Gintama Enchousen

Third season of Gintama started two weeks ago.

First thing to be noted at the start of the season is that Gintoki has been replaced, by Kintoki. Silver has been replaced with Gold. Everyone in the town seems to have forgotten who Gintoki is, and in their memories Gintoki has been replaced with Kintoki.

On the left you can see Kintoki replacing Gintoki.
While on the right you can see the original one with Gintoki.

 You probably noticed that Sadaharu isn't in the left picture where Kintoki is.
It was revealed in the end of the first episode that Sadaharu and Tama are the only ones that remember Gintoki. Since Kintoki's brainwashing radio-waves had no effect on animals and robots.
In the second episode the trio try to get everyone remember who Gintoki is, and it's also explained how Kintoki came into being the new leader of Yorozuya.
Apparently Kintoki is a machine that Gengai made, because of Shinpachi's and Kagura's request while Gintoki was away.

This is what Kintoki looks like.
Straight golden hair and light blue eyes, in a sense the complete opposite of Gintoki. The clothes are inverted, with a white shirt, pants and boots, while the yukata is black with golden patterns.

Kintama logo

 The original logo of Gintama has been replaced with Kintama's logo

Original Gintama logo

 You can also see the fact that Kintama's logo is also golden.

One thing left me wondering a bit, what was Kintoki called during the war, since there were flashbacks shown, where Kintoki is in the war and when he was a kid, and was running with Takasugi and Katsura.

















Sadly I couldn't find a good video of the opening.