Gintama: The Very Final

Gintama: The Very Final (2021) is the feature-length send-off to the anime saga, and you can watch it online on iFILM. Adapted from Hideaki Sorachi's long-running manga, it throws the Yorozuya crew into one last fight for Edo.

Two years have passed and the group has scattered. Gintoki studies the Altana, Kagura roams space trying to undo what happened to Sadaharu, and Shinpachi holds together what's left of home. Then the remnants of the Tendoshu reach for the Altana again, Utsuro's power keeps swelling, and old allies — the Shinsengumi, even former enemies — line up shoulder to shoulder. Takasugi is fighting just to stay alive.

This is the payoff to a story Sorachi drew for over a decade, so it plays like a long final chord rather than a starting point: a newcomer will find people to root for but miss half the callbacks. Longtime fans get exactly what they came for — 104 minutes of brawls, gags and goodbyes from Bandai Namco Pictures. Stream Gintama: The Very Final (2021) online on iFILM.