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The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe (2023) [N/A]

Release Date:
November 17, 2023

Original Title:
鬼太郎誕生 ゲゲゲの謎

Alternate Titles:
Kitarō Tanjō: Gegege no Nazo
鬼太郎诞生之咯咯咯之谜

Genres:
Animation | Comedy | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery

Production Companies:
Toei Animation
Toei Company

Production Countries:
Japan

Ratings / Certifications:
KR: 15  TH: 13 

Runtime: 104

Overview from TheMovieDB

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 village with a secret mission to mourn the death of the head of his family, and meets Kitaro's father. While an ugly fight unfolds over the succession of the head of the family, a member of the family is brutally murdered at the village shrine. It was the beginning of a terrifying chain of events.

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Art Direction:
Mai Ichioka

Character Designer:
Touko Yatabe

Color Designer:
Sayoko Yokoyama

Director:
Gou Koga

Director of Photography:
Tomoyuki Ishiyama

Key Animation:
Kazutaka Sugiyama
Akihiro Ota
Tatsuya Miki
Naotoshi Shida
Hisashi Mori
Ryu Nakayama
Akira Hamaguchi
Naoki Tate
Takeo Ide
Reika Hoshino
Ken Ootsuka

Original Music Composer:
Kenji Kawai

Original Story:
Shigeru Mizuki

Screenplay:
Hiroyuki Yoshino

Second Unit First Assistant Director:
Kohei Kido

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