墓場鬼太郎

Graveyard Kitaro

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. (Source: Wikipedia)

Names

Original	墓場鬼太郎 (han)
Romaji	Hakaba Kitarou
English	Graveyard Kitaro
Chinese	墓场鬼太郎 (simplified · via wikidata)

Facts

Format	TV series · 11 ep · 25 min · 5h total
Aired	2008-01-11 → 2008-03-21 (Winter 2008)
Status	FINISHED
Studio	Toei Animation
Source	Manga
Origin	Japan (Anime)
Genres	Horror Supernatural
Themes	Youkai Orphan Anti-Hero Male Protagonist Vampire Kemonomimi Homeless

Reception

Community score	6.88 / 10
Bayesian score	7.33 / 10
Composite	49.7
On lists	3,709
Favourited	40 (1.1%)
Completion	73.6%
Drop rate	9.1%
In backlog	57.7%
Score spread σ	1.86

Score distribution

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Where it places

Cohort	Value	Tier	Rank
Broadcast season	Winter 2008	C	15 of 38
Year	2008	C	94 of 231
Genre	Horror	C	104 of 272
Studio	Toei Animation	D	145 of 243
Era	Late 2000s	C	467 of 1,149
Genre	Supernatural	D	701 of 1,234
Season (all years)	Winter	C	709 of 1,557
Length	Single-cour	C	1,254 of 2,668
Source material	Manga	D	1,691 of 3,025
Format	TV series	D	1,692 of 3,322
Origin	Japan	C	3,309 of 7,157

Key staff

Series composition	Yoshimi Narita, Ikuko Takahashi
Music	Kaoru Wada
Original creator	Shigeru Mizuki

Relation	Year	Title
character	2007	Gegege no Kitarou (2007)

AniList id 3710 · MAL id 3710 · record updated 2026-08-24