GeGeGe no Kitarō (1968 TV series)

The first GeGeGe no Kitarō anime was aired from January 3, 1968 to March 30, 1969. It ran for 65 episodes. Like all of the subsequent Kitarō anime, it was produced by Toei Animation and aired on Fuji Television.

GeGeGe no Kitarō
Based on	GeGeGe no Kitarō by Shigeru Mizuki
Music by	Taku Izumi
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of episodes	65
Production
Production company	Toei Animation
Original release
Network	Fuji TV
Release	January 3, 1968 (1968-01-03) – March 30, 1969 (1969-03-30)

Cast

See also: GeGeGe no Kitarō § Characters

Character	Voice actor
Kitaro	Masako Nozawa
Medama-Oyaji	Isamu Tanonaka
Nezumi Otoko	Chikao Ohtsuka
Sunakake Baba	Yōko Ogushi [ja]
Konaki-Jiji	Yonehiko Kitagawa (episode 7)
	Ichiro Nagai
	Kōsei Tomita (episodes 28 and 29)
Ittan-momen	Kosaku Sugiura [ja] (episode 10)
	Kōsei Tomita (episode 22)
Nurikabe	Yonehiko Kitagawa (episode 10)
	Kosaku Sugiura (episode 29)
	Kenji Utsumi (episode 57)
	Kōsei Tomita (episode 60)
Neko Musume	Nana Yamaguchi
Backbeard	Kōsei Tomita
Nurariyon	Ryūji Saikachi

Episodes

No.	Title [1]	Directed by	Written by	Animation directed by	Art directed by	Original release date
1	"Ghost Nighter" Transliteration: "Obake Nightaa" (Japanese: おばけナイター)	Yasuo Yamaguchi	Masaki Tsuji	Hiroshi Wagatsuma	Saburō Yokoi	January 3, 1968 (1968-01-03)
A kid named Donpei walked through a graveyard and finds a baseball bat on the ground with some funny writing on it. He swings it for fun and finds that anything he hits always lands where he wants. He becomes famous at school for always hitting home-runs. This bat belongs to a Youkai baseball team and this team asks Kitaro to get the bat back from the humans. Kitaro explains to the human kids they need the bat back but they won't. Kitaro offers a Baseball game at 3am to settle the issue; if the Humans win the Youkai will give up on the bat and if the Youkai win the human kids will have to give up their lives. Donpei's team accepts. The games is canceled before the game finished because the Youkai don't want to be caught in the sun. The issue is settled with the Youkai getting their bat back while the humans keep their lives.
2	"Yaksha" Transliteration: "Yasha" (Japanese: 夜叉)	Yoshio Kuroda	Susumu Takaku	Teruo Hosoda	Hideo Chiba	January 10, 1968 (1968-01-10)
Yasha is a demon that steals children's souls. It lures children to it by possessing a person and plays hypnotizing music on a guitar. The souls are stored in balloons to be eaten later. Yasha's true form is hair. Kitaro's soul gets stolen as well but his father brings his soul back to him before he is killed. In a fight with Yasha, Kitaro calls for his Youkai Lamp (a fire spirit) and burns Yasha to death. The souls of the children are returned.
3	"Youkai Castle" Transliteration: "Youkai Jou" (Japanese: 妖怪城)	Tokue Shirane	Motonari Wakai	Masamune Ochiai	Shigeyoshi Endō	January 17, 1968 (1968-01-17)
The seal on a youkai castle is taken off by Nezumi-otoko [Rat-man] and the youkai from the castle requests children from a village to be given to the castle once a month to turn them into youkai. Kitaro happens to be walking by and offers to help. Kitaro asks to borrow one girl to be bait for the bad youkai. Nezumi-otoko comes to get the girl which surprises Kitaro because they know each other. Nezumi-otoko is known to be greedy and not care for anyone other than himself and is only helping the youkai of the castle for fun. The girl gets taken from Kitaro. Kitaro gets in a series of fights with the Youkai of the castle. In the end he is flattened and his chanchanko [his magic vest] is taken by Nezumi-otoko. Kitaro channels his mind into the chanchanko and threatens to suffocate Nezumi-otoko remotely and makes him re-seal the castle. Kitaro becomes un-flattened with help from his father and saves the girl before morning.
4	"Vampire La Seine [?]" Transliteration: "Kyuuketsuki Ra・Seenu" (Japanese: 吸血鬼ラ・セーヌ)	Yoshio Takami	Shun'ichi Yukimuro	Shinya Takahashi	Shigeyoshi Endō	January 24, 1968 (1968-01-24)
5	"Great Sea Beast" Transliteration: "Daikaijuu" (Japanese: 大海獣)	Hiroshi Shidara	Masaki Tsuji	Minoru Tajima	Makoto Yamazaki	January 31, 1968 (1968-01-31)
6						February 7, 1968 (1968-02-07)
7	"Ghost Train" Transliteration: "Yūrei densha" (Japanese: ゆうれい電車)	Shizuo Murayama	Michio Suzuki	Yukiyoshi Hane	Makoto Yamazaki	February 14, 1968 (1968-02-14)
8	"Old Man of the Mirror [?]" Transliteration: "Kagami Jijii" (Japanese: 鏡爺)	Masayuki Akehi	Toyohiro Andō	Hideo Furusawa	Makoto Yamazaki	February 21, 1968 (1968-02-21)
9	"The Look-up Priest [?]" Transliteration: "Miage-nyūdō" (Japanese: 見上げ入道)	Tokue Shirane	Shun'ichi Yukimuro	Masamune Ochiai	Hideo Chiba	February 28, 1968 (1968-02-28)
10	"Great Youkai War" Transliteration: "Yōkai daisensō" (Japanese: 妖怪大戦争)	Kazukiyo Shigeno	Shun'ichi Yukimuro	Akinori Ōrai	Hideo Chiba	March 6, 1968 (1968-03-06)
11						March 13, 1968 (1968-03-13)
12	"The Youkai Nurarihyon" Transliteration: "Yōkai Nurarihyon" (Japanese: 妖怪ぬらりひょん)	Nobutaka Nishizawa	Toyohiro Andō	Shinya Takahashi	Saburō Yokoi	March 20, 1968 (1968-03-20)
13	"Hell Cruise" Transliteration: "Jigoku nagashi" (Japanese: 地獄流し)	Takashi Hisaoka	Michio Suzuki	Hiroshi Wagatsuma	Shigeyoshi Endō	March 27, 1968 (1968-03-27)
14	"Water Tiger" Transliteration: "Suiko" (Japanese: 水虎)	Shizuo Murayama	Susumu Takaku	Hideo Furusawa	Saburō Yokoi	April 7, 1968 (1968-04-07)
15	"Vampire Elite" Transliteration: "Kyūketsuki eriito" (Japanese: 吸血鬼エリート)	Yoshio Kuroda	Michio Suzuki	Shinya Takahashi	Shigeyoshi Endō	April 14, 1968 (1968-04-14)
16						April 21, 1968 (1968-04-21)
17	"Cat Hermit" Transliteration: "Neko sennin" (Japanese: 猫仙人)	Yasuo Yamaguchi	Shun'ichi Yukimuro	Hiroshi Wagatsuma	Saburō Yokoi	April 28, 1968 (1968-04-28)
18	"Witch Doll" Transliteration: "Majo ningyō" (Japanese: 魔女人形)	Shizuo Murayama	Toyohiro Andō	Masamune Ochiai	Makoto Yamazaki	May 5, 1968 (1968-05-05)
19	"Blood Sucking Tree" Transliteration: "Kyūketsu ki" (Japanese: 吸血木)	Tokue Shirane	Masaki Tsuji	Masamune Ochiai	Shigeyoshi Endō	May 12, 1968 (1968-05-12)
20	"Cat-girl and Rat-man" Transliteration: "Neko musume to nezumi otoko" (Japanese: 猫娘とねずみ男)	Yoshio Takami	Shun'ichi Yukimuro	Hideo Furusawa	Hideo Chiba	May 19, 1968 (1968-05-19)
21	"Youkai Beast" Transliteration: "Yōkai-jū" (Japanese: 妖怪獣)	Masayuki Akehi	Susumu Takaku	Teruo Hosoda	Hideo Chiba	May 26, 1968 (1968-05-26)
22						June 2, 1968 (1968-06-02)
23	"Youkai of the Pass" Transliteration: "Tōge no yōkai" (Japanese: 峠の妖怪)	Unknown	Unknown	TBA	TBA	June 9, 1968 (1968-06-09)
24	"Hakusanbo" Transliteration: "Hakusanbō" (Japanese: 白山坊)	Unknown	Unknown	TBA	TBA	June 16, 1968 (1968-06-16)
25	"Electric Youkai" Transliteration: "Denki yōkai" (Japanese: 電気妖怪)	Unknown	Unknown	TBA	TBA	June 23, 1968 (1968-06-23)
26	"Boss of the Sea" Transliteration: "Umi zatō" (Japanese: 海座頭)	Unknown	Unknown	TBA	TBA	June 30, 1968 (1968-06-30)
27	"Creepy Mane" Transliteration: "Odoro-odoro" (Japanese: おどろおどろ)	Unknown	Unknown	TBA	TBA	July 7, 1968 (1968-07-07)
28	"The Pillow Switcher" Transliteration: "Makura-gaeshi" (Japanese: まくら返し)	Unknown	Unknown	TBA	TBA	July 14, 1968 (1968-07-14)
29	"Mirror Battle [?]" Transliteration: "Kagami kassen" (Japanese: 鏡合戦)	Unknown	Unknown	TBA	TBA	July 21, 1968 (1968-07-21)
30	"Devil Belial" Transliteration: "Akuma beriaru" (Japanese: 悪魔ベリアル)	Unknown	Unknown	TBA	TBA	July 28, 1968 (1968-07-28)
31	"Moryo" Transliteration: "Mōryō" (Japanese: もうりょう)	Unknown	Unknown	TBA	TBA	August 4, 1968 (1968-08-04)
32	"Youkai Flower" Transliteration: "Yōka" (Japanese: 妖花)	Unknown	Unknown	TBA	TBA	August 11, 1968 (1968-08-11)
33	"Turban Shell Demon" Transliteration: "Sazae-oni" (Japanese: さざえ鬼)	Unknown	Unknown	TBA	TBA	August 18, 1968 (1968-08-18)
34	"Plate Boy" Transliteration: "Sara-kozō" (Japanese: さら小僧)	Unknown	Unknown	TBA	TBA	August 25, 1968 (1968-08-25)
35	"Top Youkai" Transliteration: "Koma Yōkai" (Japanese: こま妖怪)	Unknown	Unknown	TBA	TBA	September 1, 1968 (1968-09-01)
36	"Diamond Youkai" Transliteration: "Daiyamondo yōkai" (Japanese: ダイヤモンド妖怪)	Unknown	Unknown	TBA	TBA	September 8, 1968 (1968-09-08)
37	"Eyes on Hand" Transliteration: "Tenome" (Japanese: 手の目)	Unknown	Unknown	TBA	TBA	September 15, 1968 (1968-09-15)
38	"Folding Monk" Transliteration: "Oritatami-nyūdō" (Japanese: おりたたみ入道)	Unknown	Unknown	TBA	TBA	September 22, 1968 (1968-09-22)
39	"Youkai Corps" Transliteration: "Yōkai Gundan" (Japanese: 妖怪軍団)	Unknown	Unknown	TBA	TBA	September 29, 1968 (1968-09-29)
40	"Youkai of Obebe Swamp" Transliteration: "Obebe-numa no Yōkai" (Japanese: おベベ沼の妖怪)	Unknown	Unknown	TBA	TBA	October 6, 1968 (1968-10-06)
41	"Cat Ghoul" Transliteration: "Bakeneko" (Japanese: ばけ猫)	Unknown	Unknown	TBA	TBA	October 13, 1968 (1968-10-13)
42	"The Man Eating Island" Transliteration: "Hitogui-jima" (Japanese: 人食い島)	Unknown	Unknown	TBA	TBA	October 20, 1968 (1968-10-20)
43	"God of Drought" Transliteration: "Hiderigami" (Japanese: ひでりがみ)	Unknown	Unknown	TBA	TBA	October 27, 1968 (1968-10-27)
44	"Sandal Battle" Transliteration: "Geta Kassen" (Japanese: げた合戦)	Unknown	Unknown	TBA	TBA	November 3, 1968 (1968-11-03)
45	"The No Face" Transliteration: "Noppera-bō" (Japanese: のっぺらぼう)	Unknown	Unknown	TBA	TBA	November 10, 1968 (1968-11-10)
46	"Birthing Woman Ghost" Transliteration: "Ubume" (Japanese: うぶめ)	Unknown	Unknown	TBA	TBA	November 17, 1968 (1968-11-17)
47	"Amanojaku" Transliteration: "Amanojaku" (Japanese: 天邪鬼)	Unknown	Unknown	TBA	TBA	November 24, 1968 (1968-11-24)
48	"Snow Woman" Transliteration: "Yukin-ko" (Japanese: 雪ん子)	Unknown	Unknown	TBA	TBA	December 1, 1968 (1968-12-01)
49	"Tenko" Transliteration: "Tenko [?]" (Japanese: 天狐)	Unknown	Unknown	TBA	TBA	December 8, 1968 (1968-12-08)
50	"Youkai Sekigahara" Transliteration: "Yōkai Sekigahara" (Japanese: 妖怪関ケ原)	Unknown	Unknown	TBA	TBA	December 15, 1968 (1968-12-15)
51	"Mine Shaft Monk" Transliteration: "Anagura-nyūdō" (Japanese: 穴ぐら入道)	Unknown	Unknown	TBA	TBA	December 22, 1968 (1968-12-22)
52	"Vampire Youkai Corps" Transliteration: "Kyūketsu Yōkai-dan" (Japanese: 吸血妖怪団)	Unknown	Unknown	TBA	TBA	December 29, 1968 (1968-12-29)
53	"Youkai President" Transliteration: "Yōkai Daitōryō" (Japanese: 妖怪大統領)	Unknown	Unknown	TBA	TBA	January 5, 1969 (1969-01-05)
54	"Youkai Rally" Transliteration: "Yōkai Rarii" (Japanese: 妖怪ラリー)	Unknown	Unknown	TBA	TBA	January 12, 1969 (1969-01-12)
55	"Youkai Fuzzy Hair" Transliteration: "Yōkai Keukegen" (Japanese: 妖怪毛羽毛現)	Unknown	Unknown	TBA	TBA	January 19, 1969 (1969-01-19)
56	"Seashore Woman" Transliteration: "Iso-onna" (Japanese: 磯女)	Unknown	Unknown	TBA	TBA	January 26, 1969 (1969-01-26)
57	"Invisible Magic" Transliteration: "Ongyō Mahō" (Japanese: 隠形魔法)	Unknown	Unknown	TBA	TBA	February 2, 1969 (1969-02-02)
58	"Hazy Cart" Transliteration: "Oboro-guruma" (Japanese: おぼろぐるま)	Unknown	Unknown	TBA	TBA	February 9, 1969 (1969-02-09)
59	"Daruma" Transliteration: "Daruma" (Japanese: だるま)	Unknown	Unknown	TBA	TBA	February 16, 1969 (1969-02-16)
60	"The Hat Guardian" Transliteration: "Kasa Jizō" (Japanese: 笠地蔵)	Unknown	Unknown	TBA	TBA	February 23, 1969 (1969-02-23)
61	"The Abrupt God" Transliteration: "Ushirogami" (Japanese: 後神)	Unknown	Unknown	TBA	TBA	March 2, 1969 (1969-03-02)
62	"Old Man Sea" Transliteration: "Umijijii" (Japanese: 海じじい)	Unknown	Unknown	TBA	TBA	March 9, 1969 (1969-03-09)
63	"Namahage" Transliteration: "Namahage" (Japanese: なまはげ)	Unknown	Unknown	TBA	TBA	March 16, 1969 (1969-03-16)
64	"Reincarnated Demon" Transliteration: "Onmoraki" (Japanese: 陰摩羅鬼)	Unknown	Unknown	TBA	TBA	March 23, 1969 (1969-03-23)
65	"Youkai Apprentice" Transliteration: "Yōkai Hōkō" (Japanese: 妖怪ほうこう)	Unknown	Unknown	TBA	TBA	March 30, 1969 (1969-03-30)