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
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". Gintama x Mameshiba Episode 5
The first set of shorts aired around June 2013 as a promotion for the second Gintama film. The collaboration features a series of short, surreal
A second collaboration titled Gintama: The Final x Mameshiba was released in 2020 to promote the series' concluding film. Anime: Gintama x Mameshiba - AniDB The first set of shorts aired around June
In of the first collaboration series (2013), the Shinsengumi characters take center stage in their bean-dog forms: