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It's a new manga series (new to U.S. anyway) and I really like it. It's real funny, and if you've heard or read it, what do you think about it?

Never heard of Gin Tama!!! gonk
Its a new Manga supported by Shonen Jump and Viz Media.

It's about this guy with whitish hair called Gintoki Sakata, Gin for short. And his life while he works advertising himself as Odd-Jobs Gin.
He lives in Edo (Tokyo) during the age of the Samurai--but something is wrong.
This Edo is infested with aleins, called the Amanto, that have brought advanced technology and new rules to Edo, such as the banning of all swords except for the police force, which have become the Amanto's puppets. Now the amanto have integrated into part of daily life in Japan.
Gin in his past used to be a fierce warrior, but now is living in an apartment above his landlord's diner. He acts stupid 90% of the time, but can be serious, and wize (though it's usually in a stupid way). His friends/employees are Kagura (rouge Amanto), and Shinpachi (a former samurai student).
Random adventures ensue as they go through life, but there isn't much of a plot yet.
It's rated Older Teen for the vulgar jokes, and language.

I have seen some of the anime. It is made by the same people as Bleach right?
I think it will have a really interesting story line once it gets past the slap stick comedy kind of side. Not that it isn't great it just takes ages for the characters to develop.