Jumping the Shark

by moyism on April 8th, 2007

Jumping the shark but in a good way. At least, that’s what I thought after watching Gintama episode 50. One thing that’s great about anime comedy series, especially those that don’t take themselves seriously, is they’re allowed to be more creative and outgoing compared to say, something like Death Note that’s high on drama and character development.

With that being said, the most recent episode of Gintama had the cast celebrating making it to Year 2 of airing and trying to think of some way to give more “umph” to the series. Basically this led the majority of main and supporting characters dropping by Gin’s place (the main hero played by the awesome Tomokazu Sugita) giving their two cents on what the anime should be like. What followed were some hilarious suggestions that parodied other famous anime series and media until Gin gave his suggestion, which ended being the new OP and ED for the series.

What follows is some of my favorite suggestions given by the characters with short commentaries, including what media was being parodied. All I have to say is be prepared, very prepared

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