Anime like Gakkou no Kaidan SP

Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun

Also known as Toilet-bound Hanako-kun.

Studio: Lerche , TBS , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Mystery , Supernatural

"Hanako-san, Hanako-san... are you there?"

At Kamome Academy, rumors abound about the school's Seven Mysteries, one of which is Hanako-san. Said to occupy the third stall of the third floor girls' bathroom in the old school building, Hanako-san grants any wish when summoned. Nene Yashiro, an occult-loving high school girl who dreams of romance, ventures into this haunted bathroom... but the Hanako-san she meets there is nothing like she imagined! Kamome Academy's Hanako-san... is a boy!



Tags: Ghost , Youkai , Mythology , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Protagonist , Afterlife , Male Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Tragedy , Twins , Episodic , Shounen , Exorcism , Ensemble Cast , Femboy , Heterosexual , Achronological Order , Slapstick , Conspiracy , LGBTQ+ Themes , School Club , Mermaid

Yami Shibai

Also known as Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai.

Studio: ILCA
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Supernatural

A picture-story style of animation whose motif is surrounded and based off the rumors, and urban legends throughout the history of Japan.



Tags: Episodic , Demons , Ghost , Anthology , Body Horror , Tragedy , Trains , Urban Fantasy

Kaidan Restaurant

Studio: Toei Animation , TV Asahi
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Supernatural

TV Asahi announced a new kids anime "Kaidan Restaurant (Thriller Restaurant)" based on a picture book. Each episode will consist of three stories or ''dishes'': the appetizer, the main dish, and dessert. The first two ''dishes'' will deal with an ordinary sixth-grade schoolgirl named Ako Ozara and the bizarre occurrences that befall her classmates. The third ''dish'' will be a standalone short ghost story told by Ako and her friends.

Tags: Ghost , Youkai , Kids , Demons , Achronological Order , Primarily Child Cast , School , Curses

Gegege no Kitarou (2018)

Also known as GeGeGe no Kitaro.

Studio: Toei Animation , Fuji TV , Toei Animation , Yomiuri Advertising
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Horror , Supernatural

Nearly twenty years into the 21st century, people have forgotten the existence of Yokai. When a number of unexplainable phenomena plague adults of the human world with confusion and chaos, thirteen-year-old Mana writes a letter to the Yokai Post in search of answers, only to be greeted by Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro...



Tags: Youkai , Mythology , Ghost , Male Protagonist , Magic , Episodic , Tragedy , Conspiracy , War , Nekomimi , Satire , Politics , Witch , Kids , Vampire , Age Regression , Bullying , Demons , Afterlife , Homeless , Rural , Family Life , Body Image , Werewolf

Gakkou no Kowai Uwasa Shin: Hanako-san ga Kita!!

Also known as School's Scary Stories: Hanako-san ga kita!!.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Horror , Supernatural

The story of the anime revolves around Hanako, a girl who lives in a supernatural world apart from our own. Hanako appears when schoolchildren are in trouble; she is a benevolent version of an enduring Japanese urban legend about Hanako, a ghost who lives in a toilet at the local school.



Tags: School

Gakkou no Yuurei

Studio: Aubeck , ACC Production , JCF
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror

This OVA is a live-action/animation mixed collection of short school ghost stories.

Tags: Demons , Ghost , Anthology , Episodic , School , Suicide

Jigokudou Reikai Tsuushin

Studio: Touhouku Shinsha , Toei Video
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Horror

Based on Kouzuki Hinowa's long running supernatural fantasy novel series, which has been also adapted as a live-action film.

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