# GeGeGe no Kitarō (1968 TV series)

The first GeGeGe no Kitarō anime was aired from January 3, 1968 to March 30, 1969. It ran for 65 episodes. Like all of the subsequent Kitarō anime, it was produced by Toei Animation and aired on Fuji TV.

## Episode list

| No. | Title | Original air date |
| 1 | "Ghost Nighter" Transliteration: "Obake Nightaa" (Japanese: おばけナイター) | January 3, 1968 (1968-01-03) |
| A kid named Donpei walked through a graveyard and finds a baseball bat on the ground with some funny writing on it. He swings it for fun and finds that anything he hits always lands where he wants. He becomes famous at school for always hitting home-runs. This bat belongs to a Youkai baseball team and this team asks Kitaro to get the bat back from the humans. Kitaro explains to the human kids they need the bat back but they won't. Kitaro offers a Baseball game at 3am to settle the issue; if the Humans win the Youkai will give up on the bat and if the Youkai win the human kids will have to give up their lives. Donpei's team accepts. The games is canceled before the game finished because the Youkai don't want to be caught in the sun. The issue is settled with the Youkai getting their bat back while the humans keep their lives. |||
| 2 | "Yaksha" Transliteration: "Yasha" (Japanese: 夜叉) | January 10, 1968 (1968-01-10) |
| Yasha is a demon that steals children's souls. It lures children to it by possessing a person and plays hypnotizing music on a guitar. The souls are stored in balloons to be eaten later. Yasha's true form is hair. Kitaro's soul gets stolen as well but his father brings his soul back to him before he is killed. In a fight with Yasha, Kitaro calls for his Youkai Lamp (a fire spirit) and burns Yasha to death. The souls of the children are returned. |||
| 3 | "Youkai Castle" Transliteration: "Youkai Jou" (Japanese: 妖怪城) | January 17, 1968 (1968-01-17) |
| The seal on a youkai castle is taken off by Nezumi-otoko [Rat-man] and the youkai from the castle requests children from a village to be given to the castle once a month to turn them into youkai. Kitaro happens to be walking by and offers to help. Kitaro asks to borrow one girl to be bait for the bad youkai. Nezumi-otoko comes to get the girl which surprises Kitaro because they know each other. Nezumi-otoko is known to be greedy and not care for anyone other than himself and is only helping the youkai of the castle for fun. The girl gets taken from Kitaro. Kitaro gets in a series of fights with the Youkai of the castle. In the end he is flattened and his chanchanko [his magic vest] is taken by Nezumi-otoko. Kitaro channels his mind into the chanchanko and threatens to suffocate Nezumi-otoko remotely and makes him re-seal the castle. Kitaro becomes un-flattened with help from his father and saves the girl before morning. |||
| 4 | "Vampire La Seine [?]" Transliteration: "Kyuuketsuki Ra・Seenu" (Japanese: 吸血鬼ラ・セーヌ) | January 24, 1968 (1968-01-24) |
| 5 | "Great Sea Beast (Part 1)" Transliteration: "Daikaijuu ( Zenpen )" (Japanese: 大海獣(前編)) | January 31, 1968 (1968-01-31) |
| 6 | "Great Sea Beast (Part 2)" Transliteration: "Daikaijuu ( Kouhen )" (Japanese: 大海獣(後編)) | February 7, 1968 (1968-02-07) |
| 7 | "Ghost Train" Transliteration: "Yūrei densha" (Japanese: ゆうれい電車) | February 14, 1968 (1968-02-14) |
| 8 | "Old Man of the Mirror [?]" Transliteration: "Kagami Jijii" (Japanese: 鏡爺) | February 21, 1968 (1968-02-21) |
| 9 | "The Look-up Priest [?]" Transliteration: "Miage-nyūdō" (Japanese: 見上げ入道) | February 28, 1968 (1968-02-28) |
| 10 | "Great Youkai War (Part 1)" Transliteration: "Yōkai daisensō (zenpen)" (Japanese: 妖怪大戦争(前編)) | March 6, 1968 (1968-03-06) |
| 11 | "Great Youkai War (Part 2)" Transliteration: "Yōkai daisensō (kōhen)" (Japanese: 妖怪大戦争(後編)) | March 13, 1968 (1968-03-13) |
| 12 | "The Youkai Nurarihyon" Transliteration: "Yōkai Nurarihyon" (Japanese: 妖怪ぬらりひょん) | March 20, 1968 (1968-03-20) |
| 13 | "Hell Cruise" Transliteration: "Jigoku nagashi" (Japanese: 地獄流し) | March 27, 1968 (1968-03-27) |
| 14 | "Water Tiger" Transliteration: "Suiko" (Japanese: 水虎) | April 7, 1968 (1968-04-07) |
| 15 | "Vampire Elite (Part 1)" Transliteration: "Kyūketsuki eriito (zenpen)" (Japanese: 吸血鬼エリート （前編）) | April 14, 1968 (1968-04-14) |
| 16 | "Vampire Elite (Part 2)" Transliteration: "Kyūketsuki eriito (kōhen)" (Japanese: 吸血鬼エリート （後編）) | April 21, 1968 (1968-04-21) |
| 17 | "Cat Hermit" Transliteration: "Neko sennin" (Japanese: 猫仙人) | April 28, 1968 (1968-04-28) |
| 18 | "Witch Doll" Transliteration: "Majo ningyō" (Japanese: 魔女人形) | May 5, 1968 (1968-05-05) |
| 19 | "Blood Sucking Tree" Transliteration: "Kyūketsu ki" (Japanese: 吸血木) | May 12, 1968 (1968-05-12) |
| 20 | "Cat-girl and Rat-man" Transliteration: "Neko musume to nezumi otoko" (Japanese: 猫娘とねずみ男) | May 19, 1968 (1968-05-19) |
| 21 | "Youkai Beast (Part 1)" Transliteration: "Yōkai-jū (zenhen)" (Japanese: 妖怪獣 （前編）) | May 26, 1968 (1968-05-26) |
| 22 | "Youkai Beast (Part 2)" Transliteration: "Yōkai-jū (kōhen)" (Japanese: 妖怪獣 （後編）) | June 2, 1968 (1968-06-02) |
| 23 | "Youkai of the Pass" Transliteration: "Tōge no yōkai" (Japanese: 峠の妖怪) | June 9, 1968 (1968-06-09) |
| 24 | "Hakusanbo" Transliteration: "Hakusanbō" (Japanese: 白山坊) | June 16, 1968 (1968-06-16) |
| 25 | "Electric Youkai" Transliteration: "Denki yōkai" (Japanese: 電気妖怪) | June 23, 1968 (1968-06-23) |
| 26 | "Boss of the Sea" Transliteration: "Umi zatō" (Japanese: 海座頭) | June 30, 1968 (1968-06-30) |
| 27 | "Creepy Mane" Transliteration: "Odoro-odoro" (Japanese: おどろおどろ) | July 7, 1968 (1968-07-07) |
| 28 | "The Pillow Switcher" Transliteration: "Makura-gaeshi" (Japanese: まくら返し) | July 14, 1968 (1968-07-14) |
| 29 | "Mirror Battle [?]" Transliteration: "Kagami kassen" (Japanese: 鏡合戦) | July 21, 1968 (1968-07-21) |
| 30 | "Devil Belial" Transliteration: "Akuma beriaru" (Japanese: 悪魔ベリアル) | July 28, 1968 (1968-07-28) |
| 31 | "Moryo" Transliteration: "Mōryō" (Japanese: もうりょう) | August 4, 1968 (1968-08-04) |
| 32 | "Youkai Flower" Transliteration: "Yōka" (Japanese: 妖花) | August 11, 1968 (1968-08-11) |
| 33 | "Turban Shell Demon" Transliteration: "Sazae-oni" (Japanese: さざえ鬼) | August 18, 1968 (1968-08-18) |
| 34 | "Plate Boy" Transliteration: "Sara-kozō" (Japanese: さら小僧) | August 25, 1968 (1968-08-25) |
| 35 | "Top Youkai" Transliteration: "Koma Yōkai" (Japanese: こま妖怪) | September 1, 1968 (1968-09-01) |
| 36 | "Diamond Youkai" Transliteration: "Daiyamondo yōkai" (Japanese: ダイヤモンド妖怪) | September 8, 1968 (1968-09-08) |
| 37 | "Eyes on Hand" Transliteration: "Tenome" (Japanese: 手の目) | September 15, 1968 (1968-09-15) |
| 38 | "Folding Monk" Transliteration: "Oritatami-nyūdō" (Japanese: おりたたみ入道) | September 22, 1968 (1968-09-22) |
| 39 | "Youkai Corps" Transliteration: "Yōkai Gundan" (Japanese: 妖怪軍団) | September 29, 1968 (1968-09-29) |
| 40 | "Youkai of Obebe Swamp" Transliteration: "Obebe-numa no Yōkai" (Japanese: おベベ沼の妖怪) | October 6, 1968 (1968-10-06) |
| 41 | "Cat Ghoul" Transliteration: "Bakeneko" (Japanese: ばけ猫) | October 13, 1968 (1968-10-13) |
| 42 | "The Man Eating Island" Transliteration: "Hitogui-jima" (Japanese: 人食い島) | October 20, 1968 (1968-10-20) |
| 43 | "God of Drought" Transliteration: "Hiderigami" (Japanese: ひでりがみ) | October 27, 1968 (1968-10-27) |
| 44 | "Sandal Battle" Transliteration: "Geta Kassen" (Japanese: げた合戦) | November 3, 1968 (1968-11-03) |
| 45 | "The No Face" Transliteration: "Noppera-bō" (Japanese: のっぺらぼう) | November 10, 1968 (1968-11-10) |
| 46 | "Birthing Woman Ghost" Transliteration: "Ubume" (Japanese: うぶめ) | November 17, 1968 (1968-11-17) |
| 47 | "Amanojaku" Transliteration: "Amanojaku" (Japanese: 天邪鬼) | November 24, 1968 (1968-11-24) |
| 48 | "Snow Woman" Transliteration: "Yukin-ko" (Japanese: 雪ん子) | December 1, 1968 (1968-12-01) |
| 49 | "Tenko" Transliteration: "Tenko [?]" (Japanese: 天狐) | December 8, 1968 (1968-12-08) |
| 50 | "Youkai Sekigahara" Transliteration: "Yōkai Sekigahara" (Japanese: 妖怪関ケ原) | December 15, 1968 (1968-12-15) |
| 51 | "Mine Shaft Monk" Transliteration: "Anagura-nyūdō" (Japanese: 穴ぐら入道) | December 22, 1968 (1968-12-22) |
| 52 | "Vampire Youkai Corps" Transliteration: "Kyūketsu Yōkai-dan" (Japanese: 吸血妖怪団) | December 29, 1968 (1968-12-29) |
| 53 | "Youkai President" Transliteration: "Yōkai Daitōryō" (Japanese: 妖怪大統領) | January 5, 1969 (1969-01-05) |
| 54 | "Youkai Rally" Transliteration: "Yōkai Rarii" (Japanese: 妖怪ラリー) | January 12, 1969 (1969-01-12) |
| 55 | "Youkai Fuzzy Hair" Transliteration: "Yōkai Keukegen" (Japanese: 妖怪毛羽毛現) | January 19, 1969 (1969-01-19) |
| 56 | "Seashore Woman" Transliteration: "Iso-onna" (Japanese: 磯女) | January 26, 1969 (1969-01-26) |
| 57 | "Invisible Magic" Transliteration: "Ongyō Mahō" (Japanese: 隠形魔法) | February 2, 1969 (1969-02-02) |
| 58 | "Hazy Cart" Transliteration: "Oboro-guruma" (Japanese: おぼろぐるま) | February 9, 1969 (1969-02-09) |
| 59 | "Daruma" Transliteration: "Daruma" (Japanese: だるま) | February 16, 1969 (1969-02-16) |
| 60 | "The Hat Guardian" Transliteration: "Kasa Jizō" (Japanese: 笠地蔵) | February 23, 1969 (1969-02-23) |
| 61 | "The Abrupt God" Transliteration: "Ushirogami" (Japanese: 後神) | March 2, 1969 (1969-03-02) |
| 62 | "Old Man Sea" Transliteration: "Umijijii" (Japanese: 海じじい) | March 9, 1969 (1969-03-09) |
| 63 | "Namahage" Transliteration: "Namahage" (Japanese: なまはげ) | March 16, 1969 (1969-03-16) |
| 64 | "Reincarnated Demon" Transliteration: "Onmoraki" (Japanese: 陰摩羅鬼) | March 23, 1969 (1969-03-23) |
| 65 | "Youkai Apprentice" Transliteration: "Yōkai Hōkō" (Japanese: 妖怪ほうこう) | March 30, 1969 (1969-03-30) |