Review of Ghost Stories

This will be a review for the English dubbed version of the anime. (there may be spoilers!) Before I get into the actual review, I'd like to just let it be known that the English dub and Japanese sub versions are different from one another. Because the original Japanese Gakkou no Kaiden did poorly, they gave it to an American studio to just "do whatever they wanted", and so they ended up making it much better, staying truer to the actual story, and even a little creepy. The English version was a funnier and less serious version of the original, and while though it has itsserious moments they definitely aren't plentiful.

The story was fairly enjoyable, I had a good time looking at all the different spirits and characters and how they had an impact on the story. Akane, as an example, was an interesting spirit. Her voice and her design both ended up complimenting each other, and her little "flaw" was played on really well.

I loved the characters! This was, perhaps, the best part about this show. The characters were true to themselves (did not change personality randomly, or didn't feel like a different character at any point in the show). The characters were also hilariously funny, like Momoko's constant Christianity blurts, or Leo's being Jewish and constant knocks on that. The characters really made the show what it is, and made me wanting more.

Overall, because of the story and the character development, I really enjoyed this show, and that's why I gave it a nine. There were some cringe-worthy parts, and other parts did not make sense, otherwise, this would be a straight ten!