#gakko kaidan

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The History Behind the INSANE Ghost Stories Dub

Back to some anime for today's video essay! We'll review the history of Ghost Stories, or Gakkō no Kaidan, a dub that has become an infamous hallmark in the localized anime scene and surrounded by misinformation. Is it really as bizarre as its reputation suggests?

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404 TOON RESET (Pronounced as "Error Toon Reset")

All right, anime fans. Here are the lineups for the next weekends to coincide with the launch of the 404 TOON RESET arc of Toon Time Theater, but you don't have to take my word for it.

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Saturday Morning Animation Cram Session (SMACS)

E/I: Educational and Informational

7.0A - Dr.STONE: SCIENCE FUTURE (E/I)

7.5A - Virtua Fighter: The Animation (E/I)

"Sonic's Scream Test"

8.0A - SONIC X

8.5A - GHOST STORIES (E16)

X-MEN VS. STREET FIGHTER

9.0A – X-MEN

9.5A - STREET FIGHTER

BORUTO W Dose

10.0A - BORUTO: NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS

10.5A - BORUTO: NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS

"Game On"

11.0A - HI SCORE GIRL ("ROUND 11")

11.5A - SWORD ART ONLINE (Season 1, Episode 4, rerun)

More One Night

E/I: Educational and Informational

8.0P - BARTENDER: Glass of God (Episode 8, E/I)

8.5P - Laid-Back Camp (E/I)

MASHLE W Dose

9.0P – MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES* (E11)

9.5P - MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES* (E12)

Season Finale

BLUE EXORCIST W Dose

10.0P - BLUE EXORCIST* (E12)

10.5P - BLUE EXORCIST* (E13)

SHONEN JUMP

11.0P - NARUTO* (2002)

11.5P - DRAGON BALL Z KAI* (Episode 52)

Next Day

12.0A - DRAGON BALL Z KAI* (Episode 53, Namek Saga Finale)

also on Toonami

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E/I: Educational and Informational

7.0A - Dr.STONE: SCIENCE FUTURE (E/I)

7.5A - Virtua Fighter: The Animation (E/I)

"Sonic's Scream Test"

8.0A - SONIC X

8.5A - GHOST STORIES (E17)

X-MEN VS. STREET FIGHTER

9.0A – X-MEN

9.5A - STREET FIGHTER

BORUTO W Dose

10.0A - BORUTO: NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS

10.5A - BORUTO: NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS

"Game On"

11.0A - HI SCORE GIRL ("ROUND 12")

11.5A - SWORD ART ONLINE (Season 1, Episode 5, rerun)

More One Night

E/I: Educational and Informational

8.0P - BARTENDER: Glass of God (Episode 8, E/I)

8.5P - Laid-Back Camp (E/I)

Gotta Catch 'em All!

9.0P – Pokémon Master Journeys

9.5P - BLUE EXORCIST* (E14)

Teenagers With Attitude

10.0P - BLUE EXORCIST* (E15)

10.5P - ONE PIECE* (Land of Wano arc)

SHONEN JUMP

11.0P - NARUTO* (2002)

11.5P - BLACK CAT (Season 1, Episode 1, rerun, Series Premiere)

Next Day

Hall of Fame

12.0A - KEY THE METAL IDOL** (Ver.1, rerun)

also on Toonami

** former KQED Plus (KQEH) series

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E/I: Educational and Informational

7.0A - Dr.STONE: SCIENCE FUTURE (E/I)

7.5A - Virtua Fighter: The Animation (E/I)

"Sonic's Scream Test"

8.0A - SONIC X

8.5A - GHOST STORIES (E19)

X-MEN VS. STREET FIGHTER

9.0A – X-MEN

9.5A - STREET FIGHTER

Wild & Crazy Kids

10.0A - BORUTO: NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS

10.5A - HI SCORE GIRL ("ROUND 14")

SWORD ART ONLINE W Dose

11.0A - SWORD ART ONLINE (Season 1, Episode 7, rerun)

11.5A - SWORD ART ONLINE (Season 1, Episode 8, rerun)

More One Night

E/I: Educational and Informational

8.0P - BARTENDER: Glass of God (Episode 10, E/I)

8.5P - Laid-Back Camp (E/I)

Masters and Servants

9.0P – Pokémon Master Journeys

9.5P - Fate/stay night: The Animated Series (Episode 1, Series Premiere)

Teenagers With Attitude

10.0P - BLUE EXORCIST* (E18)

10.5P - ONE PIECE* (Land of Wano arc)

SHONEN JUMP

11.0P - NARUTO* (2002)

11.5P - BLACK CAT (Season 1, Episode 3, rerun)

Next Day

Hall of Fame

12.0A - KEY THE METAL IDOL** (Ver.3, rerun)

also on Toonami

** former KQED Plus (KQEH) series

Starting a new (canonical) arc of T3 means a massive improvement on the scheduling part. I intend to delay The Apothecary Diaries to a much later point in the 404 TOON RESET arc, but for real, I have decided to bring back BLACK CAT reruns since it's previous broadcast on New Year's Eve 2024/2025. Also, I have noticed that Toonami wasn't able to secure the broadcasting rights to Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works regardless of Aniplex's announcement of said series getting cable TV broadcasts in 2025. To make up for this mistake, I have decided to step in and confirm its 2006 counterpart for live-streaming on Toon Time Theater's More One Night block starting 8 March. I chose the 2006 series over Unlimited Blade Works since it's the Fate work that I mostly grew up with back when I was a kid. Although I didn't have any plans of live-streaming the Fate/Grand Order shows, I figured, "why not expose the world and us Americans to the Fate franchise?" If I live-stream a Fate animated series, then that would not only give the viewers a taste of the Fate universe, but also convince them to check out Type-Moon's Fate/Grand Order free-to-play mobile game. Even Melty Blood Type Lumina's more recent characters use Fate series characters (especially from FGO) to draw attention to the growing Fate community. Not to mention SWORD ART ONLINE returns to the Saturday Morning Animation Cram Session, jumping to Episode 4. My previous broadcast of the series was near Christmas, when I was able to rerun Episode 3 just in time for the holidays. Anyways, KEY THE METAL IDOL will move to More One Night as part of the Hall of Fame sub-block reserved for cartoon classics and reruns of past programming from T3's earlier days. However, this second broadcast will be edited even more than the previous broadcast back on SMACS, and it will be done to reduce the amount of foul language, explicit nudity, and unnecessary edits. Lastly, I will be cutting DRAGON BALL Z KAI after Episode 53, giving other cartoons a better chance to be in the spotlight.

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Poster for Gakkō no Kaidan 4 (1999). Also known Haunted School 4 or School Ghost Stories 4.

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Gakko no Kaidan

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you’ll never guess what I watched the entirety of in two days

[beyondthebizarre]

New Episode Streaming Now!

On week three of End of Summer Horrors, we travel to Japan and explore two school ghost stories - Hanako-San and Aka Manto. These two ghosts are said to haunt bathroom toilets in Japanese school and trust us, you do not want to meet them. Listener discretion is advised: this episode contains elements of gore involving minors and description of terror that may not be suitable for younger listeners.

In this legend, a spirit of a young girl haunts the girls bathroom and those brave enough to summon her soon discover that the decision may prove fatal.

Listen Below or wherever you listen to podcasts!

Image credit:

Hanako-San by Adam Duff

Aka Manto by ShinySmeargle (Deviant Art)

Stay Bizarre x

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gay people going to brunch

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Haunted School 3 (1997) 『学校の怪談3』 Written by Michiru Shimada 島田 満 Directed by Shūsuke Kaneko 金子 修介

[raccoonwarlock]

Well, I really do enjoy the comedy and slice of life genres. So, if you know of any good animes from those genres, I would be happy for their recommendations!

Not a problem!

Some good slice-of-life anime include:

School Babysitters: After his parents are lost in a plane crash, Ryuichi & his young brother are given the offer to stay with a school headmaster & attend for free, but the catch is that he has to work at the school daycare as part of the school's babysitting club. The main plot follows the toddlers' daily antics as new members join the club w/ Ryuichi

Kemono Friends: A young girl with amnesia, called Kaban, wakes up in a giant animal park where all the animals have become humanised girls & women referred to as 'friends'. The main plot follows her as she tries to find her memories with her new friend Serval, helping friends with their problems along the way. It's mostly used to teach kids animal facts but it's cute & mellow so I enjoy it

Aggretsuko: Created by Sanrio, Retsuko is a red panda with an office job she hates, supervisors she can barely stand, & her only outlet being death metal karaoke. It starts off as a slice of life story, but season 2 starts an arc about Retsuko & her new boyfriend & season 3 goes completely off the rails with her joining an idol group

Diary of Our Days at the Breakwater: Hina moves to a small seaside town & joins her school's fishing club, where she learns about different ways of fishing.

Sanrio Boys: High school boys bond over their love of Sanrio characters & help each other with their social & emotional problems.

In terms of comedies, there's:

The ever-infamous Ghost Stories English dub. The plot is an elementary-school girl & her friends exorcising the ghosts around her school being released as a result of local urbanization. It flopped in Japan for being stale, so Funimation was allowed to dub the show however they wanted when they bought the rights, as long as they followed the basic plot. What we got can be summed up in lines such as, "Ghosts only go after evil people like Republicans, & we're not old enough to vote", "Run! She's a ghost & a bitch!", & "Drag queens won't hurt you, worry about priests"

Ouran High School Host Club: Another classic, Haruhi transfers to the ultra-rich Ouran High School &, after accidentally breaking a million-yen vase, joins the school's host club to pay off the debt. There's just one problem: Haruhi is a girl. Cue shenanigans as the club members try to protect her secret while getting dragged into whatever random bullshit the club president, Tamaki, comes up with this week. It's famous for satirizing the harem genre of shojo manga while having several inappropriate jokes by today's standards.

Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!: This one is both comedy & slice of life. After a chance meeting with rich girl Tsubame, Midori & her friend Sayaka decide to join forces to found a motion picture club at their school so they can achieve their dreams of creating an anime. One of my favorite things about this series is how much it blurs the lines between the girls' imagination & the real world, using different animation styles to express their ideas & excitment

The Diastrous Life of Saiki K.: A semi-meta series about Saiki K., an extremely-powerful psychic high schooler who has one goal: to be as normal as he possibly can. He decides to use his powers to secretly help his classmates with whatever silly situations they find themselves in. Sidenote, while it is not explicitly stated, Saiki is widely-viewed as aro/ace due to his active avoidance of both romantic & physical relationships

Pop Team Epic: A surrealist gag anime following the misadventures of middle school girls Popuko & Pipimi. Edits & manga panels taken out of context are popular all over the internet, such as this one

Osomatsu-san/Mr. Osomatsu: Another surreal gag anime, Osomatsu-san is the sequel series to Osomatsu-kun, an anime series from the 60s about the Matsuno sextuplets & their misadventures with each other, elementary school, & their neighbors & friend Totoko. In Osomatsu-san, the 6 brothers are in their 20s & still up to their old habits, while searching for jobs & adapting to the modern age. This series is particularly well-known for parodying other popular anime in their segments, such as Attack on Titan, Demon Slayer, & Dragon Ball

I hope you enjoy some of these selections!

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[rabisnoodlerabbit]

I know its been years but i really hate all the misinformation concerning the original japanese Ghost Stories. I know the english dub is funny, but its still so reprehensible to say that the original did badly in Japan (it wasn't a boom, but it was popular enough to have a re-release) and that it's actually a bad show. It was also very popular in latinamerica in which the dub was actually faithful to the original. It's a rumor that was spread by the company who did the dub, and it became such a meme that people just say that the show was terrible and a "scooby doo rip off" when none of them actually took the time to watch the series.

Im so glad i actually got to watch it first in the spanish latinamerican dub, which actually did a good adaptation, without spoofing the show. I loved the series as a kid, and learnt so much about japanese folklore. It even got me interested in learning about the mythology of different countries.

Of course if most adults try to watch it today it feels boring, but that's because you are not the target audience. It was never meant for western adults, it was meant for japanese children.

I know this is old news, but i still see people talking about how bad the show was and it always makes me sad and a little angry.

You can like the american spoofy version better (it is targeted for adults after all), but disrespecting the japanese version and spreading so much lies about it, is just disrespectful to Studio Pierrot, Noriyuki Abe and everyone who worked on that production.

Some sources on how it did good in japan:

It was one of the top ten animes with the most rating on its network when it aired:

http://archive.is/qs4Jw

It re-aired at least 5 times in Japanese TV:

http://cal.syoboi.jp/tid/933

It had two official dvd releases on separate years according to amazon japan

https://www.amazon.co.jp/s?k=%E5%AD%A6%E6%A0%A1%E3%81%AE%E6%80%AA%E8%AB%87&i=dvd&rh=n%3A561958&__mk_ja_JP=%E3%82%AB%E3%82%BF%E3%82%AB%E3%83%8A&ref=nb_sb_noss

(Most of this info was collected by username Shigofumi on reddit)

Please inform yourself before mob hating something from another country.

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¡SUPER RESEÑA DE HISTORIAS DE FANTASMAS! ¡A TODO COLOR!

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This weekend, #GhostStories moves to Saturday mornings with a Double Dose hour. #Boruto's final broadcast for 2024 is next week. After that, we have some Christmas episodes and other holiday specials for most of the programs to pad out the rest of the month.

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Does anyone know where I can watch the ghost stories anime dub?? It seems that it got removed from youtube :(

[namjhyun]

WATCH OUT FOR | Mamiya Shotaro

With only 25 years old, he's proving to be a true chameleon and one of Japan's most promising young talents in film and tv.

Movies

Eating Women | Taberu Onna (2018) - Shinozaki

Impossibility Defense | Funohan (2018) - Takeru Kawabata

Death Row Family | Zenin Shikei (2017) - Takanori

You Still Don't Get Gunma | Gekijouban Omae wa mada Gunma wo Shiranai (2017) - Nori Kamitsuki

Teiichi: Battle of Supreme High | Teiichi no Kuni (2017) - Rorando Himuro

Tori Girl (2017) - Taishi Sakaba

Ushijima the Loan Shark The Final | Yamikin Ushijima-kun Za Fainaru (2016) - Sanzo Gakuto

Ganguro Gals Riot | Kuroi Bodo (2016)

The Kodai Family | Kodaike no Hitobito (2016) - Kazumasa Kodai

Litchi Hikari Club | Raichi☆Hikari Kurabu (2016) - Jyaibo

Drama Series

Zero: The Bravest Money Game | Zero: Ikkaku Senkin Game (NTV / 2018) - Seigi Suezaki

Yareta Kamo Iinkai (TBS-MBS / 2018) - Nobuteru Masuda

BG: Personal Bodyguard | BG: Shinpen Keigonin (TV Asahi / 2018) - Seitaro Sawaguchi

Fugitive Boys | Boku-tachi ga Yarimashita (Fuji TV-KTV / 2017) - Sho Isami

You Don't Know Gunma Yet | Omae wa Mada Gunma wo Shiranai (NTV / 2017) - Nori Kamitsuki

The Brave Yoshihiko and The Seven Driven People | Yuusha Yoshihiko to Michibikareshi Shichinin (TV Tokyo / 2016) - Thief C (ep.6)

The Single Teacher Miss Hayako | Hayako Sensei, Kekkon Surutte Honto Desu Ka? (Fuji TV / 2016) - Sosuke Minato

On | ON Ijo Hanzai Sosakan Todo Hinako (Fuji TV-KTV / 2016) - Kenji (ep.2)

Mr. Nietzsche in the Convenience Store | Niche Sensei (YTV-NTV / 2016) - Tomoharu Nii

Hotel Concierge (TBS / 2015) - Seiya Hoshina (ep.8)

I Want to Eat Nagasaki Champon Noodles | Chanpon Tabetaka (NHK / 2015) - Mitsuru Kashiyama

Gakko no Kaidan (NTV / 2015) - Natsuki Sudo

Sutekina Sen Taxi (Fuji TV-KTV / 2014) - Tatsuya (ep.2)

Nobunaga Concerto (Fuji TV / 2014) - Tatsuoki Saito

Water Polo Yankees | Suikyu Yankisu (Fuji TV / 2014) - Ryo Chiaki

Baseball Brainiacs | Yowakutemo Katemasu (NTV / 2014) - Kei Okadome

Miss Pilot | Misu·Pairotto (Fuji TV / 2013) - Taiji Kishii

Yamada and the Seven Witches | Yamada kun to 7 nin no Majo (Fuji TV / 2013) - Ushio Igarashi

Public Affairs Office in the Sky | Soratobu Kouhoushitsu (TBS / 2013) - (ep.6)

Houkago wa Mystery Totomo ni (TBS / 2012) - Satoshi Arakida

Hanazakari no Kimitachi e 2011 (Fuji TV / 2011) - Keisuke Awaji

The Golden Piggy | Ogon no Buta (NTV / 2010) - ep.3

Bad Boy and Good Girl | Yankee-kun to Megane-chan (TBS / 2010) - Toru Yanagawa

Twin Spica | Futatsu no Spica (NHK / 2009)

Scrap Teacher | Scrap Teacher ~Kyoushi Saisei~ (NTV / 2009) - Shotaro Hioki

TV Movies

Johii Sosakan Hara Maki Ageha (Fuji TV / 2012) - Shinichi Sekiya

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Thank you @everythingnerdyxoxo for the tag!! I’ve always wanted to do an anime tag.

Favorite Anime: Digimon Adventure (seasons 1-4, Tri, 2020 remake)

Least favorite anime: Hmm...I can’t say I have one? OH! OH! Oh wait, no. There’s actually a lot.

Last anime I watched: Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works

Favorite anime movie: I don’t think I’ve watched any...??? But for sure I have, I guess they just didn’t go for me.

Comfort anime: Jigoku Shoujo 

Favorite anime character: Hikari Yagami (Digimon Adventure), Hikaru Shidou (Magic Knight Rayearth)

Shoujo or shounen: Shoujo, but also some shounen

If I could shift into an anime world which would it be: Digimon Frontier!!! But Digimon 1-2 or 2020 remake will do, too. Maybe Magnic Knight Rayearth, too. A part of me wants Gakko no Kaidan but....

I don’t know if you guys watch anime but I’m just gonna give you guys a try because I love you. @trumpkinhotboy @imjustdreamingig @breathing-and-writing @ko-ro-lrezni @vanillabullets @ singinprincess and anyone else who wants to join!