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Hakaba Kitarō (TV)

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Alternative title:
Graveyard Kitaro
墓場鬼太郎 (Japanese)
Genres: horror, supernatural
Plot Summary: Kitarou is a youkai boy born in a cemetery, and aside from his mostly-decayed father, the last living member of the Ghost tribe. He is missing his left eye, but his hair usually covers the empty socket. He fights for peace between humans and youkai, which generally involves protecting the former from the wiles of the latter.
User Ratings: 108 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 7 votes (sub:7)
 Excellent: 3 votes (sub:2, raw:1)
 Very good: 31 votes (sub:27, raw:1, dub:1, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Good: 21 votes (sub:18, dub:1, others:2
1 Italian subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Decent: 20 votes (sub:19, others:1
1 German subtitled
)
 So-so: 15 votes (sub:15)
 Not really good: 3 votes (sub:2, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Weak: 4 votes (sub:2, ?:1, others:1
1 Spanish edited dub
)
 Bad: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 216 users, rank: #3668 (of 9535)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.648 (Good−), std. dev.: 1.8625, rank: #5182 (of 9642)
Weighted mean: 6.600 (Good−), rank: #5242 (of 9642) (seen all: 6.91 / seen some: 6.54 / won't finish: 4.73)
Bayesian estimate: 6.701 (Good−), rank: #4507 (of 7243)
Running time: 23 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 11
Episode titles: We have 11
Vintage:
2008-01-10 to 2008-03-20
2009-01-28 (Ep. 1-3, Italy - Future Film Festival)
Release dates: We have 4
Opening Theme:
"Mononoke Dance (モノノケダンス)" by Denki Groove
Ending Theme:
"Snow Tears" by Shoko Nakagawa
Insert song:
"Kimi ni Meroron" by Shoko Nakagwa (eps 3-5)
"Yurakuchou de Tokemashou" by Pierre Taki (ep 3, ep 10)
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 5
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Series Director: Masatoshi Chioka
Series Composition: Yoshimi Narita
Script:
Ikuko Takahashi (eps 4-5)
Keiichi Hasegawa (eps 3, 9)
Yasuyuki Tsutsumi (eps 8, 10)
Yoshimi Narita (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 6-7, 11
)

Storyboard:
Hidehito Ueda (eps 3, 9)
Hiroki Shibata (ep 7)
Hiroyuki Kakudō (eps 2, 8)
Iku Ishiguro (ep 6)
Junichi Satō (ep 10)
Kenji Nakamura (OP, ED)
Masatoshi Chioka (eps 1, 5, 11)
Tetsuji Nakamura (ep 4)
Episode Director:
Hidehito Ueda (eps 3, 9)
Hiroki Shibata (ep 7)
Hiroyuki Kakudō (eps 2, 8)
Iku Ishiguro (ep 6)
Kouhei Hatano (eps 1, 5, 10)
Masatoshi Chioka (eps 1, 5, 11)
Tetsuji Nakamura (ep 4)
Unit Director: Kenji Nakamura (OP, ED)
Music: Kaoru Wada
Original creator: Shigeru Mizuki
Character Design: Tadayoshi Yamamuro
Art Director: Takashi Kurahashi
Art:
Masanobu Ōtani (eps 7, 10)
Ryūtarō Masuda (eps 3, 9)
Shinji Saitō (ep 4)
Shōichirō Sugiura (eps 2, 4, 7, 10)
Takashi Kurahashi (eps 6, 11)
Yoshiko Kitamura (eps 5, 8)
Yumi Hosaka (ep 1)
Chief Animation Director: Tadayoshi Yamamuro
Animation Director:
Atsushi Soga (ep 6)
Hidemi Kubo (5 episodes
eps 1, 4-5, 8, 10
)

Masayuki Shimizu (ep 6)
Tadayoshi Yamamuro (ep 11)
Takashi Hashimoto (ep 5)
Tateru Namikaze (ep 2)
Tatsuya Oka (eps 3, 9)
Yōichi Ōnishi (ep 7)
Yūji Hakamada (eps 4, 8, 10)
Art design: Yoshiaki Honma
Cgi Director: Nobuhiro Morita
Assistant Episode Director: Yasunori Gotō (ep 1)
Assistant producer: Makoto Kimura (Fuji TV)
Color design: Kunio Tsujita
Digital Color: Asami Maruyama (eps 3, 9)
Editing: Kenta Katase
Music Selection: Makiko Kayahara
Planning: Yōko Matsuzaki (Fuji TV)
Production manager: Ken Suetake
Sound Effects: Daisuke Murakami
Theme Song Arrangement:
nishi-ken (IN 3-5)
Satoshi Nakamura (IN 3, 10)
Theme Song Composition:
meg rock (IN 3-5)
Takkyu Ishino (IN 3, 10)
Theme Song Lyrics:
meg rock (IN 3-5)
Pierre Taki (IN 3, 10)
Shōko Nakagawa (ED)
Theme Song Performance:
Denki Groove (OP)
Pierre Taki (IN 3, 10)
Shōko Nakagawa (ED)
Masako Nozawa as Kitarō

Chikao Ohtsuka as Nezumi Otoko
Isamu Tanonaka as Medama Oyaji
Kazue Ikura as Fake Kitaro (eps 4-7)
Shōko Nakagawa as Neko (eps 3-5)
Tōru Ohkawa as Mizuki (eps 1-6)

Ako Mayama as Mizuki's Mother (ep 1)
Banjō Ginga as Dr. Gamotsu (ep 10)
Bin Shimada as Shigeru Mizuki (ep 10)
Chafūrin as Guide (ep 8)
Chigusa Ikeda as
Hanako (ep 10)
Old Lady (ep 6)
Young woman (ep 7)
Daisuke Gouri as Kitarō's Father (ep 1)
Eiji Takemoto as
Chairman (eps 5, 10)
Young Head (ep 11)
Eri Yasui as
Female Talent (ep 5)
Nurse (ep 11)
Old Lady (ep 3)
Fumihiko Tachiki as Chief Doctor (ep 11)
Hidekatsu Shibata as Kanemaru (ep 8)
Hidemi Anzai as
Child (ep 1)
Customer (ep 9)
Friend (ep 4)
Old Lady (eps 3, 6)
Hideyuki Hori as
Dr. Bon Arima (ep 2)
Yasha (ep 2)
Hiroshi Okamoto as Swimbriefs Man (ep 6)
Hisao Egawa as Chairman (ep 5)
Jūrōta Kosugi as Sagaru Mizuki (ep 11)
Katsuhisa Hōki as Werewolf (ep 7)
Keiji Hirai as
Bill collecter in charge (ep 2)
Electric Shopkeeper (ep 11)
Fan (ep 6)
Kimiko Saitō as
Nunoe Mizuki (ep 10)
Tsubame Ōzora (ep 6)
Kōhei Matsumoto as
Acceptancer (ep 6)
Ghost (ep 8)
Kōji Yada as Kinnosuke Ochiba (ep 11)
Kouji Haramaki as Station employee (ep 7)
Kōzō Shioya as Mononoke (eps 3, 6)
Mahito Ōba as Underground Mizuki (ep 11)
Mari Tomokawa as Customer B (ep 9)
Masaharu Satō as Hageyama (eps 1-2)
Masashi Ebara as Johnny (ep 9)
Masaya Takatsuka as
Director (ep 4)
Doctor (ep 11)
Secretary (ep 9)
Mitsuru Miyamoto as Murata (ep 8)
Naomi Shindoh as Mary (ep 8)
Natsuhiko Kyōgoku as Tompo (ep 10)
Pierre Taki as Trump Omoi (eps 4-5)
Reiko Suzuki as Kitarō's Mother (ep 1)
Rie Todzuka as Friend (ep 4)
Ryūzaburō Ōtomo as Dracula the 4th (ep 2)
Saki Yasuda as
Child (ep 1)
Friend (ep 4)
OL (ep 5)
Sagaru Mizuki's child (ep 11)
Shiori Ebara as
Caroline (ep 10)
Waitress (ep 9)
Shunzou Miyasaka as Friend (ep 4)
Takahiko Sakaguma as
Ghost (ep 8)
Policeman (ep 9)
Takahiro Fujimoto as
Expert (ep 2)
Gas Shopkeeper (ep 11)
Ghost (ep 8)
Keeper (ep 1)
Laundry Owner (ep 7)
Male Customer (ep 4)
Master (ep 10)
Officer (ep 5)
Pops (ep 6)
Shopkeeper (ep 9)
Tetsu Inada as Teacher (ep 4)
Tomohisa Asō as Doctor (ep 3)
Tomoka Endō as
Child (ep 1)
Customer (ep 9)
Old Lady (ep 6)
Tomoko Naka as
Lanlord (ep 8)
Sagaru's Mizuki's wife (ep 11)
Tomomichi Nishimura as PM Hayato Ikegaki (ep 9)
Umeka Shōji as Old Lady (ep 3)
Yasuhiko Kawazu as
Doctor (ep 1)
Machamitsu Kyōmori (ep 6)
Mizugami (eps 6-7)
Yasuhiro Takato as Adobarana (ep 10)
Yasunori Masutani as
Officer (ep 5)
Vampire (ep 10)
Yōko Kawanami as Gama-Reijō (ep 7)
Yūsuke Numata as Delivery member (ep 7)
Japanese companies
English staff
English companies
(none)
Distributor:
Fuji Creative Corporation
Siren Visual (Australia & New Zealand)
English cast
(none)
French staff
French companies
(none)
Distributor: Toei Animation
French cast
(none)

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