I know the community really isn’t a fan of cash rewards, but I’ve basically exhausted all possible options when it comes to searching for this dub. With that out of the way:
I am currently offering a bounty to whoever can provide episodes/video evidence of Spooky Kitaro 4/5. For those unfamiliar: I am the creator of the Spooky Kitaro 4 article, and I have been looking for this piece of media for months now.
Spooky Kitaro 4/5 was a dub of the fourth and fifth Gegege no Kitaro anime series produced by Animax Asia. According to my sources, episodes of the dub were ONCE available online, but have since been taken down.
Also according to my sources, who actually watched the series: The information I’ve provided in my article is incorrect. It sounds like Animax did not skip over any episodes, and went on to dub more than the 50+ episodes we had assumed were only available for Spooky Kitaro 4. It’s still unknown how many episodes were dubbed for Spooky Kitaro 5.
The full bounty, as well as payment options, can be found on my tumblr blog, media-monster. But to put it briefly: If you’re able to provide a video clip of the dub that’s NOT available online, the bounty is $50. An additional $50 will be given if a full episode is found. An additional $100 will be given if the entire Spooky Kitaro 4 series is found. An additional $100 will be given if the entire Spooky Kitaro 5 series is found. Making the total bounty: $300.
Again, I know bounties aren’t thought of fondly. But I’ve exhausted all possible search efforts, and I want this series found and archived. I hope a cash reward motivates people to start looking for the series.
It's a pretty good coincidence that my interest in lost dubs has grown specifically thanks to Animax, as before that I didn't care for lost dubs at all. What makes Animax especially interesting to me is how widely available so much of their content was but it seemingly all fell into obscurity- and this wouldn't be the first time Animax dubs have been a point of interest
When I began looking into them a few months ago I would run into older threads from different anime sites that attempted to archive their work or release history and from there the rabbit hole grew. Unfortunately I didn't find what I was looking for but I think that was because I lost interest after exhausting all my options
However, I'm pretty interested in this and could use a fresh start with Animax again so I'll give it a shot.
It's a pretty good coincidence that my interest in lost dubs has grown specifically thanks to Animax, as before that I didn't care for lost dubs at all. What makes Animax especially interesting to me is how widely available so much of their content was but it seemingly all fell into obscurity- and this wouldn't be the first time Animax dubs have been a point of interest
When I began looking into them a few months ago I would run into older threads from different anime sites that attempted to archive their work or release history and from there the rabbit hole grew. Unfortunately I didn't find what I was looking for but I think that was because I lost interest after exhausting all my options
However, I'm pretty interested in this and could use a fresh start with Animax again so I'll give it a shot.
So sorry for the late reply!!! Thank you so much for being interested, if you have any questions, please let me know and I'd be happy to answer. I've spent hours trying to find this dub, and another set of eyes would be a tremendous help.
Oh my gosh!! So sorry for the delayed reply. Thank you so much, would it be alright if I uploaded these onto the Internet Archive? Do you want any money from the bounty? You said in another thread you had Spooky Kitaro 4 episodes, I'd be willing to pay for those too!! I'm so excited, thank you so much!!
Oh my gosh!! So sorry for the delayed reply. Thank you so much, would it be alright if I uploaded these onto the Internet Archive? Do you want any money from the bounty? You said in another thread you had Spooky Kitaro 4 episodes, I'd be willing to pay for those too!! I'm so excited, thank you so much!!
these were the episodes i had, i'm not familiar at all with spooky kitaro so i might've mislabeled them as 4 instead of 5
as for the bounty, these aren't my recordings so i'd feel wrong if i claimed it. if you do want to do something with the money instead of keeping it feel free to donate to a charity of your choice
also feel free to upload these to internet archive
Oh my gosh!! So sorry for the delayed reply. Thank you so much, would it be alright if I uploaded these onto the Internet Archive? Do you want any money from the bounty? You said in another thread you had Spooky Kitaro 4 episodes, I'd be willing to pay for those too!! I'm so excited, thank you so much!!
these were the episodes i had, i'm not familiar at all with spooky kitaro so i might've mislabeled them as 4 instead of 5
as for the bounty, these aren't my recordings so i'd feel wrong if i claimed it. if you do want to do something with the money instead of keeping it feel free to donate to a charity of your choice
also feel free to upload these to internet archive
Thanks again!! If you don't mind me asking, were these recordings by any chance from AnimeIndia? That's the only place I can think of that would have Spooky Kitaro 5 episodes, but I could never find any links for them on the site.