I am Gegege no Kitaro; this is my father, Medama-Oyaji. A pleasure to meet you all! He is... a councilor? Was that right? That I am! But don't feel obliged to give me any special treatment on that end! Ho ho! Ah, yes. ... Continue reading

Three Steps Over Japan: Manga Review: Kitaro, #1 and #1

The creator of "Gegege no Kitaro" is probably 10 times more fascinating than the history of the manga title that he is best known for. Having served in WWII, Shigeru Mizuki suffered from malaria, and had his left arm blown off during an ... Continue reading

Spread to the world of monster wheels! "Kitaro&quot ...

"Kitaro" Dharma Release; Characters from Japan "monster" projects around the world to get familiar "Ando ふ monster" from the "ball of monster" sale. First line one as well, Shigeru Mizuki "Gegege no Kitaro" was the main character of ... Continue reading

What anime actually looked like in 2009 - AWESOME ENGINE

As well as the returns of Yatterman, GeGeGe no Kitaro and Dragonball, you had Zettai Karen Children (author Takashi Shiina's Ghost Sweeper Mikami had a successful anime in 1993) and Cross Game (author Mitsuru Adachi has had anime ... Continue reading

Mazikeen : Hell Courtesan : Pretty Pictures & My Life

As to how these are related to Shikoku and yokai, the Awa Odori is a major festival in Tokushima-shi and GeGeGe no Kitaro is a popular manga, anime, and live action movie series featuring Japanese yokai. The creator of GeGeGe no Kitaro ... Continue reading

License request day: GeGeGe no Kitaro « The Manga Curmudgeon

According to Wikipedia, Shigeru Mizuki's GeGeGe no Kitaro gets the credit for pushing yôkai into the pop-culture spotlight, at least in terms of manga. It was originally created for the manga rental market in 1959, then serialized in ... Continue reading

錯乱状態 TYPE-A - Gegege no Kitaro

Photo Album, Gegege no Kitaro, Jul 9, '07 10:56 AM for everyone. Mizuki Shigeru's famous youkai manga/anime slot-machine game found itself underappreciated in Megamall's building A... july8 (8).JPG. july8 (5).JPG. july8 (6).JPG ... Continue reading

The Gegege no Kitaro "resident" Chofu, Tokyo ...

[ Feature ]; The Gegege no Kitaro "resident" Chofu, Tokyo; Manga "Gegege no Kitaro" creator, Shigeru Mizuki (87) are living on April 6, Chofu, Tokyo, to prove that the citizen hero Kitaro "special resident" was issued. ... Continue reading

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Tanonaka is best known as the voice of Medama Oyaji, the disembodied eyeball father character from Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro. Tanonaka was the only voice actor to ever portray the character, appearing in all five Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro TV series, ... Continue reading

Gegege no Kitaro - Welcome to the land of Yokai

Gegege no Kitaro, champion of human and yokai alike, looks upwards at the one that would normally be his father sitting on his head. "[This is it, Rae. The Yokai village. I live a little further out, but as long as we're here, ... Continue reading