Anime like Jigokudou Reikai Tsuushin

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

Studio: Fuji TV , Group TAC
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror

Based on the short story "Ghost Toilet" from Toru Tsunemitsu's urban myth collection "School Ghost Stories." This was adapted into the children's book "Hanako in the Toilet: Scary Stories of Your School" (1993). Several artists then adapted this into the "Here Comes Hanako" manga; most of them also wrote the anime version, which was aired as a segment of the TV series "Ponkikki Kids." Episodes, introduced by Hanako, included "The Haunted Cinema" and "The Cursed Promise Ring."

Tags: Kids , Ghost , Youkai , Tragedy , Primarily Child Cast , Episodic , Female Protagonist , Suicide

Youkai Apartment no Yuuga na Nichijou

Also known as Elegant Yokai Apartment Life.

Studio: Shin-Ei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Mystery , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Yuushi Inaba, a 16-year-old boy whose parents died three years ago. He moved into his uncle's house, but resolved to move into a dormitory in high school. Plans changed when that dormitory burned down. He eventually finds a cheap apartment, but discovers too late that the apartment is home to supernatural creatures such as ghosts, youkai, and mononoke, and his daily life becomes embroiled in the eccentric apartment.



Tags: Youkai , Afterlife , Surreal Comedy , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , Urban Fantasy , Ghost , Exorcism , Tragedy

Toilet no Hanako-san

Studio: Studio Pierrot
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror

A short movie based on Japanese urban legend.

Tags: School , Ghost , Afterlife

Gakkou no Kaidan SP

Also known as Ghost Stories SP.

Studio: WAO World , MooGoo , Trinet Entertainment , Studio Ranmaru
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Horror , Mystery , Supernatural

Gakkou no Kaidan SP is a prequel season of Gakkou no Kaidan anime. It is considered a season 2 of Gakkou no Kaidan.

In this anime the ghost are presented more friendly, they live in abandoned theater (with an invisible audience). In this theater are presented short stories of terror, all of them based in Japaneses tales.

Tags: Ero Guro

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

Gakkou no Kaidan

Also known as Ghost Stories.

Studio: Studio Pierrot , Aniplex , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Supernatural

Kids and ghosts. When young Satsuki finds an old book of spells from her passed away mother, she gains the power to fight ghosts that are haunting her new school. With the help of her friends, and of a really wicked devil cat, she must protect everyone around her or be haunted for ever more.



Tags: Ghost , Primarily Child Cast , School , Curses , Male Protagonist , Afterlife , Youkai , Episodic , Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Parody , Denpa , Demons , Animals , Ensemble Cast , Skeleton , Tanned Skin , Orphan , Dullahan