GeGeGe no Kitarō (anime)

The first "GeGeGe no Kitarō" anime was aired in 1968 on Fuji Television and produced by Toei Animation. A new series has been produced each decade since.
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==About==
===Series===
A list of all anime series of GeGeGe no Kitarō:
Year 	Title 	Episodes
1968-1969	GeGeGe no Kitarō (1968) 	65
1971-1972	GeGeGe no Kitarō (1971) 	45
1985-1988	GeGeGe no Kitarō (1985) 	108
1988 	GeGeGe no Kitarō: Jigoku Arc	7
1996-1998	GeGeGe no Kitarō (1996) 	114
2007-2008	GeGeGe no Kitarō (2007) 	100
2008 	Hakaba Kitarō (2008) 	11
2018 	GeGeGe no Kitarō (2018) 	97
===Development===
With good reception in Akuma-kun's live-action adaptation (based on the work also created by Shigeru Mizuki), Toei Animation started planning an anime based on Hakaba no Kitarō that would be shown on NET (currently TV Asashi) with the same live-action sponsor. The idea did not follow on, as the sponsor refused to finance a project with the word "Hakaba" (meaning "Cemetery").
The project was then transferred to Fuji TV, but fearing for another withdrawal of sponsors, the team responsible for anime proposed title change to something more "safe". It is not clear what kind of reaction Mizuki had when he received the proposal. In his autobiographical manga, it is not clear what kind of reaction Mizuki received when he received this proposal. In the autobiographical manga "I am GeGeGe", it is shown that the author himself suggested switching to GeGeGe. In addition, in the television drama Gegege no Nyōbō, it is revealed that the title was inspired by the Ge Ge GeGeGe no Ge verses of theme song (which was released just before the anime). The phrase "gegege" is based on Mizuki's nickname in "GeGe" childhood, because he can not pronounce his name correctly as a child.
An anime based on the manga rental with the title Hakaba Kitarō was produced in forty years after the debut of the first series.
===Adaptations===
The first anime debuted in January 1968, it is the only black-and-white one and the first Toei Animation anime broadcast on Fuji TV. In October 1971, the second anime began airing and unlike its predecessor, was in color. From this series, Neko-Musume joins the main cast. It is considered a sequence from the previous anime, due to the high similarities and because it does not present reinterpretations of the same stories. Many tales of Mizuki who were not part of Kitaro manga was adapted for the second series due to lack of manga stories to supply the forty-five episodes.
Due to the popularity of the two series, several plans for a new anime emerged until the late 1970s, but did not proceed. A live-action remake was planned in the 1980s, and was shown as a telefilm in the Monday Drama Land special in August 1985, but the realization of a series was abandoned thanks to opposition from Fuji TV. The idea was changed to an animation project and the third anime debuted in 1985, 14 years after the 1971 series. From that version on, Kitarō's anime became remakes of the first two series, emphasizing more the shōnen side of the stories . The rating of the public usually exceeds 20% and, in some cases, reaches 30%.
==Movies==
;First series
*GeGeGe no Kitarō (1968)
::Edited version of Ep. 5 & 6
;Second series
*GeGeGe no Kitarō: Chisōgan (1980)
::Edited version of Ep. 37
;Third series
*GeGeGe no Kitarō (1985)
*GeGeGe no Kitarō: Yōkai Dai-Sensō (1986)
*GeGeGe no Kitarō: Saikyō Yōkai Gundan! Nippon Jōriku!! (1986)
*GeGeGe no Kitarō: Gekitotsu!! Ijigen Yōkai no Dai-Hanran (1986)
;Fourth series
*GeGeGe no Kitarō: Dai-Kaijū (1996)
*GeGeGe no Kitarō: Obake Nighter (1997)
*GeGeGe no Kitarō: Yōkai Tokkyū! Maboroshi no Kisha (1997)
* GeGeGe no Kitarō: Kitarō's Ghost Train
*Ominous Sky! Yōkai Castle (1997)
;Fifth series
*GeGeGe no Kitarō: Nippon Bakuretsu!! (2008)
*GeGeGe no Kitarō: Yōkai Japan Rally 3D (2008)
::Theme park attraction
==Theme Song==
*GeGeGe no Kitarō (song) (as opening)
*Karan Koron no Uta (as ending for the 1968, 1971, and 1996 anime)
==Casting==
===Main Cast===
The following actors appeared in multiple adaptations as the same character(s):
Main cast members
Isamu TanonakaasMedama-Oyaji (1st~5th, Hakaba)
 	 	 	 	
Masako NozawaasKitarō (1st & 2nd, Hakaba)Medama-Oyaji (6th)	Chikao ŌtsukaasNezumi-Otoko (1st & 2nd, Hakaba)Hakusanbō (4th & 5th)	Yōko OgushiasSunakake-Babaa (1st)Neko-Musume (2nd)	Ichirō NagaiasKonaki-Jijii (1st & 3rd)	Keiko YamamotoasSunakake-Babaa (2nd, 4th, & 5th)Shisa (3rd & 5th)
 	 	 	 	
Jōji YanamiasIttan-Momen (3rd & 5th)	Takeshi AonoasNurarihyon (3rd & 5th)	Hidekatsu ShibataasBackbeard (3rd & 5th)Enma-Daiō (2nd & 4th)	Daisuke GōriasEnma-Daiō (3rd & 5th)Shu-no-Bon (4th)	Naoki TatsutaasNurikabe (4th & 5th)Ittan-Momen (4th)Konaki-Jijii (5th)
===Other Main Cast Members===
Main cast members 	Main cast members 	Main cast members 	Main cast members 	Main cast members
 	 	 	 	
Kōji YadaasKonaki-Jijii (2nd)	Takuzō KamiyamaasShinigami (2nd)	Keiko TodaasKitarō (3rd)	Kei TomiyamaasNezumi-Otoko (3rd)	Yūko MitaasNeko-Musume (3rd)
 	 	 	 	
Hiroko EmoriasSunakake-Babaa (3rd)	Yūsaku YaraasNurikabe (3rd)	Kyōko IrokawaasYumeko Tendō (3rd)	Michitaka KobayashiasShu-no-Bon, Abura-Sumashi (3rd)	Kōzō ShioyaasAbura-Sumashi (3rd)Konaki-Jijii (4th)
 	 	 	 	
Ryō HorikawaasJigoku-Dōji (3rd)	Yōko MatsuokaasKitarō (4th)	Shigeru ChibaasNezumi-Otoko (4th)	Chinami NishimuraasNeko-Musume (4th)	Tomomichi NishimuraasNurarihyon (4th)
 	 	 	 	
Minami TakayamaasKitarō (5th)	Hiromi KonnoasNeko-Musume (5th)	Wataru TakagiasNezumi-Otoko (5th)	Yūko MaruyamaasKawauso (5th)	Machiko ToyoshimaasRokuro-Kubi (5th)
 	 	 	 	
Haruna IkezawaasAmabie (5th)	Sara NakayamaasYobuko (5th)	Katsuyuki KonishiasShu-no-Bon (5th)	Miyuki SawashiroasKitarō (6th)	Toshio FurukawaasNezumi-Otoko (6th)
 	 	 	 	
Umeka ShōjiasNeko-Musume (6th)	Yukiyo FujiiasMana Inuyama (6th)	Mayumi TanakaasSunakake-Babaa (6th)	Bin ShimadaasKonaki-Jijii, Nurikabe (6th)	Kappei YamaguchiasIttan-Momen (6th)
 	 	 	 	
Banjō GingaasNanashi (6th)	Hideyuki TanakaasBackbeard (6th)	Hiroshi KamiyaasRei Isurugi (6th)	Akio ŌtsukaasNurarihyon (6th)	ChōasShu-no-Bon (6th)
===Minor Recurring Cast Members===
Minor cast members 	Minor cast members 	Minor cast members 	Minor cast members
 	 	 	
Akiko Tsuboias (1st~3rd)Kitarō's Mother (2nd & 3rd)	Yonehiko KitagawaasUmi-Jijii (1st & 3rd)Miage-Nyūdō (2nd & 4th)	Taiki MatsunoasSazae-Oni (4th & 5th)Sara-Kozō (5th & 6th)	Yūsuke NumataasMaruge (4th & 5th)Salaryman Yamada (2018)
Recurring Salaryman Yamada voice actors	Recurring Salaryman Yamada voice actors	Recurring Salaryman Yamada voice actors	Recurring Salaryman Yamada voice actors
 	 	 	
Keiichi Noda1st~3rd (8 episodes) 	Hiroshi Ōtake1st~3rd (5 episodes) 	Ryōichi Tanaka2nd~5th (4 episodes) 	Sanji Hase1st~3rd (3 episodes)
==Other Media==
===Spirit and Art===
Main Article: Spirit and Art 
Spirit and Art is an initiative that is being overseen by Toei Animation. It consists of three projects:
Tamashii no Okuribi: Tamashii no Okuribi (魂の送り火,The Ceremonial Bonfire of the Spirits)
HoloModels: 3D models for the HoloModels smart phone app.
Tamashii no Yukue: Tamashii no Yukue (魂の行方,The Spirit's Whereabouts)
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