Shigeru Mizuki

The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe (2023)

1955. Kitaro's father, Medama Oyaji, comes to Yagura Village in search of his missing wife. The village was ruled by the Ryuga clan, which controls Japan's political and business circles behind the scenes. Mizuki, who works at a blood bank, visits the vill ...

Damedayo (2023)

Initially shown off at the "GeGeGe no Kitarou Tribute Art Exhibition Kitarou EXPO", which was an art exhibition in Japan commemorating the 100th anniversary of mangaka Shigeru Mizuki's birth. The animation directed by Atsushi Wada was later released public ...

Spooky Kitaro: The Spirit's Whereabouts (2018)

The story follows a man known for grousing about everyday life on social media who accidentally wanders into Kitaro's forest and witnesses many strange events there. ...

Shigeru Mizuki's Tales of Tono (2010)

An anime movie based on Shigeru Mizuki's manga Mizuki Shigeru no Toono Monogatari. Toono Monogatari was originally the Japanese folklorist Yanagida Kunio's classical literature based on the oral traditions of Tono city. It's about Yokai such as Tengu, Kapp ...

Spooky Kitaro: Japan Explodes!! (2008)

Movie based on the 2007 TV anime with an original plot. ...

Kirato Saw Honorable Death With No Surrender ~ Mizuki Shigeru's War (2008)

Spooky Kitaro: Youkai Japan Rally 3D (2008)

A 3D film attraction featured at Sanrio Puroland. It was produced by Toei as a tie-in to the 2007 Spooky Kitaro anime adaptation. ...

Kitaro and the Millennium Curse (2008)

Young women disappear one after another in drizzling rain. They all hear the "cursed song" of the Cage Song before they vanish into thin air. Kitaro and his friends investigate these mysterious cases when they meet Kaede Hiramoto, a high school girl who fi ...

The Great Yokai War (2005)

A young boy with a troubled home life becomes "chosen," and he stumbles into the middle of a great war of yōkai (a class of mythological creatures), where he meets a group of friendly yōkai who become his companions through his journey. Now he must fight ...

Spooky Kitaro: Kitaro's Ghost Train (1999)

A 3D movie originally screened in Hanayashiki and some other amusement parks ...

Spooky Kitaro: Yokai Express! The Phantom Train (1997)

Kitarou, a ghost, spends his afterlife helping humans in need of his skills. He thwarts the plans of evil spirits who live to torment humanity. In this episode The Western demons hijacked the Phantom Train. Kitaro and his friends must stop this crime. ...

Spooky Kitaro: Ghost Nighter (1997)

A film adaptation of the 'Spooky Kitaro' story of the same name: a baseball-themed story where Kitaro and his yokai friends play against a human baseball team. The plot revolves around the human team cheating their way to victory by using cursed bats to wi ...

Spooky Kitaro: The Great Sea Beast (1996)

Kitaro is a yōkai boy born in a cemetery and, aside from his mostly decayed father, the last living member of the Ghost Tribe (幽霊族 yūrei zoku?). He is missing his left eye, but his hair usually covers the empty socket. He fights for peace between h ...

Kappa: A River Goblin and Sampei (1993)

Adapted from Shigeru Mizuki's classic manga from the 1960s, 'Kappa no Sanpei', the anime tells a story of a young boy, Sanpei, who lives in the beautiful countryside with his grandfather. One day, he is caught in the muddy streams of the river and wakes up ...

Devil Boy: Welcome to Devil Land!! (1990)

Akuma-kun and his friends go to the Makai Amusement Park to solve the child kidnapping case caused by an autonomous mysterious toy. An original work for the theater of the Toei Manga Festival, which is an animation of the original manga by Shigeru Mizuki. ...

Devil Boy (1989)

The age of the demons has begun. Dr Faust has foreseen this rise of evil. Unfortunately, he is near death and is unable to personally battle this upcoming threat. Faust entrusts a young boy, Shingo Yamada, to take the responsibility of ridding the Earth of ...

The Space Insect (1988)

A boy dreams of space and a strange egg falls on the book he is reading. What comes out of it is a strange insect. The boy tries to raise it, but his mother refuses, so he throws it away in a nearby mountain and continues to observe it. The worm continues ...

Spooky Kitaro: Crash!! The Great Rising of Demons from Another Dimension (1986)

Kitaro's worries about a typhoon that came during the unseasonable winter turn out to be true. A typhoon known as a mysterious weather event that occurs once every 1000 years has landed in Tokyo. At that time, a monster emperor appears on TV and decides to ...

Spooky Kitaro: The Strongest Ghost Army! Landing in Japan!! (1986)

A monster appeared out of nowhere, transformed into a human, and began selling strange cloth. Becoming suspicious, the cat girl follows him and witnesses a horrifying scene deep in the mountains. Using a technique she had never seen before, she turned her ...

Spooky Kitaro (1986)

Fan film about the popular character Spooky Kitaro. ...

Spooky Kitaro: The Great Yokai War (1986)

The second movie based on the 1985 TV anime. ...

Spooky Kitarō (1985)

Kitarō, the last surviving member of the Ghost Tribe, stands up to a group of mischievous demons who want to turn humanity into their own personal goblin army. ...

Monday Drama Land Gegege no Kitaro (1985)

One day, Kitaro received a letter from the spirit world postman. The sender was an elementary school girl named Kyoko Seki. According to Kyoko, she was suddenly attacked with scissors on her way home from her cram school. Moreover, it is said that the stat ...

Spooky Kitaro: The All Seeing Eye (1980)

Yasui is the president of a large company. After the war, he wandered into the world of evil spirits, where he obtained a hidden treasure "Geomancer's Eye". With the magical power of this treasure Yasui received enormous wealth. But the great miracles have ...

Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)

Manga artist Gengo Odaka lands a job with the World Children's Land amusement park only to become suspicious of the organization when a garbled message is discovered on tapes. As Gengo and his team investigate, Godzilla and Anguirus quickly decipher the me ...

Kappa no Sanpei: Ghost Operation (1968)

Sanpei has opened the door to the world of the kappa. ...

Spooky Kitaro (1968)

Kitarō, a ghost, spends his afterlife helping humans in need of his skills. He thwarts the plans of evil spirits who live to torment humanity. A retelling of episodes 5-6 from the 1968 TV anime. ...

The Great Yokai War (2005)

A young boy with a troubled home life becomes "chosen," and he stumbles into the middle of a great war of yōkai (a class of mythological creatures), where he meets a group of friendly yōkai who become his companions through his journey. Now he must fight ...

Ishoku Manga-shi 33-nen no Kiseki ~ Garo no Jidai o Yomu (1997)

A documentary exploring the history and influence of the alternative manga magazine, Garo, with various artist and director interviews. ...

Monster Heaven (1986)

An anthology of strange horror tales featuring yokai. It begins with astronauts finding a katana on the moon. ...