Hakaba Kitarou: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Kitarou is a youkai boy born in a cemetery, and aside from his mostly-decayed father, the last living member of the Ghost tribe. He is missing his left eye, but his hair usually covers the empty socket. He fights for peace between humans and youkai, which generally involves protecting the former from the wiles of the latter. This version of the Kitarou story is based on the original Hakaba Kitarou manga, the manga which inspired the popular Gegege no Kitarou series in the late 60's.

Series details

• Title: Hakaba Kitarou
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Action, Anime, Fantasy
• Premiere date: 2008-01-10
• Final broadcast date listed: 2008-03-20
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Fuji TV
• Network country: Japan
• TVMaze ID: 12714
• TVDB ID: 81701

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2008-01-10; final listed air date 2008-03-20; episode order: 11.

Source and licence

Adapted from Hakaba Kitarou on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.