Through product listings on the online retailer Amazon it became known that polyband anime would be releasing the film “The Birth of Kitaro: The Secret of GeGeGe” in a special edition on DVD and Blu-ray. We summarize.
Release in February 2026
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According to current plans, “The Birth of Kitaro: The Secret of GeGeGe” will be available on Blu-ray from February 6, 2026 as a standard DVD and in two limited media book editions with different cover motifs. All versions contain the film with German and Japanese voiceovers and a booklet.
The studio Toei Animation was responsible for the production of the approximately 105-minute film, which celebrated its Japanese premiere in November 2023, with Gou Koga (“Zatch Bell!”) taking over the position of director.
In this country, the film, which tells a prequel to the 97-part series “GeGeGe no Kitaro” from 2018, was shown in cinemas on November 18, 2025 in the German language version and in the original sound with German subtitles.
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In 1956, during the Shouwa period, the powerful Ryuga family secretly rules the village of Nagura and struggles internally for succession. Mizuki officially comes to the memorial service, but has his own goals. There she meets Kitaro’s father, who is desperately looking for his missing wife.
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