The upcoming Kitaro Tanjou: GeGeGe no Nazo movie has received a new visual and a Fall 2023 Japanese release date.
The new movie is based on the 2018 GeGeGe no Kitaro series and will revolve around the mystery of Kitaro’s birth.
Reprising their roles from the 2018 GeGeGe no Kitaro series are Miyuki Sawashiro as Kitaro and Masako Nozawa as Medama-yaji. The movie’s staff includes Gou Koga (Gekijou ban Gegege no Kitaro: Nippon Bakuretsu, Digimon Universe: App Monsters) as director, Hiroyuki Yoshino (World Trigger 3rd Season series composer and scriptwriter) as scriptwriter, and Touko Yatabe (Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time co-assistant director) as character designer. Toei Animation is the animation production company.
GeGeGe no Kitaro is created by the late Shigeru Mizuki. It began in 1960 as a rented manga series titled Hakaba Kitaro, with the GeGeGe no Kitaro series beginning in 1965. The first anime to be based on GeGeGe no Kitaro aired from 1968 to 1969, while the last prior to the 2018 version aired from 2007 to 2009. An anime based on Hakaba Kitaro aired in 2008.
Crunchyroll describes the 2018 GeGeGe no Kitaro anime as:
Nearly twenty years into the 21st century, people have forgotten the existence of Yokai. When a number of unexplainable phenomena plague adults of the human world with confusion and chaos, thirteen-year-old Mana writes a letter to the Yokai Post in search of answers, only to be greeted by Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro..
There are six GeGeGe no Kitaro anime series (discounting Hakaba Kitaro) and various movies. Other media inspired by the manga include live-action movies, video games, and stage plays.
Source: Gegege no Kitaro website
