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)
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
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 Good: 5 votes (sub:4, dub:1)
 Decent: 2 votes (raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
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 So-so: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Not really good: -
 Weak: 2 votes (sub:2)
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Seen in part or in whole by 75 users, rank: #3675 (of 5856)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.250 (Decent+), std. dev.: 1.7381, rank: #3872 (of 5852)
Weighted mean: 6.388 (Decent+), rank: #3563 (of 5852) (seen all: 8.00 / seen some: 6.53 / won't finish: 5.74)
Bayesian estimate: 6.964 (Good), rank: #2019 (of 4431)
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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