite anime of all time, simply being fun and it's penchant for mixing in sob stories and it doesn't feel off too.
I hope you react to this in the future tho it's not something that you can get hooked on instantly, I mean for most anime watchers because this is not the usual hyped up typa thing in this generation of anime. I remembered this series when I was looking for comedy anime and eventually I stayed because I became curious of Gintoki's backstory but in the long run I ultimately came to love this series, still my no. 1. All of the characters are lovable and you'll see the beauty of the story if you come to love it.
"I swear there is a testicle joke every 10s"
Gintama is actually a testicle joke.
Direct Translation:
Gintama = silver marble
Kintama = gold marble
Meaning Translation:
Gintama = silver soul
Kintama = testicles (golden balls)
Also "ki" and "gi" are basically the same kana:
ki = き(hiragana) / キ (katakana)
gi = ぎ (hiragana) / ギ (katakana)
So if you glance over the title in kana you might read "Testicles" xD
Gorilla-sensei's wisdom knows no bounds.
I would certainly say that the episode of gintama you watched was more insane than the first episode of JoJo. It had flying police cars, 4th wall breking and rapid pace timimg and jokes. Jojo was just over the top.
The Gintama manga ran for over a decade in Weekly Shounen Jump, and it got a lot of mileage out of parodying other Jump manga...but the parodies ranged further afield. There are episodes referencing Star Wars, even an episode parodying the movie Slumdog Millionaire. There are even places where the humor goes meta, like a whole arc making fun of character popularity polls. The manga author is even a character in the show (he's depicted as a gorilla).
But there's another layer to Gintama: the overall setting and story is a sci-fi alternate history taking place in a warped version of the Bakumatsu period of Japanese history (the 1860s, right before the Meiji Restoration), where instead of American gunboats showing up, it was fleets of space aliens. In fact, many of the human characters are based on real Japanese historical figures. The main character has several run-ins with the Shinsengumi, who get a lot of development. So if you've done any reading on Japanese history, you'll get an extra charge out of the show.
This anime is a slice of life comedy with a lot of drama and action
Well clearly you weren't ready for Gintama🤣🤣🤣🤣
Basically it's THE definition of parody anime and yet it still somehow carries emotional and relatable message across the world, which makes the show one of the most popular ones.
You can react to the series at anytime, people (including me) would recommend it after watching ALL shonen animes anyway😝
Well now I have to recommend "1 Second From Every Episode of Gintama". Its another video alot of people enjoy reacting to before watching.
Gintama is a mix of South Park, Futurama, serious shonen and reference to plenty of animes. Decide for yourself when to watch it, even after twenty years of anime I didn’t get all the references. But if you want, for sure all big shonens are referenced, and each reference is making fun of its source. So more you know, more funny it gets.