{"id":8256,"date":"2026-08-21T02:18:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T18:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/osomatsu-san-gintama-collab-10th-anniversary-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T02:18:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T18:18:13","slug":"osomatsu-san-gintama-collab-10th-anniversary-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/osomatsu-san-gintama-collab-10th-anniversary-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Osomatsu-san \u00d7 Gintama Collab Revealed as 10th Anniversary Finale"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two of Japan’s loudest gag anime just decided to share a frame. On 20 August the Osomatsu-san<\/em> team unveiled a full crossover visual with Gintama<\/em>, closing out the sextuplets’ 10th anniversary lineup with the last comedy franchise most fans would have paired them with \u2014 Sorachi Hideaki’s samurai slackers. The reveal is currently only running on the Japanese official channels and trade press; English-language anime media has not picked it up yet at the time of writing.<\/p>\n

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Image courtesy of Osomatsu-san<\/em> Production Committee \/ Gintama<\/em> Project<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Osomatsu and Gintoki, shoulder to shoulder<\/h2>\n

The big draw is a single group visual built around the two protagonists. Osomatsu Matsuno is parked next to Sakata Gintoki in the centre of the piece, the pair leaning in with drinks in hand \u2014 Gintoki nursing his signature strawberry milk while Osomatsu makes a strong argument for sake. Around them, character pairings from both casts fill out the panel: Ichimatsu shoulders a bazooka alongside Okita Sougo, Karamatsu poses with Katsura, Choromatsu hangs out with Kagura, and Sadaharu photobombs the corner while Elizabeth watches over the whole thing. The announcement on Anime! Anime!<\/a> confirms the collab visual will drive a set of original goods, with sale items and purchase methods to be revealed later (Japanese).<\/p>\n

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Image courtesy of Osomatsu-san<\/em> Production Committee<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The finale of a 10-year victory lap<\/h2>\n

Osomatsu-san has been running a rolling anniversary campaign since October 2025, when the show officially entered its 10th year. Pierrot’s Osomatsu-san Kai<\/em> \u2014 the fourth TV season \u2014 is still on the air, and the sextuplets have already tagged in with two other franchises this year as part of the anniversary series. According to the Cho! Animedia writeup<\/a>, this Gintama crossover is officially the third and final entry in that lineup (Japanese), which is why the visual leans so hard on both series’ full ensembles rather than just the leads.<\/p>\n

The pairing is neat on a franchise-history level too. Osomatsu-san<\/em> reboots Akatsuka Fujio’s 1962 Osomatsu-kun<\/em> as a NEET comedy about six adult brothers refusing to grow up; Gintama<\/em> spent its own run smashing samurai drama into pop culture parody with a similarly straight-faced idiot at the centre. Both shows have made a career of gag-anime whiplash and fourth-wall demolition, and the collab visual reads like the production teams knew exactly which characters to slot next to which \u2014 Ichimatsu’s slouching menace next to Okita’s smiling menace is almost a shared universe pitch on its own.<\/p>\n

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Image courtesy of Gintama<\/em> Project \/ Sunrise<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Watch the Osomatsu-san 10th anniversary trailer<\/h2>\n
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