Gegege no Kitarō
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.
Number of episodes: 65
Vintage: 1968-01-03 to 1969-03-30
Gegege no Kitarō 2
Genres: action, comedy, supernatural
Objectionable content: None
Number of episodes: 45
Vintage: 1971-10-07 to 1972-09-28
Gegege no Kitarō 3
Genres: action, comedy, supernatural
Objectionable content: None
Plot Summary: As civilization advances, people are beginning to lose the consideration and kindliness for Nature. This has incurred the wrath of the ghosts who are becoming increasingly unhappy with the selfishness of the human kind. However, there is a conflict of interests within the ghosts in which one extreme opposes the humans completely while another extreme desires the co-existence of humans and ghosts. Kitaro and his family belongs to the latter category and yearns to seek mutual understanding between the humans and ghosts. Kitaro’s fight for love and hope continues.
Number of episodes: 108
Vintage: 1985-10-12 to 1988-02-06
Gegege no Kitaro: Jigoku Hen
Genres: action, comedy, supernatural
Objectionable content: None
Number of episodes: 7
Vintage: 1988-02-08 to 1988-03-21
Gegege no Kitarō 4
Genres: action, comedy, supernatural
Objectionable content: None
Number of episodes: 114
Vintage: 1996-01-18 to 1998-03-29
Gegege no Kitarō 5
Genres: horror, supernatural
Number of episodes: 100
Vintage: 2007-04-01
Hakaba Kitarō
Genres: horror, supernatural
Plot Summary: Kitarou is a youkai boy born in a cemetery, and aside from his mostly-decayed father, the last living member of the Ghost tribe. He is missing his left eye, but his hair usually covers the empty socket. He fights for peace between humans and youkai, which generally involves protecting the former from the wiles of the latter.
Number of episodes: 11
Vintage: 2008-01-10 to 2008-03-20
GeGeGe no Kitarō 2018
Genres: comedy, supernatural
Themes: demons, mythology
Vintage: 2018-04-01
Gegege no Kitarou (movie) - Vintage: 1985-12-21
Gegege no Kitarō: Yōkai Daisensō (movie) - Vintage: 1986-03-15
Gegege no Kitarō: Saikyō Yōkai Gundan! Nihon Jōriku!! (movie) - Vintage: 1986-07-12
Gegege no Kitarō: Gekitotsu!! Ijigen Yōkai no Daihanran (movie) - Vintage: 1986-12-20
Gegege no Kitarō: Daikaijū (movie) - Vintage: 1996-07-06
Gegege no Kitarō: Obake Nighter (movie) - Vintage: 1997-03-08
Gegege no Kitarō: Yōkai Tokkyū! Maboroshi no Kisha (movie) - Vintage: 1997-07-12
GeGeGe no Kitarō: Explosive Japan!! (movie) - Vintage: 2008-12-13
The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe (movie) - Vintage: 2023-11-17