Gintama Ato no Matsuri event, which was held on March 19, 2023, announced that Gintama manga’s spinoff light novel, Class 3Z Ginpachi-sensei, will be getting an anime adaptation as a part of the anime’s 20th anniversary celebration.

A new trailer featuring Gintoki and Ginpachi sensei was revealed to commemorate the announcement.

More information will be revealed at a later date.

Additionally, it was also revealed that various projects for the franchise will be planned from the year 2023 to 2026 as part of 20th anniversary celebration.

Class 3Z Ginpachi-sensei light novel was authored by Tomohito Osaki and illustrated by Hideaki Sorachi. It was published by Shueisha.

The first novel was published on Feb 3, 2006. As of Sep 4, 2013, seven light novels have been published

Gintama is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hideaki Sorachi. It was serialized in Shueisha’s shonen manga magazine Weekly Shonen Jump from December 2003 to September 2018, later in Jump Giga from December 2018 to February 2019. Its chapters were collected in 77 tankobon volumes.

The series has been adapted into an original video animation (OVA) by Sunrise and was featured at Jump Festa 2006 Anime Tour in 2005. This was followed by a full 367-episode anime television series, which debuted in April 2006 on TV Tokyo, and finished in October 2018.

Three animated films have also been produced. The first film premiered in April 2010. The second film premiered in July 2013. The third and final film premiered in January 2021.

Source: Comic Natalie