

So I saw the genres of Gintama and I found this:

[![MAL
description](https://i.stack.imgur.com/les3U.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/les3U.png)

It's a shogun-era (Edo-period) animé and they use katanas instead of huge
weapons; there are also some mobile-phones, etc. But what’s so 'Sci-Fi' about
it, except for the fact that there is inter-space travelling, which is obvious
given the plot of aliens invading? I don't know why it is categorised as a
'Sci-Fi' animé.


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Why is Gintama considered a 'Sci-Fi' genre anime?


As mentioned on the Wikipedia article on [Science
Fiction](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction):

> Science fiction is a genre of speculative fiction dealing with imaginative
> concepts such as futuristic settings, futuristic science and technology,
> space travel, time travel, faster than light travel, parallel universes and
> extraterrestrial life.

Hence, Gintama is a Sci-Fi anime based on its:

  * **Futuristic Settings & Extraterrestrial Life**: 

> Gintama depicts Edo after it had been conquered by the aliens, and how it
> looks after they brought modern-day technology into a samurai country of
> ages past.[Source](http://gintama.wikia.com/wiki/Locations_%26_Settings)

[Inusei
Amanto](http://gintama.wikia.com/wiki/Inuisei_Amanto_%E6%88%8C%E5%A8%81%E6%98%9F%E5%A4%A9%E4%BA%BA)
have been around in the Gintama world for over 20 years and have brought with
them modern technology and led to new laws being enforced such as the ban on
swords. Many other races of Amanto (aliens) have been introduced throughout
the series such as Yato tribe, Shinra tribe, Royal tribe, among others.

There are even floating mobile cities in the series such as Dragon Palace City
(before it descended into the sea and remained there forever).

  * **Futuristic Science & Technology:**

> The items featured in Gintama range far and wide from traditional japanese
> items to incredible sci-fi
> machinations.[Source](http://gintama.wikia.com/wiki/Items_featured_in_Gintama)

Most futuristic of the items shown in Gintama series has to be the presence of
fully functioning maid-robots like
[Tama](http://gintama.wikia.com/wiki/Tama_%E5%8D%B5). While robots do exist in
our time, they are not yet available on sale for household-purposes, and none
are as functional as Tama.There was even a robot named Saburou which was built
by [Hiraga Gensai](http://gintama.wikia.com/wiki/Hiraga_Gengai).

Another aspect of futuristic science and technology is seen in making of space
shuttles, which are a very common occurrence in the Gintama series and enable
space travel as mentioned below.

  * **Space Travel:**

While only shown a few times in the series, space travelling is common
throughout the series with Amanto, along with some humans in space travelling
all the time from one location to another. It's so common that there even
exist ["Space Pirates" Harusame](http://gintama.wikia.com/wiki/Harusame)

Hence, while Gintama does not revolve around the Sci-Fi genre like other Sci-
Fi anime such as Steins;Gate, the elements of Sci-Fi are present throughout
the series. As put
[here](http://gintama.wikia.com/wiki/Items_featured_in_Gintama):

> Being based in ancient Japan after its invasion by aliens, the series
> manages to mix more historic items such as katana and traditonal style
> architecture with modern ideas like convenience stores, mopeds and
> television, not to mention the rather liberal application of science
> fiction, primarily Edo's terminal station which features high tech design,
> numberous airships nearby and some form of teleporter system. Over all,
> Gintama somehow manages to bring together these three styles into the
> working world of Gintoki and his friends.


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Whenever dealing with _futuristic stuffs_ , _technologies_ , _extraterrestrial
lifes_ , it is categorized as **"sci-fi"**. If you ever watched Gintama
before, you should aware that almost every episode has a short prologue. You
can see tons of _futuristic stuffs_ going on, like spaceships and aliens.

![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/tRa5H.jpg)

Still not convincing enough?  
  
How about **Space Scene**?

![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/McuM8.jpg)

Some **Weird Looking Aliens and Robots**?

![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/hVVW9.jpg)

Or **Futuristic Technologies**?

![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/pI3gx.jpg)

Keep in mind it's just a _minor & background_ settings for the whole series,
the main genre is still _Action_ and _Comedy_.


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