2025 marks 10 years since the passing GeGeGe no Kitaro creator Shigeru Mizuki. And in honor to celebrate Mizuki’s continued influence, a series of new projects will kick off this year. Fans in Japan can enjoy rebroadcasts of classic Kitaro episodes, followed by the return of the stage show this summer.
Fuji TV and other stations will first broadcastGeGeGe no Kitaro: My Favorite GeGeGe Generation starting April 6. The weekly feature will welcome the many voice actors who have played Kitaro over the decades, each choosing their own favorite episodes to discuss:
GeGeGe no Kitaro voice actresses
The lineup includes:
Masako Nozawa (Series 1-2)
Keiko Toda (Series 3)
Yoko Matsuoka (Series 4)
Minami Takayama (Series 5)
Miyuki Sawashiro (Series 6)
Toko Yatabe, the character designer for the film The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe has drawn a new illustration for the upcoming feature, showing Mizuki’s studio and Kitaro as he has appeared across the many seasons.
A new production of the GeGeGe no Kitaro stage play will also open in August. Yoshihiko Aramaki and Sumire Uesaka are confirmed to return as Kitaro and Cat-girl, respectively. Akio Otsuka will take over the role of Ratman from his late father Chikao Otsuka; the younger Otsuka also played the role during Yo-kai Watch! crossovers.
Also confirmed to be joining the cast, with roles to be announced at a later date, are:
Keisuke Ueda
Ryota Hirono
Rurika Miya
Yuko Asano
The show will open August 2-16 in Tokyo and August 18-25 in Osaka.
Crunchyroll currently streams the 2018 anime adaptation of GeGeGe no Kitaro, and describes the series:
Nearly twenty years into the 21st century, people have forgotten the existence of Yokai. When a number of unexplainable phenomena plague adults of the human world with confusion and chaos, thirteen-year-old Mana writes a letter to the Yokai Post in search of answers, only to be greeted by Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro…
Source: Comic Natalie
