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Ghost Hunt tv Review
Mai Taniyama is a typical first-year high school student with a passion for the supernatural and ghost stories. When ghost hunters from "Shibuya Psychic Research" arrive to investigate an old school building an accident results in Mai breaking equipment, injuring an assistant and in turn temporarily filling his position. This starts a permanent work relationship between Mai and Naru, the young owner of Shibuya Psychic Research, as they unravel the mysteries being laid before them in order to put involved spirits to rest.
Story & Characters
When I started watching Ghost Hunt, I really didn't know what to expect. Up until then, I hadn't seen a series
that could literally "scare" me. Other so-called horror series like Elfen Lied or Hellsing never even made me
budge. I'm not saying those aren't good series ( Elfen is one of my favorites), but they didn't really
live up to the horror part.
The characters very pretty good. John was really funny at times, Monk was the cool guy, and Mai was kind of annoying;
but they did their job at keeping the show really entertaining.
Favorite character is Monk. I remember the lady with the broom-like spiritual incantation-stuff really bored / annoyed
me. She was way too cocky, and while her silly prayers never seemed to do anything, she was still acting all high and
mighty. I really hate that kind of characters in anime, as they bore me to death. They're more dull and annoying
than the I Rate Gamer. Well, maybe not really that annoying, but still...
My only complaint (and a big one) would be that the series ended like utter crap. No real solid ending, just a funny
picture of the group waiting for Kazuya to get better.Pretty inconclusive if you'd ask me. I've been waiting
for a sequel for years, hoping they'd make the ending clearer with it, but it's not really coming out, is
it...
Rating:
Art
I don't remember much about the art, the drawing style, effects and the likes because I've seen Ghost Hunt
more than two years ago. But, seeing how the series is pretty recent, I don't think there are major issues to be
addressed here. It wasn't bad and it wasn't outstanding. It just was.
If there were any major flaws in the "art department" I'm sure I would've remembered them. I loved
the eerie backgrounds in the episode with the creepy, bloody hallway. That was the one that really scared me.
I also liked it when there was a scary moment, and they'd show up each character's face in picture-in-picture
-like squares. That was pretty cool.
But the fact that there are almost no scans of Ghost Hunt on the web doesn't really help either. Sadly, It's
one of those series that there are zero to five wallpapers, and one to twenty scans. You can't really find many
Ghost Hunt resources and stuff on the internet. :-L
Rating:
Sound
The intro...one of the best intros I've ever seen. It didn't show any of the characters, as most series do in
their openings. The music in it was freaky as sh*t, the weird floating lights, the faceless hooded silhouette that was
gradually approaching the screen, with a fiery background and GHOSTS FLOATING EVERYWHERE, THE DARK AND WEIRD RUINS, THE
WHITE FLASHES, THE CREVASSE, THE SCARY ORCHESTRA-LIKE MUSIC AND EVERYTHING ! How can it get more awesome and freaky than
that? When I was watching the tenth episode or so ( don't really remember that well. it was about halfway in the
series anyway), the opening started and, my cousin, was in the same room with me and she said : "what's with
the freaky music?".
John's accent owned, by the way. The japanese voicing was generally good, except for Kazuya sounding like a smart
a** know-it-all. He was a tad annoying at times; reminded me of Rei from NGE; the difference being that Rei isn't
annoying. I can't say anything about the english dub, though; I don't watch any dubbed anime.
Also, just because of the awesome opening, I'm gonna ignore the fact that the ending sucked :d
Rating:
Presentation
It may be because horror series (and generally horror stuff) are my favorites, or because of the simple, to the point
name of it, but Ghost Hunt was one of the most enjoyable and appealing series to me.
I watched it on the dvd-player so I there was plenty of space for me to get under the blanket, close my eyes and sing
some Mika with my ears plugged when I got scared. Just kidding :)) it wasn't that scary. OR...was it? O.O
I appreciated the fact that there were no "classic-sucky-style ghosts". You know, those white silhouettes that
looked like my grandma with a white sheet covering her. They portrayed poltergeists, ghost-dogs, restless spirits, a
possessed doll and all that stuff in a way that you could tell was fantasy, but wasn't that far from reality
either. Something like those documentaries you see on Discovery about "the other world". And I have to say I
enjoy those a lot.
Anyway, great series,great soundtrack, good characters and crappy ending.
Rating:
Final Verdict
8.3333 (good)
Reviewed by FNatt, Oct 12, 2009
Comments
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salmaGX Oct 13, 2009
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angelbell00 Restricted Member Oct 13, 2009
i can't wait to se it ^^
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vangjlee Oct 14, 2009
cool story
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mona12 Oct 17, 2009
i love this anime
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SchRita Oct 27, 2009
Thanks for the review!
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rukasu04 Mute Member Nov 10, 2009
Nice review
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SchRita Dec 22, 2009
Thanks for the review!
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xGabbiex Jan 08, 2010
haha nice review
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SchRita Aug 27, 2010
Cool review!
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