When it was first announced, the Gegege no Kitaro series was revealed with a planned run of fifty-one episodes from Toei Animation.
As we get ready for the 49th episode this coming weekend, Toei Animation has updated to reveal that the 50th episode is the start of the “second year” of the series.
The series is being directed by Kouji Ogawa based on the series composition by Hiroshi Oonogi.
The manga began in 1965 and ran for seventeen volumes through 1986 from Shigeru Mizuki, who passed away in 2015.