GeGeGe no Kitarō (1971)

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Gegege no Kitaro (1971)
Information
Production	TV series
Episodes	45

The 2nd anime was aired from October 7, 1971 to September 28, 1972. It ran for 45 episodes. Produced only 2 years after the 1st series and featuring the same main voice cast and theme songs, it is sometimes considered a colorized sequel to the first rather than a second entry in the series. Like the previous series, it was produced by Toei Animation and boradcast on Fuji Television.

About

Because the 1971 anime is a sequel to the previous anime, no remake episodes were made. Because of this, nearly half of the episodes are actually adaptations of some of Shigeru Mizuki's non-Kitarō stories. In the previous anime, this was only done twice towards the end of the run, with the episodes Umi-Jijii and Namahage. Many of these stories were originally self contained and ironic, leaving little room for Kitarō to intervene. Some of these episodes featured Kitarō briefly and sometimes without him actually getting involved, deviating from the general "children's hero" theme of the rest of the series. On the other hand, because much more of the social satire and horror was left in this time around, it could be considered a more faithful adaptation of the essence of Mizuki's work. Of all the GeGeGe no Kitarō anime, this was the one to feature the most social commentary and irony.

Another factor in this series being more mature and dramatic is that most of the Toei staff that worked on it was transferred from the recently completed Tiger Mask.

Unlike the previous anime, which was rarely rebroadcast, the 1971 anime was rebroadcast several times in the following years, usually during the summer.

While 45 episodes were produced, the original broadcast had a full 52 episode run thanks to many episode being aired as reruns. These episodes were Yōkai Fabric (rebroadcast March 16, 1972), Shibito-tsuki (May 18, 1972), Ghosts of Angkor Wat (June 8, 1972), Gyūki (July 6, 1972), Reverse mochi murder (August 3, 1972), Mammoth Flower (August 31, 1972), and Hell's Water (September 14, 1972).

In episode 4, Rainy Tengu, Medama-Oyaji's regular voice actor Isamu Tanonaka was sick and the role was performed by Hiroshi Ōtake. This was one of only two times in Tanonaka's lifetime where he didn't voice the character.

Theme Songs

Opening

• GeGeGe no Kitarō - Kazuo Kumakura

Ending

• Karan Koron no Uta - Midori Katō

Episodes

#	Title	Original airdate
1	Return of the Yōkai Yōkai fukkatsu (妖怪復活)	1971-10-07
2	Yōkai Fabric Yōkai tanmono (妖怪反物)	1971-10-14
3	The Great Yōkai Trial Yōkai dai saiban (妖怪大裁判)	1971-10-21
4	Rainy Tengu Amefuri tengu (雨ふり天狗)	1971-10-28
5	Ashimagari Ashimagari (あしまがり)	1971-11-04
6	Shibito-tsuki Shibito-tsuki (死人つき)	1971-11-11
7	Neko-mata Neko-mata (猫又)	1971-11-18
8	Mammoth Flower Manmosufurawā (マンモスフラワー)	1971-11-25
9	Kami-sama Kami-sama (髪さま)	1971-12-02
10	Ghosts of Angkor Wat Ankōruwatto no bōrei (アンコールワットの亡霊)	1971-12-09
11	Tsuchi-korobi Tsuchi-korobi (土ころび)	1971-12-16
12	Yamata no Orochi Yamata no Orochi (やまたのおろち)	1971-12-23
13	Kamaboko Kamaboko (かまぼこ)	1971-12-30
14	Suspicious Car Kai jidōsha (怪自動車)	1972-01-06
15	Gyūki Gyūki (牛鬼)	1972-01-13
16	Invitation from the South Minami kara no maneki (南からの招き)	1972-01-20
17	Divorce insects Enkiri mushi (縁切り虫)	1972-01-27
18	Monster named Happiness Kōfuku to iu na no kaibutsu (幸福という名の怪物)	1972-02-03
19	Kamanari Kamanari (釜鳴り)	1972-02-10
20	Fukurosage Fukurosage (ふくろさげ)	1972-02-17
21	Worry Shop Shinpai-ya (心配屋)	1972-02-24
22	Hell's Water Jigoku no mizu (地獄の水)	1972-03-02
23	Reverse mochi murder Gyaku mochi koroshi (逆餅殺し)	1972-03-09
24	Kasa-bake Kasa-bake (傘ばけ)	1972-03-23
25	The Phantom Train Maboroshi no kisha (まぼろしの汽車)	1972-03-30
26	Ōkubi Ōkubi (大首)	1972-04-06
27	Iyami Iyami (いやみ)	1972-04-13
28	Akaname Akaname (あかなめ)	1972-04-20
29	Daidarabotchi Daidarabotchi (ダイダラボッチ)	1972-04-27
30	Shinigami Shinigami (死神)	1972-05-04
31	Akashita Akashita (赤舌)	1972-05-11
32	Mokumokuren Mokumokuren (目目連)	1972-05-25
33	Devil Buell Akuma bueru (悪魔ブエル)	1972-06-01
34	Shinigami and Satori Shinigami to Satori (死神とサトリ)	1972-06-15
35	Easter Island Epitaph Īsutā shima kidan (イースター島奇談)	1972-06-22
36	Yōkai mansion Yōkai yashiki (妖怪屋敷)	1972-06-29
37	Chisōgan Chisōgan (地相眼)	1972-07-13
38	Hidden village of Shinigami Kakurezato no shinigami (隠れ里の死神)	1972-07-20
39	Yōkai waterwheel Yōkai suisha (妖怪水車)	1972-07-27
40	Mr. Primitive Genshi-san (原始さん)	1972-08-10
41	Spirit Surgery Rei katachi shujutsu (霊形手術)	1972-08-17
42	Shinigami and Binbōgami Shinigami to Binbōgami (死神と貧乏神)	1972-08-24
43	Suspicious Footprints Ashiato no kai (足跡の怪)	1972-09-07
44	Rain god Yumuchakku Ame-shin Yumuchakku (雨神 ユムチャック)	1972-09-21
45	Shinigami's quota Shinigami no noruma (死神の ノルマ)	1972-09-28

Cast

Main Cast
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Masako Nozawa as Kitarō	Isamu Tanonaka as Medama-Oyaji	Chikao Ōtsuka as Nezumi-Otoko	Yōko Ogushi as Neko-Musume

Recurring Cast
Keiko Yamamoto as Sunakake-Babaa	Takuzō Kamiyama as Shinigami	Kōji Yada as Konaki-Jijii

Guest Cast

• Shōji Aoki
• Junji Chiba
• Sachiko Chijimatsu
• Sanji Hase - Konaki-Jijii (various episodes), Maruge and others
• Michiko Hirai
• Masao Imanishi - Akaname, Daidarabotchi, Genji-san
• Shingo Kanemoto - Konaki-Jijii (Ep. 21), Han-Gyojin, Kasa-Bake and others
• Osamu Katō - Amimoto
• Reiko Katsura
• Yonehiko Kitagawa - Akaname, Miage-Nyūdō, Kami-sama, Ido-Sennin and others
• Haruko Kitahama - Kage-Onna
• Takako Kondō - Monroe
• Hiroshi Masuoka
• Kōhei Miyauchi - Binbōgami
• Katsuji Mori
• Shūichirō Moriyama - Bael
• Ichirō Nagai - Konaki-Jijii (Ep. 19), Dorotabō, Mokumokuren and others
• Taeko Nakanishi - Hone-Onna and others
• Rokurō Naya
• Keita Nishi
• Keiichi Noda - Maruge and others
• Michiko Nomura
• Toshiaki Okamoto
• Noriko Ohara
• Hiroshi Ōtake - Medama-Oyaji (ep. 4 only), Iyami and others
• Ryūji Saikachi - Satori
• Hidekatsu Shibata - Naruraten, Akashita, Enma-Daiō, Momon-Jii and others
• Sumiko Shirakawa - Chi, Dai-Tengu, Ashimagari, Yobuko and others
• Kazuko Sugiyama
• Taimei Suzuki - Pii, Pasha
• Ryōichi Tanaka
• Kazuya Tatekabe - Zunbera
• Akiko Tsuboi - Witch, Kitarō's mother, Honebuto and others
• Noriko Watanabe
• Keaton Yamada - Ittan-Momen, Amefuri-Kozō and others
• Nana Yamaguchi
• Jōji Yanami
• Rihoko Yoshida

Movies

• Gegege no Kitarō: Chisougan - Released July 12, 1980. A retelling of Episode 37.