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GHOST HUNT
ゴーストハント
Gōsuto Hanto
Originally written by Fuyumi Ono
Anime
Number of Episodes: 25
Directed by: Rei Mano
Studio: J.C. Staff
Run: October 3, 2006 –
March 27, 2007
Soundtrack: 35 tracks by Toshio Masuda
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Manga
Volumes: 12 (completed)
Mangaka: Shiho Inada
Publisher: Kodansha
(English: Del Rey, Tanoshimi)
Run: 1998 -2006
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I'm falling into a monotony: I'm loving
the genre I'm reviewing way too much. Just two more of these and I
promise I'll change theme.
That said, I enjoyed Ghost Hunt. So
much that instead of just reading the manga, I got hold of the anime.
I'm thinking I would have loved reading the light novel series, too.
(And would have given a perfect rating.)
The final volume (translated) of the
manga was hard for me to find that when I saw an online source (I
don't think there's an officially translated one), I decided to just
get on with it and finish the story. I'm so happy I did. Finally, I
got answers to most of my questions. MOST.
Ghost Hunt starts off with Mai
Taniyama, a highschool girl fond of telling ghost stories, stumbling
into a psychic investigation by Kazuya Shibuya. She is forced by
Shibuya-san, who she then calls Naru for his narcissism, into taking
Lin Koujo's, the assistant, work when he gets injured. They are later
joined by the other characters. They all start working together on
cases under Naru's company, Shibuya Psychic Research, as the series
continues.
There are minor differences in the
adaptations but the anime doesn't stray from the manga. However, I
felt adjustments in the characters that warranted a heart off the
anime. Mai, Yasuhara and Monk-san were funnier in the manga. Well,
that and because the anime's more intent to go with the creepy
atmosphere while the manga has more funny quirks.
(Named the other characters in the very last picture, at the very bottom of the post. Chibi picture, that is.)
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| Kazuya "Naru" Shibuya, Mai Taniyama |
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Score cards, up!
