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Gegege no Kitarō (TV 1/1968)

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[ adapted from Kitaro (manga) ]

Related anime:
    Gegege no Kitarō (TV 2/1971) (sequel)
      Gegege no Kitarō (TV 3/1985) (remake)
        Gegege no Kitarō (TV 4/1996) (remake)
          Gegege no Kitarō (TV 5/2007) (remake)
            Gegege no Kitarō: Nippon Bakuretsu!! (movie) (sequel)
            Hakaba Kitarō (TV)
          Gegege no Kitarō: Daikaijū (movie) (sequel)
            Gegege no Kitarō: Obake Nighter (movie) (sequel)
              Gegege no Kitarō: Yōkai Tokkyū! Maboroshi no Kisha (movie) (sequel)
        Gegege no Kitaro: Jigoku Hen (TV 3-1/1988) (sequel)
        Gegege no Kitarou (movie) (sequel)
          Gegege no Kitarō: Yōkai Daisensō (movie) (sequel)
            Gegege no Kitarō: Saikyō Yōkai Gundan! Nihon Jōriku!! (movie) (sequel)
              Gegege no Kitarō: Gekitotsu!! Ijigen Yōkai no Daihanran (movie) (sequel)

Alternative title:
Cackling Kitarou 
Spooky Kitaro 
ゲゲゲの鬼太郎 (Japanese) 
Genres: action , comedy , supernatural 
Objectionable content: None 
Plot Summary: Kitarou, a ghost, spends his afterlife helping humans in need of his skills. He thwarts the plans of evil spirits who live to torment humanity. 
User Ratings: 12 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: -
 Excellent: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Very good: 1 vote (others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Good: 5 votes (sub:4, dub:1)
 Decent: 2 votes (raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 So-so: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Not really good: -
 Weak: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 74 users, rank: #3470 (of 5564)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.250 (Decent+), std. dev.: 1.7381, rank: #3706 (of 5554)
Weighted mean: 6.371 (Decent+), rank: #3431 (of 5554) (seen all: 8.00 / seen some: 6.52 / won't finish: 5.70)
Bayesian estimate: 6.934 (Good), rank: #1984 (of 4226)
Running time: half hour per episode 
Number of episodes: 65 
Episode titles: We have 65
Vintage: 1968-01-03 to 1969-03-30 
Opening Theme:
"Hakaba no Kitarō (墓場の鬼太郎)" by Kazuo Kumakura 
Ending Theme:
#1: "Gegege no Kitaro" by Midori Kato 
#2: "Kitaro Nai Nai Ontou" by Kazuo Kumakura 
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Isao Takahata (ep 62) 
Script:
Motonari Wakai 
Shun'ichi Yukimuro 
Susumu Takaku 
Screenplay: Masaki Tsuji 
Music: Taku Izumi 
Original creator: Shigeru Mizuki 
Art:
Hideo Chiba 
Makoto Yamazaki 

Planning: Iwao Sasaya 
Production Supervision: Sadamitsu Matsumoto 
Theme Song Composition: Taku Izumi (OP, ED) 
Theme Song Lyrics: Shigeru Mizuki (OP, ED) 
Theme Song Performance:
Kazuo Kumakura 
Midori Kato (ED1) 
Masako Nozawa as Kitarou 

Chikao Ohtsuka as Nezumi Otoko ('68)  (Ratman) 
Isamu Tanonaka as Medama Oyaji (Poppa Eyeball) 

Akiko Tsuboi as Mrs. Yamada (eps 5-6) 
Ichirô Nagai as
Kagami Jijii (ep 8) 
Konaki Jijii 
Yamabiko (ep 3) 
Isamu Tanonaka as Kitarou's father 
Kenji Utsumi as La Seine (ep 4) 
Kiyoshi Komiyama as Shuichi Yamada (eps 5-6) 
Kōsaku Sugiura as Yasha (ep 2) 
Kousei Tomita as
Bakkubeaddo (eps 10-11, 54) 
Kamaitachi (ep 3) 
Konaki Jijii (ep 29) 
Village Elder (ep 3) 
Kunihiko Kitagawa as Minister of Science (eps 5-6) 
Nana Yamaguchi as
Kyoko Hanazawa (ep 4) 
Neko Musume (ep 20) 
Sachiko Chijimatsu as Tomiko (ep 3) 
Sanji Hase as Mammoth (ep 4) 
Yasoe Matsuda as Keiko Yamada (eps 5-6) 
Yonehiko Kitagawa as Konaki Jijii (ep 7) 
Youko Ohkushi as Sunakake babaa 

Akiko Tsuboi 
Fuyumi Shiraishi 
Hiroshi Ohtake 
Jouji Yanami 
Katsue Miwa 
Kazue Takahashi 
Kazuko Sugiyama 
Keiichi Noda 
Keiko Yamamoto 
Kenji Utsumi 
Kiyoshi Komiyama 
Kouji Yada 
Masao Imanishi 
Midori Kato 
Miyoko Asou 
Noriko Ohara 
Osamu Ichikawa 
Reiko Katsura 
Ryuuji Saikachi 
Sachiko Chijimatsu 
Sanji Hase 
Sumiko Shirakawa 
Tsuyako Yuki 
Yoshiko Asai 
Japanese companies
Broadcaster: Fuji TV 
Production: Toei Animation 
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