Season 1
6.9/107 votesYou Guys!! Do You Even Have a Gintama?! (1)
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/4/2006
Gintoki, Shinpachi, and Kagura receive a request from a man who wants them to make him stronger.
Director: Naoki Hishikawa
Writer: Akatsuki Yamatoya
7.2/104 votesYou Guys!! Do You Even Have a Gintama?! (2)
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/4/2006
Gintoki's group goes to take back a house for a man who's been conned.
Director: Naoki Hishikawa
Writer: Akatsuki Yamatoya
7.7/103 votesNobody with Naturally Wavy Hair Can be That Bad!
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/11/2006
Sakata Gintoki meets Shimura Shinpachi. The two proceeds to save Shinpachi's older sister from an amanto entertainment club.
Director: Shinji Takamatsu
Writer: Akatsuki Yamatoya
8.0/103 votesWatch Out! Weekly Shonen JUMP Sometimes Comes Out on Saturdays!
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/25/2006
Gintoki and Shinpachi meet an amanto alien girl who's been chased after by gangster.
Director: Shinji Takamatsu, Yasuhiro Minami
Writer: Akatsuki Yamatoya
7.7/103 votesMake Friends You Can Call by Their Nicknames, Even When You're an Old Fart!
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/2/2006
Gintoki's group's been asked to deliver a package to an amanto alien embassy.
Director: Shinji Takamatsu
Writer: Akatsuki Yamatoya
7.7/103 votesKeep Your Promise Even If It Kills You
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/9/2006
A man tries to break out of jail, to attend a pop star's concert.
Director: Shinji Takamatsu
Writer: Akatsuki Yamatoya
7.3/103 votesResponsible Owners Should Clean Up After Their Pets!
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/16/2006
The group is hired to find an amanto alien prince's pet.
Director: Shinji Takamatsu
Writer: Unknown
7.7/103 votesThere Is Butt a Fine Line Between Persistence and Stubbornness
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/23/2006
Shinpachi's sister is being stalked by a Shinsengumi officer.
Director: Shinji Takamatsu
Writer: Unknown
7.3/103 votesFighting Should Be Done With Fists!
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 5/30/2006
The Shinsengumi goes to avenge their commander's defeat.
Director: Shinji Takamatsu
Writer: Unknown
7.7/103 votesEat Something Sour When You're Tired!
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 6/6/2006
The group picks up a giant white dog.
Director: Hiroyuki Hata
Writer: Kento Shimoyama
7.3/103 votesLook, Overly Sticky Sweet Dumplings Are Not Real Dumplings, You Idiot!
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 6/13/2006
The trio helps an old man to track down a woman whom he met when he was young. Shown as a one hour special with episode 12.
Director: Shinji Takamatsu
Writer: Unknown
7.7/103 votesIf You're Going to Cosplay, Go All Out!
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 6/20/2006
The group is hired to find a missing girl. However, the group is dragged into deeper trouble than they originally anticipated. Gintoki may require the help of his old friend Katsura to help him out of this mess.
Director: Kazuo Miyake
Writer: Akatsuki Yamatoya
7.7/103 votesBoys Have a Weird Ritual that Makes Them Think They Turn Into Men When They Touch Frogs! / You Only Gotta Wash Under Your Armpits - Just the Armpits
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 7/4/2006
Part 1 - The Shinsengumi is asked to protect an amanto alien official. Part 2 - Kagura meets a princess who's sneaked out from the castle.
Director: Yasuhiro Minami
Writer: Akatsuki Yamatoya
7.3/103 votesWhy is the Sea So Salty? Because You City Folk Pee Whenever You Go Swimming!
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 8/8/2006
In an effort to get some quick cash, Gintoki and Hasegawa, along with Shinpachi, Kagura, and Otae, head to the beach to get rid of a monster that's been terrorizing the area.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
8.0/102 votesIf You're a Man, Try the Swordfish / If You Go to Sleep With the Fan On, You'll Get a Stomachache, So Be Careful
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 8/22/2006
Part 1 - The group helps an amanto to protect his pond from developers. Part 2 - Gintoki goes all over town trying to find an electric fan replacement during a heatwave.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
8.5/102 votesWhen You're In a Fix, Keep On Laughing, Laughing...
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 9/12/2006
Gintoki, Shinpachi and Kagura go on a space trip in which Kagura had won tickets for.
Director: Norihiko Nagahama
Writer: Unknown
8.5/102 votesA Shared Soup Pot is a Microcosm of Life
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 10/5/2006
The series is entering into its third season! But the Yorozuya have other concerns: a battle of wits and deception to take reign of the sukiyaki pot!
Director: Kazuo Miyake
Writer: Michiko Yokote
8.7/103 votesDon’t Panic – There’s a Return Policy! / I Told You to Pay Attention to the News!
Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 11/2/2006
Part 1 - An amanto goes around town to steal swords of value. Meanwhile Kagura steals Gintoki's wooden sword and tries to sell it. Part 2 - Space cockroaches terrorize the town.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
8.7/103 votesLife Moves on Like a Conveyor Belt
Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 11/23/2006
Gintoki who still does not have his memory back, works at a factory which produces a mysterious items. Meanwhile, Shinpachi and Kagura goes to retrieve Gintoki.
Director: Shinji Takamatsu
Writer: Unknown
8.7/103 votesMistaking Someone’s Name is Rude!
Season 1 Episode 33 - Aired 11/30/2006
Sakamoto sends two amanto craftsmen to help rebuild the Yorozuya as repayment for him crashing his spaceship into the place.
Director: Shinji Takamatsu
Writer: Unknown
9.0/103 votesLove Doesn’t Require a Manual (1)
Season 1 Episode 34 - Aired 12/7/2006
Shinpachi saves a girl with cat ears while on a train ride. Later in a letter she sends him, the girl proceeds to ask him out.
Director: Shinji Takamatsu
Writer: Unknown
8.7/103 votesLove Doesn’t Require a Manual (2) / You Can't Judge a Person by His Appearance, Either
Season 1 Episode 35 - Aired 12/14/2006
Part 1 - Shinpachi deals with the kitty-dressed thief. Part 2 - Matsudaira gets Kondou, Hijikata, and Okita to help get his daughter to dump her boyfriend who he does not approve of.
Director: Shinji Takamatsu
Writer: Unknown
8.3/103 votesPeople with Dark Pasts Can't Shut Up
Season 1 Episode 36 - Aired 12/21/2006
A colleague of Otae has been scammed of her money by a cult. The Yorozuya and Otae goes to uncover the secret of the cult.
Director: Shinji Takamatsu
Writer: Unknown
8.0/103 votesPeople Who Say that Santa Doesn’t Really Exist Actually Want to Believe in Him / Prayer Won't Make Your Worldly Desires Go Away! Control Yourself
Season 1 Episode 37 - Aired 12/28/2006
Part 1 - Gintoki meets Santa and has to help him deliver gifts. Part 2 - Gintoki and Hattori fight over a year end double-issue of Jump (magazine).
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
9.0/103 votesOnly Children Play in the Snow / Eating Ice Cream In Winter Is Awesome
Season 1 Episode 38 - Aired 1/11/2007
Part 1 - Everyone's participating in the neighborhood snow building contest-- with disastrous results. Part 2 - An old man tries to get his wife to look at his fireworks & enjoy it.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
9.3/103 votesYou Can't Judge a Movie by Its Title
Season 1 Episode 41 - Aired 2/1/2007
Dissatisfied with Gintoki's reaction to Kagura's departure, Shinpachi quits and goes after Kagura.
Director: Shinji Takamatsu
Writer: Michiko Yokote
9.0/103 votesMake Characters So Anybody Can Tell Who They Are by Just Their Silhouettes / Since It Ended a Bit Early, We're Starting the Next One
Season 1 Episode 43 - Aired 2/15/2007
Part 1 - Otae, Sa-chan, and Catherine all try to go for the series' heroine position. Part 2 - Katsura enlists the Yorozuya to help him save Elizabeth-- but they need some ninja finesse to do it first.
Director: Yasuhiro Minami
Writer: Akatsuki Yamatoya
8.7/103 votesMom’s Busy, Too, So Quit Complaining About What’s for Dinner
Season 1 Episode 44 - Aired 2/22/2007
Katsura, along with the Yorozuya, goes to find Sarutobi Ayame to train them on ninja skills in preparation for their Elizabeth rescue.
Director: Hirofumi Ogura
Writer: Michiko Yokote
8.7/103 votesThe More You're Alike, the More You Fight / Whatever You Play, Play to Win
Season 1 Episode 48 - Aired 3/22/2007
Part 1 - A group of assassins want to take Hijikata out. The problem: none of them really expected what would happen when he encountered Gintoki Part 2 - Gintoki, Shinpachi and Kagura encounter an old man and are "forced" to play games with him; meanwhile, Sa-chan's master passed away and she went to attend his funeral.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
