Gintama Season 5

Gintama is a comedic manga/anime written and illustrated by Hideaki Sorachi. The story is set in an Edo which has been conquered by aliens named Amanto. The plot follows a samurai named Gintoki Sakata's point of view, who works as a freelancer alongside Shinpachi Shimura and Kagura in order to pay the monthly rent. Sorachi added the science fiction setting to develop characters to his liking after his editor suggested doing a historical series.


After episode 201, Gintama has been on hiatus. The reason for it has not been confirmed and many fans thought it was cancelled. But it was announced a few months after that it will be airing again on April 4th 2011.


To me, Gintama has been consistently the most funniest series ever. Although it's a comedy/parody, there are also a touch of seriousness which I like about it. It has a cast of minor characters that keeps growing but never overstaying their welcome. I enjoy their parodies and references that they make to poke fun at everything in pop culture.