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“New anime film reveals Kitaro's father's story for Shigeru Mizuki's 100th birth anniversary.”
The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe
鬼太郎誕生 ゲゲゲの謎
7.69
1,420 rank · 9,536 viewers · 36 favorites
Comedy
Supernatural
Mythology
Shounen
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Synopsis
New anime film reveals Kitaro's father's story for Shigeru Mizuki's 100th birth anniversary.
A completely new feature-length animation commemorating the 100th anniversary of Shigeru Mizuki's birth. The story of Kitaro's father is revealed for the first time. (Source: Official site, translated)
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8.3
/10
What 3 viewers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 8
σ 0.47
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Strong agreement
σ 0.47 · scores cluster tight
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 0.33
Running avg · Nov 2023 → Feb 2025
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “Right off the bat I can honestly say that I had completely forgotten about watching Gege 2018 before I saw this movie listed, it was just another supernatural comedy with an interesting story but...”
- 8 “Gegege no Kitaro is a manga first published in 1960. Kitaro is the last of the ghost tribe, a link between humans and Yokai. He is not one nor the other but stands on the line between. The manga...”
- 8 “Before seeing the movie, I recommend that you watch one episode of Graveyard Kitaro and one episode of the sixth in the series, which was recommended to watch beforehand on twitter. I think it...”
Verbosity
Short · 33%
Medium · 67%
Long · 0%
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A Movie Production
Toei Animation.- Format 1 × 105′ eps × min
- Total runtime 1h 45m all episodes
- Aired Nov 2023 – ongoing
- Source Movie media type
- Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref. BS-20524 catalog