History Anime / GhostStories

* TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects: This is somewhat averted. The CG models use textures that complement the hand-drawn backgrounds, but the more elaborate CG effects are still obvious due to the technological limitations of its time.

When Creator/ADVFilms acquired the license four years later, they were given free rein with the script, so long as the character names and basic plotlines remained intact.[[note]]The prevalent rumor is that the Japanese licensees told them to do whatever they can to sell the series in the states due to how poorly it did in Japan, but [[https://www.slashfilm.com/703353/ there are evidence that suggests]] it didn't actually do that poorly and Steven Foster (the writer for the dub script) derailed the script either due to miscommunication or out of his own free will.[[/note]] The end result, recorded and released in 2005, was a highly irreverent and even more topical GagDub that satirized as many elements of early-to-mid-2000s politics and pop culture as possible, ranging from simple jabs at well-known celebrities to extended commentary on the prominence of the religious right during the UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush administration.

** The UsefulNotes/PlayStation gets one in Episode 7. A close-up of a controller, shown while Leo's mom is using it, shows the names "SONY" and "PLAYSTATION", the Start and Select buttons, and the symbols on the buttons.

* Foreshadowing: Plenty in episode 17 about [[spoiler:Yuki's]] true identity:

** Momoko, who has PsychicPowers, senses something is off in both versions.

* ThinlyVeiledDubCountryChange: The show still takes place in Japan, but with all the constant references to American politics, pop culture and celebrities, very much the only thing still Japanese in the dub are the characters' names. There is even one gag where Hajime comes across a roadsign and fails to read it because it's in Japanese.

* ThinlyVeiledDubCountryChange: The show still takes place in Japan, but with all the constant references to American politics, pop culture and celebrities, very much the only thing still Japanese in the dub are the characters' names. There is even one gag where the characters come across a Spanish-speaking nurse and have to talk back to her in Spanish, something that would only make sense if the setting is moved entirely to America. Heck, Leo is even changed to Jewish in the dub, which would be an extreme rarity if the show is still set in Japan.

* ThinlyVeiledDubCountryChange: The show still takes place in Japan, but with all the constant references to American politics, pop culture and celebrities, very much the only thing still Japanese in the dub are the characters' names. There is even one gag where the characters come across a Spanish-speaking nurse and have to talk back to her in Spanish, something that would only make sense if the setting is moved entirely to the U.S.