The Kitaro Tanjou: GeGeGe no Nazo anime movie has received a new visual depicting Kitaro’s father Medama-Oyaji in his original form and Kitaro’s adoptive father Mizuki (Kitaro himself is also in the visual). Additionally, it was announced that the movie will debut in Japan on November 17.
Kitaro Tanjou: GeGeGe no Nazo is based on the 2018 GeGeGe no Kitaro anime series and will revolve around the mystery of Kitaro’s birth. It is part of a 100th year Birth Anniversary project for the late GeGeGe no Kitaro creator Shigeru Mizuki together with a new Akuma-kun anime. Toei Animation is producing the show.
The staff for Kitaro Tanjou: GeGeGe no Nazo includes:
• Director: Gou Koga (Gekijou ban Gegege no Kitaro: Nippon Bakuretsu, Digimon Universe: App Monsters)
• Scriptwriter: Hiroyuki Yoshino (World Trigger 3rd Season series composer and scriptwriter)
• Character designer: Touko Yatabe (Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time co-assistant director)
Returning cast members from the 2018 GeGeGe no Kitaro series include Miyuki Sawashiro as Kitaro and Masako Nozawa as Medama-yaji.
GeGeGe no Kitaro originated in 1960 as a rented manga series titled Hakaba Kitaro. The GeGeGe no Kitaro manga series followed in 1965. The first anime adaptation of GeGeGe no Kitaro aired from 1968 to 1969, while the last prior to the 2018 version aired from 2007 to 2009. An anime based on Hakaba Kitaro aired in 2008.
There have been six GeGeGe no Kitaro anime series (discounting Hakaba Kitaro) and various movies. Other media inspired by the manga include live-action movies, video games, and stage plays.
Crunchyroll describes the 2018 GeGeGe no Kitaro anime as:
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 Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro..
Sources: @kitaroanime50th, Comic Natalie
