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The Best Episodes of Graveyard Kitaro

Every episode of Graveyard Kitaro ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Graveyard Kitaro!

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Mizuki, a low-rung company employee in early 60s Japan, becomes the unwitting caretaker of Kitaro, a mysterious boy who is born of two worlds: the living and the dead. As Kitaro navigates the strange dealings

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    Graveyard Kitaro Season 1 Episode 2 - Yasha vs Dracula IV
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E2

    The grave of Yasha, who had been sleeping for a long time, has been uncovered. At the same time, the vampire Dracula came to Japan. Yasha and the vampire compete for one prey. The victim is the president of a certain company, the person who ordered Mizuki to investigate the cause of the ghost patient. Because of Mizuki's disappearance, the president's company is on the verge of bankruptcy.

    Director:Hiroyuki Kakudou
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Graveyard Kitaro Season 1 Episode 5 - The Fake Kitaro
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E5

    Kitaro's first love, Neko, is dead. Kitaro is devastated and tries to go to Hell to see her, but someone steals his chanchanko. The culprit is the fake Kitaro. The fake Kitaro walks around Hell with the chanchanko and plots with Nezumi-Otoko to obtain a large sum of money. Kitaro's father, Medama-Oyaji goes to hell and tries to bring Neko back.

    Directors:Kimitoshi Chioka, Kohei Hatano
    Writer:Ikuko Takahashi

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  3. Graveyard Kitaro Season 1 Episode 6 - The Water God
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E6

    Kitaro insults the Water God, who is worshipped as a deity. The Water God follows Kitaro to Tokyo and throws modern society into panic. Furthermore, since the Water God is "water," Kitaro doesn't know where he is hiding. He is helpless.

    Director:Iku Ishiguro
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Graveyard Kitaro Season 1 Episode 10 - Brigadoon
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E10

    The Brigadoon, a supernatural phenomenon similar to a typhoon, has struck Tokyo. There is a world where only yokai live. Shigeru Mizuki's family, the only humans left, experience joys they could not have in the impoverished human society. Thus begins a period of strange unrest.

    Director:Kohei Hatano
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Graveyard Kitaro Season 1 Episode 11 - A Foolish Man
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E11

    Kitaro starts an insurance scam called "Afterlife Insurance". Nezumi Otoko sells a medicine for immortality. The powerful, the rich, and the poor are driven to hell one after another. What is the happiness of life - and the story ends.

    Director:Kimitoshi Chioka
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Graveyard Kitaro Season 1 Episode 3 - The Vampire Tree
    8.5/10(6 votes)

    S1:E3

    Trump Omoi, a singer who meets Mizuki by chance, learns of the existence of a sinister child named Kitaro. One night, Nezumi-otoko plants the seeds of a vampire tree in Omoi. Omoi's frightened body gradually turns into a tree.

    Director:Hidehito Ueda
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Graveyard Kitaro Season 1 Episode 1 - The Birth of Kitaro
    8.4/10(8 votes)

    S1:E1

    A patient at a hospital has become a ghost. Mizuki, a company employee, is entrusted with the task of investigating the cause. His investigation leads him to a couple who claim to be the "last survivors of the Ghost tribe".

    Directors:Kimitoshi Chioka, Kohei Hatano
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Graveyard Kitaro Season 1 Episode 4 - Neko
    8.3/10(6 votes)

    S1:E4

    Neko is a girl Kitaro is in love with. Neko dreams of becoming a singer. Kitaro will do his best to make it happen. With the support of Trump Omoi, she quickly becomes a celebrity. However, someone releases a rat onto her stage.

    Director:Tetsuharu Nakamura
    Writer:Ikuko Takahashi

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  9. Graveyard Kitaro Season 1 Episode 7 - The Wolfman and the Ghost Train
    8.3/10(6 votes)

    S1:E7

    A mysterious gentleman and a mouseman are in love with a toad lady. Kitaro interferes in their love story and is sunk to the bottom of the sea by the two men. Kitaro dies. However, that night, a package from Kitaro arrives with a curse. But where did it come from? That's when the ghost train starts moving.

    Director:Hiroki Shibata
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Graveyard Kitaro Season 1 Episode 8 - The Bizarre Showdown
    8.0/10(6 votes)

    S1:E8

    A ghost moves into Kanemaru's house, he locks Kitaro, who was the ghost, in the refrigerator and exterminates him. It is then that Kitaro's hand, which he had cut off, begins to take revenge. It begins to wander around the house in the darkness of the night.

    Director:Hiroyuki Kakudou
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Graveyard Kitaro Season 1 Episode 9 - Johnny in the Mist
    8.0/10(6 votes)

    S1:E9

    The government asks Kitaro to exterminate the vampire Johnny. Meanwhile, Nezumi-Otoko is hired by Johnny and is ordered to exterminate Kitaro. Nihilistic and cold, Johnny kills Kitaro with ease but his spirit is still there.

    Director:Hidehito Ueda
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Yasha vs Dracula IV" is the best rated episode of "Graveyard Kitaro". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Hiroyuki Kakudou and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/17/2008. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Fake Kitaro".