Hakaba Kitaro

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Category: TV
Genre: Horror, Supernatural, Fantasy
Year: 2008
Studio: Toei Animation

This is the sixth anime series based on the manga 'Hakaba Kitaro'--which was created in 1959 by Shigeru Mizuki--but it is the first one to carry the manga's actual title. All five previous series (1968-1969, 1971-1972, 1985-1988, 1996-1998, and 2007) were titled 'Gegege no Kitaro'.

* Related Anime:
Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro (1968) (1968) Anime
Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro (1971) (1971) Anime
Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro (1985) (1985) Anime
Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro MOVIE (1985) (1985) Anime
Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro MOVIE (1986 Spring) (1986) Anime

Alternative title: • 墓場鬼太郎

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Ausdoerrt
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May 13 2008 09:29 PM
Waah this series is so awesome, why is nobody commenting?

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Ausdoerrt
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May 6 2008 02:46 AM
So anyone know what happened to the series? Did all the subbers drop it or sth???
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Mar 10 2008 08:30 PM
I'm loving' this series so far...I picked up on this Kitaro thing by accident when I picked it up as a Japanese import game for the Super Nintendo way back when...it was definitely a strange game and the more I watch of this anime the more it now makes sense...

I love the art style, I love the twisted nature of it, I love the fact Kitaro creeps me out...he's just wrong, but then who can blame him...his dad's an eyeball.

I'm following this series with much joy!
Ausdoerrt
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Jan 30 2008 10:04 PM
One thing I do like about it is, indeed, as correctly noted, the "retro" style of animation, sort of like in 100 Stories... Well, it's an adaptation of a popular 50's comic after all, except that this time they decided to take it closer to the original work than all of the previous Kitaro adaptations did.
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Jan 30 2008 07:58 PM
QUOTE (snowpsyche @ Jan 29 2008, 08:17 PM)
I also love the humor in this one. I'm not sure why I like the series so much, since usually I'm not a horror fan. But this one doesn't take itself too seriously. Definitely pastiche, with the opening reminiscent of 50's comics. In the second epi there is a joke about East meets West and I feel you can see that with the animation style. And I love the disco opening! This anime is just cool.
That was funny! (I'm not very coordinated, I got toasted pretty fast.)

I agree. It's horror-ish, but with a comedic touch to it. Ah yes, it was funny when they cracked that joke about when the "East meets West" vampire style lol.

I also have to say that from the first two episodes I quite enjoyed this series so far. These two episodes have been sitting around and I've finally sat down and seen it. Comparing this to Mononoke? I can't possibly do that. Even though Mononoke was sorta "horror-ish", Kitaro here is just another concept. I love the animation style, the theme reminds me of a 60s horror classic, and this show that used to come on tv when I was a kid, I loved it. Damn I can't remember the name now, it had this freaky zombie dude who used to tell "freaky stories", and no, it wasn't "Freaky Stories" ("this happened to a friend of a friend of mine"..ha ha I wonder how many people will get that joke ).

Uhm, so ya, basically, Kitaro is super cool, and this storyline is very intriguing. The Ratman was slick, doing that little "yoink" thing, stealing the money at the end of the second episode. Ha ha, well I'm looking forward to the next episode! Wooh!
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Jan 29 2008 09:17 PM
I also love the humor in this one. I'm not sure why I like the series so much, since usually I'm not a horror fan. But this one doesn't take itself too seriously. Definitely pastiche, with the opening reminiscent of 50's comics. In the second epi there is a joke about East meets West and I feel you can see that with the animation style. And I love the disco opening! This anime is just cool.
QUOTE (Ausdoerrt @ Jan 26 2008, 09:47 PM)
Haha found something good - Hakaba Kitarou Flash game lol!

http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/hakaba/special/game.html


That was funny! (I'm not very coordinated, I got toasted pretty fast.)
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Jan 26 2008 10:47 PM
Haha found something good - Hakaba Kitarou Flash game lol!

http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/hakaba/special/game.html
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Jan 26 2008 10:24 PM
QUOTE (EggBeast @ Jan 25 2008, 07:35 PM)
Ooh, I watched the first episode last night. I don't think I'm going to pick this one up.

It kind of reminded me of Mononoke, which I loved, but this one... just has a nasty vibe about it, I don't know. It wasn't really all that spooky, didn't have any cool themes going on... it just didn't do much for me.

Well, I don't think Mononoke is a comedy, is it?

This anime is so hilarious, I love it! Besides being cool and creepy and all.. Can't wait for the rest of it! It's EVIL!!
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Jan 25 2008 08:35 PM
Ooh, I watched the first episode last night. I don't think I'm going to pick this one up.

It kind of reminded me of Mononoke, which I loved, but this one... just has a nasty vibe about it, I don't know. It wasn't really all that spooky, didn't have any cool themes going on... it just didn't do much for me.
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Jan 24 2008 12:56 PM
Horray! I remember opening a thread on GoGoGo Kitaro.....way back when....A Japanese Halloween story. I just downloaded this first episode and will watch ...looking forward to it. Thanks nakama-sama, for the heads up!
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