In Japan, the Gin Tama manga has been popular, with over 55 million copies in print, making it one of the best-selling manga series.
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14 Facts About Gin Tama
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Gin Tama agrees to an unequal contract with the aliens, placing a ban on carrying swords in public and allowing the invaders to enter the country.
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Gin Tama helps a teenager named Shinpachi Shimura save his sister Tae from an alien group that wants to send her to a brothel.
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Hideaki Sorachi's main focus in Gin Tama is the use of gags; during the manga's second year of serialization, he started to add more drama to the story while still keeping the comedy.
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Gin Tama figured out what to write by staying in his room or going for a walk.
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Two animated specials of Gin Tama were developed by Sunrise for the Jump Festa Anime Tour 2005 and 2008.
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Series of light novels based on the Gin Tama manga has been authored by Tomohito Osaki, illustrated by Hideaki Sorachi, and published by Shueisha.
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Gin Tama characters appear in the Weekly Shonen Jump crossover Jump Super Stars and its sequel, Jump Ultimate Stars, both for Nintendo DS.
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Gin Tama manga had 50 million volumes in print as of May 2016 and over 55 million as of February 2018.
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In 2008 Gin Tama was featured in two Oricon surveys; it ranked at the top as "funniest manga" and 5th in "most interesting manga".
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In North America, Gin Tama has ranked as the best new shonen manga from 2007 in About.
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Critical response to the Gin Tama manga has generally been positive when it comes to gags.
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