Gintama the Movie, aka Gintama: Shinyaku Benizakura-hen isn't slated to be officially released in North America until May 29th, but some early copies have shipped. This will be the first Gintama to be released on Blu-ray in North America, and first to feature an English dub. Those early copies revealed that the movie's English dub cast includes:

Gintoki Sakata – Chris Patton

Shinpachi Shimura – Mark X. Laskowski

Kagura – Luci Christian

Kotarou Katsura – Illich Guardiola

Shinsuke Takasugi – Kyle Colby Jones

Nizo Okada – Jay Hickman

Tetsuya Murata – John Swasey

Tetsuko Murata – Brittney Karbowski

Henpeita Takechi – George Manley

Matako Kijima – Carli Mosier

Jintetsu Murata – David Wald

Tae Shimura – Shelley Calene-Black

Sadaharu – Kyle Colby Jones

Kondo Isao – David Wald

Toshiro Hijikata – Blake Shepard

Sougo Okita – Clint Bickham

Sagaru Yamazaki – Clint Bickham

Bansai Kawakami – Andrew Love

Abuto – Kyle Colby Jones

Kamui – Chris Ayres

Mitsuba Okita – Shelley Calene-Black

Otose – Shelley Calene-Black

Catherine – Luci Christian

Kyubei Yagyu – Brittney Karbowski

Ayumu Tojo – Blake Shepard

Taizo Hasegawa (Madao) – Chris Ayres

Tatsuma Sakamoto – Chris Ayres

Katakuriko Matsudaira – Kyle Colby Jones

Prince Hata – Andrew Love

Elizabeth – Andrew Love

Shoyo Yoshida – David Wald

Ayame Sarutobi (Sachan) – Carli Mosier

Title: GINTAMA THE MOTION PICTURE

Published by: Sentai Filmworks

Distributed by: Section23 Films

Run Time: 95 min.

Street Date: 5/29/2012

Format: DVD

Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles

SRP: $29.98

SYNOPSIS: Odd Jobs Gin has taken on a lot of odd work in the past, and when you're a Jack of All Trades agency based in a feudal Japan that's been conquered and colonized by aliens, the term "Odd Jobs" means REALLY ODD jobs. But when some more than slightly suspicious secrets from the shadows of Gintoki Sakata's somewhat shady former samurai past and a new pair of odd jobs collide, the action is bound to get so wild and demented that only a feature film will do it justice! So, if you've had the good fortune to see Gintama, Japan's most popular science fiction samurai series before, get ready for more of the same on an epic scale! And if you haven't seen Gintama before, well, this is your quick and easy introduction to why Gintama (the series) is the hottest thing to hit the Land of the Rising Sun since a certain large, green reptile whose name we can't use due to certain litigious lawyers! So sit down, strap yourself in and make sure you're not wearing anything too tight or constricting as the junior half of OJG takes on the task of tracking down a tenacious terrorist while their silver-haired slickster of a partner seeks out a certain sword in the stunningly side-splitting screwy GINTAMA!

Title: GINTAMA THE MOTION PICTURE BLU-RAY

Published by: Sentai Filmworks

Distributed by: Section23 Films

Run Time: 95 min.

Street Date: 5/29/2012

Format: BD

Language: English & Japanese with English Subtitles

SRP: $39.98

SYNOPSIS: Odd Jobs Gin has taken on a lot of odd work in the past, and when you're a Jack of All Trades agency based in a feudal Japan that's been conquered and colonized by aliens, the term "Odd Jobs" means REALLY ODD jobs. But when some more than slightly suspicious secrets from the shadows of Gintoki Sakata's somewhat shady former samurai past and a new pair of odd jobs collide, the action is bound to get so wild and demented that only a feature film will do it justice! So, if you've had the good fortune to see Gintama, Japan's most popular science fiction samurai series before, get ready for more of the same on an epic scale! And if you haven't seen Gintama before, well, this is your quick and easy introduction to why Gintama (the series) is the hottest thing to hit the Land of the Rising Sun since a certain large, green reptile whose name we can't use due to certain litigious lawyers! So sit down, strap yourself in and make sure you're not wearing anything too tight or constricting as the junior half of OJG takes on the task of tracking down a tenacious terrorist while their silver-haired slickster of a partner seeks out a certain sword in the stunningly side-splitting screwy GINTAMA!

In 2010 and 2011, Section23 released four collection of the Gintama TV series.

via Fruitpunchsamurai07 and the Gintama Podcast

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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.