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GeGeGe no Kitarō (1996)

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The fourth GeGeGe no Kitarō anime series was aired from January 7, 1996 to March 29, 1998 on Fuji Television. It ran for 114 episodes and was produced by Toei Animation.

About[]

Unlike the "kid's hero" image of the previous anime, this adaptation strove to be a more faithful adaptation of the manga. Kitarō, for example, once again had a dry and fairly gloomy personality. For the first time, Nezumi-Otoko's robe was colored yellow like in the manga instead of gray. Neko-Musume was also given a cuter redesign for this series. The theme songs were performed by blues band Yūkadan, including a cover of the original 60s ending theme song Karan Koron no Uta.

While most episodes were based on classic manga stories, many of them had enough changes made that they became original stories. As the series progressed the stories began having more peaceful endings, putting the eventual tone somewhere between the 60s and 80s series. Many of the later episodes were lighter stories, though there were still episodes with social commentary and bleaker endings, such as episodes 107 and 112. Episodes 89 and 101 had the respective guest writers Chiaki J. Konaka and Natsuhiko Kyōgoku.

The series also contained some pretty stylish action scenes with Kitarō using martial arts type attacks.

This series also featured the human characters Yūko Murakami, Shōta Suzuki and Jun Tanimoto, known collectively as the Elementary School Trio, who acted as Kitarō's link to the human world (much like Yumeko Tendō in the 80s anime). While they appeared frequently at first, even appearing in the first ending sequence, they were later relegated to semi-regular characters.

This series was dubbed into Spanish in Mexico (by the Intertrack dubbing studio), and was distributed through several Spanish speaking Latin-American countries.

Theme Songs[]

Opening
  1. GeGeGe no Kitarō - Yūkadan
Endings
  1. Karan Koron no Uta - Yūkadan (Ep. 1~76)
  2. Iyan Nacchau Bushi - Yūkadan (Ep. 77~114)

Cast[]

Main Cast
Youko Matsuoka Isamu Tanonaka Shigeru Chiba
Yōko Matsuoka
as
Kitarō 		Isamu Tanonaka
as
Medama-Oyaji 		Shigeru Chiba
as
Nezumi-Otoko
Main Cast
Keiko Yamamoto Chinami Nishimura Kouzou Shioya Naoki Tatsuta
Keiko Yamamoto
as
Sunakake-Babaa 		Chinami Nishimura
as
Neko-Musume 		Kōzō Shioya
as
Konaki-Jijii 		Naoki Tatsuta
as
Ittan-Momen
Nurikabe
Recurring Cast
Tomomichi Nishimura Daisuke Gouri Hidekatsu Shibata
Tomomichi Nishimura
as
Nurarihyon
Azuki-Togi 		Daisuke Gōri
as
Shu-no-Bon 		Hidekatsu Shibata
as
Enma-Daiō
Recurring Cast
Hirohiko Kakegawa Jouji Yanami Kappei Yamaguchi Shozo Iizuka Noriko Uemura
Hirohiko Kakegawa
as
Yagyō-san 		Jōji Yanami
as
Ido-Sennin 		Kappei Yamaguchi
as
Nopperabō 		Shōzō Iizuka
as
Kani-Bōzu 		Noriko Uemura
as
Yobuko
Recurring Cast
Konomi Maeda Yusuke Numata Mami
Konomi Maeda
as
Yūko Murakami 		Yūsuke Numata
as
Jun Tanimoto 		Mami
as
Shōta Suzuki
Four Western Yōkai Kings
Masaharu Satou Kazue Ikura Taiki Matsuno Yasunori Masutani
Masaharu Satō
as
Backbeard 		Kazue Ikura
as
Grimalkin 		Taiki Matsuno
as
Kōmori-Neko (character) 		Yasunori Masutani
as
Giant
Special Guest Appearances
Natsuhiko Kyogoku Shiro Sano Yukadan
Natsuhiko Kyōgoku
as
Ikkokudō 		Shirō Sano
as
Vampire Elite 		Yūkadan
as
Themselves

Main Cast Notes[]

Guest Cast[]

Voice actors who voiced main characters in previous adaptations are listed bold.

Latin American dub staff[]

See too: Kitaro (Cloverway dub)

  • Kalimba Marichal - Kitaro
  • Sylvia Garcel - Medama Oyaji
  • Benjamín Rivera - Nezumi Otoko
  • Circe Luna - Neko Musume
  • Belinda Martínez - Ittan Momen
  • Liza Willert - Sunakake Baba
  • José Arenas - Konaji Jiji
  • Concepción "Cony" Madera - Yuko Murakami
  • Enzo Fortuny - Jun Tanimoto
  • Isabel Martiñón - Shouta Suzuki

Episodes[]

# Title Original airdate Written by Directed by Animation director Yōkai

Staff[]

Movies[]

First Episode[]

【公式】ゲゲゲの鬼太郎（第4期）_第1話「妖怪！見上げ入道」

【公式】ゲゲゲの鬼太郎（第4期） 第1話「妖怪！見上げ入道」

References[]

Português do Brasil
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