S1 E1 • Everyone Looks a Little Grown Up After Spring Break

Shinpachi Shimura returns to the Yorozuya and discovers his friends drastically changed during the break. Feeling left behind, he returns home and discovers his sister, Tae Shimura, engaged to Isao Kondo. Tae and Kando enlists Shinpachi into the Shinsengumi and reveals that Tae is pregnant. Shinpachi runs to the ocean and laments the sudden changes of those around him. There, he learns about Kyubei Yagyu`s sex change to modify her life. They are interrupted by Kotaro Katsura who also changed his gender due to his and Kyubei`s characters` similarities.

Première diffusion : 4 avril 2011

S1 E2 • Everyone Looks Pretty Grown Up After Summer Break

As Katsura and Kyubei fight for the title of the best transgendered, Shinpachi leaves to find that the Shinsengumi members also suffered a sudden change in their selves; Sogo Okita is the leader from the group and orders him and Toshiro Hijikata, Sagaru Yamazaki to attack the Yorozuya. As the three leave, Hijikata knocks out Yamazaki, as he was faking his change. He and Shinpachi learn that an invasion of parasite aliens is responsible for change to their friends and proceed to destroy them. However, they find problems in the outcome, and both Hijikata and and Shinpachi are knocked out in the process, with Gintoki being actually only person without a parasite.

Première diffusion : 11 avril 2011

S1 E3 • Use a Calligraphy Pen for New Year Cards / The Heart Comes Before Chocolate

As Gintoki complains of writing News Years cards, Yorozuya learn of what his friends have done over the holidays. He also receives cards saying his friends have gotten married, while they have lied and just Photoshopped the photos. The episode ends with Kondo, Sachan and Hasegawa telling their story of how they wrote a News Years card. The second part starts with the same opening, but Gin complains of the lack of chocolate. Kagura has a chocolate for Gintoki and Shinpachi, but is too embarrassed to give to them. She enlists the help of Otae, Sachan and Tsukuyo to help, but they are each too embarrassed to help her and make her give their chocolates to Gintoki. She indifferently give Gintoki and Shipachi the chocolate saying they were on the door step, as the happily run for the chocolate, they find all the chocolates were said to be from Kagura.

Première diffusion : 18 avril 2011

S1 E4 • Meals Should Be Balanced / We Are All Warriors in the Battle Against Fate

Yamazaki has a mental breakdown cause of Anpans and Kondo finally gets a date (Or does he!)

Première diffusion : 25 avril 2011

S1 E5 • It's Too Confusing When Talking About the Poster Girl for a Poster Store, So Call Her a Sandwich Board

Catherine appears to have a boyfriend and has drastically improved her appearance. Her boyfriend is a regular at Snack Otose, an entrepreneur by the name of Suejiro. Catherine decides to leave the Kabuki district to start a new bar with him.

Première diffusion : 2 mai 2011

S1 E6 • Glasses Are Part of the Soul

The Odd Jobs` TV breaks out with Sachan inside. Gintoki tells Sadaharu to throw her away with the TV, but Sachan`s precious glasses are broken in the process. Gintoki reluctantly buys Sa-chan a new pair of glasses, but they are bottle bottom glasses that are clearly the wrong prescription. Sa-chan is overjoyed that Gintoki has given her a present, but the new glasses are responsible for a chain of failures on her assassination job. Her superiors now question her commitment.

Première diffusion : 9 mai 2011

S1 E7 • Glasses Prevent You From Seeing Certain Things

Gintoki and crew continue to defend Sarutobi against the Lethal Punishers. But against such assassins as the Pillow Masa, T-shirt Tatsu, and the Chuubert Chu Brothers, will they win?

Première diffusion : 16 mai 2011

S1 E8 • Nothing Lasts Forever, Including Parents, Money, Youth, Your Room, Dress Shirts, Me, You, and the Gintama Anime

Due to a lack of budget, the Yorozuya try to use old footage to make a filler episodes. While Hasegawa first plays a theme song, the characters then watch a fake trailer a supposed second film based on the series. The episode ends with a chapter of "Teach us Ginpachi-sensei", a story in which Gintoki is the teacher from high school class composed of anime`s characters.

Première diffusion : 23 mai 2011

S1 E9 • A Lawless Town Tends to Attract a Bunch of Whoohooey Folk

Pirako Chin is looking for the strongest man in the Kabuki District. Now Gintoki has an underling who wants to turn Kabuki District into a garden of bright red flowers.

Première diffusion : 30 mai 2011

S1 E10 • Ghosts Aren't the Only Ones Who Run Wild Around Graveyards

Pirako`s real plan is to help Jirocho, her father, take over the town.

Première diffusion : 6 juin 2011

S1 E11 • Chains of a Warrior

Pirako is pleased to hear that Otose, the reason for Jirocho`s attachment to the Kabuki district, has been eliminated. With Otose gone, the balance of power among the Four Devas has crumbled and a war is in the works in the Kabuki district. Meanwhile, the Odd Jobs crew is watching over Otose when Saigo appears and informs them that the bar will be destroyed by the Four Devas. He urges them to leave this town, now that they`ve lost their home...Finally, the day comes for them to leave Snack Otose. Source: crunchyroll

Première diffusion : 13 juin 2011

S1 E12 • Iron Town

Tama, Tatsumi, Tetsuko, Kozen, Madao, Kyoshiro. Everybody is out in full force to fight for the Kabuki District. Male escorts vs. trannies, Cabaret girls vs. Yakuza, robots blowing things up. It’s an all-out war!

Première diffusion : 20 juin 2011

S1 E13 • 'Tis An Honor!

Jirocho and Gin battle Kada`s elite Harusame forces while the rest of the denizens of Kabuki-cho take on her main forces in the streets. Kada is utterly stunned when her elite forces are beat by just these two humans, and flees the scene. Gin then helps Jirocho resolve his issues regarding Tatsugoro; Otose and Jirocho reconcile at the hospital. Outside the hospital, Kada desperately launches one last feeble attempt at conquering Kabuki-cho, but is stopped in her tracks by Pirako and the Yorozuya - Kada settles for swearing that the Harusame will be back, and flees yet again. At the very end, Jirocho denounces all other names he has ever been called except for Father of Pirako, and goes with his daughter back to the country.

Première diffusion : 27 juin 2011

S1 E14 • Odds or Evens

Kagura`s older brother, Kamui, visits Kada`s cell where she is being kept after having been captured by the Kiheitai and loses at a game of odds or evens. He is approached by one of the 12 captains who tells him he has the 12 captains support if he chooses to overthrow Admiral Abo. Kamui orders his second to kill the members of the Kiheitai, isolating Takasugi so Kamui can duel him. As the Kiheitai`s ship is about to be attacked the Admiral double crosses Kamui and imprisons him out of fear. Takasugi visits Kada`s cell and loses at a game of odds or evens. After a brief conversation Takasugi rescues Kamui at his execution, overthrowing Admiral Abo. Kamui becomes Admiral and the episode ends with Takasugi visiting Kada`s cell one last time to lose at a game of odds or evens.

Première diffusion : 4 juillet 2011

S1 E15 • I Can't Remember a Damn Thing About the Factory Tour

Kagura invites a bunch of kids to the Yorozuya. They, along with other characters get shunned by them and invites them into a "factory tour".

Première diffusion : 11 juillet 2011

S1 E16 • What Happens Twice Can Happen Thrice

Gintoki and Hasegawa have to help the shogun when he is at the pool.

Première diffusion : 18 juillet 2011

S1 E17 • The Pincers of a Crab Can Snip Through a Friendship

Otose sent a box of crab to the Yoruzuya. Before they can divide the crab`s legs to themselves, suddenly, there came a blackout after the electricity came back one leg is missing and Gintoki ate it. Another blackout came and another leg was missing and Kagura ate it, saying she was attacked by a gorilla. Shinpachi then put up a candle. Then Gintoki and Kagura ate all of the legs. When Shinpachi claims the crab`s whole body they found themselves fighting for a crab congee and ended up eating crab-flavored cheap food.

Première diffusion : 25 juillet 2011

S1 E18 • People Forget to Return Stuff All the Time Without Even Realizing It

Kagura helps a iwamatsu, the last part have the yoruzuya and shinsengumi in the bathhouse just as neighbor Hedero arrives with family members visiting Edo.

Première diffusion : 1 août 2011

S1 E19 • The Bathhouse, Where You're Naked in Body and Soul

Gin, Kondo, Hijkata, Okita, and Shin are stuck in the public bath with the demons. Every lie they tell digs their grave deeper. Can they really get away with kicking heads in, ripping off horns, and setting demons on fire with lotion?

Première diffusion : 8 août 2011

S1 E20 • Jugem

The monkey, aka "Jugem Jugem... (abbreviated) Runny Diarrhea," has grown close to Kyubei. However, their time together did not last. The Shogun family ordered that the Yagyu return Runny Diarrhea. The monkey escapes from the Shogun family to see Kyubei again. Kyubei and the other Yagyu members are forced to continue a desperate and fruitless search for Runny Diarrhea.

Première diffusion : 15 août 2011

S1 E21 • The Name Reveals the Person

The monkey, aka "Jugem Jugem... (abbreviated) Runny Diarrhea," has grown close to Kyubei. However, their time together did not last. The Shogun family ordered that the Yagyu return Runny Diarrhea. The monkey escapes from the Shogun family to see Kyubei again. Kyubei and the other Yagyu members are forced to continue a desperate and fruitless search for Runny Diarrhea... Source: crunchyroll

Première diffusion : 22 août 2011

S1 E22 • The Man's Household Situation is Hard, His Heart is Soft

Katsura infiltrates Matsudaira`s household and ends up pondering family values.

Première diffusion : 29 août 2011

S1 E23 • Blue and Red Ecstasy

The Yorozuya run into a mysterious Blu-ray DVD with a depressed female ghost in it. The ghost moves into their TV, making all the programs gloomy as well. Gintoki then attempts to find use for the ghost as a navigator.

Première diffusion : 5 septembre 2011

S1 E24 • So in the Second Season of Prison Break, They're Already Broken Out of Prison, But the Name Works Once You Realize That Society

Gintoki gets thrown in prison after being framed, and while he`s made an enemy of the warden, he`s managed to become the boss of the prisoners. With his underling Shachi in tow, Gintoki skips his menial labor duties to search the warden`s room for anything incriminating. Understanding that the punishment will be fatal if they are caught, Gintoki disguises himself by putting on pajamas...

Première diffusion : 12 septembre 2011

S1 E25 • Everybody Loves Pajamas

Gintoki continues creating havoc in the prison.

Première diffusion : 19 septembre 2011

S1 E26 • Speaking of Crossovers, Don't Forget About Alien vs. Predator

This episode is a sidestory! Gintama has been involved in many (one-sided) crossovers. This time, they`re working with the Jump comedy manga Sket Dance! An episodic anime that airs on Thursdays at 6 PM about a group of three odd jobbers with plenty of laughs and tears... Sounds very similar to Gintama. As Gintoki warns that the Sket Dan is coming after Gintama, the Sket Dan members appear and offer a challenge! Source: crunchyroll

Première diffusion : 26 septembre 2011

S1 E27 • Love is Neither Plus Nor Minus

Shinpachi introduces his new girlfriend to Otae...but she turns out to be Momo-san, a character from the popular Love Choris game. There are more and more boys in Edo who can no longer distinguish game from reality like Shinpachi. Otae asks Gintoki to bring Shinpachi back to the real world. The only way is by entering the world of Love Choris and talking some sense into him. Gintoki ends up choosing a very unique heroine to be his girlfriend... Source: crunchyroll

Première diffusion : 3 octobre 2011

S1 E28 • Making It Through Love

Gintoki is participating in the My Wife World Tournament so he can cure Shinpachi of his addiction to the romance simulation game Love Choris. The tournament involves in-game dates with the heroines. In the Momo group, Shinpachi uses a passive approach to dominate the other players! Source: crunchyroll

Première diffusion : 10 octobre 2011

S1 E29 • It Would Take Too Much Effort to Make This Title Sound Like a Text Message Subject

Kagura begs Gintoki for a cell phone, but the tight Odd Jobs budget won`t allow for one. That`s when they discover three cell phones in Sadaharu`s poop! They immediately have the technical whiz Gengai fix the phones and each member gets one. Kagura is ecstatic to have a cell phone, but Gintoki and Shinpachi are annoyed by her incessant texting... Source: crunchyroll

Première diffusion : 17 octobre 2011

S1 E30 • When You Go to a Funeral For the First Time, You're Surprised by How Happy the People Are

Odd Jobs attends the funeral for the owner of the restaurant they frequented. A few Shinsengumi members are also present. Gintoki and Hijikata, known for their bizarre sense of taste, lament the loss of one of Edo`s treasures... As the funeral proceeds, the dead owner suddenly makes a move!! Only Gintoki and Hijikata can see him... But when they try to escape from the owner... Source: crunchyroll

Première diffusion : 24 octobre 2011

S1 E31 • The People You Tend to Forget Tend to Show Up After You Forget Them

Elizabeth vanishes, leaving behind a sign that says "Don`t look." Katsura asks Odd Jobs to help look for him, but then he remembers that it`s been a year since he last saw Elizabeth. He never even realized that Elizabeth had left home! They decide to go to Katsura`s home to search for clues. Source: crunchyroll

Première diffusion : 31 octobre 2011

S1 E32 • Space Ururun Homestay

Katsura and the Odd Jobs members learn the truth about Elizabeth`s disappearance from his former lover, Fumiko. He was actually a spy from the legendary mercenary tribe, the Renho. Fumiko asks them to protect Earth and Elizabeth from the Renho. Meanwhile, a strange rain is turning the faces of the people of Edo with Elizabeth faces who can only communicate with signs! The invasion of the Renho army has begun. Source: crunchyroll

Première diffusion : 7 novembre 2011

S1 E33 • Piggy Banks and Trash Cans

Odd Jobs, Katsura, and Sakamoto disguise themselves as Renho to join Fumiko in infiltrating the enemy base. Dark Vader, feared by all as the evil lord, plans to use the Renho`s anti-samurai Gunsams to attack while the people of Earth are distracted by the rain. Gintoki and the others must stop the invasion of Earth before it`s too late, but instead they appear to be bonding with the Renho. That is when Elizabeth, General Eren, appears! Source: crunchyroll

Première diffusion : 14 novembre 2011

S1 E34 • Empty Planet

Gintoki and Sakamoto reveal themselves and attack the Double Dragon generals. Meanwhile, Elizabeth has launched in the Gunsam to battle Dark Vader in a duel to the death. Elizabeth is helpless against Dark Vader. That is when Katsura arrives to protect his friend`s back! Source: crunchyroll

Première diffusion : 21 novembre 2011

S1 E35 • Don't Say Goodbye Lionel Will You Survive

Gintoki and co have launched in the Galactic Merchant Fleet Robot Kaien to take out Dark Vader. Having made peace with the Renho, they now fight for their pride as Earthlings and samurai against Dark Vader, who has become one with the Renho home planet. Will they be able to restore peace to the universe? Source: crunchyroll

Première diffusion : 28 novembre 2011

S1 E36 • Please Take Me Skiing

Matsudaira forces the Shinsengumi to take a vacation to the ski slopes. He tells them to enjoy their time off, but in reality, they`ve been sent to guard the Shogun on his first snowboard trip. The Shinsengumi members are doing their best to protect the Shogun since their lives are on the line, but then they run into some familiar faces... Source: crunchyroll

Première diffusion : 5 décembre 2011

S1 E37 • A Vacation in Disorientation

The Shinsengumi is tricked into escorting the Shogun on his first snowboarding trip. Then they run into the Odd Jobs members. Yada yada, everybody`s stranded in the middle of the mountains, plus the Shogun is missing. Hijikata orders a search for the Shogun while securing warm shelter. Source: crunchyroll

Première diffusion : 12 décembre 2011

S1 E38 • You know those year-end parties where you keep drinking until you've forgotten everything that happened the past year? There are

It`s a year-end party at Odd Jobs! The Gintama anime has been through a lot, but Gintoki tells Kagura and Shinpachi to keep it cool. And then the usual members join in for some real partying... The next morning, Gintoki wakes up to discover that he`s made some very bad mistakes. Will Gin-san be able to survive the worst blunder in five years of Gintama!? Source: crunchyroll

Première diffusion : 19 décembre 2011

S1 E39 • People can Only Live by Forgetting the Bad

After getting drunk at the year-end party, Gintoki managed to become a six-timer in one night. In order to prevent the show from being pulled off the air, Gintoki is forced into engaging in a relationship with all of them. And now he has to go on dates with all of them at the same time...! Source: crunchyroll

Première diffusion : 26 décembre 2011

S1 E40 • We Are All Hosts, in Capital Letters

The number one host in the Kabuki district, Kyoshiro, summons the Odd Jobs members to his club, Takamagahara, and tells them that he intends to quit because of a lady named Madame Yagami who controls the night world. It seems that she declared she would be making a second visit to Takamagahara, which is essentially a death sentence. The hosts at Kyoshiro`s have quit out of fear, so Gintoki and co must find hosts to handle the Madame... Source: crunchyroll

Première diffusion : 9 janvier 2012

S1 E41 • Girls Like Vegeta, Guys Like Piccolo

The Madame`s arrival is imminent. Kyoshiro, Gintoki, and friends attempt to scout some help, but they end up with a bunch of oddballs. And it turns out that Otae has invited guests from all over town who go wild and leave the bar and Kyoshiro broken! There`s no time to worry about taking care of customers. But at the worst possible time, Madame Yagami arrives! Source: crunchyroll

Première diffusion : 16 janvier 2012

S1 E42 • Draw Your Life on the Canvas We Call Manga

Jellybeans Vanguard Honda is on his fifth year as a Jump editor. However, he`s been assigned to the manga Gintaman, which has driven multiple editors insane. In order to save himself, Honda must find a new talented artist so he can be reassigned. One day, he is visited by an aspiring manga artist by the name of N3016. Is this artist as juvenile as his name suggests? Source: crunchyroll

Première diffusion : 23 janvier 2012

S1 E43 • Check It Out!!

The Sasaki family is as elite as it gets, and one of its members, Tetsunosuke, has joined the Shinsengumi. He would have joined the Mimawarigumi, a police force with pedigree, but he is considered a troublemaker, which is why he was sent to the Shinsengumi. Kondo assigns Tetsu to Hijikata as an assistant, so Hijikata is forced to endure the new recruit... Source: crunchyroll

Première diffusion : 30 janvier 2012

S1 E44 • Thorny and Rosy

Tetsunosuke has completely changed as he sincerely tries to perform his new job. Isaburo despises Tetsunosuke and tells Hijikata that he should dispose of him, but Hijikata, who came from a similar background, sympathizes with Tetsunosuke and looks after him. Meanwhile, Gintoki, who was arrested by the Mimawarigumi, has been assigned a mission by Isaburo... Source: crunchyroll

Première diffusion : 6 février 2012

S1 E45 • Festival of Thornys

Tetsunosuke has been ordered to deliver a letter for Hijikata. However, he`s captured by the radical Joi Check It Out gang in the process. Tetsunosuke had concealed his identity to join the gang, but now they know that he has connections to the police. He`s taken hostage as leverage over the Shinsengumi and Mimawarigumi. However, the Mimawarigumi shows no concern for the hostage and plots to place the blame squarely on the Shinsengumi. Hijikata and the other members are enraged after learning Isaburo`s plans. The Shinsengumi and Mimawarigumi are now in an all-out fight. Source: crunchyroll

Première diffusion : 13 février 2012

S1 E46 • Letter from Thorny

The Shinsengumi attempt to save Tetsunosuke from the Check It Out gang, but the Mimawarigumi stands in the way. Neither side is willing to back down, but Gintoki, who had infiltrated the gang as a Mimawarigumi spy, manages to save Tetsunosuke! Kondo orders the Shinsengumi to begin fighting back! Source: crunchyroll

Première diffusion : 20 février 2012

S1 E47 • Madaodog Madaonaire

The middle-aged dumb-ass oldie, or Madao, Taizo Hasegawa finds himself on a game show with a chance to win ten million yen. Will he be able to endure the pressure and become a Madaonaire!? And what is Madao`s motivation for participating in the game show...? Source: crunchyroll

Première diffusion : 27 février 2012

S1 E48 • Presents Are Meant to Be Given Early

A character from 2 years ago is back with a request for Gin. This favor will take the Odd-Job Trio right in the middle of Satan Festival in this very special Christmas episode. Source: crunchyroll

Première diffusion : 5 mars 2012

S1 E49 • New Year's Envelopes Are Perfect for Dirty Jokes

Gin is trying to hand out New Year Envelopes but the lack of children characters make it hard. To make matters worse, everyone seems to have their mind wrapped around long cylindrical objects and small spherical objects. Source: crunchyroll

Première diffusion : 12 mars 2012

S1 E50 • When Sleeping Under a Kotatsu, Make Sure You Don't Burn Your Balls

Nobody cares anymore, the animators, producers, not even Hideaki Sorachi. Aww, it’s such a drag even the characters are airing their grievances. Where do we go from here? Source: crunchyroll

Première diffusion : 19 mars 2012