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Kitaro (manga)

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Alternative title:
Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro (Japanese) 
GeGeGe no Kitarō (Japanese) 
Hakaba no Kitaro (Japanese) 
Kitaro dei cimiteri (Italian) 
Kitaro le repoussant (French) 
Spooky Kitaro 
ゲゲゲの鬼太郎 (Japanese) 
墓場の鬼太郎 (Japanese) 
少年英雄鬼太郎 (Chinese (Taiwan)) 
Genres: action , comedy , supernatural 
Themes: Hell , yokai 
User Ratings: 9 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: -
 Excellent: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Very good: 3 votes (Eng:3)
 Good: 3 votes (Eng:2, others:1
1 Indonesia
)
 Decent: -
 So-so: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Not really good: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Weak: -
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 30 users, rank: #2109 (of 7008)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.000 (Good), std. dev.: 1.4907, rank: #3027 (of 7884)
Weighted mean: 7.249 (Good+), rank: #3098 (of 7884) (seen all: 6.72 / seen some: 7.33)
Bayesian estimate: 7.383 (Good+), rank: #1823 (of 3550)
Number of tankoubon: 9 
Number of pages: 220 
Vintage:
1959 (Rental comic magazine "Yokiden") 
1965 (Begins serialization in Weekly Shonen Magazine) 
1967-11 (Changed the title to "Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro") 
Release dates: We have 22
Reviews:
Kitaro GN (Mar 1, 2023)
Kitaro's Yokai Battles GN (May 24, 2019)
GeGeGe no Kitarō ‒ Episode 46 (Mar 5, 2019)
Kitaro the Vampire Slayer GN (Jul 16, 2018)
Kitaro's Strange Adventures GN (Jul 1, 2018)
Kitaro: The Great Tanuki War GN (Jan 14, 2018)
Kitaro Meets Nurarihyon GN (Oct 23, 2016)
The Birth of Kitaro GN (May 27, 2016)
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    Kitaro (GN) 2013-08-06 (from $13.90)
    Kitaro and the Great Tanuki War (GN 3) 2017-06-20 (from $14.95)
    Kitaro Meets Nurarihyon (GN 2) 2016-10-11 (from $10.60)
    Kitaro the Vampire Slayer (GN 5) 2018-01-16 (from $24.56)
    Kitaro's Strange Adventures (GN 4) 2017-10-31 (from $10.07)
    Kitaro's Yokai Battles (GN 6) 2019-04-09 (from $15.95)
    The Birth of Kitaro (GN 1) 2016-05-31 (from $12.90)
    The Trial of Kitaro (GN 7) 2020-02-04 (from $15.95)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Story & Art: Shigeru Mizuki 
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher: Kodansha 
English staff
English cast
Translation:
Jocelyne Allen  ("Kitaro") 
Zack Davisson (other volumes) 

Editing:
Malcolm Macrae-Gibson 
Tom Devlin 
(none)
English companies
Licensed by: Drawn & Quarterly 
French staff
French companies
(none)
Publisher: Cornelius 
French cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Publisher: Astiberri 
Spanish cast
(none)
Italian cast
Italian staff
Translation: Valentina Ghidini (J-Pop) 

Lettering: Vincenzo Rey Scognamiglio (J-Pop) 
(none)
Italian companies
Publisher:
d/visual 
J-Pop 
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Licensed by: Linking Publishing 
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
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