神作再临!《银魂》二期今春绽放!.docVIP

神作再临!《银魂》二期今春绽放!If you have never taken part in the Gintama mania somehow, now is the perfect time to catch up because our beloved Gin will return with a whole new season! Ever since the anime ended on March 25th, 2010 with a total of 201 episodes, there have been a lot of rumors and suspicions about the second season. In December 2010, it was confirmed that Gintama would resume in April 2011. The story takes place in Edo (known today as Tokyo), which was conquered by aliens called Amanto. After the samurai[武士]’s rebellion[反抗] being put down[镇压], the Amanto placed a ban on carrying swords in public. Twenty years later, a boy named Shinpachi Shimura is saved by an ex-samurai, Gintoki Sakata. Together with the alien girl Kagura, the three of them run a business called “Odd Jobs Gin” to make ends meet[使收支相抵]. While doing their job, they run into Gintokis old friend Kotaro Katsura, the police force Shinsengumi, and the major antagonist[对手] Shinsuke Takasugi… Are you ready to laugh? Switch your brains on because the humor of Gintama operates on a totally different level! On the surface, the anime may look like another ha-ha-look-at-silly-people-do-silly-things comedy, but observant[观察力敏锐的] fans will laugh all the more because of its satirical[讽刺的] edge―the point is, you need to get the joke. They say that knowledge is power, and in this case, cultural and otaku knowledge gives one the power to laugh. To fully understand Hideaki Sorachi’s franchise[产品（特许权）], the viewer needs to have a good appreciation of both Japanese and Western cultures and have been familiar with a huge amount of anime, manga and games throughout decades, since the series intensively uses wordplay[文字游戏], puns[双关语], parodies[滑稽模仿] and pop culture references. No topic is safe from Sorachis jokes, whether it’s Jackie Chan, Obama, Bleach, Dragon Ball or the Weekly Shounen Jump itself注. Occasionally, Sorachi even uses a gorilla[大猩猩] as his avatar[化身] in the anime to m