TV series
GeGeGe no Kitaro
Overview
Nearly twenty years into the 21st century, people have forgotten the existence of Yokai. When a number of unexplainable phenomena plague adults of the human world with confusion and chaos, thirteen-year-old Mana writes a letter to the Yokai Post in search of answers, only to be greeted by GeGeGe no Kitaro...
Details
- First air date
- 2018-04-01
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 97 episodes
- Genres
- Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation, Action & Adventure
- Network
- Fuji TV
- Production
- Toei Animation, YOMIKO Advertising, Fuji Television Network
- Country
- JP
- Original language
- JA
Cast
- Bin Shimada as Konaki Jijii
- Miyuki Sawashiro as Kitarou (voice)
- Masako Nozawa as Medama-Oyaji (voice)
- Mayumi Tanaka as Sunakake Babaa
- Yukiyo Fujii as Inuyama Mana
- Kappei Yamaguchi as Ittan Momen
- Umeka Shouji as Neko Musume
- Toshio Furukawa as Nezumi Otoko
Creators and crew
- Yūta Kano - Producer
- Naoko Sagawa - Producer
- Kouji Ogawa - Director
- Jiro Makino - Director
- Akira Shimizu - Director
- Kenichi Takeshita - Director
Episodes
Episode 1: The Day Yokai Awoke
Kitaro and Medama Oyaji appear before an incredulous student who put a letter into the yokai post after people began to suddenly change into trees.
Episode 2: Terror! Miage-Nyudo
Kitaro is safe following an attack thanks to Mana. After releasing a yokai from imprisonment, Nezumi Otoko buys a talent agency as part of a plan.
Episode 3: Tantanbo's Yokai Castle
Kitaro and the others look into a series of child disappearances and notice something they all have in common. Mana visits a construction site.
Episode 4: The Taboo of the Mysterious Forest
Yuta learns the location of the GeGeGe Forest from Mana, and finds his way in. Excited to be in the yokai world, he gets Kitaro to show him around.
Episode 5: The Disaster of the Electric Yokai
The lightning-charged yokai Kaminari gets Nezumi Otoko out of trouble and into big profits. But he's tough to control and things soon get out of hand.
Episode 6: The Misfortune of the Sunekosuri
Kitaro heads to the mountains to take care of a Sunekosuri that's draining the energy of the woman who harbors it. But it thinks it's just a cute cat.
Episode 7: Ghost Train
A company president drunkenly assaults Kitaro, shouting that the supernatural doesn't exist. Later, karma arrives in the form of an unfamiliar train.
Episode 8: Menace! Kagami-Jijii´s Plot
On a village visit during a school trip, Mana accidentally knocks over a stone tablet, incurring the attention of a being that appear in mirrors.
Episode 9: The Kappas´ Work Reform
Ever the entrepreneur, Rat Man pitches his services to a family whose husband is overworked. But he soon finds himself on the end of a different deal.
Episode 10: Vanishing! The Seven School Mysteries
Cat Girl gets a message telling her that strange things are going on at school. She looks for her supernatural friend Hanako there but can't find her.
Episode 11: Conquer Japan! The 808 Tanuki Army
When another moon appears in the sky, The 808 Tanuki army claims credit and demands control of Japan. Kitaro heads underground to face them.
Episode 12: Capital Annihilated! The Terrifying Yokai Beast
Now that Kitaro's been turned to stone, the tanuki move to suppress all anti-tanuki sentiment. Cat Girl introduces Mana to the growing resistance.
Episode 13: The Desired Diamonds! Wanyūdō's Trap
After Rat Man's diamond business takes off, Kitaro accuses him of foul play and they cut ties. The plot thickens when two men in black suits appear.
Episode 14: Makura-Gaeshi and the Fantastic Dream
After he's laid off, a desperate salaryman finds refuge in slumber. But after weeks pass and he doesn't wake up, his son asks Kitaro for help.
Episode 15: Zunbera Spirit Surgery
Kirara hates how her schoolmates stare at her homely face. The witch-like yokai Zunbera offers to make her beautiful, but her help doesn't come cheap.
Episode 16: The Mystery of the Tide! Umizatō
Mana heads to Sakaiminato and can't wait to attend the local festival. But things go awry when a boat goes missing along with her uncle.
Episode 17: Kani-Bōzu and the Ancient Mystery
A monk-like yokai challenges those he meets to answer his question and turns those who cannot into stone. Mana and Kitaro's father must save the day.
Episode 18: Kawauso's Lie
Car Girl takes pity on a hungry boy and secretly gives him some of the vegetables she's been growning. But there's something strange about him.
Episode 19: Ressurected Yōkai?! The Obake School
Kitaro sneaks into a ghost school that's attracting the attention and attendance of local kids. It seems like a great place but something's off.
Episode 20: Memories of the Yōka
Mana visits her sick great aunt. When she shows Kitaro the red flower that blooms in her garden, he suspects something supernatural and heads south.
Episode 21: Flame on! The Solitude of the Takurō-Bi
Rat Man's up to no good again, this time using a fire yokai to power his amusement park attraction. It soon forms an unlikely friendship with a robot.
Episode 22: Berserk!! The Terrifying Yōkai Gyūki
Kitaro and his friends visit an island where legends tell of an ox demon. There, a television crew coordinated by Rat Man soon sparks a crisis.
Episode 23: The Yōkai Apartment Secret Story
Natsumi is ready to close down her grandparents' old apartment building when Kitaro appears and asks her to reconsider, telling her about its history.
Episode 24: Nezumi-Otoko's Disappearance?! Sekiyō's Trap
Rat Man gets married but his beautiful bride quickly takes advantage of him. She's actually a gold-digging yokai and surprisingly tough to stop.
Episode 25: Kubire-Oni's Curse
Mana installs a pernicious smartphone app that curses the person she names. But the unhappiness she causes soon multiplies, and rebounds back to her.
Episode 26: Glamour! The Beautiful Gahi
Yuna's mother forbids her to talk to boys. But when she finds a magic picture of a beautiful young man, he comes alive and becomes her companion.
Episode 27: Invasion! Backbeard's Army
Kitaro and friends accept a number of refugee yokai but cultural differences quickly lead to trouble. The true enemy waits behind the scenes.
Episode 28: The Great Yōkai War
As the nefarious Backbeard's minions prepare another assault on the Japanese yokai world, Kitaro attempts to destroy the Ring of Arcana.
Episode 29: The Insane Frankenstein
While looking for the ring, Agnes causes trouble downtown and earns a scolding from Kitaro. But she soon gets a very different reception from Mana.
Episode 30: The Vampire's Halloween Party
Halloween fever hits Japan but Cat Girl isn't feeling the love. She heads to the movies with Mana, where Carmilla and some vampiric minions await.
Episode 31: Azuki-Arai, Azuki-Hakari, Azuki-Babaa
The azuki bean yokai trio is bummed because humans don't fear them anymore. Rat Man offers to fix all their problems and make azuki beans great again.
Episode 32: Akuma Belial: The Hundred-Year Grudge
Mana runs into Kojiro, who still has feelings for her. While trying to look cool he accidentally breaks a sphere, unsealing the demon Belial's power.
Episode 33: The Fox's Wedding and Hakusanbō
Kitaro meets a wealthy man whose daughter faces kidnapping by a yokai. Meanwhile, Kitaro's foes find a lead in their search for the Ring of Arcana.
Episode 34: Emperor Blackbeard
Kitaro's friends usually take an annual vacation together, but this year's trip is cancelled when members of the group begin to disappear one-by-one.
Episode 35: The Witches of Destiny
Fearful of attracting harm to her Japanese friends from Backbeard, Agnes says farewell. But Mana's won't let go of their relationship so easily.
Episode 36: The Transform All Japanese Yokai Project
Adele and Agnes race to see who will find the ring first but it winds up on Mana's finger, sticking her in the center of a dramatic magical battle.
Episode 37: Decisive Battle!! Backbeard
One human who survives Backbeard's Brigadoon accepts the help of a former foe and must risk everything to save Kitaro and the rest of humanity.
Episode 38: New Year's Cannibal Mystery Kasha
After a long hiatus, a corpse-stealing yokai is again spotted trying to bring a body home to eat. Weak with age, he must try new tactics to succeed.
Episode 39: Yuki-Onna Snow White Love Report
Feverishly in love, Shun confesses his feelings for Yuki-Onna. The two start dating, but it all goes sour after Shun seeks love advice from Rat Man.
Episode 40: The Final Ballad: Sara-Kozō
Entertainer Bimbo Isamu decides to deal with his faded career by risking the wrath of the yokai Sara Kozo and stealing his signature chant.
Episode 41: Enigma! Bake-Zōri's Rebellion
After their owner moves away, the yokai-possessed belongings he left behind get very upset. Rat Man manipulates the situation to his advantage.
Episode 42: Momon-Jii's Scheme: The Great Yōkai Trial
The tengu arrest Kitaro for an arcane yokai crime. There's a mountain of evidence against him, so much that his friends suspect the trial's a set-up.
Episode 43: Eternal Life: Odoro-Odoro
While investigating a series of vampiric incidents, Kitaro receives a letter from a scientist who claims to have found the secret to immortality.
Episode 44: Masquerade Nopperabō
Aspiring celebrity Atsushi struggles to maintain his playboy act since he's actually a nerd. He gets support from a mysterious online friend.
Episode 45: The Truth Lies in the Thicket of the Mannen-Dake
Kitaro and his friends head into a bamboo thicket infamous for a yokai that supposedly leads those who enter astray. A chilling greeting awaits them.
Episode 46: The Cursed Doll Festival Mayuge
Episode 47: The Baby-Stealing Ubume
Episode 48: The Void of Despair and Darkness
Episode 49: Nanashi And Mana
Episode 50: Messenger From the Underworld Nue
Kitaro heads to a village where people are suffering from an unknown ailment. Cat Girl insists on accompanying him but she's still not back to normal.
Episode 51: Enma-Diao's Secret Bargain
Episode 52: Runaway Girl! The Forest of the Kinoko
Episode 53: Narcissism Overload! Nuke-Kubi's Close Call!
Episode 54: Dorotabo, life and Earth
Episode 55: Hihi's Harassment Hell
Episode 56: The Bewitching Melody Elite the Vampire
Episode 57: The Bloody Noble La Siene
Episode 58: The Han-Gyojin's Strange Kamaboko Tale
Episode 59: Promise to The Female Yokai Ushirogami
Episode 60: Pitch-Black Coldness The Yokai Buru-Buru
Episode 61: Tofu-Kozo's Mold Pandemic
Episode 62: The Four Generals of the Underworld Kurobozu's Trap
Episode 63: The Star Festival of Love The Yokai Flower
Episode 64: The Heart's Darkness the Suiko Reflects
Episode 65: Nation Founding Mabyo's Great Tottori Empire
Episode 66: The Shinigami and Sakaiminato's Hidden Village
Episode 67: The Social Media Addict Versus The Jomon Man
Episode 68: Capital Punishment! Exiled to the Underworld
Episode 69: General of the Underworld The Kido, Ibukimaru
Episode 70: Spirit Affliction Mysterious Footprints
Episode 71: Karakasa's Umbrella Troubles
Episode 72: Iyami the yokai's great love project
Episode 73: The Yamata-no-Orochi of Greed
Episode 74: The Fall of the Underworld ?! Tamamo-no-Mae's Trap
Episode 75: Kyubi no Kitsune
Episode 76: Nurahiyon's Ambition
Episode 77: Vanishing Humans! Neko-Sennin's Revenge
Episode 78: The Moryo of Mukuro Village
Episode 79: Komori-Neko's Halloween Pandemonium
Episode 80: Onmoraki's Trap
Episode 81: Hot Blooded Manga Artist: The Yōkai Hiderigami
Episode 82: Geriatric Nuppeppo
Episode 83: Chain of Hatred The Yōkai Hōkō
Episode 84: Chin-san, the Foreign Worker
Episode 85: The Giant, Daidarabotchi
Episode 86: Bloody Christmas
Episode 87: The Binbogami and The Zashiki-Warashi
Episode 88: Rollo Cloth's Romance
Episode 89: The Curse of Te-no-Me
Episode 90: Idol Legend Sazae-Oni
Episode 91: The Misty Night of Angkor Wat
Episode 92: The Writer is Ama-no-Jaku
Episode 93: The Phantom Train
Episode 94: The Lazy Fujimi Hot Springs Bus Trip
Episode 95: The Great Yokai Alliance
Episode 96: The Second Great Yokai War
Episode 97: The World You See Isn't All There Is
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