“Siblings battle vengeful school ghosts after moving to their late mother's haunted hometown.”
Ghost Stories
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Synopsis
Siblings battle vengeful school ghosts after moving to their late mother's haunted hometown.
Years ago, all of the ghosts in a haunted schoolhouse were banished by a certain student. Now, they're back—and they want revenge... Satsuki and Keiichirou Miyanoshita are two siblings recovering from the tragic loss of their mother. After moving to their mother's hometown, they learn that the local school they have transferred to is an old building—one said to be haunted. Despite initially brushing it off as a silly rumor, the two soon discover that ghosts are indeed real and that they're after them! Gakkou no Kaidan is the creepy tale of the lives of these siblings and their newfound friends as they try to survive the school's ghosts—with a little help from their pet cat along the way.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 131 sampled reviews
What 131 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 1.96 · split reception
5.3 pts
Recommenders 8.7 · others 3.4
↑ 0.76
Running avg · May 2008 → Feb 2026
- 10 “This is the funniest anime dub ever created, with ADV's complete script rewrite transforming an otherwise unwatchable show into comedic gold. The voice actors were given free rein to improvise,...”
- 10 “This review is for the ADV Dub of this anime. I am totally on the sub side of the sub v dub debate, but this is one rare example of an anime that is better for not being directly translated and...”
- 10 “Guys first of all watch the dub. Second of all the sub and original Japanese writing of this show were bad. But the art and sounds wasn't. SO when they were translating it to dub and knowing it was...”
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- Format 19 × 23′ eps × min
- Total runtime 7h 17m all episodes
- Aired Oct 2000 – Mar 2001 Fall 2000
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-1172 catalog
Licensed by
- ADV Films Licensor
- Discotek Media Licensor