Season 1
6.7/101,082 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
6.8/10958 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
7.1/101,152 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: Shigeki Takagi
Writer: Akatsuki Yamatoya
7.2/101,057 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: Yasuhiro Minami
Writer: Akatsuki Yamatoya
7.5/101,047 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: Youichi Fujita
Writer: Akatsuki Yamatoya
7.0/10994 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: Naoki Hishikawa
Writer: Akatsuki Yamatoya
7.1/10955 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: Kazuo Miyake
Writer: Kento Shimoyama
7.7/10986 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: Yasuhiro Minami
Writer: Katsuyuki Sumisawa
7.8/10976 votesFighting Should Be Done With Fists!
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 5/30/2006
The Shinsengumi goes to avenge their commander's defeat.
Director: Youichi Fujita
Writer: Akatsuki Yamatoya
7.5/10924 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
7.3/10876 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: Naoki Hishikawa
Writer: Michiko Yokote
7.1/10872 votesPeople Who Make Good First Impressions Usually Suck!
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 6/13/2006
The kabuki district has been robbed by a mysterious thief.
Director: Shigeki Takagi
Writer: Michiko Yokote
7.8/10942 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
7.0/10822 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
7.2/10819 votesPets Resemble Their Owners!
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 7/11/2006
The group enters Sadaharu in a pet competition, with Katsura and his pet being their opponent.
Director: Hirofumi Ogura
Writer: Akatsuki Yamatoya
7.6/10863 votesIf You Stop and Think About It, Your Life’s a Lot Longer as an Old Guy Than a Kid! Whoa, Scary!!
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 7/18/2006
A man who's been fired for assaulting an amanto royal goes job hunting, only to met with failure repeatedly.
Director: Youichi Fujita
Writer: Kento Shimoyama
8.0/10937 votesSons Only Take After Their Fathers' Negative Attributes
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 7/25/2006
A rebel plans to asssinate the shogun during a festival.
Director: Kazuo Miyake
Writer: Akatsuki Yamatoya
7.9/10910 votesOh Yeah! Our Crib is Number One!
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 8/1/2006
The group and Shinsengumi attempt to capture a man who's been stealing women's underwear.
Director: Naoki Hishikawa
Writer: Michiko Yokote
7.3/10784 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: Yasuhiro Minami
Writer: Akatsuki Yamatoya
8.1/10966 votesWatch Out For Conveyor Belts!
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 8/15/2006
The Shinsengumi has been haunted by a mysterious being.
Director: Kazuo Miyake
Writer: Akatsuki Yamatoya
7.3/10741 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: Hirofumi Ogura
Writer: Akatsuki Yamatoya
8.1/10878 votesMarriage is Prolonging an Illusion for Your Whole Life
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 9/5/2006
A female ninja stays over at the Yorozuya.
Director: Youichi Fujita
Writer: Kento Shimoyama
7.2/10752 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: Michiko Yokote
6.6/10775 votesCute Faces Are Always Hiding Something
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 9/19/2006
Gintoki and Katsura get dragged into being cross-dressers.
Director: Naoki Hishikawa
Writer: Kento Shimoyama
8.8/101,443 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
6.9/10732 votesDon't Be Shy - Just Raise Your Hand and Say It
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 10/12/2006
The group goes to get Shinpachi's childhood friend out of a gang.
Director: Yasuhiro Minami
Writer: Michiko Yokote
8.0/10860 votesSome Things Can’t Be Cut with a Sword
Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 10/19/2006
After Okita showed them an underground death match arena (Rengokukan), the group proceeds to track down the reigning champion of those death matches.
Director: Shigeru Yamazaki
Writer: Kento Shimoyama
7.9/10804 votesGood Things Never Come in Twos (But Bad Things Do)
Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 10/25/2006
A police department head official brings Kondo to a meeting to discuss the incident happened at the Rengokukan.
Director: Youichi Fujita
Writer: Michiko Yokote
7.4/10727 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: Hirofumi Ogura
Writer: Kento Shimoyama
7.1/10689 votesEven Teen Idols Act Like You Guys
Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 11/9/2006
Otsu receives a threat letter. The trio goes to investigate.
Director: Naoki Hishikawa
Writer: Akatsuki Yamatoya
8.2/10895 votesYou Always Remember the Things that Matter the Least
Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 11/16/2006
Gintoki has amnesia after a car accident. His friends try to get his memory back.
Director: Hiroyuki Hata
Writer: Akatsuki Yamatoya
8.3/10908 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: Hiroyuki Hata
Writer: Akatsuki Yamatoya
7.7/10768 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: Yasuhiro Minami
Writer: Kento Shimoyama
8.3/10865 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, Youichi Fujita
Writer: Michiko Yokote
8.2/10867 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: Kazuo Miyake, Youichi Fujita
Writer: Michiko Yokote
6.7/10669 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: Naoki Hishikawa
Writer: Akatsuki Yamatoya
7.3/10697 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: Hirofumi Ogura
Writer: Akatsuki Yamatoya
8.1/10844 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: Yasuhiro Minami
Writer: Kento Shimoyama
8.3/10914 votesRamen Shops with Long Menus Never Do Well
Season 1 Episode 39 - Aired 1/18/2007
Katsura injures his leg while escaping from the Shinsengumi and uses a ramen shop as a temporary hideout.
Director: Kazuo Miyake
Writer: Akatsuki Yamatoya
7.9/10793 votesGive a Thought to Planned Pregnancy
Season 1 Episode 40 - Aired 1/25/2007
A mysterious and famous hunter, Umibouzu, pays a visit when an alien appears in Edo.
Director: Hiroyuki Hata
Writer: Akatsuki Yamatoya
8.8/101,151 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: Youichi Fujita
Writer: Akatsuki Yamatoya
9.2/101,450 votesYou Know What Happens if You Pee on a Worm
Season 1 Episode 42 - Aired 2/8/2007
Gintoki, along with Umibouzu, goes to combat the alien while at the same time avoiding the Shogunate's side of attack (on the alien).
Director: Naoki Hishikawa
Writer: Akatsuki Yamatoya
7.7/10682 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
8.1/10813 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, Kento Shimoyama
7.7/10684 votesWalk Your Dog at an Appropriate Speed
Season 1 Episode 45 - Aired 3/1/2007
Sadaharu becomes a demon that the Yorozuya tries to rescue with the help of former priestess sisters.
Director: Kazuo Miyake
Writer: Kento Shimoyama
7.2/10648 votesAdults Only. We Wouldn’t Want Anyone Immature in Here
Season 1 Episode 46 - Aired 3/8/2007
Otae and Ane square off to keep their jobs by trying to out-earn each other.
Director: Fumihiro Yoshimura
Writer: Michiko Yokote
7.6/10700 votesDo Cherries Come from Cherry Trees?
Season 1 Episode 47 - Aired 3/15/2007
The Yorozuya get a new neighbor, a frightening looking Amanto named Hedoro, and assume he's up to something.
Director: Youichi Fujita
Writer: Michiko Yokote
7.9/10710 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: Yasuhiro Minami
Writer: Akatsuki Yamatoya
6.7/10648 votesA Life Without Gambling is Like Sushi Without Wasabi
Season 1 Episode 49 - Aired 3/29/2007
Gintoki and Hasegawa run into some gambling problems.
Director: Hirofumi Ogura
Writer: Akatsuki Yamatoya