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First tankōbon volume cover (1985 edition) featuring the titular character, Kitarō (center-left), and some yōkai |
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| Written by | Shigeru Mizuki |
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| Published by | Kodansha |
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| English publisher | JP: Kodansha Bilingual Comic
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| Imprint | Shōnen Magazine Comics |
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| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Magazine |
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| Demographic | Shōnen |
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| Original run | 1960 – 1969 |
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| Volumes | 9 |
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| Written by | Masaki Tsuji |
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| Music by | Taku Izumi |
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| Studio | Toei Animation |
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| Original network | Fuji TV |
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| Original run | January 3, 1968 – March 30, 1969 |
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| Episodes | 65 |
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| Written by | Masaki Tsuji |
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| Music by | Taku Izumi |
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| Studio | Toei Animation |
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| Original network | FNS (Fuji TV) |
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| Original run | October 7, 1971 – September 28, 1972 |
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| Episodes | 45 |
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| Directed by | - Osamu Kasai (1–108)
- Hiroki Shibata (109–115)
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| Written by | Junki Takegami |
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| Music by | Masahiro Kawasaki |
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| Studio | Toei Animation |
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| Original network | FNS (Fuji TV) |
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| Original run | October 12, 1985 – March 21, 1988 |
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| Episodes | 115 |
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| Directed by | Daisuke Nishio |
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| Written by | Shun'ichi Yukimuro |
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| Music by | Kaoru Wada |
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| Studio | Toei Animation |
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| Original network | FNS (Fuji TV) |
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| Original run | January 7, 1996 – March 29, 1998 |
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| Episodes | 114 |
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| Directed by | Yukio Kaizawa |
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| Music by | Katsumi Horii |
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| Studio | Toei Animation |
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| Original network | FNS (Fuji TV) |
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| Original run | April 1, 2007 – March 29, 2009 |
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| Episodes | 100 |
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| Directed by | Kimitoshi Chioki |
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| Written by | Yoshimi Narita |
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| Music by | Kaoru Wada |
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| Studio | Toei Animation |
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| Original network | Fuji TV (Noitamina) |
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| Original run | January 10, 2008 – March 20, 2008 |
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| Episodes | 11 |
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| Directed by | Katsuhide Motoki |
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| Produced by | Chihiro Kameyama |
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| Written by | - Katsuhide Motoki
- Daisuke Habara
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| Music by | Yūta Nakano |
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| Studio | Shochiku |
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| Released | April 28, 2007 (2007-04-28) |
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| Runtime | 105 minutes |
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| Directed by | Katsuhide Motoki |
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| Written by | Mitsuhiko Sawamura |
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| Studio | Shochiku |
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| Released | July 12, 2008 (2008-07-12) |
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| Runtime | 115 minutes |
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| Directed by | Gō Koga |
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| Written by | Riku Sanjo |
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| Music by | Seiji Yokoyama |
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| Studio | Toei Animation |
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| Released | December 13, 2008 (2008-12-13) |
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| Runtime | 85 minutes |
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| Directed by | Kōji Ogawa |
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| Written by | Hiroshi Ōnogi |
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| Studio | Toei Animation |
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| Licensed by | Crunchyroll |
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| Original network | FNS (Fuji TV) |
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| Original run | April 1, 2018 – March 29, 2020 |
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| Episodes | 97 |
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GeGeGe no Kitarō (ゲゲゲの鬼太郎), originally known as Hakaba Kitarō (墓場鬼太郎, "Kitarō of the Graveyard"), is a Japanese manga series created in 1960 by Shigeru Mizuki. It is best known for its popularization of the folklore creatures known as yōkai, a class of spirit-monster which all of the main characters belong to. This story was an early 20th-century Japanese folk tale performed on kamishibai. It has been adapted for the screen several times, as anime, live action, and video games. The word GeGeGe (ゲゲゲ) in the title is similar to Japanese sound symbolism for a cackling noise but refers to Mizuki's childhood nickname, a mispronunciation of his given name.
Selections of the manga and the theatrical live-action films have been published in English, simply titled Kitaro. The 2018 anime series is streamed with English subtitles as GeGeGe no Kitaro. The publisher of the North American English manga is Drawn & Quarterly.