This season, Leonard gets a girl. So does Sheldon. Howard drives the Mars Rover into a ditch. Raj woos a terminator. Gorgeous girl-next-door Penny falls under the spell of Age of Conan. And super-smart, ueberconfident Leslie Winkler reduces mere men to spineless jellyfish.

Worlds collide in Season 3! A love affair with Penny has opened a big, wide, wonderful world of romance for Leonard. But Sheldon likes the world just the way it was, thank you. All of which makes for a zany comic triangle with brainy, clueless Sheldon and practical, grounded Penny hilariously vying for the role of hypotenuse.

University physicists Leonard and Sheldon know whether to use an integral or a differential to solve the area under a curve. But they don't have a clue about girls. Or dating. Or clothes. Or parties. Or having fun. Or, basically, life. So when a pretty blonde named Penny moves in the apartment across the hall, the guys decide to get an education outside of the classroom. Boys, you have a lot to learn.

本作是以科幻时代剧为题材的搞笑漫画。作者的初连载作品。至2005年12月，漫画至第10卷发行为止，累积总计卖出超过500万本。
银魂的OVA于“JUMP FESTA・ANIME TOUR '05（ジャンプフェスタ・アニメツアー'05）”上映。制作单位为SUNRISE（サンライズ）。
银魂的电视动画由2006年4月4日开始, 每周星期二19:00于东京电视台（テレビ東京）播放。制作单位同样为SUNRISE，监督为高松信司。
银魂已游戏化，并将于2006年9月21日推出NDS的生活模拟游戏-‘銀魂 でぃ～えす 万事屋大騒動！’。
江户时代末期（本作的20年前）, 被称为“天人（あまんと）”的谜之异星人来袭。于是地球人与天人之间的战争瞬即爆发，为数众多的武士和攘夷派志士都参与与天人的战斗，幕府见识到天人强大的实力后，最终向天人低头，放弃武士不管，擅自与天人签订不平等条约，准许他们入国。其后更颁布了“废刀令”，夺走了武士的刀，使他们无力反抗。自此，天人横行霸道，幕府为天人所影响，甚至被控制，成为了“傀儡政权”。在这样的时代，有一个武士与同伴愉快地过著异想天开的生活。