The manga began in 1965 and ran for seventeen volumes through 1986 from Shigeru Mizuki, who passed away in 2015.
The series is being directed by Kouji Ogawa based on the series composition by Hiroshi Oonogi.
Scheduled for an April 1st, 2018 debut in Japan, AnimeLab has confirmed that they’ll be bringing the Gegege no Kitaro anime series out through streaming for Australian audiences.