Ghost Stories (学校の怪談 Gakkō no Kaidan, lit. "School Ghost Stories") is a 20-episode anime series created in 2000 by animation studio Pierrot and Aniplex for Fuji Television, based on a book series by Tōru Tsunemitsu.
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Dubbing History[]
Ghost Stories was picked up for dubbing by ADV Studios in 2005. According to voice actor Greg Ayres, they were told to "do whatever it took to sell the show." The only condition was that the basic story and names of major characters and ghosts had to remain intact, but everything else was fair game. To that end, director Steven Foster reworked the show into a pure Gag Dub by throwing out nearly all of the original script. When the voice actors were called in to record scenes, whoever got there first would set the tone and subject for the scene, which meant the other cast members had to follow in those footsteps. This approach produced a dub full of random characterization, fourth-wall-breaking jokes, political and cultural references.
An alternative dub was previously produced by the anime television network Animax, which stayed true to the original, retaining all of the original Japanese plot, character and dialog details, broadcasting the series uncensored and unedited within its respective networks across the world, including Southeast Asia and the Indian Subcontinent.
Cast[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
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Satsuki Miyanoshita | Tomoko Kawakami | Hilary Haag |
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Momoko Koigakubo | Kumi Sakuma | Monica Rial |
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Hajime Aoyama | Takako Honda | Chris Patton |
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Leo Kakinoki | Makoto Tsumura | Greg Ayres |
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Keiichirou Miyanoshita | Kurumi Mamiya | Christine Auten |
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Amanojaku / Kaya | Ryūsei Nakao | Rob Mungle |
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| Secondary Characters | |||
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Reiichirou Miyanoshita | Takehiro Murozono | Illich Guardiola |
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Daisuke Sakaguchi (child) | ||
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Kayako Miyanoshita | Kotono Mitsuishi | Marcy Bannor |
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Mr. Sakata | Yutaka Aoyama | Tommy Drake |
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Ms. Matsushima (Bobbi Matsushima) |
Yumi Fukamizu | Kira Vincent-Davis |
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Principal | Naomi Kusumi | John Swasey |
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Art Teacher | Yutaka Aoyama | George Manley |
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Leo's Father | Toshihiko Nakajima | Adam Jones |
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Leo's Mother | Mami Horikoshi | Brittney Karbowski |
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Aya Eto | Kiyomi Asai | Melissa Davis |
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Misono Kiyohara | Tomoe Hanba | Luci Christian |
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Tomomi Takahashi | Fumiko Orikasa | Imani Harris |
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Hanako | Ayako Kawasumi | Lesley Tesh Pedersen |
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Kinjiro Ninomiya | Tomoe Hanba | Adam Jones |
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Man-Faced Dog | Andrew Love | |
Episodic Characters[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Episode |
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Genta Miyanoshita | Masaaki Tsukada | John Swasey | 1 |
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Manager | Yutaka Aoyama | Andy McAvin | |
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Worker #1 (Numatsu) |
Andrew Love | 2 | |
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Worker #2 (Asai) |
George Manley | ||
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Akagami Aogami | Masashi Hirose | Dallas Reese | |
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Student #1 | Jun Fukuyama | Blake Shepard | |
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Student #2 | Kiyomi Asai | Shelley Calene-Black | |
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Student #3 | Yuki Miyata | ¿? | |
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Student #4 | ¿? | ||
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Keita | Mayumi Asano | Blake Shepard | 3 |
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Driver | Takehiro Murozono | ¿? | |
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Student | Ema Kogure | ¿? | |
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Gay Dink #1 | Matt Crawford | ||
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Gay Dink #2 | Andrew Love | ||
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Beethoven | Jūrōta Kosugi | Andy McAvin | 4 |
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Ms. Okabe | Mitsuki Saiga | Kelly Manison | |
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Datto | Akiko Yajima | Logan Keslar | 5 |
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Coach | Takehiro Murozono | Jacob A. Gragard | |
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Student #1 | Yoshinori Fujita | ¿? | |
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Little Girl | Satsuki Yukino | Lesley Tesh Pedersen | 6 |
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Little Boy | Yū Sugimoto | Darrel Isaaks | |
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Janitor | Yasuhiko Kawazu | George Manley | 7 |
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Policeman | |||
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Datsueba | Shiho Kikuchi | Brittney Karbowski | 8 |
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Tomomichi Nishimura | George Manley | ||
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Mio Imai | Sara Nakayama | Brittney Karbowski | 9 |
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Class President | Kaho Kōda | Ernie Manouse | |
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Drunk | Paul Oddo | ||
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Shirotabi | N/A | Adam Jones | |
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Taxi Driver’s Ghost | Nachi Nozawa | John Gremillion | 10 |
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Kasumi | Naoko Takano | ||
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Foreman | Naomi Kusumi | Skijjy Fishmarket | |
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Worker #1 | Takehiro Murozono | Adam Jones | |
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Worker #2 | Kentarō Itō | Andrew Love | |
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Worker #3 | Paul Oddo | ||
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Mary | Etsuko Kozakura | Tamara Levine | 11 |
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Priest | Yuzuru Fujimoto | Ernie Manouse | |
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Hajime's Mother | Kumiko Takizawa | Barbara Cummings Smith | 12 |
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Doctor | Yuko Sasamoto | Alice Fulks | |
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Infirmita de la Mexicana | Brittney Karbowski | ||
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Da Vinci | Shō Hayami | Vic Mignogna | 13 |
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Da Vinci's Model | Melissa Davis | ||
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Teacher #1 | ¿? | ||
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Teacher #2 | ¿? | ||
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Teacher #3 | ¿? | ||
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Shizuko | Yukana Nogami | Luci Christian | 14 |
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Shizuko's Mother | Yoko Yano | Donna Hannah | |
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Momoko's Father | Junpei Morita | Brandon Hearnsberger | |
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Momoko's Mother | Misa Watanabe | Melissa Davis | |
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Doctor | Naomi Kusumi | ¿? | |
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Takisawa | Fumihiko Tachiki | Jose Diaz | |
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Taxi Driver | David Matranga | ||
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Nurse | Luci Christian | ||
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Shinobu Matsuda | Maria Kawamura | Taylor Hannah | 15 |
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Tomomi's Mother | Imani Harris | ||
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Koudou | Shōzō Iizuka | Gruff Vandersant | 16 |
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Old Man | Masaaki Tsukada | ¿? | |
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Worker #1 | Isshin Chiba | Brandon Hearnsberger | |
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Worker #2 | Kōichi Kuriyama | ¿? | |
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Yuki Shirogane | Taeko Kawata | Lesley Tesh Pedersen | 17 |
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Miyuki Watanabe | Maaya Sakamoto | Shelley Calene-Black | |
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Innkeeper | Yoshiko Okamoto | Christine Auten | |
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Bus Driver | Mitsuru Ogata | Reeves Gentry | |
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Akane | Megumi Ogata | Alice Fulks | 18 |
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Girl #1 (Saeko) |
Imani Harris | ||
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Girl #2 (Yayoi) |
Masayo Kurata | Shelly Thomas | |
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Maki | Rio Natsuki | Josh Wright | 19 |
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Car Driver | Tomokazu Seki | Jacob A. Gragard | |
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Nancee Grayce | Luci Christian | ||
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Headless Rider | Wataru Takagi | Reeves Gentry | |
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Woman at Funeral | Melissa Davis | 20 | |
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Ouma | Akio Ōtsuka | Paul Oddo |
Additional Voices[]
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| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
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| Main Characters | |||
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Satsuki Miyanoshita | Tomoko Kawakami | Andrea Kwan |
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Momoko Koigakubo | Kumi Sakuma | Claudia Thompson |
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Hajime Aoyama | Takako Honda | Candice Moore |
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Leo Kakinoki | Makoto Tsumura | Sarah Hauser |
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Keiichirou Miyanoshita | Kurumi Mamiya | |
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Amanojaku / Kaya | Ryūsei Nakao | Russell Wait |
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| Secondary Characters | |||
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Mr. Sakata | Yutaka Aoyama | Russell Wait |
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Principal | Naomi Kusumi | Rik Thomas |
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Leo's Mother | Mami Horikoshi | Candice Moore |
Episodic Characters[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Episode |
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Datto | Akiko Yajima | Andrea Kwan | 5 |
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Coach | Takehiro Murozono | Russell Wait | |
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Little Boy | Yū Sugimoto | Andrea Kwan | 6 |
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Janitor | Yasuhiko Kawazu | Russell Wait | 7 |
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Policeman | Rik Thomas | ||
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Datsueba | Shiho Kikuchi | Andrea Kwan | 8 |
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Tomomichi Nishimura | Russell Wait | ||
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Mio Imai | Sara Nakayama | Candice Moore | 9 |
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Class President | Kaho Kōda | Andrea Kwan | |
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Drunk | Russell Wait |
Additional Voices[]
- Sarah Hauser
- Rik Thomas
Notes[]
- Greg Ayres expressed regret that the Mel Gibson Jew rant had happened just a few weeks after production wrapped, as he would have loved to have incorporated it into the final episode.
Video Releases[]
| Distributor | Year | Format | Contents | Region | Country | |
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2005-2006 | 
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The Complete Series | 1 NTSC |
United States | 
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| 5 Volumes | ||||||
| 2008 | The Complete Series | |||||
| 5 Discs | ||||||
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2014 | The Complete Series | ||||
| 3 Discs | ||||||
| 2023 | 
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The Complete Series | A DVB-T | |||
| 2 Discs | ||||||
External Links[]
- Ghost Stories at the Internet Movie Database.
- Ghost Stories (anime) on the Anime News Network's encyclopedia.
- Ghost Stories on Behind The Voice Actors.