The Kitarō series "The Great Yōkai War" ( 妖怪大戦争, Yōkai Daisensō) draws a great deal of influence from this story, with Kitarō and his yōkai friends driving a group of Western ghouls away from an island. Some storylines make overt reference to traditional Japanese tales, most notably the folk tale of Momotarō, in which the young hero defends a Japanese territory from demons with the help of the native animals. In addition to this, Kitarō also locks horns with various malevolent yōkai who threaten the balance between the Japanese creatures and humans. Many storylines involve Kitarō facing off with myriad monsters from other countries, such as the Chinese vampire Yasha, the Transylvanian Dracula IV, and other such non-Japanese creations.
Along with: the remains of his father, Medama-Oyaji (a mummified Ghost tribesman reincarnated to inhabit his old eyeball) Nezumi-Otoko (the rat-man) Neko-Musume (the cat-girl) and a host of other folkloric creatures, Kitarō strives to unite the worlds of humans and Yōkai. GeGeGe no Kitarō focuses on the young Kitarō-the last survivor of the Ghost Tribe-and his adventures with other ghouls and strange creatures of Japanese mythology. See also: List of GeGeGe no Kitarō episodes The publisher of the North American English manga is Drawn & Quarterly. The 2018 anime series is streamed with English subtitles as GeGeGe no Kitaro. Selections of the manga and the theatrical live-action films have been published in English, simply titled Kitaro. The word GeGeGe ( ゲゲゲ) in the title is similar to Japanese sound symbolism for a cackling noise but refers to Mizuki's childhood nickname, a mispronounciation of his given name. It has been adapted for the screen several times, as anime, live action, and video games. This story was an early 20th-century Japanese folk tale performed on kamishibai.
It is best known for its popularization of the folklore creatures known as yōkai, a class of spirit-monster which all of the main characters belong to. GeGeGe no Kitarō ( ゲゲゲの鬼太郎), originally known as Hakaba Kitarō ( 墓場鬼太郎, "Kitarō of the Graveyard"), is a Japanese manga series created in 1960 by Shigeru Mizuki.
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