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The first GeGeGe no Kitarō anime was aired from January 3, 1968 to March 30, 1969. It ran for 65 episodes and is the only anime to be produced in black & white. Like all of the subsequent Kitarō anime, it was produced by Toei Animation and aired on Fuji Television.
About
Aside from toning down darker elements and some social commentary, every episode is a quite faithful adaptation of the original manga. Most episode focused on stories about Kitarō aiding humans in need of his skills or thwarting the plans of evil Yōkai who threaten to torment humanity. Kitarō's personality was also made more friendly and likable. The anime was so popular that Kitarō became a popular children's hero and it created the Yōkai boom of the 1970s.
The music was written and composed by Taku Izumi, who would go on to major songwriter in the world of Japanese music. He also wrote the music to the opening and ending theme songs, which were often used as background music in the show (as well as the following 1971 anime). Furthermore, voice actors Kazuo Kumakura and Midori Katō were brought in to perform the theme songs thanks to Izumi, Kumakura due to their personal friendship and Katō because she performed many of the commercial jingles he wrote at the time. The theme song record sold over 300,000 copies.[1]。
The role of Kitarō was performed by Masako Nozawa. It was her first starring role, and she would go on to become one of the biggest names in Japanese voice acting. Each episode featured a different preview narrator and displayed the episode titles in a different font style, a trait shared only with the 1971 anime.
This anime also started the idea of Kitarō's allies coming to GeGeGe Forest to meet with him as well as the idea of the Kitarō Family.
Because the series was black and white it has rarely been rebroadcasted despite it's popularity, although it did get a rebroadcast in the 1980s.
Theme Songs
- Opening
- Endings
- Karan Koron no Uta - Midori Katō
- Kitarō Nai Nai Ondo - Kazuo Kumakura (Ep. 27, 28, 31, 32)
- Kitarō Olympic - Kazuo Kumakura (Ep. 41~42)
Episodes
| # | Title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ghost Nighter Obake Nightaa (おばけナイター) |
1968-01-03 |
| 2 | Yasha Yasha (夜叉) |
1968-01-10 |
| 3 | Yōkai Castle Yōkai-jō (妖怪城) |
1968-01-17 |
| 4 | Vampire La Seine Kyuuketsuki Ra・Seenu (吸血鬼ラ・セーヌ) |
1968-01-24 |
| 5 | Daikaijū (Part 1) Daikaijū (Zenpen) (大海獣(前編)) |
1968-01-31 |
| 6 | Daikaijū (Part 2) Daikaijū (Kōhen) (大海獣(後編)) |
1968-02-07 |
| 7 | Ghost Train Yūrei densha (ゆうれい電車) |
1968-02-14 |
| 8 | Kagami-Jijii Kagami-Jiji (鏡爺) |
1968-02-21 |
| 9 | Miage-Nyūdō Miage-Nyūdō (見上げ入道) |
1968-02-28 |
| 10 | The Great Yōkai War (Part 1) Yōkai daisensō (Zenpen) (妖怪大戦争(前編)) |
1968-03-06 |
| 11 | The Great Yōkai War (Part 2) Yōkai daisensō (Kōhen) (妖怪大戦争(後編)) |
1968-03-13 |
| 12 | Yōkai Nurarihyon Yōkai Nurarihyon (妖怪ぬらりひょん) |
1968-03-20 |
| 13 | The Cruise to Hell Jigoku nagashi (地獄流し) |
1968-03-27 |
| 14 | Suiko Suiko (水虎) |
1968-04-07 |
| 15 | Vampire Elite (Part 1) Kyūketsuki eriito (Zenpen) (吸血鬼エリート （前編)) |
1968-04-14 |
| 16 | Vampire Elite (Part 2) Kyūketsuki eriito (Kōhen) (吸血鬼エリート （後編)) |
1968-04-21 |
| 17 | Neko-Sennin Neko sennin (ネコ仙人) |
1968-04-28 |
| 18 | Witch Doll Majo ningyō (魔女人形) |
1968-05-05 |
| 19 | Vampire Tree Kyūketsu ki (吸血木) |
1968-05-12 |
| 20 | Nezumi-Otoko and Neko-Musume Neko-Musume to Nezumi-Otoko (猫娘とねずみ男) |
1968-05-19 |
| 21 | Yōkai Beast (Part 1) Yōkai-jū (Zenhen) (妖怪獣 （前編)) |
1968-05-26 |
| 22 | Yōkai Beast (Part 2) Yōkai-jū (Kōhen) (妖怪獣 （後編)) |
1968-06-02 |
| 23 |
Yōkai of the Mountain Pass |
1968-06-09 |
| 24 |
Hakusanbō |
1968-06-16 |
| 25 |
Electrical Yōkai |
1968-06-23 |
| 26 |
Umizatō |
1968-06-30 |
| 27 | Odoro-Odoro Odoro-Odoro (おどろおどろ) |
1968-07-07 |
| 28 | Makura-Kaeshi Makura-Kaeshi (まくら返し) |
1968-07-14 |
| 29 | Mirror Battle Kagami gassen (鏡合戦) |
1968-07-21 |
| 30 | Devil Berial Akuma beriaru (悪魔ベリアル) |
1968-07-28 |
| 31 | Mōryō Mōryō (もうりょう) |
1968-08-04 |
| 32 | Yōka Yōka (妖花) |
1968-08-11 |
| 33 | Sazae-Oni Sazae-Oni (さざえ鬼) |
1968-08-18 |
| 34 | Sara-Kozō Sara-Kozō (さら小僧) |
1968-08-25 |
| 35 | Top Yōkai Koma yōkai (こま妖怪) |
1968-09-01 |
| 36 | Diamond Yōkai Daiyamondo yōkai (ダイヤモンド妖怪) |
1968-09-08 |
| 37 | Tenome Tenome (手の目) |
1968-09-15 |
| 38 | Oritatami-Nyūdō Oritatami-Nyūdō (おりたたみ入道) |
1968-09-22 |
| 39 | The Yōkai corps Yōkai gundan (妖怪軍団) |
1968-09-29 |
| 40 | The Yōkai of Obebe Swamp Obebenuma no Yokai (おベベ沼の妖怪) |
1968-10-06 |
| 41 | Bakeneko Bakeneko (ばけ猫) |
1968-10-13 |
| 42 | The Cannibal Island Hitokuijima (人食い島) |
1968-10-20 |
| 43 | Hiderigami Hiderigami (ひでりがみ) |
1968-10-27 |
| 44 | Geta Battle Geta gassen (げた合戦) |
1968-11-03 |
| 45 | Nopperabō Nopperabō (のっぺらぼう) |
1968-11-10 |
| 46 | Ubume Ubume (うぶめ) |
1968-11-17 |
| 47 | Amanojaku Amanojaku (天邪鬼) |
1968-11-24 |
| 48 | Yukinko Yukinko (雪ん子) |
1968-12-01 |
| 49 | Tenko Tenko (天狐) |
1968-12-08 |
| 50 | Yōkai Sekigahara Yōkai Sekigahara (妖怪関ケ原) |
1968-12-15 |
| 51 | Anagura-Nyūdō Anagura-Nyūdō (穴ぐら入道) |
1968-12-22 |
| 52 | Vampire Club Kyūketsu yōkai-dan (吸血妖怪団) |
1968-12-29 |
| 53 | Yōkai President Yōkai daitōryō (妖怪大統領) |
1969-01-05 |
| 54 | Yōkai Rally Yōkai rarī (妖怪ラリー) |
1969-01-12 |
| 55 | Yōkai Keukegen Yōkai Keukegen (妖怪毛羽毛現) |
1969-01-19 |
| 56 | Iso-Onna Iso-Onna (磯女) |
1969-01-26 |
| 57 | Invisibility Magic Ongyō mahō (隠形魔法) |
1969-02-02 |
| 58 | Oboroguruma Oboroguruma (おぼろぐるま) |
1969-02-09 |
| 59 | Daruma Daruma (だるま) |
1969-02-16 |
| 60 | Kasa-jizō Kasa-jizō (笠地蔵) |
1969-02-23 |
| 61 | Ushirogami Ushirogami (後神) |
1969-03-02 |
| 62 | Umi-jiji Umi-jiji (海じじい) |
1969-03-09 |
| 63 | Namahage Namahage (なまはげ) |
1969-03-16 |
| 64 | Onmoraki Onmoraki (陰摩羅鬼) |
1969-03-23 |
| 65 | Yōkai Hōkō Yōkai Hōkō (妖怪ほうこう) |
1969-03-30 |
Cast
| Main Cast | ||
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| Masako Nozawa as Kitarō |
Isamu Tanonaka as Medama-Oyaji |
Chikao Ōtsuka as Nezumi-Otoko |
| Recurring Cast | |
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| Yōko Ogushi as Sunakake-Babaa |
Ichirō Nagai as Konaki-Jijii |
Guest Cast
- Yonehiko Kitagawa - Konaki-Jijii (ep. 7), Sazae-Oni, Akamata, Sakabashira and others
- Kōsei Tomita - Konaki-Jijii (ep. 29), Ittan-Momen, Backbeard, Kamaitachi, Gyōbu-Danuki, Odoro-Odoro, Wanyūdō, Tenome, Nopperabō, Kōmori-Neko and others
- Kōsaku Sugiura - Tsurube-Bi, Vampire Elite and others
- Masao Imanishi - Mōryō, Mammoth-Otoko and others
- Kenji Utsumi - Nurikabe, La Seine, Umizatō, Hakusanbō, Beliel, Sara-Kozō, Oritatami-Nyūdō, Hiderigami, Amanojaku, Tenko, Jami and others
- Kōji Yada - Kiba-Gurui, Maruge and others
- Yukari Asai
- Keiko Yamamoto - Donpei, Goldbug and others
- Sumiko Shirakawa
- Shūichi Kazamatsuri
- Nana Yamaguchi - Neko-Musume, Oboro-Guruma and others
- Toshiya Okada - Tantanbō, Miage-Nyūdō and others
- Sachiko Chijimatsu - Tomiko, Ōkuchi-Onna and others
- Akiko Tsuboi - Witch and others
- Kiyoshi Komiyama - Shūichi Yamada
- Sanji Hase - Mammoth, Azuki-Arai and others
- Tsuyako Yuki - Rokuro-Kubi, Nopperabō
- Kazuko Sugiyama - Kaori Oyama and others
- Ryūji Saikachi - Nurarihyon
- Keiichi Noda - Silk Hat Tanuki and others
- Mitsuko Asō - Jakotsu-Babaa, Datsue-Babaa
- Hiroshi Ōtake - Neko-Sennin, Amefuri-kozo, Fune-Yūrei, Yama-Kozō and others
- Noriko Ohara - Yuki-Onna and others
- Yoshiaki Wakao - Kajiba Dorobo
- Seiichi Mukai
- Jōji Yanami - Maruge and others
- Nobuyo Tsuda
- Kazue Takahashi - Ubume, Guwagoze and others
- Katsue Miwa - Caroline
- Fuyumi Shiraishi - Yukinko
- Tatsuyuki Jinnai
- Michiko Asō - Iso-Onna
- Osamu Ichikawa
- Reiko Katsura
- Midori Katō - Zashiki-Warashi
Staff
Movies
- Gegege no Kitarō - Released July 12, 1968. A retelling of episodes #5 & 6 (Daikaijū).
References
- ↑ 長田暁二『昭和の童謡アラカルト―戦後編』ぎょうせい、1985年、187頁。ISBN 4324001243