Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro

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Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro
ゲゲゲの鬼太郎 (Ge Ge Ge Kitaro)
Genre	Comedy
Manga
Authored by	Shigeru Mizuki
Publisher	Kodansha
Serialized in	Weekly Shonen Magazine
Original run	1959 – 1969
No. of volumes	9
TV anime : GeGeGe no Kitaro
Directed by	Isao Takahata
Studio	Toei Animation
Network	Fuji Television
Original run	January 3, 1968 – March 30, 1969
No. of episodes	65
TV anime : GeGeGe no Kitaro (2nd)
Directed by	Isao Takahata
Studio	Toei Animation
Network	Fuji Television
Original run	October 7, 1971 – September 28, 1972
No. of episodes	45
TV anime : GeGeGe no Kitaro (3rd)/Jigoku-hen
Directed by	Osamu Kasai Hiroki Shibata
Studio	Toei Animation
Network	Fuji Television
Original run	October 12, 1985 – March 21, 1988
No. of episodes	115
TV anime : GeGeGe no Kitaro (4th)
Directed by	Daisuke Nishio
Studio	Toei Animation
Network	Fuji Television
Original run	January 7, 1996 – March 29, 1998
No. of episodes	114
TV anime : GeGeGe no Kitaro (5th)
Directed by	Yukio Kawazu
Studio	Toei Animation
Network	Fuji Television
Original run	April, 2007 – ???
No. of episodes
Game
Developer
Genre
Platform	PlayStation
Released	2003
Movie: GeGeGe no Kitaro
Directed by
Studio	Shochiku
Released	2007
Runtime

Ge Ge Ge no Kitarō (ゲゲゲの鬼太郎, Ge Ge Ge no Kitarō^?) is a comic (manga) series created in 1959 (under the alternative title Hakaba no Kitarō (墓場鬼太郎, Hakaba no Kitarō^?)) by Japanese cartoonist Shigeru Mizuki. It is best known for its popularization of the folklore creatures known as yōkai, a class of spirit-monster to which all of the main characters belong. It has been adapted for the screen several times, as animation, live-action, and video games.

Contents 1 Characters 1.1 Kitarō 1.2 Medama Oyaji 1.3 Nezumi Otoko 1.4 Neko Musume 1.5 Sunakake Babaa 1.6 Konaki Jijii 1.7 Ittan Momen 1.8 Nurikabe 2 Manga Series 3 English Translation 4 TV Series 5 Movies 6 Cast 6.1 1968~1969 6.1.1 Regular, Semi-Regular 6.1.2 Guests 6.2 1971~1972 6.2.1 Regular, Semi-Regular 6.2.2 Guest 6.3 1985~1988 6.3.1 Regular, Semi-Regular 6.3.2 Guest 6.4 1996~1998 6.4.1 Regular, Semi-Regular 6.4.2 Guest 6.5 2007 6.6 2003 PlayStation Game 6.7 2007 Movie 7 Video Games 7.1 1986/87 Famicom Games 7.2 1993 Super Famicom Game 7.3 1996 Sega Saturn Game 8 Trivia 9 External links

[edit] Characters

[edit] Kitarō

Kitarō (鬼太郎, Kitarō^?) is a yōkai boy born in a cemetery, and aside from his mostly-decayed father, the last living member of the Ghost tribe (幽霊族, yūrei zoku, Ghost tribe^?). He is missing his left eye, but his hair usually covers the empty socket. He fights for peace between humans and yōkai, which generally involves protecting the former from the wiles of the latter.

Kitarō has an assortment of strange weapons at his disposal, including:

• remote-controlled geta sandals
• a detachable hand, also remote-controlled
• a magic chanchanko vest which can protect its wearer from danger
• Spiny hairs which can be shot like arrows
• Another hair which can serve as an antenna for detecting spirit activity

[edit] Medama Oyaji

Medama Oyaji (目玉のおやじ, or 目玉親父, Eyeball Father, Medama Oyaji^?) is Kitarō's father. Once a fully-formed adult, he perished of a disease, only to be reborn out of his decayed body as an anthropomorphic version of his own eyeball. He looks small and fragile, but has a strong spirit and a great love for his son. He is also extremely knowledgable about ghosts and monsters. He enjoys staying clean, and is often seen bathing in a small bowl.

[edit] Nezumi Otoko

Nezumi Otoko (ねずみ男, Rat Man, Nezumi Otoko^?) is a rodent-like yōkai-human halfbreed. He has been alive for three hundred years, and in that time has almost never taken a bath, rendering him filthy, foul-smelling, and covered in welts and sores. While he is usually Kitarō's friend, this treacherous character will waste no time cooking up vile schemes or betraying his companions if he thinks there's money to be had or a powerful enemy to side with. He claims to be a college graduate of the University of the Bizarre (怪奇大学, Kaiki Daigaku, University of the Bizarre^?), among other pompous things.

[edit] Neko Musume

Neko Musume (猫娘 or ねこ娘, Cat Girl, Neko Musume^?) is a normally-quiet yōkai girl, who transforms into a frightening cat monster with fangs and feline eyes when she is angry or hungry for fish. Predictably, she does not get along well with Nezumi Otoko. She seems to harbor a slight crush on Kitarō, who sees her only as a friend. She bears some resemblance to the bakeneko of Japanese folklore.

[edit] Sunakake Babaa

Sunakake Babaa (砂かけ婆, Sand-throwing hag, Sunakake Babaa^?) is an old yōkai woman who carries sand which she throws into the eyes of enemies to blind them. She serves as an advisor to Kitarō and his companions, and manages a yōkai apartment building. The original sunakake-baba is an invisible sand-throwing spirit from the folklore of Nara Prefecture.

[edit] Konaki Jijii

Konaki Jijii (子泣き爺, Child-crying Old Man, Konaki Jijii^?) is a comic, absent-minded old yōkai man who attacks enemies by clinging to them and turning himself to stone, increasing his weight immensely and pinning them down. He and Sunakake Babaa often work as a team. The original konaki jijii is a ghost which appears in the woods of Tokushima Prefecture in the form of a crying infant. When it is picked up by some hapless traveller, it increases its weight until it crushes him.

[edit] Ittan Momen

Ittan Momen (一反木綿, Roll of Cotton, Ittan Momen^?) is a flying yōkai resembling a strip of white cloth. Kitarō and friends often ride on him when traveling. The original ittan-momen is a spirit from Kagoshima Prefecture which wraps itself around the faces of humans in an attempt to smother them.

[edit] Nurikabe

Nurikabe (ぬりかべ, Plastered Wall, Nurikabe^?) is a large, sleepy-eyed wall-shaped yōkai, who uses his massive size to protect Kitarō and his friends. The original nurikabe is a spirit which blocks the passage of people walking at night.

[edit] Manga Series

The original manga version of Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro appeared on Shonen Magazine 1966-1970. The series continued on Shonen Sunday, Shonen Action, Shuukan Jitsuwa and many other magazines.

[edit] English Translation

In 2002 Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro was translated by Ralph F. McCarthy and compiled by Natsuhiko Kyogoku for Kodansha Bilingual Comics. [1]Kodansha International

• Volume 1 ISBN 4-7700-2827-X
• Volume 2 ISBN 4-7700-2828-8
• Volume 3 ISBN 4-7700-2829-6

[edit] TV Series

Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro was broadcasted on Fuji Television during the following four seasons:

1. 1968-1969
2. 1971-1972
3. 1985-1988
4. 1996-1998
5. 2007-????

All of the above were animated by Toei Animation.

The opening theme to all five series was "Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro". It has been sung by Kazuo Kumakura (1st, 2nd), Ikuzo Yoshi (3rd), Yūkadan (4th), and Shigeru Izumiya (5th).

[edit] Movies

• July 21, 1968: Ge Ge Ge no Kitarō (ゲゲゲの鬼太郎, Ge Ge Ge no Kitarō^?) (Retelling of Anime 1, Episodes 5~6)
• July 12, 1980: Ge Ge Ge no Kitarō: The All Seeing Eye (ゲゲゲの鬼太郎 地相眼,, Ge Ge Ge no Kitarō Chisōme^?) (Retelling of Anime 2, Episode 37)

Based on the 3rd Anime, all have original plots

• December 21, 1985: Ge Ge Ge no Kitarō
• March 15, 1986: Ge Ge Ge no Kitarō: The Great Yōkai War (ゲゲゲの鬼太郎 妖怪大戦争,, Ge Ge Ge no Kitarō Yōkai Dai Sensō^?)
• July 12, 1986: Ge Ge Ge no Kitarō: Strongest Yōkai Corps!Dismebark to Japan!! (ゲゲゲの鬼太郎 最強妖怪軍団! 日本上陸!!,, Ge Ge Ge no Kitarō Saikyō Yōkai Gundan! Nihon Jōriku!!^?)
• December 20, 1986: Ge Ge Ge no Kitarō: Crash!! The Great Rebellion of the Multi-Dimensional Yōkai (ゲゲゲの鬼太郎 激突!! 異次元妖怪の大反乱,, Ge Ge Ge no Kitarō Gekitotsu!! Ijigen Yōkai no Dai Hanran^?)

Based on the 4th Anime, all have original plots

• July 6, 1996: Ge Ge Ge no Kitarō: The Great Marine Animal (ゲゲゲの鬼太郎 大海獣,, Ge Ge Ge no Kitarō Dai Kaijū^?)
• March 8, 1997: Ge Ge Ge no Kitarō: The Obake Nighter (ゲゲゲの鬼太郎 お化けナイター, Ge Ge Ge no Kitarō: The Obake Nighter^?)
• July 12, 1997: Ge Ge Ge no Kitarō: Yōkai Express! The Phantom Train (ゲゲゲの鬼太郎 妖怪特急! まぼろしの汽車,, Ge Ge Ge no Kitarō Yōkai Tokkyū! Maboroshi no Kisha^?)

[edit] Cast

[edit] 1968~1969

[edit] Regular, Semi-Regular

• Kitarō: Masako Nozawa
• Medama Oyaji: Isamu Tanonaka
• Nezumi-Otoko: Chikao Ōtsuka
• Sunakake Babaa: Yoko Kogushi
• Konaki Jijii: Ichirō Nagai, Yonehiko Kitagawa (ep. 7 only), Kōsei Tomita (ep. 29 only)

[edit] Guests

• Vampire La Seine: Kenji Utsumi (ep. 4)
• Hideichi Yamada: Kiyoshi Komiyama (ep. 5~6)
• Back Beard: Kōsei Tomita (ep. 10, 11, 54)
• Vampire Elite: Hiroshi Sugiura (ep. 15~16)
• Neko Musume: Nana Yamaguchi (ep. 20)
• Iso-Onna: Miyoko Asō (ep. 56)
• Zashiki-warashi: Midori Katō (ep. 60)

[edit] 1971~1972

[edit] Regular, Semi-Regular

• Kitarō: Masako Nozawa
• Medama Oyaji: Isamu Tanonaka, Hiroshi Ōtake (ep. 4 only)
• Nezumi-Otoko: Chikao Ōtsuka
• Neko Musume: Yoko Kogushi
• Sunakake Babaa: Yoko Kogushi (ep. 2 only), Keiko Yamamoto
• Shinigami: Takazō Kamiyama (ep. 30, 34, 38, 42, 45)
• Konaki Jijii: Kōji Yada, Sanji Hase (ep. 29 only)

[edit] Guest

• Chii: Kōsei Tomita (ep. 2)
• Momonjii: Hidekatsu Shibata (ep. 3)
• Miage Nyuudou: Yonehiko Kitagawa (ep. 3)
• Amefuri Tengu: Keaton Yamada (ep. 4)
• Ashi-magari: Kōsei Tomita (ep. 5)
• Yobiko: Kōsei Tomita (ep. 12, Tomita was mistakingly credited as Hiroshi Ōtake for this appearance)
• Merman: Shingo Kanemoto (ep. 13)
• Kasa-obake: Shingo Kanemoto (ep. 24)
• Pii: Taimei Suzuki (ep. 25)
• Iyami: Hiroshi Ōtake (ep. 27)
• Mokumokuren: Ichirō Nagai (ep. 32)
• Akuma Buer: Shūichirō Moriyama (ep. 33)
• Satori: Ryūji Saikachi (ep. 34)
• Poverty God: Kōhei Miyauchi (ep. 42)

[edit] 1985~1988

[edit] Regular, Semi-Regular

• Kitarō: Keiko Toda
• Medama Oyaji: Isamu Tanonaka
• Nezumi-Otoko: Kei Tomiyama
• Neko Musume: Yūko Mita
• Yumeko Tendou: Kyoko Irokawa
• Konaki Jijii: Ichirō Nagai
• Sunakake Babaa: Hiroko Emori
• Ittan Momen: Jōji Yanami
• Nurikabe: Yusaku Yara
• Shisa: Keiko Yamamoto
• Nurarihyon: Kōichi Chiba (ep. 4 only), Takeshi Aono
• Shu no Bon: Michitaka Kobayashi
• Jigoku Douji: Ryo Horikawa
• Yobiko: Kazuko Sugiyama
• Abura-sumashi: Kōzō Shioya
• Enma-Daiō: Daisuke Gouri
• Hoshirō Tendō: Makoto Kōsaka

[edit] Guest

Futakuchi-onna: Yuri Nashiwa Kamaitachi: Hiroshi Ohtake Tantanbō: Yasurō Tanaka Cat Hermit: Takeshi Aono Jakotsu Babaa: Keiko Yamamoto Wanyuudou: Banjou Ginga In-Onna: Nana Yamaguchi Baby: Katsue Miwa Daruma: Junpei Takiguchi Akaname: Noriko Tsukase, Keiichi Nanba Suiko: Hiroshi Ōtake Yasha: Ryūji Saikachi Hakusenbō: Sanji Hase Poverty God: Takeshi Aono Zashiki-warashi: Keiko Yamamoto Mujina: Yoshito Yasuhara

Kōkegen: Hiroshi Ōtake Tenko: Eiko Masuyama Merman: Sanji Hase Amamehagi: Ryūji Saikachi Amajaku: Eken Mine Ubume: Kazuko Sugiyama Obebe: Kiyoshi Komiyama Momonjii: Masao Imanishi Bakeneko: Hisako Kyoda Odoro-Odoro: Koichi Kitamura Dokorobi: Ryūji Saikachi Datsue Babaa: Eiko Masuyama Jami: Banjō Ginga Shaku Sakura: Kenji Utsumi Sara Kōzō: Tōru Furuya Shinigami: Kinpei Azusa

Kōmori Neko: Kōji Yada Hōtōkawa Ba: Keiko Yamamoto Iyami: Shōzō Iizuka Mōryō: Hiroshi Matsuoka Beriaru: Tamio Ōki Gyōbu Danuki: Hidekatsu Shibata Mokumokuren: Banjō Ginga Ushirogami: Masako Ikeda Maruge: Yoku Shioya Monroe: Mariko Mukai Pii: Hiroshi Ōtake Back Beard: Hidekatsu Shibata Dracula: Ichiro Murakoshi Ōkami-Otoko: Hiroshi Ōtake Witch: Katsue Miwa Franken: Toku Nishio

[edit] 1996~1998

[edit] Regular, Semi-Regular

• Kitarō: Yōko Matsuoka
• Medama Oyaji: Isamu Tanonaka
• Nezumi-Otoko: Shigeru Chiba
• Neko Musume: Chinami Nishimura
• Sunakake Babaa: Keiko Yamamoto
• Konaki Jijii: Kōzō Shioya
• Ittan Momen: Naoki Tatsuta
• Nurikabe: Naoki Tatsuta
• Yuuko Murakami: Konomi Maeda
• Nurarihyon: Tomomichi Nishimura
• Shu no Bon: Daisuke Gōri

[edit] Guest

Miage Nyūdō: Yonehiko Kitagawa Noppera-bō: Kappei Yamaguchi Kanibōzu: Shōzō Iizuka Cat Hermit: Kōji Yada Makura Kaeshi: Kaneta Kimotsuki Sazaeki: Taiki Matsuno Man-Eating Island: Takeshi Aono Enma Daiou: Hidekatsu Shibata Hakusanbou: Chikao Ohtsuka Riko Akiyama: Yuko Mita Ido-sen'nin: Jōji Yanami Ubume: Yuko Mita Vampire Elite: Shirou Sano

Amajaku: Kazumi Tanaka Yukinko: Katsue Miwa Hōkō: Tessho Genda Yobiko: Noriko Uemura Yagyō: Hirohiko Kakegawa Ushirogami: Hiroko Emori Zashiki-warashi: Tsutomu Kashiwakura Shisa: Yoko Teppōzuka Kasa-obake: Takeshi Kusao Akamata: Tohru Furuya Yashi Otoshi: Daisuke Gōri Chinpo: Toshio Furukawa Kimizu: Hideyuki Tanaka

Beard: Masaharu Satō Momonjii: Ginzō Matsuo Ubakabi: Kazue Ikura Fukikeshi Babaa: Yōko Kawanami Sayuri: Masako Miura Tantanbou: Fumihiko Tachiki Ikkokudou: Kyogoku Natsuhiko Shinigami: Kaneto Shiozawa Mujina: Wataru Takagi Kasha: Kiyoyuki Yanada Rakshasa: Kaneto Shiozawa Pretty Girl: Hiromi Nishikawa Dharma: Nobuo Tanaka

[edit] 2007

• Kitarō: Minami Takayama
• Medama Oyaji: Isamu Tanonaka
• Nezumi-Otoko: Wataru Takagi
• Neko Musume: Hiromi Konno
• Sunakake Babaa: Keiko Yamamoto
• Konaki Jijii: Naoki Tatsuta
• Nurikabe: Naoki Tatsuta
• Ittan Momen: Jōji Yanami

[edit] 2003 PlayStation Game

• Kitarō: Rika Matsumoto
• Medama Oyaji: Kazuo Kumakura
• Nezumi-Otoko: Yo Oizumi
• Neko Musume: Yuko Miyamura
• Sunakake Babaa: Junko Hori
• Konaki Jijii: Takanobu Hozumi
• Ittan Momen: Kenichi Ogata
• Nurikabe: Kousei Tomita
• Nurarihyon: Junpei Takiguchi
• Dracula: Akio Ōtsuka
• Back Beard: Michitaka Kobayashi
• Giga: Seizō Katō

[edit] 2007 Movie

(Scheduled for an April, 2007 release in Japan)

• Kitarō: Eiji Wentz
• Mika Miura: Mao Inoue
• Nezumi-Otoko: Yo Oizumi
• Neko Musume: Rena Tanaka
• Sunakake Babaa: Shigeru Muroi
• Konaki Jijii: Kanpei Hazama
• Rokurokubi: You
• Tsurubebi: Shinichi Karube
• Wanyūdō: Toshiyuki Nishida
• Tenko: Koyuki
• Great Tengu Judge: Shido Nakamura

CG Character Voices

• Medama Oyaji: Isamu Tanonaka
• Nurikabe: Hikaru Ijuuin
• Ittan Momen: Shingo Yanagisawa
• Neppefuhofu: Kitarō
• Miage Nyūdō: Yoshizumi Ishihara
• Betobeto-san: Kazuhisa Ishii
• Bakezōri: Shinosuke Tatekawa
• Kasa-obake: Dave Spector

[edit] Video Games

[edit] 1986/87 Famicom Games

Both were made by Bandai

• Gegege no Kitarō: Yōkai Daimakyō (released in the USA as Ninja Kid)
• Gegege no Kitarō 2

[edit] 1993 Super Famicom Game

• Gegege No Kitarō: Fukkokuban

[edit] 1996 Sega Saturn Game

Digital Comic

• Gegege No Kitarō: Gentōkaikitan

[edit] Trivia

Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro is the mascot for Japanese soccer club Gainare Tottori.

[edit] External links

• Mizuki Shigeru no Yōkai World
• Sakaiminato: The town where you can meet Kitaro
• Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro movie official site

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