For those looking to experience a bit of the 1980’s all over again, Frontier Works has scheduled two box sets for the 1985 TV series Gegege no Kitaro 80’s. The project is set for a July 25th and August 24th, 2018 release where the first set has episodes 1 through 59 and the second has 60 through 108 plus the seven specials. While we’re still a bit away from the first release we do now have a look at the cover artwork and packaging for it which fits the show well.
Both are listed at 27,500 yen each. They’re also not high definition releases but rather standard definition, just with less space being taken up for it – though they’ll benefit from better authoring tools. The initial listing indicates that each set will have two discs with about eleven hours per volume of material, which should fit easily in SD.
Plot Concept: As civilization advances, people are beginning to lose the consideration and kindliness for Nature. This has incurred the wrath of the ghosts who are becoming increasingly unhappy with the selfishness of the human kind. However, there is a conflict of interests within the ghosts in which one extreme opposes the humans completely while another extreme desires the co-existence of humans and ghosts. Kitaro and his family belongs to the latter category and yearns to seek mutual understanding between the humans and ghosts. Kitaro’s fight for love and hope continues.
[Source: Gegege no Kitaro]
