The Four Generals of Jigoku Arc is a story arc of the 2018 anime of GeGeGe no Kitarō, currently on-going. The arc is an anime-original centered around Jigoku and the Four Treasonous Generals.
Plot[]
Medama-Oyaji's teacup bath, Konaki-Jijii and Sunakake-Babaa's noisy conversation. It looks like the usual time of peace is flowing in the GeGeGe Forest. But Kitarō is acting weird; it looks like he is searching for something with Kagami-Jijii. At the same time, Kitarō receives a letter from a human boy asking for his help. He departs for the Tohoku area to meet the sender, but a mysterious figure is observing him from afar...!?
Theme Songs[]
- Opening
- GeGeGe no Kitarō by Kiyoshi Hikawa
- Ending
- RONDO by BUCK-TICK (Ep. 50~??)
Cast[]
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| Miyuki Sawashiro as GeGeGe no Kitarō |
Masako Nozawa as Medama-Oyaji |
Toshio Furukawa as Nezumi-Otoko |
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| Umeka Shōji as Neko-Musume |
Yukiyo Fujii as Mana Inuyama |
Mayumi Tanaka as Sunakake-Babaa |
Bin Shimada as Konaki-Jijii & Nurikabe |
Kappei Yamaguchi as Ittan-Momen |
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| Hiroshi Kamiya as Rei Isurugi | ||
Episodes[]
| # | Title | Original airdate | Written by | Directed by | Animation director | Yōkai |
| 050 | Nue, Messenger from Jigoku Jigoku kara no Shisha Nue (地獄からの使者 鵺) |
2019-04-07 | Hiroyuki Yoshino | Akihiro Nakamura Yoshitaka Yashima (Continuity) |
Yoshitaka Yashima | Nue Mujina |
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| 051 | Enma-Daiō's Secret Bargain Enma-Daiō no Mitsuyaku (閻魔大王の密約) |
2019-04-14 | Hiroyuki Yoshino | Mana Uchiyama Kazuhiro Ochi (Continuity) Yōko Nakano (Continuity) |
Yoshiyuki Ichikawa | Enma-Daiō Gozu Mezu |
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| 052 | Runaway Girl! The Forest of the Kinoko Shōjo Shissō! Kinoko no Mori (少女失踪！木の子の森) |
2019-04-21 | Yūichi Nomura | Takao Iwai Yōko Nakano (Continuity) |
Yōichi Ōnishi | Kinoko Yama-Tengu |
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| 053 | Narcissism Overload! Nuke-Kubi's Close Call Jikoai Bōhatsu! Nuke-Kubi Kiki Ippatsu (自己愛暴発！ぬけ首危機一髪) |
2019-04-28 | Akiko Inoue | Kenichi Maejima | Shinichi Suzuki | Nuke-Kubi |
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| 054 | Dorotabō, Life and Earth Dorotabō to Inochi to Daichi (泥田坊と命と大地) |
2019-05-05 | Ryūnosuke Kingetsu | Morio Hatano | Akihiro Asanuma | Dorotabō |
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| 055 | Hihi's Harassment Hell Hihi no Harasumento Jigoku (狒々のハラスメント地獄) |
2019-05-12 | Gigaemon Ichikawa | Shun Yashiro | Saburō Manami | Hihi |
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| 056 | The Bewitching Melody: Vampire Elite Miwaku no Senritsu Kyūketsuki Eriito (魅惑の旋律 吸血鬼エリート) |
2019-05-19 | Keiichi Hasegawa | Gō Koga | Yūji Hakamada | Vampire Elite |
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| A suspicious man playing a guitar offers to form an alliance with Nezumi-Otoko. His name is Vampire Elite. He is a yōkai that targets young boys who will eventually take on pivotal roles in the country, sending them into society after turning them into obedient slaves so that he can indirectly control the country. Kitarō wants to interrupt his magnificent plan, so Elite plans to make Kitarō his subordinate. Dazzled by the exorbitant reward, Nezumi-Otoko enthusiastically agrees to help, but...? | ||||||
| 057 | The Bloody Noble La Seine Senketsu no Kikōshi Ra Seenu (鮮血の貴公子ラ・セーヌ) |
2019-05-26 | Hiroshi Ōnogi | Hiroyuki Kakudō | Noboru Koizumi | La Seine |
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| 058 | The Han-Gyojin's Strange Kamaboko Tale Han-Gyojin no Kamaboko Kidan (半魚人のかまぼこ奇談) |
2019-06-02 | Han-Gyojin | |||
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| 059 | The Yōkai Woman: Ushirogami's Promise Onna Yōkai Ushirogami no Yakusoku (女妖怪 後神の約束) |
2019-06-09 | Ushirogami | |||
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| 060 | Pitch Black Coldness: The Yōkai Buru-Buru 漆黒の冷気 妖怪ぶるぶる (ぶるぶる) |
2019-06-16 | Buru-Buru | |||
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| 061 | Tofu-Kozō and the Yōkai Mold Tofu-Kozō to Yōkai Kabi (豆腐小僧と妖怪黴) |
2019-06-23 | Tofu-Kozō | |||
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| 062 | The Four Generals of Jigoku: Kurobōzu's Trap Jigoku no Yonshō: Kurobōzu no Wana (地獄の四将 黒坊主の罠) |
2019-06-30 | Kurobōzu | |||
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Promotional images[]
Four Generals of Jigoku Key Visual