In 2002 GeGeGe-no-Kitarō was translated by Ralph F. The manga has been reprinted many times, but no collection contains the entire series, and each collection is ordered differently. Stories about Kitarō's adolescence were briefly published in Shukan Jitsuwa. The series was renamed GeGeGe no Kitarō in 1967 and continued in Shonen Sunday, Shonen Action, Comic Bom Bom and many other magazines. It was toned down from the creepier, more ironic stories of the rental manga, and gradually became a threat-of-the-week hero story. In 1965, renamed to Hakaba no Kitarō (墓場の鬼太郎, Kitarō of the Graveyard), it appeared in Shonen Magazine and ran through 1970. Manga Main article: GeGeGe no Kitarō (manga)Īfter kamishibai fell out of popularity, Hakaba Kitarō was published as a rental manga starting in 1960, but it was considered too scary for children. It is said to be a loose reinterpretation of the similar Japanese folktale called the Kosodate-Yūrei ("The Child-Rearing Ghost.") In 1954, Mizuki was asked to adapt the series by his publisher. The Kitarō story began life as a kamishibai (picture story show) in 1933, written by Masami Itou (伊藤正美), as Hakaba Kitarō (墓場鬼太郎, Graveyard Kitarō).
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