Kitaro, Oyaji and Neko Musume all together "Gegege no Ge~! Report on the "Special Stage Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of "Gegege no Kitaro" Anime and the Start of a New Series" [Anime Japan 2018

One of Japan's largest anime events, AnimeJapan 2018, was held at Tokyo Big Sight on March 24 (Sat.) and 25 (Sun.), 2018. Here we report on the "Special Stage Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of "Gegege no Kitaro" Anime and the Start of a New Series" held on the BLUE Stage on Saturday, March 24.

The performers were Miyuki Sawashiro (playing Kitaro), Masako Nozawa (playing Oyaji Medama), Umeika Shoji (playing Neko Musume), and Yukiyo Fujii (playing Mana Inuyama).

The year 2018 marks the 50th anniversary of the animated adaptation of "Gegege no Kitaro," an anniversary year. The new TV series "Gegege no Kitaro" (6th season) will start airing every Sunday morning at 9:00 a.m. on April 1 on Fuji Television and other stations to mark this memorable occasion.

On Saturday, April 24, the first day of "Anime Japan 2018," Miyuki Sawashiro, who plays the main character Kitaro, Masako Nozawa, who played the role of the first Kitaro and now plays the role of Oyaji Mezama, Umeika Shoji, who plays Neko Musume, whose visuals are also a hot topic, and Yukiyo Fujii, who plays the heroine of this work, Inuyama Mana, will be on the stage. Yukiyo Fujii, who plays Mana Inuyama, the heroine of the film, took the stage and expressed her enthusiasm for the film.

The cast took the stage and first introduced the 50-year history of "GeGeGe no Kitaro" animation, including the first work, whose black-and-white images evoked the history of the series, the second work, which was broadcast in color, as well as the 21st century Kitaro, and the film that will be produced in the 50th year, which should be commemorated. スクリーンに映し出される。

Mr. Nozawa, looking back on the first and second Kitaro films, surprised the audience by revealing that the recording studio where they were recording at the time was a studio full of moods as if ghosts were really coming out.

All three cast members, including Ms. Sawashiro, were . It was revealed during the talk that they are from the fourth generation. However, they talked about the ending of the third season, which they remembered as being scary with its lyrics about how the yokai would come for bad children who did not listen and take them away, and how cool Kitaro was protecting the heroine, Yumeko.

After a brief discussion of the past works, the talk turned to the latest work, and the beginning of the first episode of the new series was shown on the screen, showing Kitaro in a modern-day setting. The audience was glued to the screen as new images were shown one after another, including the scene of Kitaro and Mana's encounter and the introduction of Kitaro's yokai friends.

The cast members explained about the characters they play, and when the conversation turned to the character played by Mr. Nozawa, the three of them all appealed to the audience, and the talk became more passionate than the introduction of the character they play.

At this point, the artist in charge of the theme song was introduced, and a video message from Kiyoji Hikawa, who sings the opening song, was shown. Speaking of Mr. Hikawa, he also sang the theme song "Limit Breaker x Survivor" for "Dragon Ball Super," in which Mr. Nozawa plays Goku, and he spoke enthusiastically about his joy at being in charge of the theme song for a work he has admired since childhood.

Finally, the stage was closed with comments from the cast members to the audience, stirring up expectations for this work commemorating the 50th anniversary of the "Gegege no Kitaro" anime adaptation.

We can hardly wait for April 1, when Kitaro will appear on stage with his clogs clanging in the background, and we will be able to see him in action.

Production Information
TVanimation "Gegege no Kitaro
＜Broadcast date and time
Starts on Sunday, April 1, every Sunday from 9:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. (except in some areas)

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