I'm going to compile a list of various bits of information I've gathered during my research into these dubs. I hope this will help anyone who decides to research them!!
*Animax only dubbed the fourth and the fifth Gegege no Kitaro anime series, thus earning their names "Spooky Kitaro 4/5".
*Someone I know used to watch these dubs as a child. He told me that he's fairly positive that Spooky Kitaro 4/5 was/were dubbed in their entirety, ie: Every single episode from the 1996 series and the 2007 series was dubbed into English. I have no way to confirm his claims, but he's a trustworthy source, as he's been cataloguing information on Gegege no Kitaro for over a decade.
*To add onto this: Character names may have been changed for the Animax dub. Again, I have no way to confirm this.
*The dub may have Cantonese/Mandarin subtitles superimposed onto it. This was the case with a clip of the English Chibi Maruko-chan Animax dub that's currently floating around. The Animax Chibi Maruko-chan dub is also currently lost media.
*Spooky Kitaro 6 is NOT a new dub. Animax hasn't made any English dubs in a long time... their current broadcast of the 2018 Gegege no Kitaro anime is only subbed.
*Animax also aired a Cantonese/Mandarin dub of the 1996 series. It's currently lost. Don't quote me on this, but there were apparently TWO Cantonese/Mandarin dubs: One where the characters have their names changed, and the other where their names are kept the same from the Japanese version. There's very little information about this online, but this webpage is a good source.
*To make things even MORE convoluted: Animax is a broadcasting station in Japan. Meaning, you'll sometimes find images of different Kitaro anime with the Animax watermark, such as this one for the 1985 series. To my knowledge, the 1985 series never received any type of English Dub. Don't be fooled: There's no "Spooky Kitaro 3".
*I don't believe the dub aired outside of Animax's regular broadcasting regions, meaning it never made it to the US/Canada. Like with almost every Animax dub, it never received any form of home video release.
*AnimeIndia was a forum made for users to post clips and episodes of Animax dubs. If you're looking for an Animax dub, you should check there, though your mileage may vary. There is a forum post by a user asking for clips of Spooky Kitaro 5, but nothing seems to have come from it. You can find it here.
*The dead URL I found containing episodes of Spooky Kitaro 5 was on pastebin. Websites similar to pastebin may come up with something... possibly mediafire, too.
This turned out to be quite long, but I hope this helps!!
Hey MediaMonster. So I was searching for Spooky Kitaro 4, and while I didn’t find anything new, I came across your Twitter account. I discovered a tweet saying that you found a voice clip from Spooky Kitaro 4. Is this true? If so, I would very much like to listen to it. I am interested in finding this dub as well.
I'm going to compile a list of various bits of information I've gathered during my research into these dubs. I hope this will help anyone who decides to research them!!
*Animax only dubbed the fourth and the fifth Gegege no Kitaro anime series, thus earning their names "Spooky Kitaro 4/5".
*Someone I know used to watch these dubs as a child. He told me that he's fairly positive that Spooky Kitaro 4/5 was/were dubbed in their entirety, ie: Every single episode from the 1996 series and the 2007 series was dubbed into English. I have no way to confirm his claims, but he's a trustworthy source, as he's been cataloguing information on Gegege no Kitaro for over a decade.
*To add onto this: Character names may have been changed for the Animax dub. Again, I have no way to confirm this.
*The dub may have Cantonese/Mandarin subtitles superimposed onto it. This was the case with a clip of the English Chibi Maruko-chan Animax dub that's currently floating around. The Animax Chibi Maruko-chan dub is also currently lost media.
*Spooky Kitaro 6 is NOT a new dub. Animax hasn't made any English dubs in a long time... their current broadcast of the 2018 Gegege no Kitaro anime is only subbed.
*Animax also aired a Cantonese/Mandarin dub of the 1996 series. It's currently lost. Don't quote me on this, but there were apparently TWO Cantonese/Mandarin dubs: One where the characters have their names changed, and the other where their names are kept the same from the Japanese version. There's very little information about this online, but this webpage is a good source.
*To make things even MORE convoluted: Animax is a broadcasting station in Japan. Meaning, you'll sometimes find images of different Kitaro anime with the Animax watermark, such as this one for the 1985 series. To my knowledge, the 1985 series never received any type of English Dub. Don't be fooled: There's no "Spooky Kitaro 3".
*I don't believe the dub aired outside of Animax's regular broadcasting regions, meaning it never made it to the US/Canada. Like with almost every Animax dub, it never received any form of home video release.
*AnimeIndia was a forum made for users to post clips and episodes of Animax dubs. If you're looking for an Animax dub, you should check there, though your mileage may vary. There is a forum post by a user asking for clips of Spooky Kitaro 5, but nothing seems to have come from it. You can find it here.
*The dead URL I found containing episodes of Spooky Kitaro 5 was on pastebin. Websites similar to pastebin may come up with something... possibly mediafire, too.
This turned out to be quite long, but I hope this helps!!
Hey MediaMonster. So I was searching for Spooky Kitaro 4, and while I didn’t find anything new, I came across your Twitter account. I discovered a tweet saying that you found a voice clip from Spooky Kitaro 4. Is this true? If so, I would very much like to listen to it. I am interested in finding this dub as well.
I also would like to know where you posted the voice clip, as I can’t seem to find it. I looked through Twitter, but it wasn’t there. If you still didn’t post it yet, then that’s okay. I’m just very interested in it.
Shoot, sorry I didn't get to your message sooner Seth. I remember finding the voice clip in a reel by an Animax voice actress (can't remember her name off the top of my head), I still have it saved somewhere. I'll try to find it again soon. I'm fairly positive she was playing Sunakake-Babaa due to the pitch/tone of her voice.
Also, I just wanted to update this thread and state that another clip has been found. I uploaded a "restored" version of it onto the Internet Archive, because the original had some pretty heavy strobe effects from the TV. You can find the restored version (as well as the original) below:
Shoot, sorry I didn't get to your message sooner Seth. I remember finding the voice clip in a reel by an Animax voice actress (can't remember her name off the top of my head), I still have it saved somewhere. I'll try to find it again soon. I'm fairly positive she was playing Sunakake-Babaa due to the pitch/tone of her voice.
Also, I just wanted to update this thread and state that another clip has been found. I uploaded a "restored" version of it onto the Internet Archive, because the original had some pretty heavy strobe effects from the TV. You can find the restored version (as well as the original) below:
It's a VERY short clip (less than 30 seconds) but we now know a few more things:
-We now know what Kitaro and Medama Oyaji sound like. -English subtitles are present on the original upload. -Clip is from Episode 56.
Oh, it’s no problem. I ended up finding it any way. I don’t have a Twitter account, so the site wouldn’t allow me to look through your posts to find it, which is why I had trouble. Any way, it’s great to hear that you found a clip of Spooky Kitaro 4! Keep it up, there just might be more clips out there.
Also, I think I’ll go ahead and mention that I found another dead URL on Twitter. It is below:
I’m not sure what it is though. The user who posted it wrote “is watching SPOOKY KITARO 4” and then added the URL. I feel like it could be a video or image of some sort. I already used Wayback Machine and looks like it wasn’t archived, but you’re free to look into it yourself.
I’m assuming you’ve already seen it, since it was pretty easy to find, but I feel like any possible leads are worth mentioning. Have a good one.