7.1/1018 votes#1 - The Day Yokai Awoke
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/1/2018
Kitaro and Medama Oyaji appear before an incredulous student who put a letter into the yokai post after people began to suddenly change into trees.
Director: Kouji Ogawa
Writer: Hiroshi Onogi
6.1/1011 votes#2 - Terror! Miage-Nyudo
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/8/2018
Kitaro is safe following an attack thanks to Mana. After releasing a yokai from imprisonment, Nezumi Otoko buys a talent agency as part of a plan.
Director: Kenichi Takeshita
Writer: Hiroshi Onogi
6.8/109 votes#3 - Tantanbo's Yokai Castle
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/15/2018
Kitaro and the others look into a series of child disappearances and notice something they all have in common. Mana visits a construction site.
Director: Kouji Ogawa
Writer: Hiroyuki Yoshino
6.7/108 votes#4 - The Taboo of the Mysterious Forest
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/22/2018
Yuta learns the location of the GeGeGe Forest from Mana, and finds his way in. Excited to be in the yokai world, he gets Kitaro to show him around.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.6/108 votes#5 - The Disaster of the Electric Yokai
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 4/29/2018
The lightning-charged yokai Kaminari gets Nezumi Otoko out of trouble and into big profits. But he's tough to control and things soon get out of hand.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/1011 votes#6 - The Misfortune of the Sunekosuri
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/6/2018
Kitaro heads to the mountains to take care of a Sunekosuri that's draining the energy of the woman who harbors it. But it thinks it's just a cute cat.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/1011 votes#7 - Ghost Train
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/13/2018
A company president drunkenly assaults Kitaro, shouting that the supernatural doesn't exist. Later, karma arrives in the form of an unfamiliar train.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.6/108 votes#8 - Menace! Kagami-Jijii´s Plot
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/20/2018
On a village visit during a school trip, Mana accidentally knocks over a stone tablet, incurring the attention of a being that appear in mirrors.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.6/108 votes#9 - The Kappas´ Work Reform
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 5/27/2018
Ever the entrepreneur, Rat Man pitches his services to a family whose husband is overworked. But he soon finds himself on the end of a different deal.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.6/108 votes#10 - Vanishing! The Seven School Mysteries
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 6/3/2018
Cat Girl gets a message telling her that strange things are going on at school. She looks for her supernatural friend Hanako there but can't find her.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.7/108 votes#11 - Conquer Japan! The 808 Tanuki Army
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 6/10/2018
When another moon appears in the sky, The 808 Tanuki army claims credit and demands control of Japan. Kitaro heads underground to face them.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.9/108 votes#12 - Capital Annihilated! The Terrifying Yokai Beast
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 6/17/2018
Now that Kitaro's been turned to stone, the tanuki move to suppress all anti-tanuki sentiment. Cat Girl introduces Mana to the growing resistance.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.6/108 votes#13 - The Desired Diamonds! Wanyūdō's Trap
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 6/24/2018
After Rat Man's diamond business takes off, Kitaro accuses him of foul play and they cut ties. The plot thickens when two men in black suits appear.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.1/108 votes#14 - Makura-Gaeshi and the Fantastic Dream
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 7/1/2018
After he's laid off, a desperate salaryman finds refuge in slumber. But after weeks pass and he doesn't wake up, his son asks Kitaro for help.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.6/108 votes#15 - Zunbera Spirit Surgery
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 7/8/2018
Kirara hates how her schoolmates stare at her homely face. The witch-like yokai Zunbera offers to make her beautiful, but her help doesn't come cheap.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.6/108 votes#16 - The Mystery of the Tide! Umizatō
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 7/15/2018
Mana heads to Sakaiminato and can't wait to attend the local festival. But things go awry when a boat goes missing along with her uncle.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.6/108 votes#17 - Kani-Bōzu and the Ancient Mystery
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 7/22/2018
A monk-like yokai challenges those he meets to answer his question and turns those who cannot into stone. Mana and Kitaro's father must save the day.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.6/108 votes#18 - Kawauso's Lie
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 7/29/2018
Car Girl takes pity on a hungry boy and secretly gives him some of the vegetables she's been growning. But there's something strange about him.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.7/108 votes#19 - Ressurected Yōkai?! The Obake School
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 8/5/2018
Kitaro sneaks into a ghost school that's attracting the attention and attendance of local kids. It seems like a great place but something's off.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.1/108 votes#20 - Memories of the Yōka
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 8/12/2018
Mana visits her sick great aunt. When she shows Kitaro the red flower that blooms in her garden, he suspects something supernatural and heads south.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.7/108 votes#21 - Flame on! The Solitude of the Takurō-Bi
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 8/19/2018
Rat Man's up to no good again, this time using a fire yokai to power his amusement park attraction. It soon forms an unlikely friendship with a robot.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/108 votes#22 - Berserk!! The Terrifying Yōkai Gyūki
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 8/26/2018
Kitaro and his friends visit an island where legends tell of an ox demon. There, a television crew coordinated by Rat Man soon sparks a crisis.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.1/1010 votes#23 - The Yōkai Apartment Secret Story
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 9/2/2018
Natsumi is ready to close down her grandparents' old apartment building when Kitaro appears and asks her to reconsider, telling her about its history.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.7/108 votes#24 - Nezumi-Otoko's Disappearance?! Sekiyō's Trap
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 9/16/2018
Rat Man gets married but his beautiful bride quickly takes advantage of him. She's actually a gold-digging yokai and surprisingly tough to stop.
Director: Jiro Makino
Writer: Ryunosuke Kingetsu
6.7/108 votes#25 - Kubire-Oni's Curse
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 9/23/2018
Mana installs a pernicious smartphone app that curses the person she names. But the unhappiness she causes soon multiplies, and rebounds back to her.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of GeGeGe no Kitaro Season 1
Every episode of GeGeGe no Kitaro Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of GeGeGe no Kitaro Season 1!
Nearly twenty years into the 21st century, people have forgotten the existence of Yokai. When a number of unexplainable phenomena plague adults of the human...
Genres:ComedySci-Fi & FantasyAnimation
Network:Fuji TV
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"The Day Yokai Awoke" is the best rated episode of "GeGeGe no Kitaro" season 1. It scored 7.1/10 based on 18 votes. Directed by Kouji Ogawa and written by Hiroshi Onogi, it aired on 4/1/2018. This episode is rated 1.0 points higher than the second-best, "Terror! Miage-Nyudo".