Gakkou no Kaidan

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.

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Amanojaku Main

Nakao, Ryusei Japanese

Koigakubo, Momoko Main

Sakuma, Kumi Japanese

Miyanoshita, Keiichirou Main

Mamiya, Kurumi Japanese

Aoyama, Hajime Main

Honda, Takako Japanese

Miyanoshita, Satsuki Main

Kawakami, Tomoko Japanese

Kakinoki, Reo Main

Tsumura, Makoto Japanese

Imai, Mio Supporting

Nakayama, Sara Japanese

Okabe Supporting

Saiga, Mitsuki Japanese

Shizuko Supporting

Yukana Japanese

Datto Supporting

Yajima, Akiko Japanese

Katsumata, Hideo Producer

Abe, Noriyuki Director, Sound Director

Kosaka, Harume Episode Director, Storyboard

Matsuura, Johei Episode Director

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Jul 21, 2024

markmonlux

Recommended

My wife and I watched the first few episode with subtitles turned on. But one day we decide to watch the dubbed version because we were having some soup while watching the show and it’s a lot easier to eat soup and listen then eat soup and read. But the characters only had uttered two sentences before we sprayed our soup because of our laughter. Whoever the cast was that decide to do the dubbing, they went over and beyond in changing the context with absurd dialog. I have rarely laughed so hard.

This anime is unique in that it proves context and content are ... everything. The character personifies change completely. The group dynamic goes off kilter.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Nov 13, 2023

I_AM_A_JOESTAR

Mixed Feelings

This is a 'scooby-doo' type story, quite bland and nothing out of the ordinary. And yet, I really enjoyed this anime. This is of the few animes I watched in DUB (There is no point in watching this if you do not watch in dub btw) Whether it's how unhinged, crazy or the questionable jokes and humour, I very much watched the whole series, happily. Although, I understand that I most likely will not get the humour of a culture I dont belong to, sometimes all the PERVERTED jokes in Japanese shows (mainly talking about anime) is just too much- I actually surprisingly really ... liked the western humour and it was a good break from the perverted jokes. There are some perverted jokes in this anime (as you would expect) but some are quite humorous! Maybe I should watch DUB more? Ik that this is one of it's kind DUB. I which more dubs like this would be made. Though, doubt the show would actually be allowed. Honestly, us new generations are too sensitive, like it's just satire..


It's a short show and is a good break from all the INTENSEEE shounen which is sometimes too much for me to handle 😅 Ultimately this is a great light-hearted show and I'd recommend it just for the fun of it.
For some, this won't be their type of humour, but I really related to some of the jokes. Yes, in some parts the story can get boring but for I personally found it worth it!

If anyone is wondering, I heard another unhinged anime DUB is Urusei Yatsura. Dubbed by BBC, haven't really heard many Brits DUB any anime. Also, I think the mangaka is the same as Inuyasha. Any Inuyasha fans....No, just me?

I APOLOGISE FOR ANY GRAMMATICAL ERRORS AND WHATNOT! This is my first review and I would reread it, but I accidentally closed my tab and had to write this all over again, I'm tired 😫 .

THANK YOU FOR READING <3

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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May 26, 2024

MoonSpider

Not Recommended

Speaking specifically of the English Dub, this obviously isn't everyone's cup of tea, and you probably have an inkling if that just doesn't sound like it's for you. For me, any joke involving race, sexuality etc I just took it in stride. I'm in the LGBT+ myself, and you might be more sensitve, but sometimes you just have to know what to expect and roll with it. I was actually very receptive to the dub's changes and I can laugh along with most edgy comedy that this new take on the series was banking on that was commonplace at the time.

The only jokes I didn't ... take to were on a more personal level, namely in regards to a voice actor named Vic Mignogna. Early 2020 was a hell of a time, and he will no longer be employed for any contracts under FuniCrunchy due to allegations fought in court on the grounds of slander. And oddly, we can tell exactly what side the writers were on, all those years ago. Vic appears in this series' dub under an alias, Obi Frostips, refusing to have his name attached to the series. He plays the ghost "Da Vinci" in Episode 13, wherein he is banished with the chant, "Paint paint dry real quick, Da Vinci is a big fat dick". Then in Episode 15, one character teases another about getting pregnant by Vic, saying they expected her to have better taste, and spouting off the names of the supposed child (Vicky, Vic 2, Obi..). It's unnerving to see his coworkers railing against him even all those years ago, and it can bring to the forefront of your mind how insufferable and weirdly malicious his co-workers were around that time, including Monica Rial who plays Momoko Koigakubo.

But the real reason I'm rating this as the absolute worst? Ghost Stories has a reputation of being given permission to make all of these parody-like changes to the English Dub, in light of lackluster sales. That they were allowed to do literally everything outside of, say, changing character names, as given permission from those in Japan who had the power to do so and, presumably, cared all the more about the IP.

So, turns out that all looks to be a lie. Ghost Stories, in its original JP, did very well in ratings, at times even surpassing Pokemon, and JP natives seem to look fondly on this property to this day. So... that entire pretense is called into question. Like we were lied to, to more easily swallow an official parody handled by people who saw a foreign IP as their playground.

I'm a bit of an edgy bitch myself so I really wanted to stand by this series, because I did personally find the dub funny. But we were lied to. And the lies that let them have an edgy playground all those years ago, in the end, led to today where they try to hide the more "subtle", "positive" changes made in EN translation.

Reviewer’s Rating: 1

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