The official web site for the most recent GeGeGe no Kitarō anime revealed a “small half” of the brand new teaser visuals for each the anime’s upcoming movie, in addition to the upcoming anime mission for Shigeru Mizuki‘s Akuma-kun manga. The primary picture under previews a part of the visible for the GeGeGe no Kitarō movie, whereas the second picture previews a part of the visible for the Akuma-kun anime.

The total visuals for each might be unveiled throughout the “Gegege-ki 2021” occasion on November 27 and 28. Each tasks are two of 4 “huge tasks” commemorating the 100-year anniversary of Shigeru Mizuki‘s start. Mizuki handed away in 2015 at 93 years previous.

The brand new GeGeGe no Kitarō anime movie is titled Kitarō Tanjō: Gegege no Nazo (Kintarō Delivery: The Thriller of Gegege).

The most recent GeGeGe no Kitarō anime — the sixth tv anime incarnation — premiered in April 2018 and changed Dragon Ball Tremendous in the identical timeslot. The present entered its “second 12 months” in April 2019, after which entered its “remaining arc” titled the “Nurarihyon Arc” in October 2019. The present ended its run in March 2020 after 97 episodes. Crunchyroll streamed the sequence because it aired.

The anime starred Miyuki Sawashiro as Kitarō and Masako Nozawa as Medama Oyaji. Each will reprise roles for the movie, though Nozawa is credited as “Kitarō’s Father” as an alternative of Medama Oyaji.

Kouji Ogawa served as sequence director whereas Hiroshi Ohnogi (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood) dealt with the sequence scripts. Sorato Shimizu was the character designer and chief animation director. Yasuharu Takanashi (Fairy Tail) and -yaiba- (Naruto Shippūden) composed the music. Fuji TV,
Yomiuri Promoting, and Toei Animation produced the anime.

Junichi Sato (Aria franchise, Sailor Moon) is the Akuma-kun anime mission’s chief director, whereas Fumitoshi Oizaki (A Centaur’s Life, Romeo × Juliet) is the sequence director. Sato beforehand directed Akuma-kun TV anime and its two movies in 1989-1990. Hiroshi Ohnogi (2018 GeGeGe no Kitarō, Noein – to your different self) is overseeing the sequence scripts.

The manga beforehand impressed a tv anime in 1989-1990. Two anime movies premiered in 1989 and 1990. The manga additionally impressed a number of live-action diversifications.

Mizuki drew the unique manga in 1963-1964, and he drew a number of different sequence within the franchise within the Seventies and Eighties. The manga follows the titular “Akuma-kun,” a boy who makes use of the powers of demons to assist the world keep at peace.

Sources: GeGeGe no Kitarō anime’s web site, The Mainichi Shimbun’s Mantan Internet