GeGeGe no Kitaro:Anime Masterpiece Selection "My Favorite Gegege" Kyogoku Natsuhiko, Wentz Eiji, Nao Matsushita, and Sano Shiro selected as "favorites"

It has been revealed that the program, " GeGeGe no Kitaro: My Favorite GeGeGe no Kitaro ," based on the manga by the Shigeru Mizuki Mizuki Shigeru, will feature the favorite episodes chosen by Natsuhiko Kyogoku, Eiji Wentz, Nao Matsushita, and Shiro Sano.

The selection will be broadcast as part of a 10-year anniversary project after Mizuki's death. It has been announced that the show will feature a lineup of voice actors who have played Kitaro throughout the series, including Masako Nozawa, Keiko Minami Takayama, Minami Takayama, and Miyuki Sawashiro, as well as Ado, the singer of the opening theme song "GeGeGe no Kitaro," who will be broadcasting her favorite episodes. It has also been revealed that Kyogoku and others will be joining the show as "selectors." The show will air every Sunday at 9am from April 6th on Fuji TV and other stations.

Kyogoku has a deep connection with "GeGeGe no Kitaro," looking up to Mizuki as his mentor. Not only did he participate in the scriptwriting for the fourth season of the TV anime, he also designed and voiced the original character, Ikkokudo.

Wentz played Kitaro in the 2007 and 2008 live-action films "GeGeGe no Kitaro" and "GeGeGe no Kitaro Sennen Noroi Uta." He said that as a child, he looked forward to the broadcast of "GeGeGe no Kitaro" every week, commenting, "This was the only channel we had the rights to on Sunday mornings. At that time, Kitaro was a total hero, and someone we admired." He continued, "Even now, when I throw something away or buy something new, there are moments when I wonder if that thing has a life of its own, and if I've done my best. I was really happy to come across this work, which is both entertaining and educational."

Matsushita became a hot topic when she played the heroine Fumie in the NHK Asadora drama "GeGeGe no Nyobo" broadcast in 2010. There was a scene in the drama where Shigeru Mizuki Ittan Momen his impression of his wife Fumie when he first met her to a piece of cotton fabric. "There was a line in the drama that said, 'She was long and thin and white, like a piece of Ittan Momen,' and from then on I thought, 'I am a Ittan Momen!' and she became a very precious presence to me," she said, revealing a memorable episode. "Kitaro is loved not only in Japan but all over the world, and Mizuki-sensei is a great father," she said.

Sano, who has a deep connection with Mizuki and "GeGeGe no Kitaro," said, "I will never forget that I was given the opportunity to voice the character Elite in the fourth season of "Vampire Elite," and that he also entrusted me with writing and singing the songs in the show." In the live-action film "GeGeGe no Kitaro : The Thousand-Year Curse Song," he played the role of Jakotsu Babaa. Sano said, "Master Shigeru Mizuki Shigeru's greatest achievement is that he once again comprehensively covered the existence of monsters up to now and made them into paintings, but I think that this is also the power to feel the unity of what is visible and invisible, and what can be perceived and what cannot. Thank you very much. And I hope you will continue to support us."

"GeGeGe no Kitaro" is a manga in which the main character, Kitaro, faces various incidents with his unique companions, the monsters Ratman and Sunakakebaara. The first series of the TV anime was broadcast in 1968-69, and it has been loved for over half a century since then.

The sixth season, the first new work in about nine years since the fifth season, was broadcast on Fuji TV and other stations from April 2018 to March 2020, and became a hot topic for its depiction of issues such as black companies, social media addiction, and immigration issues, and Neko Musume, who has become a beautiful woman with a model figure, also gained popularity. The theatrical version "Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe," released in November 2023, was selected as the Outstanding Animation Film at the 47th Japan Academy Awards.