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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 , Demons , Ensemble Cast , Animals , Skeleton , Tanned Skin , Dullahan

Tasokare Hotel

Also known as TASOKARE HOTEL.

Studio: PRA , Nikkatsu , REMOW , Movic , SEEC , PRA , flying DOG
Status: Finished
Genres: Mystery , Supernatural

The "Tasokare Hotel" never sees afternoon, nor does it see night, but rather exists in a state of endless twilight.

This hotel exists in a limbo state, as a place that allows souls who have not yet decided if they are meant to pass on to the afterlife, or remain in the world of the living, to rest their wings. The protagonist, Neko Tsukahara, comes across this "Tasokare Hotel" with no memory of who she is or how she came to be there.

An employee leads the way and shows Neko to her room, explaining, "In these rooms, there should be items that are related to our guests' memories. These items can also serve as clues to help our guests remember who they were before they arrived here." As Neko searches for a way to return to this world and remember who she was, a certain incident confronts her...



Note: Each episode streamed 5 days early on some streaming services. The original TV broadcast started on January 8th, 2025.

Tags: Amnesia , Female Protagonist , Afterlife , Inn , Episodic , Ghost , Shapeshifting , Work , Crime , Idol , Tragedy , Butler , Desert , Guns

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 , Ghost , Mythology , Magic , Episodic , Witch , Kids , Politics , Vampire , Age Regression , Bullying , Rural , Family Life , Werewolf , Satire

Gakkou no Kaidan SP

Also known as Ghost Stories SP.

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

Gegege no Kitarou (2007)

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Horror

The classic tale of Gegege no Kitaro told yet again. The story is the usual in the Gegege no Kitaro series. Kitaro is a boy living in the Gegege Forest/Cemetery (lands where many Yokai roam) with his mostly dead father (who survives only in his eye), Sunakake Babaa, NekoMusume, and Konaki Jiji. One difference between this Kitaro and all of the others that came before him, is that this one has brown hair instead of the standard grayish silver.

Tags: Youkai

Digimon Ghost Game

Also known as Digimon Ghost Game.

Studio: Toei Animation , Fuji TV , Yomiko Advertising
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Horror , Mystery , Sci-Fi

Sightings of mysterious creatures known as "Hologram Ghosts" have been a popular topic on social networks for the past few years. According to the rumors, several people have fallen victim to these specters. Those fortunate to survive their encounters with the paranormal beings claim that they resembled glitched holograms.

Hazakura Academy middle school student Hiro Amanokawa believes these sightings are merely an urban legend. However, as the incidents start to increase in frequency, he is reminded of the day his father suddenly vanished, with strange digital watches serving as the only relics of his disappearance. Much like the other sightings, what happened to Hiro's father cannot be explained by conventional logic.

One day, when a fellow student in the academy is attacked by a Hologram Ghost, Hiro and his friend Kiyoshirou Higashimitarai decide to look into the matter. Little does Hiro know that this investigation will be their first step toward discovering a dangerous world previously unknown to mankind.



Tags: Kids , Artificial Intelligence , Episodic , Body Horror , Youkai , Henshin , Primarily Child Cast , Urban Fantasy , Ghost , Dinosaurs , Virtual World , Zombie , Anthropomorphism , Kaiju , Suicide , Vampire , Male Protagonist , Slavery , Anti-Hero , Tragedy , Yandere , Proxy Battle , Dullahan , Marriage , Isekai

Houkago Shounen Hanako-kun 2

Also known as After-school Hanako-kun Season 2.

Studio: Studio Hibari , Lerche
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Continuation of Houkago Shounen Hanako-kun.

The spirit Hanako-kun and his human assistant, first-year student Nene Yashiro, keep the peace between supernatural forces and the students of Kamome Academy. When they’re not fighting to maintain balance between the living and spirit worlds, how do they spend their time? Join Hanako-kun and Nene on their adventures after school!



Tags: School , Mythology , Ghost , Youkai , Afterlife , Episodic , Exorcism , Shounen , Gender Bending , Male Protagonist , Ensemble Cast

Gregory Horror Show

Also known as Gregory Horror Show.

Studio: VAP , TV Asahi , Milky Cartoon
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Horror , Mystery , Supernatural

The first series is a set of 25 stories about a male businessman arriving at the hotel after taking a train home from work. He encounters the mysterious owner of the hotel, an old mouse known as Gregory, who suggests that he stay a while. Soon, the man becomes drawn into a bizarre series of events taking place within Gregory House as he tries desperately to escape from this bizarre purgatory.



Tags: Survival , POV , Full CGI , Tragedy , Amnesia , Ghost , Meta , Primarily Male Cast , Demons , Zombie , Vampire , Afterlife

Hontoni Atta Gakkou Kaidan

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror

An omnibus OVA where three elementary school students, Manabu, Ryota, and Mina, deal with mysteries they encounter at their school. This OVA is split into two stories of 15 minutes each: "Poisonous spiders at school" and "Hanako-san's hand".

This OVA is based on the "Hontoni Atta Kowai Hanashi" series derived from the "Hontoni Atta Gakou Kaidan" series published by Asahi Sonorama.

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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