Kitaro Tanjo Gegege no Nazo

[Machine Translation] The latest "Gegege no Kitaro" animated film commemorating the 100th anniversary of Shigeru Mizuki's birth! This is the episode zero of the sixth TV animation season and the story that leads to the birth of Kitaro. The story depicts the encounter between Kitaro's father and the human Mizuki, and how they face their destiny together. The director is Koga Kitaro, who directed "GeGeGe no Kitaro the Movie: Japan Explodes! The screenplay is written by Hiroyuki Yoshino, known for his work on the TV animation "McG F," and the character design is by Toruko Yatabe, assistant director of "Shin Evangelion the Movie. The cast features a talented cast, including Toshihiko Seki as Kitaro's father, Hidenobu Kiuchi as Mizuki, and the 6th season members: Miyuki Sawashiro as Kitaro, Masako Nozawa as Oyaji, Umeika Shoji as Cat Girl, and Toshio Furukawa as a mysterious boy (a rat) who resembles a familiar character. --Kitaro and Oyaji Medama set foot in the abandoned former village of Warekura. Oyaji remembers the events that took place in this village 70 years ago. About the encounter with that man and the destiny they faced... In 1956, the village of Wakura was ruled by the Tatsuga clan, which controlled the political and business worlds in Japan. Mizuki, who works for a blood bank, takes on ambition and a secret mission to mourn the death of Tokisada, the head of the family, while Kitaro's father enters the village to look for his wife. In the Tatsuga clan, an ugly battle had begun over Tokisada's successor. Then, a member of the clan is brutally murdered at the village shrine. It was the real beginning of a terrible chain of bizarre events. The encounter and fate of Kitaro's fathers, and what they saw in the midst of overwhelming despair...

*Rated 12-and-over.

水木しげる生誕100周年記念『ゲゲゲの鬼太郎』劇場版アニメ最新作! TVアニメ第6期のエピソードゼロであり、鬼太郎の誕生につながる物語。鬼太郎の父と人間・水木が出会い、共に運命に立ち向う姿を描く。監督は『劇場版 ゲゲゲの鬼太郎 日本爆裂!!』の監督を務めた古賀豪、脚本はTVアニメ「マクログF」などで知られる吉野弘幸、キャラクターデザインを『シン・エヴァンゲリオン劇場版』で副監督を務めた谷田部透湖が担当。鬼太郎の父役の関俊彦、水木役の木内秀信をはじめとする実力派が集結。6期のメンバーである鬼太郎役の沢城みゆき、目玉おやじ役の野沢雅子、ねこ娘役の庄司宇芽香、お馴染みのあのキャラクターに似た、ある謎の少年(ねずみ)役に古川登志夫も登場。――廃墟となっているかつての哭倉村に足を踏み入れた鬼太郎と目玉おやじ。目玉おやじは、70年前にこの村で起こった出来事を想い出していた。 あの男との出会い、そして二人が立ち向かった運命について・・・ 昭和31年―日本の政財界を裏で牛耳る龍賀一族によって支配されていた哭倉村。血液銀行に勤める水木は当主・時貞の死の弔いを建前に野心と密命を背負い、また鬼太郎の父は妻を探すために、それぞれ村へと足を踏み入れた。龍賀一族では、時貞の跡継ぎについて醜い争いが始まっていた。そんな中、村の神社にて一族の一人が惨殺される。それは恐ろしい怪奇の連鎖の本当の始まりだった。鬼太郎の父たちの出会いと運命、圧倒的絶望の中で二人が見たものは――。