The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe

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The R15 version of The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe (known as Kitaro Tanjou: GeGeGe no Nazo in Japan), subtitled Shinsei-ban ("Genuine edition"), ranked in eighth place on its third weekend of October 18-20, down three positions from last weekend, according to Kogyo Tsushinsha. The film's original PG12 version, which opened in Japan in November 2023, stayed in the box office Top 10 for 11 consecutive weekends from November 17-19, 2023 to January 26-28, 2024.Voltes V: Legacy, a Filipino live-action film remake of the 1970s Japanese robot anime Super Electromagnetic Machine Voltes V (Cho Denji Machine Voltes V in Japan), opened in 179 theaters on October 18 and made a ninth-place debut. According to GMA News, the 107-minute film is a compilation of the initial 15 episodes of the TV series, which consisted of 90 episodes in total.

The R15 version of The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe (known as Kitaro Tanjou: GeGeGe no Nazo in Japan), subtitled Shinsei-ban ("Genuine edition"), earned 71,939,840 yen (482,100 USD) on 41,889 admissions in its second weekend of October 11-13, according to Animate Times. The movie ranked in fifth place in the latest weekend box office ranking, down two positions from its opening weekend.To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the original GeGeGe no Kitaro manga author Shigeru Mizuki's birth, the original version of The Birth of Kitaro was released in Japan on November 17, 2023, under the rating of PG12. The R15 version (noted as those under 15 years of age not allowed to see), which had 327 cuts retaken and the sound re-dubbed to express “the horror story as originally envisioned by the production team," followed on October 4, 2024.As reported on Monday, the film's cumulative total box office gross — which combined the gross of the original and R15 version — surpassed the three billion yen mark by October 12.

The official X (formerly Twitter) for The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe (known as Kitaro Tanjou: GeGeGe no Nazo in Japan) anime film has announced that the film's cumulative total box office gross in Japan had surpassed three billion yen (20 million USD). This figure is the sum of the box office gross of the original version and the R15 version, which has been in theaters in Japan since October 4. With the two versions combined, the film has earned 3,013,879,430 yen on 2,089,532 admissions by 11:00 AM on October 12 according to Animate Times.

The R15 version of The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe (known as Kitaro Tanjou: GeGeGe no Nazo in Japan), subtitled Shinsei-ban ("genuine edition"), opened in 331 theaters across Japan on October 4, and earned 156 million yen (1.05 million USD) on 97,7

Toei Movie's official YouTube channel has started streaming a new trailer for the R15 version of The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe (known as Kitaro Tanjou: GeGeGe no Nazo in Japan). With the subtitle Shinsei-ban ("genuine edition"), the new version i

The official website for The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe (known as Kitaro Tanjou: GeGeGe no Nazo in Japan) announced today that its R15 version, subtitled Shinsei-ban ("genuine edition"), is set to release in Japan on October 4, 2024. The Shinsei-b