The Gintama franchise is active through a school comedy spin-off manga, a pop-up shop tour, new prize figures, and a digital promotion tied to a theatrical re-release.
The Gintama franchise has maintained a steady presence in 2026 through multiple concurrent initiatives. The most recent story, from June 5, announced a pop-up shop themed 'Cool Summer Breeze' that will run at Daimaru Tokyo Store starting June 17, then travel to Daimaru Kobe and Matsuzakaya Shizuoka. The shop features newly drawn yukata illustrations of six characters and offers limited goods such as hologram badges and acrylic stands, with purchase bonuses of random bromide prints for every 2,000 yen spent.
On June 4, the first collected volume of the spin-off manga Gintama: 3-Nen Z-Gumi Ginpachi-Sensei was released. The volume includes an obi with a comment from original creator Hideaki Sorachi. The spin-off, which adapts a novel and began serialization as a vertical-scroll manga in Jump TOON in October 2025, also runs in Jump Square, whose July issue features a replaceable cover for the volume.
Earlier in the week, on June 2, Bandai Spirits' Banpresto brand displayed upcoming prize figures for Gintama at the 84th Prize Fair in Tokyo, slated for release from October to December 2026. On May 29, all 77 volumes of the original manga became free to read for three days on LINE Manga and ebookjapan, celebrating the start of 4DX screenings for the film New Gintama Movie: Yoshiwara in Flames. The promotion also included a user-voted episode ranking and a gacha event.
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A Gintama pop-up shop themed 'Cool Summer Breeze' runs at Daimaru Tokyo Store from June 17, 2026, then at Daimaru Kobe and Matsuzakaya Shizuoka. Newly drawn yukata illustrations of Gintoki, Hijikata, Okita, Katsura, Takasugi, and Kamui appear on limited goods including hologram badges, acrylic stands, and venue-exclusive items. Purchase bonuses of random bromide prints are offered with every 2,000 yen spent.
The first volume of the manga adaptation of the Gintama spin-off novel was released on June 4. The volume features an obi with a comment from original creator Hideaki Sorachi. The July issue of Jump Square includes a replaceable cover for the volume.
At the 84th Prize Fair in Tokyo, Bandai Spirits' Banpresto brand displayed upcoming prize figures for release from October to December 2026. The lineup includes figures for Blue Archive, Ultraman Series, Baki, Witch Hat Atelier, Ranma 1/2, Dandadan, Naruto, Gintama, and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.
All 77 volumes of Hideaki Sorachi's manga series Gintama are available to read for free on the LINE Manga and ebookjapan platforms from May 29 to May 31. The three-day campaign celebrates the long-running popularity of the series and the start of 4DX screenings for the film New Gintama Movie: Yoshiwara in Flames, which began on May 29. On LINE Manga's special page, readers can participate in a user-voted ranking of the best Gintama episodes and browse a curated collection of famous scenes. A separate gacha event, running from May 29 to May 30, offers chances to win manga coins or time-saving items. The campaign covers the monochrome edition of the series, published by Shueisha, and is exclusive to the two services.