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Graveyard Kitaro (2008)
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Original name: 墓場鬼太郎
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
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Kitarō is a yōkai boy born in a cemetery, and aside from his mostly-decayed father, the last living member of the Ghost tribe. He is missing his left eye, but his hair usually covers the empty socket. He fights for peace between humans and yōkai, which generally involves protecting the former from the wiles of the latter.
Style:
anime, mystical, captivating, suspense, gothic horror, disturbing, shounen, horror comedy, supernatural thriller
Plot:
supernatural, ghost, supernatural power, mysticism, evil spirit, supernatural ability, vengeful ghost, youkai, curse, demon, battles, tribe, cemetery, boy, spirit, satire, japanese mythology, supernatural horror, folk horror, paranormal activity, battle
Place:
japan
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out anime, captivating, shounen and exciting films and TV series with plots about supernatural power, supernatural, ghost, supernatural ability, spirit, demon and youkai mostly in Animation, Fantasy and Comedy genres. Some movies like Graveyard Kitaro: Ghost Hunt (2006), Cackling Kitarou (1968), Mononoke (2007), Mieruko-chan (2021), Cackling Kitarou (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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