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Ghost Hunt

TV·2006–2007·1 season, 25 episodes·TV Tokyo·Animation, Drama, Mystery·25m

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Telling ghost stories is a favorite past time of Mai Taniyama and her friends—that is, until she meets 17-year-old Kazuya Shibuya, the man sent by Shibuya Psychic Research Center to investigate paranormal activity at a supposedly haunted school. When Mai gets caught in a dangerous situation, she is rescued by Kazuya's assistant. Saving her lands the assistant incapacitated, and Kazuya demands that Mai become his assistant, instead...

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  1. 01Ghost Hunt S01E01FILE 1: Filled With Evil Spirits!? #1S01E01 · 7.5Mai meets Naru while exchanging ghost stories with her friends, and learns her school principal has hired him to investigate an allegedly haunted school building. Mai later causes the injury of Naru's assistant and is forced to stand in as a temporary replacement. The principal also brings in several exorcists and mediums, and more help arrives in the form of a classmate of Mai's, who claims to have the ability to sense spirits.
  2. 02Ghost Hunt S01E02FILE 1: Filled With Evil Spirits!? #2S01E02 · 7.5Each member of the team proposes a different theory as to what is responsible for the odd occurrences. After collecting data overnight, Naru begins to doubt the presence of any spirits and instead theorises that land subsidence is the cause of all the ghostly activity. Mai's classmate, Kuroda, fiercely insists that a poltergeist is at work, and evidence appearing to support her idea soon arises.
  3. 03Ghost Hunt S01E03FILE 1: Filled With Evil Spirits!? #3S01E03 · 7.5After disappearing for a night, Naru conducts an experiment involving all those associated with the case. He implants a hypnotic suggestion in their minds regarding a chair in a sealed room moving overnight. His experiment proving successful, Naru reveals his explanation for the latest developments, correctly accusing one of the group of mimicking a poltergeist's acts. After the conclusion of the case, Naru offers Mai a part-time job at the SPR, which she accepts.

Castfull cast & details

Ken NaritaKen NaritaLin Kōujo (voice)Masami SuzukiMasami SuzukiAyako Matsuzaki (voice)Nobuhiko OkamotoNobuhiko OkamotoJohn Brown (voice)Rie KugimiyaRie KugimiyaMasako Hara (voice)Kousuke OkanoKousuke OkanoOsamu Yasuhara (voice)Kaori NazukaKaori NazukaMai Taniyama (voice)Yuuki TaiYuuki TaiKazuya Shibuya (voice)Kenji HamadaKenji HamadaHōshō Takigawa (voice)

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode25Episodes2006–07Aired 7.5Season avg
  1. S01E01Ghost Hunt S01E01Season's bestFILE 1: Filled With Evil Spirits!? #1October 3, 2006 7.5Mai meets Naru while exchanging ghost stories with her friends, and learns her school principal has hired him to investigate an allegedly ha
  2. S01E02Ghost Hunt S01E02FILE 1: Filled With Evil Spirits!? #2October 10, 2006 7.5Each member of the team proposes a different theory as to what is responsible for the odd occurrences. After collecting data overnight, Naru
  3. S01E03Ghost Hunt S01E03FILE 1: Filled With Evil Spirits!? #3October 17, 2006 7.5After disappearing for a night, Naru conducts an experiment involving all those associated with the case. He implants a hypnotic suggestion
  4. S01E04Ghost Hunt S01E04FILE 2: Doll House #1October 24, 2006 7.5The SPR team, joined by the exorcists and mediums from the previous case, are requested at a house where poltergeist-like activity has been
  5. S01E05Ghost Hunt S01E05FILE 2: Doll House #2October 31, 2006 7.5Ayami reveals Minnie has been exerting a strict control over her, punishing her whenever she breaks a promise to Minnie. The team believes t
  6. S01E06Ghost Hunt S01E06FILE 2: Doll House #3November 7, 2006 7.5After a failed attempt to exorcise the spirits of the dead children, a well appears in the middle of the living room. Mai is pulled into the
  7. S01E07Ghost Hunt S01E07FILE 3: After School Cursed Person #1November 14, 2006 7.5The SPR are asked to handle a case at the Yuasa High School, where a series of unusual events are seemingly related to a cursed desk and a h
  8. S01E08Ghost Hunt S01E08FILE 3: After School Cursed Person #2November 21, 2006 7.5The team arrive at the conclusion that the sheer number of occurrences at the school would require a psychic power far greater than anyone c
  9. S01E09Ghost Hunt S01E09FILE 3: After School Cursed Person #3November 28, 2006 7.5Evidence against the psychokinetic girl, Kasai, begins to pile up. Mai refuses to believe Kasai is responsible, despite Bou-san and Ayako's
  10. S01E10Ghost Hunt S01E10FILE 3: After School Cursed Person #4December 5, 2006 7.5Bou-san, Ayako, and Mai destroy the dolls, effectively removing the 'curse' on the school. Naru is sent to the hospital as a result of the m
  11. S01E11Ghost Hunt S01E11FILE 4: Ghost Story of the Park!?December 12, 2006 7.5Masako requests Naru investigate a park where over six months, couples have had water dumped over them from thin air. The team, excluding Li
  12. S01E12Ghost Hunt S01E12FILE 5: Silent Christmas #1December 19, 2006 7.5John brings the SPR their next case on Christmas Eve. Children at a local church are being possessed by the ghost of a mute boy who vanished
  13. S01E13Ghost Hunt S01E13FILE 5: Silent Christmas #2December 26, 2006 7.5While Naru searches for Kenji's body, Lin is ordered to play with Kenji. Lin snaps shortly after and Kenji, still in Mai's body, races into
  14. S01E14Ghost Hunt S01E14FILE 6: A Prohibited Game #1January 9, 2007 7.5The highly publicised Ryokuryou High School is brought to the SPR's attention when students report a series of terrifying events, including
  15. S01E15Ghost Hunt S01E15FILE 6: A Prohibited Game #2January 16, 2007 7.5Mai dreams about the school and notes that dozens of spirits, including will-o'-the-wisp, are devouring each other. Masako and Mai later see
  16. S01E16Ghost Hunt S01E16FILE 6: A Prohibited Game #3January 23, 2007 7.5Mai wakes up in the nurse's office, after several events nearly lead her to her death again. Mai's lamentation on learning the SPR have been
  17. S01E17Ghost Hunt S01E17FILE 6: A Prohibited Game #4January 30, 2007 7.5Naru and Lin begin a ritual to return the curse to its casters, thereby leaving leaving the curse's target unharmed. Mai learns that this ri
  18. S01E18Ghost Hunt S01E18FILE 7: Blood-soaked Maze #1February 6, 2007 7.5Madoka, an associate of Naru's, requests the SPR take on a case for the former Prime Minister and investigate the mysterious disappearances
  19. S01E19Ghost Hunt S01E19FILE 7: Blood-soaked Maze #2February 13, 2007 7.5Members of the other teams begin disappearing. In a search of the house, John finds a secret room that enables the SPR team to add to the in
  20. S01E20Ghost Hunt S01E20FILE 7: Blood-soaked Maze #3February 20, 2007 7.5The dream leaves Mai traumatised, but prompts new speculation by the team regarding the house's spirits. Lin carries out a ritual to summon
  21. S01E21Ghost Hunt S01E21FILE 7: Blood-soaked Maze #4February 27, 2007 7.5Naru reveals Madoka's true motive behind requesting they take on the case was to expose the fake Oliver Davis. Naru informs the team their j
  22. S01E22Ghost Hunt S01E22FILE 8: Cursed House #1March 6, 2007 7.5SPR is asked by a person who comes all the way out from the seaside to solve a dangerous case, of which three psychics have already attempte
  23. S01E23Ghost Hunt S01E23FILE 8: Cursed House #2March 13, 2007 7.5The remaining psychics tour around the area in order to verify Mai's dreams. A member of the family tries to commit suicide, fearing that ot
  24. S01E24Ghost Hunt S01E24FILE 8: Cursed House #3March 20, 2007 7.5Nao, a member of the family involved, is confirmed dead and Masako is sent to perform a ritual. Mai has another dream and is woken by Masako
  25. S01E25Ghost Hunt S01E25FILE 8: Cursed House #4March 27, 2007 7.5Bou-san manages to banish the drowned corpses attacking the base, allowing the team some respite. When the sun rises, Ayako volunteers to pu

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