Yes I noticed and corrected the mistake. Thanks. The 2018 anime is beautifully animated though, and it's actually plenty of fun, but it is geared more towards the shonen Dragonball audience than Youkai enthusiasts.
By toning down, it was Shigeru Mizuki who did that himself. He had to for his new audience. After all, we're already on like the 6th anime iteration of the GeGeGe no Kitarou franchise excluding Hakaba Kitarou, so it was massively successful.
The new GeGeGe no Kitaro does keep the creepy aspects though so I wouldn't say it's all gone. It's just heavily mixed with the shonen elements like plenty of Dragonball-like action.
Also thanks for your comment, and yeah, articles like these help me express in better terms what I really meant when I have these anime discussions with you.
The only thing I don't like is the fact I can't give bigger votes. You really go out of your way to make good stuff about not "mainstream" anime, that's worth gold from my viewpoint.
Thanks. I had another article coming up but I couldn't take any message from it and thus couldn't reasonably conclude it. Hopefully, I'll come back later and finish it. Meanwhile, I'm working on another one I have planned.