GeGeGe no Kitaro Archives

GeGeGe no Kitaro creator Shigeru Mizuki brings Yokai to life at Tokyo exhibit

May 22, 2022

The Gegege no Kitaro official anime poster.

Shigeru Mizuki, the creator of GeGeGe no Kitaro, is being celebrated with a Tokyo exhibition including the different artwork he made involving Japanese yokai. The exhibition commemorates Mizuki’s birth 100 years ago, in 1922. The exhibit marks the 100th anniversary of Shigeru Mizuki’s birth. The Tokyo exhibit will show over 100 illustrations from books in … Read more

GeGeGe no Kitaro theater stage play reveals cast costumes and trailer

May 20, 2022

GeGeGe no Kitaro is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shigeru Mizuki that was released in 1960. The manga is best known for its interpretations of several legendary yokai, demons from Japanese folklore. Many of the main characters that appear humanoid are in fact yokai. The original story was an early 20th Century … Read more