The creepy ghost story may be commonplace, but Kitaro is not one of them, let alone an anime cartoon story of horror genre that is hilarious and full of moral messages is a series of legendary stories that have been decades into hits show in Japan.
Kitaro was made in 1959 by the legendary Japanese comic artist Mizuki Shigeru, a World War II veteran. Because the story gets a place in the hearts of many readers, the story that had been published weekly Shonen magazine was made animated series by Toei Animation with the title Gegege No Kitaro.
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Gegege No Kitaro's first season premiered on January 3, 1968 at Fuji Television station. The word "Gegege" is taken from the way and the distinctive sound of Mizuki telling the story of Kitaro to his fans directly.
This series became very famous because it is based on the folk myths about various creatures of the jejadian called the yokai. In the series, the creatures were made into story characters.
Kitaro has also been adapted several times to the big screen films played by Japanese, as well as animated screens and anime series as well as video games. Every decade the series is always updated to fit the times.
The last descendant
Spooky Kitaro's story revolves around how humans often infuriate the yokai, disturb their place of residence, and result in the yokai taking revenge. They can do various unpleasant deeds, including swallowing humans, stealing souls, kidnapping children, melting faces, and there are many more ways that are quite scary
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However, it is delivered in such a way so as not to frighten and even provide moral education such as not littering, respect for the ancestors, not to go to the cemetery at night.
Kitaro is the last descendant of the eternal eternal human race. He lost his left eye and his hair always covered the left side of his face. Kodo Kitaro lives in the woods and lives in a tree, alongside other jejadian forest creatures.
According to rumors, Kitaro's age is hundreds of years old though no one can prove. As a half-human figure, he has many advantages that also become his flagship weapon against the enemy.
Kitaro's father, Medama Oyaji, for his illness, shrank and became a walking eye. This figure is very wise and is believed to live in the left eye socket Kitaro, and often give advice how to deal with various types of yokai.
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Kitaro and his father are aided by a number of yokai, among others Sunakeke Baba (the inventing grandmother who always carries sand to blind the enemy), Konaki Jijii (the transforming grandfather of a being to stone to paralyze the opponent), Ittan Moment (a long piece of cotton jejadian cloth always floating like a flying carpet and often a Kitaro vehicle.
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Others, Nurikabe (the invisible wall that often protects friends from malicious attacks), Nezumi Otoko (super smelly half-mouse man and can turn cunning and betray friends when it comes to money or benefits himself), and Neko Musume (a girl who looks normal but can become a cat monster with fangs and sly eyes, especially when angry or hungry).
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Kitaro's fifth season tells of the strange and mysterious events that are increasingly common as a result of the evil yokai action. Some of them are very cruel and have no mercy on humans.
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Kitaro also had to work hard to protect humans from the ghosts and the evil and dangerous jejadian creatures, aided by the good yokai who sided with him to maintain peace between two different worlds.
Despite being lifted from horror stories, all of Spooky Kitaro's characters have their own place in Japanese society and their memorable items are always sought after by fans for the collection.
Moreover, a taxi company specifically purchased a license and made a logo with Kitaro's character in a black-painted taxi with a Medya Oyaji eyeball light, which was a sign of a taxi being passengers or empty.
Senior Vice President and General Manager of Animax Asia, Gregory Ho, said it is very proud to be showing the Kitaro series of the fifth season.
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"Kitaro has been living in the hearts of his audience for more than five decades. Various materials from the game to the big screen and 'merchandise' it is always awaited, sought and sought by many people, "said Ho."Creating a horror story for all ages in cartoons loaded with moral messages is not easy. But Mizuki proved his talent with brilliant, "he concluded.
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