Review of Ghost Hunt

Imagine the Scooby gang... now replace them with a group of professionals with proper equipment and religious leaders. Put them in a setting where yuurei and yokai are real, add just a tiny sprinkle of edge, and you've got Ghost Hunt. I say this because, rather than being horror (as the cover art may lead you to believe), it's actually a mystery series where the clues are various tidbits of japanese mythology, and the perpetrators are vengeful spirits or malicious magic users. Frankly, this has no right being as good as it was - I came in expecting a good ironic 4/10 hatewatch, but came awaywith a genuine 7/10 enjoyable time, elevated by some really excellent sound design and audio effects when the really cool stuff starts happening. Mai, our main character and rather insulting point of audience reference, is that special kind of endearingly annoying that you can only get in anime writing - constantly zipping between achingly moronic and mystery-solvingly prescient in a way that gave me mental whiplash... but didn't actually get me too down on her, for some reason I'm still not sure of. I will say, nearly every other character in the show is better-written though. Monk is best boi.

If you like the supernatural, and you've already watched Another - here's 25 episodes of spoopy goodness that should tide you over nicely for a bit. B+ recommendation from me.