If you’re any sort of sports fan in Japan, you can count on anime collaborations at some point or another. Baseball’s Pacific 6 have teamed up with Gundam, BanG Dream!, and famous baseball series, to name a few. Horse racing fans are in for a special …Read more »
Tasuku Saitō was a major player at Toei Animation, working as a producer and planner. He produced the anime Gegege no Kitaro, Tiger Mask: Kuroi Majin, Shonen Ninja Kaze no Fujimaru, Tiger Mask Fuku Men League Sen and Hustle Punch. He wrote the lyrics for …Read more »
There’s no shortage of bumps in the night in the work of GeGeGe no Kitaro creator Shigeru Mizuki, who passed away in 2015 but continues to delight fans of all ages. The latest to head to the screen is Mizuki’s Akuma-kun manga, and there’s also …Read more »
Feeling a little spirited? Need something spooky and cool to watch? Why not dip into the world of yokai? To be fair, it’s hard not to in anime: their influence is everywhere! But if you’re craving something a little more specific, we’ve found some series that …Read more »
The winners of the 57th Galaxy Award—which was established by the Association of Broadcast Critics in Japan in 1963—have been announced, and some high honors went to anime. Among them is the Individual Award in the TV category, which was given to Sairi Ito for …Read more »
Two years ago, the GeGeGe no Kitaro anime adaptation returned for a long-awaited sixth season. Now, as the series gets closer and closer to 100 episodes, it looks like it will end just shy of that milestone this March. Following up on 2007-2009’s fifth season, …Read more »
The new anime adaptation of Shigeru Mizuki’s classic GeGeGe no Kitaro manga is about to return on October 6 with its 76th episode. According to the latest news on the official website, this return will also mark the beginning of the Nurarihyon Arc, which is the anime’s …Read more »
Shigeru Mizuki’s classic GeGeGe no Kitaro manga is returning in a new TV anime this April, and Toei Animation recently hyped up its debut with a new TV spot. Check out the quick 15-second preview ahead of its Fuji TV airing below. GeGeGe no Kitaro …Read more »
Today is the 50th anniversary of the first TV anime adaptation of the late Shigeru Mizuki’s classic Gegege no Kitaro manga, and it looks like some big plans are in store. While the specifics of those plans remain a mystery at the moment, an anniversary site went …Read more »
Shigeru Mizuki, the manga artist best known for his work GeGeGe no Kitaro , has died at age 93. Mizuki, a veteran who lost his left arm in World War II, was a specialist in the Japanese spirits known as yokai, the subject of GeGeGe …Read more »
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