10.0/101 votesLoading...#1 - The Birth of Kitaro
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/10/2008
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".
Director: Kimitoshi Chioka, Kohei Hatano
Writer: N/A
10.0/101 votesLoading...#2 - Yasha vs Dracula IV
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/17/2008
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: N/A
10.0/101 votesLoading...#3 - The Vampire Tree
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/24/2008
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: N/A
10.0/101 votesLoading...#4 - Neko
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/31/2008
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
10.0/101 votesLoading...#5 - The Fake Kitaro
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/7/2008
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.
Director: Kimitoshi Chioka, Kohei Hatano
Writer: Ikuko Takahashi
10.0/101 votesLoading...#6 - The Water God
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/14/2008
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: N/A
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#7 - The Wolfman and the Ghost Train
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/21/2008
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: N/A
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#8 - The Bizarre Showdown
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/28/2008
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: N/A
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#9 - Johnny in the Mist
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/6/2008
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: N/A
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#10 - Brigadoon
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/13/2008
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: N/A
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#11 - A Foolish Man
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/20/2008
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: N/A
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!
Kitarō is a yōkai boy born in a cemetery, and aside from his mostly-decayed father, the last living member of the Ghost tribe. He is...
Genres:AnimationComedySci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:Fuji TV
Best Episodes Summary
"The Birth of Kitaro" is the best rated episode of "Graveyard Kitaro". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Kimitoshi Chioka, Kohei Hatano and written by N/A, it aired on 1/10/2008. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Yasha vs Dracula IV".