History Anime / GhostStories

* CheekyMouth: When averted, it's either a brief AnimationBump or someone (usually either Hajime or Leo) has an especially exaggerated expression.

* ObliviouslyEvil: Mary. She doesn't seem to realize that she nearly drove Satsuki to madness for stalking her in an utter absurd level and that she almost killed Satsuki as well when she suggested the other toys to dismember Satsuki as they were just playing a game.

* TooDumbtoLive: Lampshaded throughout the series but most explicitly in episode 7.

* ChaosArchitecture: The haunted apartment complex of episode 16 could change both its internal and external structure. Taken [[UpToEleven Up to Eleven]] when [[spoiler: the group thought they were in a residential neighborhood, when they were actually ''still inside the building''.]]

* ChaosArchitecture: The haunted apartment complex of episode 16 could change both its internal and external structure. [[TakenUpToEleven Taken Up to Eleven]] when [[spoiler: the group thought they were in a residential neighborhood, when they were actually ''still inside the building''.]]

* ChaosArchitecture: The haunted building of episode 16 had a bizarre ability of change its own structure, both internal and external, to the point that there was even one scene where the group thought they were in a residencial neighborhood, while in reality ''they were getting inside the building''.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Momoko in the original version. Certain things that she says are impossible to have come from a sane person, sometimes she seems too oblivious to realize what is going on and in some episode she states that the sole reason she has a cell phone is [[NoSenseOfDirection she gets lost easily.]]

** TheSmartGuy: Leo... sorta. He's got lots of booksmarts and technical knowledge, but is the one with MORE WhatAnIdiot moments due to [[WhatWereyouThinking his lack of common sense]]

* HeelRealization: [[spoiler: In Episode 5, Dattou stops his evil self from cutting off Keichirou's legs when he realizes how Keichirou reminded himself when he was alive.]]

* HypocriticalHumour: The GagDub has a lot of it, especially in episode 4, at least twice it happens, one with the overly religious Momoko noting that there are some crazy religious people out there... She's one herself. And Leo hates it when people lie on their internet profile, which he does in the dub.
* ImplacableMan: Some of the ghosts qualify this. Special mention to Babasare and Mary the Doll, who only stopped chasing the protagonists because they had pure sheer luck.

* KillerRabbit: Shirotabi. Apparently any creature ressurected by that particular ritual comes back a a [[CameBackWrong berserk monster]], but this time, it just HAD to be a fluffy little rabbit...
* LullDestruction: Used frequently in the GagDub to turn boring moments into successful humor. A good example is in Episode 15, where Yamime goes "Wheeee!" when floating up the stairs, then casually humming a tune while removing the barricade from the bedroom door.

* TheMillstone: Occasionally Leo is the reason why the gang keeps being chased or cursed by the ghosts. A good example happens in episode 14 where he almost makes a vengeful ghost kill Momoko because he thought it would be a ''fantastic'' idea to snap photos where said ghost had died.

* MindScrew: The Headless Biker freaks out one of his would-be victims so badly that the poor bastard gets insane and stabs his own neck so the Headless Biker ''wouldn't try to cut his head off again''.

* MoodWhiplash: In episode 6, the opening with a boy screaming after a hooded figure arrives on his doorstep immediately cuts to the happy theme song. It can be quite jarring.

* NobleDemon: Amanojaku acts as a total JerkAss in the beginning, but as the series progresses he starts helping Satsuki more and more in fighting against the ghosts, even though he still acts like he wanted to see her in despair. In one episode he states that he dislike humans, but hates much more ghosts [[ForTheEvulz who harm people on purpose]].

* PantyShot: Multiple ones.
** Hilariously, gets a ContinuityNod multiple times in the first few episodes, but then, in one of the episodes (Bloody Sports Festival), she wears a different type of underwear, gym shorts.

* WeirdnessMagnet: Satsuki, to the point that Hajime even lampshades this in episode 11 by saying that she attracts anything that it is not human.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Momoko in the original version. Certain things that she says are impossible to have come from a sane person, sometimes she seems too oblivious to realize what is going on and in some episode she states that the sole reason of she having a cell phone is that [[NoSenseOfDirection she gets lost easily.]]

** [[EarWorm "Yuurishite, yuurushite, yuurushite, yuurushite! SEXY SEXY"]]

* AnimationBump: When the nurse in episode 12 leaves. Lampshaded by ADV's dub.

* BilingualBonus: The hispanic nurse in the dub of episode 12 calls Momoka and Satsuki "fuckers" or "assholes", depending on how you define "cabronas".

* BreakingTheFourthWall: The dub.
* BreastExpansion: The GagDub subverts this. Satsuki tries to get a wish granting ghost to give her "huge boobs", but does it wrong so it doesn't happen.

* HypocriticalHumour: The dub has a lot of it, especially in episode 4, at least twice it happens, one with the overly religious Momoko noting that there are some crazy religious people out there... She's one herself. And Leo/Leo hates it when people lie on their internet profile, which he does in the dub.

* InterspeciesRomance: In the gag dub, the ghost of a rabbit and one of the crew members. She breaks up with him not because he's a rabbit, but because [[WhereDaWhiteWomenAt he's black.]]

* LullDestruction: Used frequently in the dub to turn boring moments into successful humor. A good example is in Episode 15, where Yamime goes "Wheeee!" when floating up the stairs, then casually humming a tune while removing the barricade from the bedroom door.

* MonsterOfTheWeek: Fairly obvious and ''said verbatim in the dub''.

* ParentalIncest: The dub. Time travel. "She thought I was attractive. That is so... grossing me out."
* PrecisionFStrike: Starting in episode 15 in the dub.

* RightOnTheTick: In episode 5, there's a ghost who is said to always kill a runner at the sports festival at 4:44. (At least according to the gag dub).

* ShesAManInJapan: Inverted. (He's a Woman in Japan?) Momoko's hairstylist cousin Maki was a woman in the original version, but was changed to a CampGay man in the dub.

* SitcomArchNemesis: [[HeWhoMustNotBeSeen Hadley]] to Sakata in the dub.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Reo was changed to Leo in the dub. It's possible that his name was actually supposed to be Leo, considering that he writes it in katakana.

* TheUnintelligible: Keichiro in the dub is capable of talking normally, but get him emotional and he reverts to unintelligible babbling.

* VerbalTic: Leo in the dub, yeah.

** {{The Mentor}}s: Amanojyaku (also TeamPet) and Kayako

-->'''Amanojyaku''': Please! SPEAK!

** In another episode in the dub, a ghost is played by [[VicMignogna Vic Mignogna]] who is credited as "Obi Frostips". A few episodes later, Hajime mentions a "frosted Vic Mignogna lookalike" who is "[[FullMetalAlchemist Full Metal Disgusting]]".

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Momoko in the original version. Certain things that she says are impossible to have come from a sane person, sometimes she seems too oblivious to realize what is going on and in some episode she states that the sole reason of she having a cell phone is that [[NoSenseOfDirection she gets lost easily.]]

* FieryRedhead: Satsuki.

** However, that doesn't stop some people from mistaking the dub for an AbridgedSeries, especially when encountered out-of-context in YouTube clip compilations.
* GameFace: Played with some ghosts, particularly [[spoiler: Shinobu]] and [[spoiler: the girl who Leo meets in Episode 8.]]

* NamesToKnowInAnime:

* RightOnTheTick: In episode 5, there's a ghost who is said to always kill a runner at the sports festival at 4:44. (At least according to the gag dub).

** They also appear in the photo album during the flashback/letter reading in episode 12 (about the cursed nurse).
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* NightmareFuel: let's see, Episodes 1-20.

The ADV Films GagDub could be the most entertaining aspect of this series, making it SoBadItsGood. Not to say that people didn't [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks complain about the changes]], though. YourMileageMayVary. A dub that stayed truer to the original was made by Animax later.

The ADV Films GagDub could be the most entertaining aspect of this series, making it SoBadItsGood. Not to say that people didn't [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks complain about the changes]], though. YourMileageMayVary.

''GhostStories'' (alt title: ''School Ghost Stories'' or ''Gakkou no Kaidan'') is a twenty episode anime series created in 2000 by animation studio Pierrot and Aniplex for Fuji Television, loosely based on a book series by Toru Tsunemitsu. It tells the story of Satsuki Miyanoshita, who moves with her family to the hometown of her deceased mother, Kayako. On her first day of school, Satsuki; her brother Keiichirou, a first-grader; their neighbor Hajime Aoyama; Momoko Koigakubo, an older schoolmate; and Reo Kakinoki, a classmate and friend of Hajime's with a penchant for the paranormal visit the OldSchoolBuilding adjacent to the current school complex and discover that the building is haunted.

* AgentMulder: Reo.

* ButtMonkey: Reo and Sakata the schoolteacher.

** Reo becomes Paul

** TheSmartGuy: Reo... sorta. He's got lots of booksmarts and technical knowledge, but is the one with MORE WhatAnIdiot moments due to [[WhatWereyouThinking his lack of common sense]]

* GameFace: Played with some ghosts, particularly [[spoiler: Shinobu]] and [[spoiler: the girl who Reo meets in Episode 8.]]

* HypocriticalHumour: The dub has a lot of it, especially in episode 4, at least twice it happens, one with the overly religious Momoko noting that there are some crazy religious people out there... She's one herself. And Reo/Leo hates it when people lie on their internet profile, which he does in the dub.

* TheMillstone: Occasionally Reo is the reason why the gang keeps being chased or cursed by the ghosts. A good example happens in episode 14 where he almost makes a vengeful ghost kill Momoko because he thought it would be a ''fantastic'' idea to snap photos where said ghost had died.

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* AnimationAgeGhetto: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpSvRc7pNbI Ignored completely]] in the GagDub.

* ClicheStorm: ''Every'' horror cliche gets used at some point in this series, naturally lampshaded in the GagDub.

* FridgeHorror: What ever happened to the one shot ghost victims we see during the prologue sequences, or sometimes in the middle of the episode? Sure we are told a few times that someone got sick or was too scared to say anything. But come to think of it, we never really SEE them again, and quite a few times, it seems VERY unlikely that the victim actually survived. Made even scarier by the fact that nobody seems to care too much.
** Lampshaded in the Dub with Hajime offhandedly saying Keita (the victim of the week) died and it not being brought up again.

The ADV Films GagDub could be the most entertaining aspect of this series, making it SoBadItsGood. Not to say that people didn't [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks complain about the changes]], though. YourMileageMayVary. Now available legally on [[http://www.youtube.com/show/ghoststories YouTube]].

* AxCrazy: The Headless Biker goes in a chaotic rampage during the birthday of his death, cutting off everything that resembles a head.