The first set of shorts aired around June 2013 as a promotion for the second Gintama film.
A second collaboration titled Gintama: The Final x Mameshiba was released in 2020 to promote the series' concluding film. Anime: Gintama x Mameshiba - AniDB Gintama x Mameshiba Episode 5
The collaboration features a series of short, surreal commercial parodies where the Gintama cast is transformed into the bean-dog hybrid creatures known as Mameshiba . These specials were originally created to promote the movie Gintama: The Movie: The Final Chapter: Be Forever Yorozuya . Episode 5 Breakdown The first set of shorts aired around June
These facts are typically bizarre or slightly gross, mirroring the dark and irreverent humor of the main Gintama series while subverting the "cute" aesthetic of the Mameshiba brand. Quick Series Context These specials were originally created to promote the
Like all Mameshiba shorts, the episode follows a standard formula where one character (often a bean version of a Gintama lead) interrupts a moment to share a "trivial fact".