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Kitaro (manga)

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Alternative title:
Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro (Japanese)
GeGeGe no Kitarō (Japanese)
Hakaba no Kitaro (Japanese)
Kitaro dei cimiteri (Italian)
Kitaro le repoussant (French)
Spooky Kitaro
ゲゲゲの鬼太郎 (Japanese)
墓場の鬼太郎 (Japanese)
少年英雄鬼太郎 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Themes: Hell, yokai
User Ratings: 9 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: -
 Excellent: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Very good: 3 votes (Eng:3)
 Good: 3 votes (Eng:2, others:1
1 Indonesia
)
 Decent: -
 So-so: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Not really good: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Weak: -
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 29 users, rank: #2158 (of 6834)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.000 (Good), std. dev.: 1.4907, rank: #2986 (of 7661)
Weighted mean: 7.248 (Good+), rank: #3045 (of 7661) (seen all: 6.73 / seen some: 7.32)
Bayesian estimate: 7.385 (Good+), rank: #1794 (of 3503)
Number of tankoubon: 9
Number of pages: 220
Vintage:
1959 (Rental comic magazine "Yokiden")
1965 (Begins serialization in Weekly Shonen Magazine)
1967-11 (Changed the title to "Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro")
Release dates: We have 22
Reviews:
Kitaro GN (Mar 1, 2023)
Kitaro's Yokai Battles GN (May 24, 2019)
GeGeGe no Kitarō ‒ Episode 46 (Mar 5, 2019)
Kitaro the Vampire Slayer GN (Jul 16, 2018)
Kitaro's Strange Adventures GN (Jul 1, 2018)
Kitaro: The Great Tanuki War GN (Jan 14, 2018)
Kitaro Meets Nurarihyon GN (Oct 23, 2016)
The Birth of Kitaro GN (May 27, 2016)
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Graphic novel
    Kitaro (GN) 2013-08-06 (from $13.75)
    Kitaro and the Great Tanuki War (GN 3) 2017-06-20 (from $24.88)
    Kitaro Meets Nurarihyon (GN 2) 2016-10-11 (from $11.90)
    Kitaro the Vampire Slayer (GN 5) 2018-01-16 (from $12.62)
    Kitaro's Strange Adventures (GN 4) 2017-10-31
    Kitaro's Yokai Battles (GN 6) 2019-04-09 (from $12.53)
    The Birth of Kitaro (GN 1) 2016-05-31 (from $12.62)
    The Trial of Kitaro (GN 7) 2020-02-04 (from $15.95)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Story & Art: Shigeru Mizuki
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher: Kodansha
English staff
English cast
Translation:
Jocelyne Allen ("Kitaro")
Zack Davisson (other volumes)

Editing:
Malcolm Macrae-Gibson
Tom Devlin
(none)
English companies
Licensed by: Drawn & Quarterly
French staff
French companies
(none)
Publisher: Cornelius
French cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Publisher: Astiberri
Spanish cast
(none)
Italian cast
Italian staff
Translation: Valentina Ghidini (J-Pop)

Lettering: Vincenzo Rey Scognamiglio (J-Pop)
(none)
Italian companies
Publisher:
d/visual
J-Pop
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Licensed by: Linking Publishing
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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