The first serialized GeGeGe no Kitarō manga was published in Shonen Magazine from August 1965 to July 1969. Originally titled Hakaba no Kitarō (墓場の鬼太郎, Kitarō of the Graveyard), the name was later changed to GeGeGe... starting in November 1967.
About[]
The series is a semi-sequel to the rental manga, "Hakaba Kitarō". By the end of the rental manga, Kitarō had begun acting more like a hero of justice type, protecting humans from yōkai. At the start of the "Magazine" series, Kitarō is already seen as an ally of humans by other yōkai. For the most part, however, the "Magazine" run stood on it's own. Incidents and elements from the rental story were mentioned occasionally, but overall the series existed in it's own canon. Some rental stories were even remade for the "Magazine" run, including The Birth of Kitarō, which was given a new ending where Kitarō and Medama-Oyaji left Mizuki's house to live on their own.
The "Magazine" run introduced several elements that would later become standard for the franchise. Before too long, Kitarō and Medama-Oyaji took up residence in a tree house by a lake in a swamp, which would become their regular residence from then on. In addition to Nezumi-Otoko from the rental manga, other yōkai began making recurring appearances as allies of Kitarō, most notably Sunakake-Babaa, Konaki-Jijii, Ittan-Momen, Nurikabe and Yobuko. And although they only appeared as guest characters, Neko-Musume and Nurarihyon both made their first appearances during the series. Other elements introduced during this run include Kitarō's hair needles, the Yōkai Post and the Bake-Garasu.
Many of the stories were self-contained, though there were some stories that spanned several chapters, with The Great Tanuki War spanning 10 chapters. Several chapters were published in Shonen Magazine's monthly special issues rather than the weekly magazine. The final four chapters (beginning with Kamaboko) are all published in the monthly specials. A year after the final chapter, an epilogue, After GeGeGe no Kitarō, was published in the July 1970 special issue.
As the series gained popularity, Shigeru Mizuki was talked into renaming it from Hakaba no Kitarō to the less gruesome GeGeGe no Kitarō in order to attract sponsors for a potential anime adaptation.
Characters[]
- Main article: List of GeGeGe no Kitarō characters
- Main
- Recurring
Chapters[]
- *Chapter was published in Shonen Magazine's monthly special issue.
Hakaba no Kitarō[]
# | Title | Date | Featured Yōkai | English Release | Other Notes |
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001 | Hand | August 1, 1965 | La Seine | Kitaro | Remake of The Strangest Showdown |
002 | Yasha | September 12, 1965 | Yasha | ||
003 | The Cruise to Hell | October 10, 1965 | |||
004 | Neko-Sennin | October 24, 1965 | Neko-Sennin | ||
005 | October 31, 1965 | ||||
006 | Obake Nighter | November 7, 1965 | |||
007 | Suiko* | January 15, 1966 | Suiko | Remake of Kaidan: Suiyōki | |
008 | Vampire Tree | April 3, 1966 | Nobiagari | Remake of The Vampire Tree and the Neko-Musume | |
009 | Ghost Train | April 15, 1966 | Remake of In the Face of the Enemy | ||
010 | The Great Yōkai War | April 17, 1966 | Backbeard Dracula Witch Wolfman Frankenstein |
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011 | April 24, 1966 | ||||
012 | May 1, 1966 | ||||
013 | May 8, 1966 | ||||
014 | Dai-Kaijū | May 22, 1966 | Dai-Kaijū | Remake of A Secret Story | |
015 | May 29, 1966 | ||||
016 | June 5, 1966 | ||||
017 | June 12, 1966 | ||||
018 | June 19, 1966 | ||||
019 | June 26, 1966 | ||||
020 | July 3, 1966 | ||||
021 | Daruma* | August 1, 1966 | Daruma | ||
022 | Yōkai Castle | October 9, 1966 | Tantanbō Kamaitachi Futakuchi-Onna | ||
023 | October 16, 1966 | ||||
024 | Kagami-Jijii* | April 1, 1967 | Kagami-Jijii | ||
025 | Vampire Elite | May 7, 1967 | Vampire Elite | Kitaro the Vampire Slayer | Remake of Johnny in the Mist |
026 | May 14, 1967 | ||||
027 | May 21, 1967 | ||||
028 | May 28, 1967 | ||||
029 | June 4, 1967 | ||||
030 | June 11, 1967 | ||||
031 | June 18, 1967 | ||||
032 | June 25, 1967 | ||||
033 | Yō-Kaijū | July 2, 1967 | 808 Tanuki Kōryū Ōnamazu |
The Great Tanuki War | |
034 | July 9, 1967 | ||||
035 | July 16, 1967 | ||||
036 | July 23, 1967 | ||||
037 | July 30, 1967 | ||||
038 | August 6, 1967 | ||||
039 | August 13, 1967 | ||||
040 | August 20, 1967 | ||||
041 | August 27, 1967 | ||||
042 | Nezumi-Otoko and Neko-Musume* | September 1, 1967 | Neko-Musume | The Birth of Kitaro | Remake of The Vampire Tree and the Neko-Musume |
043 | Yō-Kaijū | September 3, 1967 | 808 Tanuki Kōryū Ōnamazu |
The Great Tanuki War | |
044 | Miage-Nyūdō | September 10, 1967 | Miage-Nyūdō | Kitaro's Strange Adventures | |
045 | September 17, 1967 | ||||
046 | September 24, 1967 | ||||
047 | Yōkai Nurarihyon | October 1, 1967 | Nurarihyon Jakotsu-Babaa |
Kitaro Meets Nurarihyon | |
048 | October 8, 1967 | ||||
049 | The Witch's Doll* | November 1, 1967 | Witch |
GeGeGe no Kitarō[]
# | Title | Date | Featured Yōkai | English Release | Other Notes |
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050 | Yōkai Keukegen | November 12, 1967 | Keukegen | ||
051 | Yōkai of the Mountain Pass | November 19, 1967 | Buru-Buru | The Birth of Kitaro | |
052 | Electric Yōkai | November 26, 1967 | Kaminari | ||
053 | Diamond Yōkai | December 3, 1967 | Wanyūdō | Kitaro Meets Nurarihyon | |
054 | Hakusanbō | December 10, 1967 | Hakusanbō | Kitaro's Yokai Battles | Remake of Yōkai in the Garden |
055 | Umizatō | December 17, 1967 | Umizatō | Kitaro Meets Nurarihyon | |
056 | Sara-Kozō | December 24, 1967 | Sara-Kozō | ||
057 | Kasa-Jizō* | January 1, 1968 | Zashiki-Warashi | ||
058 | Iso-Onna | January 1, 1968 | Iso-Onna | ||
059 | Makura-Gaeshi | January 14, 1968 | Makura-Gaeshi | The Birth of Kitaro | |
060 | Oritatami-Nyūdō | January 21, 1968 | Oritatami-Nyūdō Mujina |
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061 | Odoro-Odoro | January 28, 1968 | Odoro-Odoro | Kitaro Meets Nurarihyon | |
062 | Te-no-Me | February 4, 1968 | Te-no-Me | ||
063 | Mirror Battle | February 11, 1968 | Ungaikyō | ||
064 | February 18, 1968 | ||||
065 | Korean Magic | February 25, 1968 | Nupperabō | ||
066 | March 3, 1968 | ||||
067 | March 10, 1968 | ||||
068 | Mōryō | March 17, 1968 | Mōryō | Remake of Shibito-Tsuki | |
069 | Top Yōkai | March 24, 1968 | Amamehagi | ||
070 | Yōka | March 21, 1968 | Yōka | ||
071 | Sazae-Oni | April 7, 1968 | Sazae-Oni | ||
072 | Akuma Belial | April 14, 1968 | Belial | Kitaro's Strange Adventures | |
073 | Yōkai Army | April 21, 1968 | Akamata Yashi-Otoshi |
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074 | April 28, 1968 | ||||
075 | Man-Eating Island | May 5, 1968 | Hitokui-Jima | ||
076 | Bake-Neko | May 12, 1968 | Bake-Neko | ||
077 | Nopperabō | May 19, 1968 | Nopperabō | The Birth of Kitaro | Remake of The Man Who Ate a Hitodama |
078 | Hiderigami | May 26, 1968 | Hiderigami | ||
079 | June 2, 1968 | ||||
080 | Yōkai of Obebe Swamp | June 9, 1968 | Kawauso | The Great Tanuki War | |
081 | Yukinko | June 16, 1968 | Yukinko Yuki-Onna Yuki-Otoko |
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082 | Ubume | June 23, 1968 | Ubume | Kitaro the Vampire Slayer | |
083 | Geta Battle | June 30, 1968 | Sakabashira Maruge |
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084 | Yōkai Sekigahara | July 7, 1968 | Jami | ||
085 | July 14, 1968 | ||||
086 | Anagura-Nyūdō | July 21, 1968 | Anagura-Nyūdō | ||
087 | Tenko | July 28, 1968 | Tenko Kūko | ||
088 | The Birth of Kitarō* | August 1, 1968 | The Birth of Kitaro | Remake of Ghost Family | |
089 | Ama-no-Jaku | August 4, 1968 | Ama-no-Jaku | ||
090 | August 11, 1968 | ||||
091 | Blood Battle Ogasawara | August 18, 1968 | Kyūketsuju Dracula Langsuyar Asanbosam Penanggalan Shina-Yasha | ||
092 | August 25, 1968 | ||||
093 | September 1, 1968 | ||||
094 | Yōkai Rally | September 8, 1968 | |||
095 | Yōkai President | September 15, 1968 | Kōmori-Neko Sōzuka-Babaa | ||
096 | September 22, 1968 | ||||
097 | September 29, 1968 | ||||
098 | Oboro-Guruma | October 6, 1968 | Guwagoze Oboro-Guruma |
Kitaro's Yokai Battles | Remake of I'm a Freshman |
099 | October 13, 1968 | ||||
100 | October 20, 1968 | ||||
101 | October 27, 1968 | ||||
102 | Gyūki vs. Vampire* | November 1, 1968 | Gyūki Dracula IV |
Kitaro Meets Nurarihyon | Remake of The Boarding House |
103 | Ushirogami | November 3, 1968 | Ushirogami Yōkai Cactus |
Kitaro the Vampire Slayer | |
104 | Onmoraki | November 10, 1968 | Onmoraki | The Trial of Kitaro | Remake of An Odd Fellow |
105 | November 17, 1968 | ||||
106 | November 24, 1968 | ||||
107 | Yōkai Hōkō | December 1, 1968 | Hōkō | Kitaro's Yokai Battles | |
108 | December 8, 1968 | ||||
109 | Gyūki | December 15, 1968 | Gyūki | The Birth of Kitaro | |
110 | December 22, 1968 | ||||
111 | Amefuri-Tengu | December 29, 1968 | Amefuri-Tengu | Kitaro's Yokai Battles | |
112 | The Nekoya Siblings* | January 1, 1969 | Remake of The Vampire Tree and the Neko-Musume | ||
113 | Kami-sama | January 5, 1969 | Kami-sama Kemedama |
Kitaro's Yokai Battles | |
114 | January 12, 1969 | ||||
114 | The Great Yōkai Trial | January 26, 1969 | Momon-Jii Dai-Tengu Tengu Police |
The Trial of Kitaro | |
115 | February 2, 1969 | ||||
116 | February 9, 1969 | ||||
117 | February 16, 1969 | ||||
118 | Yōkai Cloth | February 23, 1969 | Qi Sanshō Chinese Tengu Yōken |
Kitarō's Strange Adventures | |
119 | March 2, 1969 | ||||
120 | March 9, 1969 | ||||
121 | March 16, 1969 | ||||
122 | March 23, 1969 | ||||
123 | Kamaboko* | April 1, 1969 | Han-Gyojin | The Trial of Kitaro | |
124 | Dorotabō* | May 1, 1969 | Dorotabō | Kitaro's Yokai Battles | |
125 | Yōkai Ashi-Magari* | June 1, 1969 | Ashi-Magari | ||
126 | Tsuchi-Korobi* | July 1, 1969 | Tsuchi-Korobi | ||
127 | After GeGeGe no Kitarō* | July 1, 1970 | Epilogue |
Parallel publications[]
- Garo - Kitarō's Night Tales
- Bokura - GeGeGe no Kitarō
- Hōseki - Kitarō's Vietnam War
- Tanoshii Yochien - GeGeGe no Kitarō
See also[]
- Umibōzu-sensei - A one-shot story that ran in Shonen Magazine in 1978
- Shinpen GeGeGe no Kitarō - A second serialized series that ran in Shonen Magazine from 1986 to 1987.
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Rental Manga | ||
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Togetsu-Shobō | The Birth of Kitarō (1960) • One Way Ticket to Hell (1960) • The Boarding House (1960) • An Appointment with Death (1960) • The Strangest Showdown (1962) • Johnny in the Mist (1962) | |
Sanyō | Kitarō's Night Tales: The Vampire Tree and the Neko-Musume (1960) • A Walk to Hell (1961) • Mizugami-sama Comes to Town (1961) • In the Face of the Enemy (1961) | |
Tōkōsha | A Secret Story (1964) | |
Satō Pro | An Odd Fellow (1964) • I'm a Freshman (1964) • A Foolish Man (1964) | |
Serialized Manga | ||
Kodansha | ||
Shonen Magazine | Hakaba no Kitarō/GeGeGe no Kitarō (1965-1969) • Umibōzu-sensei (1978) • Shinpen GeGeGe no Kitarō (1986-1987) | |
Monthly Shonen Magazine | After GeGeGe no Kitarō (1970) • GeGeGe no Kitarō: Kitarō Jigoku Arc (1987) | |
Bokura | GeGeGe no Kitarō (1968-1969) | |
Tanoshii Yochien | GeGeGe no Kitarō (1968-1969, 1971) | |
Comic Bom Bom | Saishinban GeGeGe no Kitarō (1985-1987) • GeGeGe no Kitarō: Special Edition (1985) • Kitarō Kunitori Monogatari (1990-1992) • GeGeGe no Kitarō Special: Yōkai Hyakusen (1996-1998) | |
Super Bom Bom | Saishinban GeGeGe no Kitarō: The Great Ghost War (1987) | |
TV Magazine | GeGeGe no Kitarō: Strange Yōkai Tales (1992-1994) | |
Deluxe Bom Bom | Kitarō Kunitori Monogatari (1992-1993) | |
Shonen Rival | Nezumi-Neko (2014) | |
Shogakukan | ||
Shonen Sunday | GeGeGe no Kitarō (1971) | |
Yoiko | GeGeGe no Kitarō (1971-1972) | |
Yochien | GeGeGe no Kitarō (1971-1972) | |
Learning Magazines | GeGeGe no Kitarō (1971-1972) | |
Big Gold | Kitarō Reidan (1996) | |
Nihon Journal Publishing | ||
Shukan Jitsuwa | Zoku GeGeGe no Kitarō (1977) • Shin GeGeGe no Kitarō: Sports Era (1978) • Shin GeGeGe no Kitarō (1978) | |
Monthly DonDon | Ōbora Kitarō (1980) | |
Other | ||
Garo | The Birth of Kitarō (1966) • Kitarō's Night Tales (1967-1969) | |
Hōseki | Kitarō's Vietnam War (1968) | |
Tokyo Sports Manga Show | GeGeGe no Kitarō (1971) | |
Inner Trip | Kitarō and Nezumi-Otoko (1973) | |
Shonen Action | Kitarō's World Obake Tour (1976) | |
Monthly Shonen Jump | Kitarō vs. Akuma-kun (1976) | |
Play Comic | Hakaba no Kitarō: Yōkai Lockheed (1976) | |
Graphication | Shamisen-Neko's Lament (1977) | |
Novel Magazine | GeGeGe no Kitarō: Renge Kingdom (1977) | |
Manga Sunday | GeGeGe no Kitarō Challenge Series (1977) • Sexual Harassment Yōkai Iyami (1997) | |
Shonen Poppy | Yuki-Hime-chan and GeGeGe no Kitarō (1980-1981) | |
Maru | Norakuro Dai-Sensō (1982) | |
Other Releases | ||
Gakken | Shinigami Tai-Senki (1974) | |
Shogakukan | Kitarō's Hell Tour (1985) | |
Poplar Publishing | Shigeru Mizuki's Obake School (1980-1983) • GeGeGe no Kitarō's Obake Country (1987-1988) | |
Media Factory | Shigeru Mizuki's Strange Yōkai Tales (2007-2009) | |
Japanese Small Business Union | What are Taxes? (2007) | |
Complete Mizuki Collection | Yōkai Grade School (2013) | |
Kodansha | Gama-Bōzu of Iwato (2018) | |
Leed Publishing | The Battle of Mt. Atago (2019) |