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.
The folks at Tubi TV want to keep you binging on shows, especially with the ad-supported aspect of it, and what better way than by bringing on 97 episodes of the Gegege no Kitaro anime series.