Reactions surged online, including: "The child acting by the veteran voice actors is so cute," "Only 3Z lets us hear Nakai-san, Chiba-san, and the others' elementary school voices!" "It's a parade of veteran VAs acting as elementary schoolers, and Kugimiya-san has no discomfort (in the role)!" and "It's scary how Akira Ishida consistently delivers impeccable young boy (elementary schooler) acting..."

The anime 'GINTAMA - Mr. Ginpachi's Zany Class is based on the spin-off novel 'Gintama 3-nen Z-gumi Ginpachi-sensei' created by Hideaki Sorachi, the author of the mega-hit manga 'Gintama'. The original manga, serialized in "Weekly Shōnen Jump" (Shueisha) from 2003 to 2019, recorded a cumulative worldwide circulation (including digital editions) of 73 million copies, and has also been well-received in TV anime, anime films, and live-action films. 'GINTAMA - Mr. Ginpachi's Zany Class' is a school comedy set in Class 3-Z of Gintama High School, featuring the homeroom teacher Sakata Ginpachi and other familiar characters.

Episode 2: "A Person's Core Doesn't Change Even if Their Appearance Does / Tests Are Hated No Matter the Age / When Asking for Advice, the Answer is Usually Already Found Within Yourself"
[Synopsis] 
[A Person's Core Doesn't Change Even if Their Appearance Does]
As Ginpachi heads to the classroom as usual, the students of 3-Z have somehow turned into elementary schoolers—!?

[Tests Are Hated No Matter the Age]The season for periodic exams has arrived. Shinpachi, who takes the modern language test created by Ginpachi, can't stop retorting to the utterly nonsensical questions.

[When Asking for Advice, the Answer is Usually Already Found Within Yourself]
Ginpachi decides to open a student counseling room. Students with various problems come flocking one after another—!

(C)空知英秋・大崎知仁／集英社・「3年Z組銀八先生」製作委員会

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