GeGeGe no Kitarō (1968 TV series)
| GeGeGe no Kitarō | |
|---|---|
| Based on | GeGeGe no Kitarō by Shigeru Mizuki |
| Music by | Taku Izumi |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| No. of episodes | 65 |
| Production | |
| Production company | Toei Animation |
| Original release | |
| Network | Fuji TV |
| Release | January 3, 1968 – March 30, 1969 |
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 Television.
Cast
| Character | Voice actor |
|---|---|
| Kitaro | Masako Nozawa |
| Medama-Oyaji | Isamu Tanonaka |
| Nezumi Otoko | Chikao Ohtsuka |
| Sunakake Baba | Yōko Ogushi |
| Konaki-Jiji | Yonehiko Kitagawa (episode 7) |
| Ichiro Nagai | |
| Kōsei Tomita (episodes 28 and 29) | |
| Ittan-momen | Kosaku Sugiura (episode 10) |
| Kōsei Tomita (episode 22) | |
| Nurikabe | Yonehiko Kitagawa (episode 10) |
| Kosaku Sugiura (episode 29) | |
| Kenji Utsumi (episode 57) | |
| Kōsei Tomita (episode 60) | |
| Neko Musume | Nana Yamaguchi |
| Backbeard | Kōsei Tomita |
| Nurariyon | Ryūji Saikachi |
Episodes
| No. | Title [1] | Directed by | Written by | Animation directed by | Art directed by | Original release date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Ghost Nighter" Transliteration: "Obake Nightaa" (Japanese: おばけナイター) | Yasuo Yamaguchi | Masaki Tsuji | Hiroshi Wagatsuma | Saburō Yokoi | January 3, 1968 | |
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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) | Yoshio Kuroda | Susumu Takaku | Teruo Hosoda | Hideo Chiba | January 10, 1968 | |
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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) | Tokue Shirane | Motonari Wakai | Masamune Ochiai | Shigeyoshi Endō | January 17, 1968 | |
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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) | Yoshio Takami | Shun'ichi Yukimuro | Shinya Takahashi | Shigeyoshi Endō | January 24, 1968 | |
| 5 | "Great Sea Beast" Transliteration: "Daikaijuu" (Japanese: 大海獣) | Hiroshi Shidara | Masaki Tsuji | Minoru Tajima | Makoto Yamazaki | January 31, 1968 | |
| 6 | February 7, 1968 | ||||||
| 7 | "Ghost Train" Transliteration: "Yūrei densha" (Japanese: ゆうれい電車) | Shizuo Murayama | Michio Suzuki | Yukiyoshi Hane | Makoto Yamazaki | February 14, 1968 | |
| 8 | "Old Man of the Mirror [?]" Transliteration: "Kagami Jijii" (Japanese: 鏡爺) | Masayuki Akehi | Toyohiro Andō | Hideo Furusawa | Makoto Yamazaki | February 21, 1968 | |
| 9 | "The Look-up Priest [?]" Transliteration: "Miage-nyūdō" (Japanese: 見上げ入道) | Tokue Shirane | Shun'ichi Yukimuro | Masamune Ochiai | Hideo Chiba | February 28, 1968 | |
| 10 | "Great Youkai War" Transliteration: "Yōkai daisensō" (Japanese: 妖怪大戦争) | Kazukiyo Shigeno | Shun'ichi Yukimuro | Akinori Ōrai | Hideo Chiba | March 6, 1968 | |
| 11 | March 13, 1968 | ||||||
| 12 | "The Youkai Nurarihyon" Transliteration: "Yōkai Nurarihyon" (Japanese: 妖怪ぬらりひょん) | Nobutaka Nishizawa | Toyohiro Andō | Shinya Takahashi | Saburō Yokoi | March 20, 1968 | |
| 13 | "Hell Cruise" Transliteration: "Jigoku nagashi" (Japanese: 地獄流し) | Takashi Hisaoka | Michio Suzuki | Hiroshi Wagatsuma | Shigeyoshi Endō | March 27, 1968 | |
| 14 | "Water Tiger" Transliteration: "Suiko" (Japanese: 水虎) | Shizuo Murayama | Susumu Takaku | Hideo Furusawa | Saburō Yokoi | April 7, 1968 | |
| 15 | "Vampire Elite" Transliteration: "Kyūketsuki eriito" (Japanese: 吸血鬼エリート) | Yoshio Kuroda | Michio Suzuki | Shinya Takahashi | Shigeyoshi Endō | April 14, 1968 | |
| 16 | April 21, 1968 | ||||||
| 17 | "Cat Hermit" Transliteration: "Neko sennin" (Japanese: 猫仙人) | Yasuo Yamaguchi | Shun'ichi Yukimuro | Hiroshi Wagatsuma | Saburō Yokoi | April 28, 1968 | |
| 18 | "Witch Doll" Transliteration: "Majo ningyō" (Japanese: 魔女人形) | Shizuo Murayama | Toyohiro Andō | Masamune Ochiai | Makoto Yamazaki | May 5, 1968 | |
| 19 | "Blood Sucking Tree" Transliteration: "Kyūketsu ki" (Japanese: 吸血木) | Tokue Shirane | Masaki Tsuji | Masamune Ochiai | Shigeyoshi Endō | May 12, 1968 | |
| 20 | "Cat-girl and Rat-man" Transliteration: "Neko musume to nezumi otoko" (Japanese: 猫娘とねずみ男) | Yoshio Takami | Shun'ichi Yukimuro | Hideo Furusawa | Hideo Chiba | May 19, 1968 | |
| 21 | "Youkai Beast" Transliteration: "Yōkai-jū" (Japanese: 妖怪獣) | Masayuki Akehi | Susumu Takaku | Teruo Hosoda | Hideo Chiba | May 26, 1968 | |
| 22 | June 2, 1968 | ||||||
| 23 | "Youkai of the Pass" Transliteration: "Tōge no yōkai" (Japanese: 峠の妖怪) | Tokue Shirane | Masaki Tsuji | Masamune Ochiai | Shigeyoshi Endō | June 9, 1968 | |
| 24 | "Hakusanbo" Transliteration: "Hakusanbō" (Japanese: 白山坊) | Takashi Hisaoka | Shun'ichi Yukimuro | Hideo Furusawa | Saburō Yokoi | June 16, 1968 | |
| 25 | "Electric Youkai" Transliteration: "Denki yōkai" (Japanese: 電気妖怪) | Yoshio Takami | Toyohiro Andō | Teruo Hosoda | Hideo Chiba | June 23, 1968 | |
| 26 | "Boss of the Sea" Transliteration: "Umi zatō" (Japanese: 海座頭) | Shizuo Murayama | Michio Suzuki | Akinori Ōrai | Hideo Chiba | June 30, 1968 | |
| 27 | "Creepy Mane" Transliteration: "Odoro-odoro" (Japanese: おどろおどろ) | Tokue Shirane | Michio Suzuki | Masamune Ochiai | Hideo Chiba | July 7, 1968 | |
| 28 | "The Pillow Switcher" Transliteration: "Makura-gaeshi" (Japanese: まくら返し) | Shizuo Murayama | Masaki Tsuji | Yoshitsugu Nabeshima | Hideo Chiba | July 14, 1968 | |
| 29 | "Mirror Battle [?]" Transliteration: "Kagami kassen" (Japanese: 鏡合戦) | Nobutaka Nishizawa | Shun'ichi Yukimuro | Akinori Ōrai | Hideo Chiba | July 21, 1968 | |
| 30 | "Devil Belial" Transliteration: "Akuma beriaru" (Japanese: 悪魔ベリアル) | Shizuo Murayama | Michio Suzuki | Masamune Ochiai | Hideo Chiba | July 28, 1968 | |
| 31 | "Moryo" Transliteration: "Mōryō" (Japanese: もうりょう) | Fusahiro Nagaki | Toyohiro Andō | Hiroshi Wagatsuma | Hideo Chiba | August 4, 1968 | |
| 32 | "Youkai Flower" Transliteration: "Yōka" (Japanese: 妖花) | Tokue Shirane | Masaki Tsuji | Tsuguyuki Kubo | Hideo Chiba | August 11, 1968 | |
| 33 | "Turban Shell Demon" Transliteration: "Sazae-oni" (Japanese: さざえ鬼) | Hideo Furusawa | Shun'ichi Yukimuro | Jōji Kikuchi | Hideo Chiba | August 18, 1968 | |
| 34 | "Plate Boy" Transliteration: "Sara-kozō" (Japanese: さら小僧) | Takashi Hisaoka | Masaki Tsuji | Teruo Hosoda | Saburō Yokoi | August 25, 1968 | |
| 35 | "Top Youkai" Transliteration: "Koma Yōkai" (Japanese: こま妖怪) | Tokue Shirane | Michio Suzuki | Masamune Ochiai | Hidenobu Hata | September 1, 1968 | |
| 36 | "Diamond Youkai" Transliteration: "Daiyamondo yōkai" (Japanese: ダイヤモンド妖怪) | Masayuki Akehi | Toyohiro Andō | Hiroshi Wagatsuma | Hideo Chiba | September 8, 1968 | |
| 37 | "Eyes on Hand" Transliteration: "Tenome" (Japanese: 手の目) | Shizuo Murayama | Toyohiro Andō | Masamune Ochiai | Tadami Shimokawa | September 15, 1968 | |
| 38 | "Folding Monk" Transliteration: "Oritatami-nyūdō" (Japanese: おりたたみ入道) | Hideo Furusawa | Shun'ichi Yukimuro | Fumio Eto | Saburō Yokoi | September 22, 1968 | |
| 39 | "Youkai Corps" Transliteration: "Yōkai Gundan" (Japanese: 妖怪軍団) | Hiroshi Shidara | Michio Suzuki | Akinori Ōrai | Saburō Yokoi | September 29, 1968 | |
| 40 | "Youkai of Obebe Swamp" Transliteration: "Obebe-numa no Yōkai" (Japanese: おベベ沼の妖怪) | Tokue Shirane | Michio Suzuki | Masamune Ochiai | Tadami Shimokawa | October 6, 1968 | |
| 41 | "Cat Ghoul" Transliteration: "Bakeneko" (Japanese: ばけ猫) | Kazukiyo Shigeno | Michio Suzuki | Fumio Eto | Hidenobu Hata | October 13, 1968 | |
| 42 | "The Man Eating Island" Transliteration: "Hitogui-jima" (Japanese: 人食い島) | Masayuki Akehi | Shun'ichi Yukimuro | Hiroshi Wagatsuma | Saburō Yokoi | October 20, 1968 | |
| 43 | "God of Drought" Transliteration: "Hiderigami" (Japanese: ひでりがみ) | Yasuo Yamaguchi | Toyohiro Andō | Akinori Ōrai | Saburō Yokoi | October 27, 1968 | |
| 44 | "Sandal Battle" Transliteration: "Geta Kassen" (Japanese: げた合戦) | Tokue Shirane | Shun'ichi Yukimuro | Masamune Ochiai | Saburō Yokoi | November 3, 1968 | |
| 45 | "The No Face" Transliteration: "Noppera-bō" (Japanese: のっぺらぼう) | Hideo Furusawa | Shun'ichi Yukimuro | Fumio Eto | Saburō Yokoi | November 10, 1968 | |
| 46 | "Birthing Woman Ghost" Transliteration: "Ubume" (Japanese: うぶめ) | Takashi Hisaoka | Toyohiro Andō | Teruo Hosoda | Shigeyoshi Endō | November 17, 1968 | |
| 47 | "Amanojaku" Transliteration: "Amanojaku" (Japanese: 天邪鬼) | Tomoharu Katsumata | Shun'ichi Yukimuro | Masamune Ochiai | Hidenobu Hata | November 24, 1968 | |
| 48 | "Snow Woman" Transliteration: "Yukin-ko" (Japanese: 雪ん子) | Masayuki Akehi | Masaki Tsuji | Hiroshi Wagatsuma | Hidenobu Hata | December 1, 1968 | |
| 49 | "Tenko" Transliteration: "Tenko [?]" (Japanese: 天狐) | Kazuya Miyazaki | Toyohiro Andō | Jōji Kikuchi | Saburō Yokoi | December 8, 1968 | |
| 50 | "Youkai Sekigahara" Transliteration: "Yōkai Sekigahara" (Japanese: 妖怪関ケ原) | Yoshikata Nitta | Masaki Tsuji | Akinori Ōrai | Hidenobu Hata | December 15, 1968 | |
| 51 | "Mine Shaft Monk" Transliteration: "Anagura-nyūdō" (Japanese: 穴ぐら入道) | Yasuo Yamaguchi | Michio Suzuki | Hiroshi Wagatsuma | Saburō Yokoi | December 22, 1968 | |
| 52 | "Vampire Youkai Corps" Transliteration: "Kyūketsu Yōkai-dan" (Japanese: 吸血妖怪団) | Yoshio Takami | Toyohiro Andō | Seishi Hayashi | Tadami Shimokawa | December 29, 1968 | |
| 53 | "Youkai President" Transliteration: "Yōkai Daitōryō" (Japanese: 妖怪大統領) | Yasuo Yamaguchi | Hiroshi Ozawa | Teruo Hosoda | Masahiro Ioka | January 5, 1969 | |
| 54 | "Youkai Rally" Transliteration: "Yōkai Rarii" (Japanese: 妖怪ラリー) | Tomoharu Katsumata | Shun'ichi Yukimuro | Masamune Ochiai | Hidenobu Hata | January 12, 1969 | |
| 55 | "Youkai Fuzzy Hair" Transliteration: "Yōkai Keukegen" (Japanese: 妖怪毛羽毛現) | Nobutaka Nishizawa | Masaki Tsuji | Minoru Tajima | Hidenobu Hata | January 19, 1969 | |
| 56 | "Seashore Woman" Transliteration: "Iso-onna" (Japanese: 磯女) | Hideo Furusawa | Hiroshi Ozawa | Shinnosuke Kon | Tadami Shimokawa | January 26, 1969 | |
| 57 | "Invisible Magic" Transliteration: "Ongyō Mahō" (Japanese: 隠形魔法) | Hiroshi Shidara | Shun'ichi Yukimuro | Akinori Ōrai | Masahiro Ioka | February 2, 1969 | |
| 58 | "Hazy Cart" Transliteration: "Oboro-guruma" (Japanese: おぼろぐるま) | Tomoharu Katsumata | Masaki Tsuji | Masamune Ochiai | Hidenobu Hata | February 9, 1969 | |
| 59 | "Daruma" Transliteration: "Daruma" (Japanese: だるま) | Kazuya Miyazaki | Shun'ichi Yukimuro | Toshiyasu Okada | Tadami Shimokawa | February 16, 1969 | |
| 60 | "The Hat Guardian" Transliteration: "Kasa Jizō" (Japanese: 笠地蔵) | Masayuki Akehi | Shun'ichi Yukimuro | Seishi Hayashi | Masahiro Ioka | February 23, 1969 | |
| 61 | "The Abrupt God" Transliteration: "Ushirogami" (Japanese: 後神) | Hideo Furusawa | Hiroshi Ozawa | Yoshitsugu Nabeshima | Tadami Shimokawa | March 2, 1969 | |
| 62 | "Old Man Sea" Transliteration: "Umijijii" (Japanese: 海じじい) | Isao Takahata | Shun'ichi Yukimuro | Masamune Ochiai | Hidenobu Hata | March 9, 1969 | |
| 63 | "Namahage" Transliteration: "Namahage" (Japanese: なまはげ) | Nobutaka Nishizawa | Masaki Tsuji | Toshiyasu Okada | Tadami Shimokawa | March 16, 1969 | |
| 64 | "Reincarnated Demon" Transliteration: "Onmoraki" (Japanese: 陰摩羅鬼) | Kazuya Miyazaki | Shun'ichi Yukimuro | Fumio Eto | Hidenobu Hata | March 23, 1969 | |
| 65 | "Youkai Apprentice" Transliteration: "Yōkai Hōkō" (Japanese: 妖怪ほうこう) | Tomoharu Katsumata | Michio Suzuki | Hiroshi Wagatsuma | Hidenobu Hata | March 30, 1969 | |
References
- ^ "ゲゲゲの鬼太郎 ： 東映アニメーション TOEI ANIMATION" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Archived from the original on November 20, 2019. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
External links
- GeGeGe no Kitarō (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia