65 episodesPremiered Jan 3, 1968Updated Jul 25, 2026
Cackling Kitarou is a television series that premiered in 1968. The show belongs to the action and adventure, animation, comedy, family, and sci-fi and fantasy genres. The series features a truly bizarre anime style with a flavor of traditional Japanese folklore. The main character, Kitarou, is a ghost who spends his afterlife helping humans in need of his skills. Alongside his father, who happens to be an eyeball, t
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Cackling Kitarou is a television series that premiered in 1968. The show belongs to the action and adventure, animation, comedy, family, and sci-fi and fantasy genres. The series features a truly bizarre anime style with a flavor of traditional Japanese folklore. The main character, Kitarou, is a ghost who spends his afterlife helping humans in need of his skills. Alongside his father, who happens to be an eyeball, the boy Kitarou encounters and thwarts various forms of evil and plans of evil.