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Gegege no Kitarō (TV 1/1968)

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Alternative title:
Cackling Kitarou 
Spooky Kitaro 
ゲゲゲの鬼太郎 (Japanese) 
Genres: action , comedy , supernatural 
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: 23 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Excellent: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Very good: 4 votes (sub:3, others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Good: 8 votes (sub:7, dub:1)
 Decent: 4 votes (sub:2, raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 So-so: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Not really good: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Weak: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 91 users, rank: #5534 (of 9903)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.739 (Good−), std. dev.: 1.7249, rank: #5065 (of 10050)
Weighted mean: 6.983 (Good), rank: #3947 (of 10050) (seen all: 7.59 / seen some: 6.52 / won't finish: 5.75)
Bayesian estimate: 7.161 (Good), rank: #2805 (of 7615)
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:
"Gegege no Kitarō" (ゲゲゲの鬼太郎) by Kazuo Kumakura 
"Hakaba no Kitarō (墓場の鬼太郎)" by Kazuo Kumakura 
Ending Theme:
#1: "Gegege no Kitaro" by Midori Kato 
#1: "Karan Koron no Uta" (カランコロンの歌) by Midori Katō 
#2: "Kitaro Nai Nai Ontou" by Kazuo Kumakura 
#2: "Kitarō Nainai Ondo" (鬼太郎ナイナイ音頭) by Kazuo Kumakura (eps 27-28, 31-32) 
#3: "Kitarō Olympics" (鬼太郎オリンピック) by Kazuo Kumakura (eps 41-43) 
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Isao Takahata (ep 62) 
Script:
Hiroshi Ozawa (eps 53, 56, 61) 
Masaki Tsuji (13 episodes
eps 1, 5-6, 19, 23, 28, 32, 34, 48, 50, 55, 58, 63
) 
Michio Suzuki  (13 episodes
eps 7, 13, 15-16, 26-27, 30, 35, 39-41, 51, 65
) 
Motonari Wakai  (ep 3) 
Shunichi Yukimuro  (18 episodes
eps 4, 10-11, 17, 20, 24, 29, 33, 42, 44-45, 47, 54, 57, 59-60, 62, 64
) 
Susumu Takaku  (eps 2, 14, 21) 
Toyohiro Andō  (12 episodes
eps 8-9, 12, 18, 22, 25, 31, 36, 43, 46, 49, 52
) 
Screenplay: Masaki Tsuji 
Episode Director:
Bonjin Nagaki (ep 31) 
Hideo Furusawa  (5 episodes
eps 33, 38, 45, 56, 61
) 
Hiroshi Shidara  (eps 5-6, 39, 57) 
Isao Takahata (ep 62) 
Kazukiyo Shigeno (eps 10-11, 41) 
Kazuya Miyazaki (eps 49, 59, 64) 
Masayuki Akehi  (7 episodes
eps 8, 21-22, 36, 42, 48, 60
) 
Nobutaka Nishizawa  (4 episodes
eps 12, 29, 55, 63
) 
Shizuo Murayama (7 episodes
eps 7, 9, 14, 18, 26, 28, 30
) 
Takashi Hisaoka (4 episodes
eps 13, 24, 34, 46
) 
Tokue Shirane  (9 episodes
eps 3, 19, 23, 27, 32, 35, 37, 40, 44
) 
Tomoharu Katsumata  (4 episodes
eps 47, 54, 58, 65
) 
Yasuo Yamaguchi (5 episodes
eps 1, 17, 43, 51, 53
) 
Yoshikata Nitta  (ep 50) 
Yoshio Kuroda  (eps 2, 15-16) 
Yoshio Takami (4 episodes
eps 4, 20, 25, 52
) 
Music: Taku Izumi 
Original creator: Shigeru Mizuki 
Art:
Hidenobu Hata (11 episodes
eps 35, 41, 47-48, 50, 54-55, 58, 62, 64-65
) 
Hideo Chiba  (17 episodes
eps 2, 9-11, 20-22, 25-33, 36
) 
Makoto Yamazaki  (eps 5-8, 18) 
Masahiro Ioka (eps 53, 57, 60) 
Saburo Yokoi (14 episodes
eps 1, 12, 14, 17, 24, 34, 38-39, 42-45, 49, 51
) 
Shigeyoshi Endō (6 episodes
eps 3-4, 13, 19, 23, 46
) 
Tadami Shimokawa (7 episodes
eps 37, 40, 52, 56, 59, 61, 63
) 
Animation Director:
Akinori Ōrai (8 episodes
eps 10-11, 26, 29, 39, 43, 50, 57
) 
Fumio Eto (4 episodes
eps 38, 41, 45, 64
) 
Hideo Furusawa (4 episodes
eps 8, 14, 20, 24
) 
Hiroshi Wagatsuma (9 episodes
eps 1, 13, 17, 31, 36, 42, 48, 51, 65
) 
Jōji Kikuchi (eps 33, 49) 
Michimasa Ochiai (15 episodes
eps 3, 9, 18-19, 23, 27, 30, 35, 37, 40, 44, 47, 54, 58, 62
) 
Minoru Tajima (eps 5-6, 55) 
Shinya Takahashi (4 episodes
eps 4, 12, 15-16
) 
Teruo Hosoda (7 episodes
eps 2, 21-22, 25, 34, 46, 53
) 
Toshiyasu Okada (eps 59, 63) 
Tsuguyuki Kubo (ep 32) 
Yukiyoshi Hane (ep 7) 

Animation:
Akira Hirota (13 episodes
eps 2, 10-11, 22, 25-26, 29, 34, 39, 43, 46, 57, 60
) 
Haruo Takahashi (7 episodes
eps 1, 13, 17, 31, 36, 42, 48
) 
Hidemi Maeda (4 episodes
eps 4, 12, 15-16
) 
Hiromichi Satou 
Hiroshi Wagatsuma (eps 1, 13, 17) 
Izumi Shiratori 
Kakuko Hoshino (7 episodes
eps 1, 13, 17, 31, 36, 47, 58
) 
Kakuko Hosihko 
Katsuo Takasaki (6 episodes
eps 1, 13, 17, 31, 36, 58
) 
Keiko Kōzai 
Masao Sato 
Michiko Takahashi (13 episodes
eps 3, 9, 18-19, 23, 27, 30, 35, 37, 40, 44, 47, 58
) 
Mikio Tsuchiya (ep 32) 
Noboru Okada (eps 3, 9) 
Tadashi Shirakawa (4 episodes
eps 4, 12, 15-16
) 
Takao Hatana (eps 5-7, 55, 59) 
Takao Suzuki (eps 3, 9) 
Takeshi Shirato (4 episodes
eps 18-19, 23, 32
) 
Takeshi Tamazawa (4 episodes
eps 4, 12, 15-16
) 
Teruo Kogure (eps 19, 23, 32) 
Tetsuo Imazawa (ep 32) 
Toshio Mori (ep 32) 
Toshiyasu Okada (eps 5-7, 55, 59) 
Tsuneo Maeda (12 episodes
eps 3, 9, 18-19, 23, 27, 30, 35, 37, 40, 44, 47
) 
Background Art:
Eiji Itō 
Toshitaka Onuma 
Editing: Masaaki Hanai 
Paint:
Akiko Murayama 
Sadako Kariyama 
Photography: Masao Shimizu 
Planning:
Iwao Sasaya 
Katsuyuki Oonuma 
Sadamitsu Matsumoto 
Tasuku Saitō 
Production Supervision: Sadamitsu Matsumoto 
Sound Effects: Noriyoshi Ōhira 
Theme Song Composition: Taku Izumi (OP, ED) 
Theme Song Lyrics:
Shigeru Mizuki (OP, ED) 
Tasuku Saitō (eps 41-43) 
Theme Song Performance:
Kazuo Kumakura 
Midori Katō (ED1) 
Masako Nozawa as Kitarou 

Chikao Ōtsuka as Nezumi Otoko ('68) 
Isamu Tanonaka as Medama Oyaji 

Akiko Tsuboi as
Langsuir (ep 52) 
Mrs. Yamada (eps 5-6) 
Witch 
Hiroshi Ōtake as
Amerfuri Kōzō (ep 20) 
Mamezō (ep 13) 
Shirayama (ep 7) 
Ichirō Nagai as
Enma Daiō (ep 20) 
Kagami Jijii (ep 8) 
Konaki Jijii 
Masakichi (ep 13) 
Yamabiko (ep 3) 
Isamu Tanonaka as Kitarou's father 
Kazuko Sugiyama as Kaori Ōyama (ep 8) 
Keiko Yamamoto as
Chūsuke (ep 9) 
Donpei (ep 1) 
Yukichi (eps 10-11) 
Kenji Utsumi as
Akanbee (ep 1) 
Belial (ep 30) 
La Seine (ep 4) 
Nurikabe (ep 57) 
Kiyoshi Komiyama as Shuichi Yamada (eps 5-6) 
Kōji Yada as Kibagurui (ep 1) 
Kōsaku Sugiura as
Amamehagi 
Dracula 
Elite Johnny (eps 15-16) 
Hōkō 
Ittan Momen 
Tsurubebi (ep 1) 
Ungaikyō 
Yasha/Noro (ep 2) 
Kōsei Tomita as
Bakkubeaddo (eps 10-11, 54) 
Buckbeard (eps 10-11, 54) 
Ittan Momen (eps 21-22) 
JMSDF Captain (eps 5-6) 
Kamaitachi (ep 3) 
Kamishima (ep 5) 
Konaki Jijii (ep 29) 
Kurokawa (ep 7) 
Nurikabe (ep 60) 
Village Elder (ep 3) 
Kunihiko Kitagawa as
Akamata (ep 39) 
Minister of Science (eps 5-6) 
Nurikabe (ep 10) 
Werewolf 
Masao Imanishi as
Chibi (ep 1) 
Frankenstein (ep 54) 
Midori Katō as Zashiki Warashi 
Mitsuko Asō as
Shakotsu Babaa 
Sōzukaba (ep 53) 
Miyoko Asō as Iso Onna (ep 56) 
Nana Yamaguchi as
Catherine (ep 4) 
Hanako (ep 44) 
Junko 
Kyoko Hanazawa (ep 4) 
Neko Musume (ep 20) 
Nunoe Mizuki 
Oboroguruma (ep 58) 
Ryūji Saikachi as Nurarihyon 
Sachiko Chijimatsu as
Ōguchi Onna (ep 3) 
Tomiko (ep 3) 
Sanji Hase as
Azuki Arai (ep 7) 
Mammoth (ep 4) 
Sōsuke Yamazaki as Kyuketsuju (ep 52) 
Sumiko Shirakawa as Hyakume Bōya (ep 1) 
Toshiya Ogata as
Miage Nyūdō (ep 9) 
Suiko (Shuǐhǔ; ep 14) 
Tantanbō (ep 3) 
Tsuyako Yuki as Rokurokubi 
Yasoe Matsuda as Keiko Yamada (eps 5-6) 
Yonehiko Kitagawa as Konaki Jijii (ep 7) 
Youko Ohkushi as
Ōguchi Onna (ep 7) 
Sunakake babaa 
Yukari Asai as
Ippei 
Kenichi 
Kōichi 
Shōtarō (ep 27) 
Teammate 
Toraji 
Yotarō 

Akiko Tsuboi 
Fuyumi Shiraishi 
Hiroshi Ōtake 
Jōji Yanami 
Katsue Miwa 
Kazue Takahashi 
Kazuko Sugiyama 
Keiichi Noda 
Keiko Yamamoto 
Kenji Utsumi 
Kiyoko Yajima 
Kiyoshi Komiyama 
Kōji Yada 
Kōsaku Sugiura 
Masao Imanishi 
Midori Katō 
Miyoko Asō 
Noriko Ohara 
Osamu Ichikawa 
Reiko Katsura 
Ryūji Saikachi 
Sachiko Chijimatsu 
Sanji Hase 
Shuichi Kazamatsuri 
Sumiko Shirakawa 
Toshiya Ogata 
Tsuyako Yuki 
Yoshiko Asai 
Japanese companies
Broadcaster: Fuji Television Network 
Production: Toei Animation 

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