Graveyard Kitaro (2008–2008)

TV ShowEndedAnimation, Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama1 season, 11 episodes
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Plot

Mizuki, a low-rung company employee in early 60s Japan, becomes the unwitting caretaker of Kitaro, a mysterious boy who is born of two worlds: the living and the dead. As Kitaro navigates the strange dealings of humanity, the yokai that have been sleeping for time immemorial begin to make their appearance...

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  1. 01Graveyard Kitaro S01E01The Birth of KitaroS01E01 · 10.0A patient at a hospital has become a ghost. Mizuki, a company employee, is entrusted with the task of investigating the cause. His investigation leads him to a couple who claim to be the "last survivors of the Ghost tribe".
  2. 02Graveyard Kitaro S01E02Yasha vs Dracula IVS01E02 · 10.0The grave of Yasha, who had been sleeping for a long time, has been uncovered. At the same time, the vampire Dracula came to Japan. Yasha and the vampire compete for one prey. The victim is the president of a certain company, the person who ordered Mizuki to investigate the cause of the ghost patient. Because of Mizuki's disappearance, the president's company is on the verge of bankruptcy.
  3. 03Graveyard Kitaro S01E03The Vampire TreeS01E03 · 10.0Trump Omoi, a singer who meets Mizuki by chance, learns of the existence of a sinister child named Kitaro. One night, Nezumi-otoko plants the seeds of a vampire tree in Omoi. Omoi's frightened body gradually turns into a tree.

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode11Episodes2008Aired 10.0Season avg
  1. S01E01Graveyard Kitaro S01E01Season's bestThe Birth of KitaroJanuary 10, 2008 10.0A patient at a hospital has become a ghost. Mizuki, a company employee, is entrusted with the task of investigating the cause. His investiga
  2. S01E02Graveyard Kitaro S01E02Yasha vs Dracula IVJanuary 17, 2008 10.0The grave of Yasha, who had been sleeping for a long time, has been uncovered. At the same time, the vampire Dracula came to Japan. Yasha an
  3. S01E03Graveyard Kitaro S01E03The Vampire TreeJanuary 24, 2008 10.0Trump Omoi, a singer who meets Mizuki by chance, learns of the existence of a sinister child named Kitaro. One night, Nezumi-otoko plants th
  4. S01E04Graveyard Kitaro S01E04NekoJanuary 31, 2008 10.0Neko is a girl Kitaro is in love with. Neko dreams of becoming a singer. Kitaro will do his best to make it happen. With the support of Trum
  5. S01E05Graveyard Kitaro S01E05The Fake KitaroFebruary 7, 2008 10.0Kitaro's first love, Neko, is dead. Kitaro is devastated and tries to go to Hell to see her, but someone steals his chanchanko. The culprit
  6. S01E06The Water GodFebruary 14, 2008 10.0Kitaro insults the Water God, who is worshipped as a deity. The Water God follows Kitaro to Tokyo and throws modern society into panic. Furt
  7. S01E07The Wolfman and the Ghost TrainFebruary 21, 2008 10.0A mysterious gentleman and a mouseman are in love with a toad lady. Kitaro interferes in their love story and is sunk to the bottom of the s
  8. S01E08The Bizarre ShowdownFebruary 28, 2008 10.0A ghost moves into Kanemaru's house, he locks Kitaro, who was the ghost, in the refrigerator and exterminates him. It is then that Kitaro's
  9. S01E09Johnny in the MistMarch 6, 2008 10.0The government asks Kitaro to exterminate the vampire Johnny. Meanwhile, Nezumi-Otoko is hired by Johnny and is ordered to exterminate Kitar
  10. S01E10BrigadoonMarch 13, 2008 10.0The Brigadoon, a supernatural phenomenon similar to a typhoon, has struck Tokyo. There is a world where only yokai live. Shigeru Mizuki's fa
  11. S01E11A Foolish ManMarch 20, 2008 10.0Kitaro starts an insurance scam called "Afterlife Insurance". Nezumi Otoko sells a medicine for immortality. The powerful, the rich, and the

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Cast

Masako NozawaMasako NozawaKitarō (voice)Chikao OhtsukaChikao OhtsukaNezumi Otoko (voice)Isamu TanonakaIsamu TanonakaMedama Oyaji (voice)

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