A Japanese poster of the series.
Ghost Stories (学校の怪談 Gakkō no Kaidan , literally "School Ghost Stories") is an adventure series about a group of schoolchildren who are threatened by a different ghost or evil spirit in each episode.
The series became a cult classic in North America because of the vulgar English dub. The producer Steven Foster worked with the voice actors to create a script full of adult humor, including profanity, sexual references, and other offensive material.
- Opening theme: Grow Up by Hysteric Blue
- Ending theme: Sexy Sexy by Cascade
- The music score was by Kaoru Wada
The 20-episode anime series was created in 2000 by animation studio Pierrot and Aniplex for Fuji Television, based on a book series by Toru Tsunametsu. The series was originally licensed in North America by ADV Films, and later by Discotek Media. It was also licensed for the southeast Asian market by television network Animax, who recorded their own Engilsh dub using a literal translation of the original Japanese script, and titled the show Ghosts at School.
Synopsis[]
When 5th-grader Satsuki and her little brother Keiichirou chase their cat Kaya into the old school house, they meet Satsuki's classmates Hajime Aoyama, Leo Kakinoki and sixth grader Momoko Koigakubo. They soon discover that the old school house is haunted by many ghosts. The gang are confronted by the demon Amanojaku, who attacks them. Later, they find a diary written by Satsuki's mother Kayako. With the help of the diary, Satsuki discovers how to banish Amanojaku. After they cast the spell, they find that Amanojaku is now trapped in Satsuki's pet cat, Kaya. Now, they must discover how to exorcise the many ghosts that reside in the old school house!
Principal Cast - Japanese actor / English Actor[]
- Satsuki Miyanoshita - Tomoko Kawakami / Hilary Haag
- Hajime Aoyama - Takako Honda / Chris Patton
- Leo Kakinoki - Makoto Tsumura / Greg Ayres
- Momoko Koigakubo - Kumi Sakuma / Monica Rial
- Keiichirou Miyanoshita - Kurumi Mamiya / Christine Auten
- Amanojaku - Ryusei Nakao / Rob Mungle
- Kayako Miyanoshita - Kotono Mitsuishi / Marcy Bannor
- Reiichirou Miyanoshita - Takehiro Murozono / Illich Guardiola
- Principal - Naomi Kusumi / John Swasey
- Mr. Sakata - Yutaka Aoyama / Tommy Drake
External Links[]
- Wikipedia - Ghost Stories
- Anime News Network - Ghost Stories
- IMDb - Ghost Stories
- TV Tropes - Ghost Stories
- My Anime List - Ghost Stories
- Wikiquote - Ghost Stories