Sunday, September 2

News:
Mai and Naru, back on print after six years

2012 Ghost Hunt



Shiho Inada is once again adapting Fuyumi Ono's light novel series Ghost Hunt, this time taking on Akumu no Sumu Ie: Ghost Hunt (The House Where Nightmares Dwell: Ghost Hunt). The story picks-up some time after where the first series ended.

ARIA magazine will be printing the Ghost Hunt sequel bi-monthly.









...was that fine? I needed to make it sound official and unbiased. Truth is, I'm ecstatic! I'm a fan! I'm a fan! *roar* I've been wishing for a second season anime but this news is even better. If only the light novels would get translated... *sigh Anyway, I hope this one gets lots of love from the manga readers because it deserves a large audience. That also means I'm hoping it'll get published in English. Please,please... some divine power, hear me!

Akumu no Sumu Ie - Ghost Hunt ARIA cover
First Chapter release
(Oh, and if somehow you ask why I'm a fan of Ghost Hunt, read my review of it.)

Review:
Ghost Hunt

Ghost Hunt
*excited*
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

Rating: three hearts
Ghost Hunt Anime
Ghost Hunt Manga Cover Manga
Volumes: 12 (completed)
Mangaka: Shiho Inada Publisher: Kodansha (English: Del Rey, Tanoshimi)
Run: 1998 -2006



Rating: Four hearts


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 Manga Naru-Mai

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.)
Ghost Hunt Anime All characters
Ghost Hunt Manga Naru Mai
Kazuya "Naru" Shibuya, Mai Taniyama
Ghost Hunt Manga Characters

Score cards, up!
Story: 
Anime: 7/10
Manga: 9/10