When 3rd Year Class Z Ginpachi-Sensei was first announced in October, an actual animated teaser was not ready so the voice actors improvised, as is standard for the Gintama anime.

Tomokazu Sugita (Gintoki Sakata), Daisuke Sakaguchi (Shinpachi Shimura), and Rie Kugimiya (Kagura) were on stage at Jump Festa ’25 on Saturday evening to present the proper trailer for 3rd Year Class Z Ginpachi-Sensei.

Set in a a stereotypical Japanese high school, the cast of Gintama are now students with Gintoki Sakata as Ginpachi Sakata, a teacher wearing “a sloppy white coat” and with “eyes like a dead fish” who struggles to maintain order over his rebellious homeroom class.

Reprising their roles in the anime are Tomokazu Sugita as Ginpachi Sakata, Daisuke Sakaguchi as Shinpachi Shimura, Rie Kugimiya as Kagura, Satsuki Yukino as Tae Shimura, Susumu Chiba as Isao Kondo, Kazuya Nakai as Toshiro Hijikata, Kenichi Suzumura as Sogo Okita, Tetsuharu Ohta as Sagaru Yamazaki, Akira Ishida as Kotaro Katsura, Takehito Koyasu as Shinsuke Takasugi, and Satoshi Hino as Kamui.

Working on 3rd Year Class Z Ginpachi-Sensei are series creator Hideaki Sorachi and author Tomohito Osaki, directors Makoto Moriwaka and Natsumi Higashida, series composition by Fudeyasu Kazuyuki, character designs by Shinji Takeuchi, music by Audio Highs, with animation production by BN Pictures.

3rd Year Class Z Ginpachi-Sensei is scheduled to air in October 2025.

Sources: Jump Festa ’25, @gintamamovie

© Hideaki Sorachi, Tomohito Osaki/Shueisha, “3rd Year Class Z Ginpachi-Sensei” Production Committee

 

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