The anime film Kitaro Tanjou: GeGeGe no Nazo, which is scheduled to open in Japan on November 17, has received new promotional material in the form of a main trailer and key visuals. More actors have also been announced.
Kitaro Tanjou: GeGeGe no Nazo will be available Yoshihiko Seki plays Kitaro’s father (in his non-Medama-yaji form), while Hidenobu Kiuchi was cast as Mizuki, Kitaro’s human adoptive father. Other announced voice actors include:
A Atsumi Tanezaki
à Yumiko Kobayashi
à Tetsu Shiratori
à Nobuo Tobita
à Kazuya Nakai
à Youko Soumi
A Kazuhiro Yamajianh>
р Yuuko Minaguchi
à Rie Kugimiya
à Akira Ishida
à Umeka Shouji
PORT Masaya Matsukaze
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Kitaro Tanjou: GeGeGe no Nazo is based on the 2018 anime series GeGeGe no Kitaro and will revolve around mysteries related to the birth of its main character. Along with the new Akuma-kun anime, the movie created by Toei Animation produced as part of the late creator GeGeGe no Kitaro’s 100th Anniversary project Shigeru Mizuki.
Returning actors from the 2018 GeGeGe no Kitaro series include Miyuki Sawashiro as Kitaro and Masako Nozawa as Medama-yaji. The film’s cast includes:
→ Director: Gou Koga (Gekjou ban Gegege no Kitaro: Nippon Bakuretsu, Digimon Universe: App Monsters)
permission Writer: Hiroyuki Yoshino (World Trigger season 3 composer and screenwriter)
permission Character design: Touko Yatabe (Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time co-assistant director)
GeGeGe no Kitaro debuted in 1960 as a rental manga titled Hakaba Kitaro. The GeGeGe no Kitaro manga followed in 1965. The first anime adaptation of GeGeGe no Kitaro aired from 1968 to 1969, while the last before the 2018 version aired from 2007 to 2009. An anime based on Hakaba Kitaro aired in 2008.
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Crunchyroll describes the 2018 GeGeGe no Kitaro anime as:
Nearly twenty years into the 21st century, people have forgotten the existence of Yokai. When some unexplained phenomenon leaves the adults in the human world confused and chaotic, thirteen-year-old Mana writes a letter to the Yokai Post seeking answers, only to be greeted by Ge Ge. Ge no Kitaro…
Besides the many GeGeGe no Kitaro anime and film series, the manga has also inspired live-action films, video games, and stage plays.
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