Season 1 • Episode 11
LatestKitaro 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.
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 missing his left eye, but his hair usually covers the empty socket. He fights for peace between humans and yōkai, which generally involves protecting the former from the wiles of the latter.
Practical Effects
Hand-drawn yokai designs that CGI could never capture
Sound
Isamu Tanonaka's iconic voice as eyeball-dad Medama Oyaji
Direction
Chioka balances Shigeru Mizuki's horror with unexpected warmth
Creator
Kimitoshi Chioka
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Set during Japan's 1955-1973 economic miracle, the series contrasts rapid modernization with disappearing rural folklore traditions.
Masako Nozawa also voiced Goku in Dragon Ball—making this her second iconic one-note character with bizarre origin stories.
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