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NEWS: Funimation Adds Ghost Hunt Anime by 12 Kingdoms Author

Thanks for the warning. But, then again, with a title like that, one does have to expect scary moments.

I am guessing it was File #7 because that one scared the heck out of me.

Honestly, what could take them an entire year to release it after announcing it?

The only problem is that it's a shoujo series, but oh well, from the sound of things it'll be the kind of shoujo series I actually like.

Shoujo? I didn't get that kind of vibe from the anime at all . The series is basically divided into "files" or arcs. The cast of characters consists of one main girl (the helper), one main guy (the boss), and a handful of extras that just happen to be along for the trip throughout the whole thing (a monk, a miko, a priest, a medium, and the main guy's initial assistant, who's somewhat of a Chinese spiritualist).

Through each file, SPR (Shibuya Psychic Research, their "name") investigates paranormal disturbances ranging from psychic phenomena to actual ghosts/spirits. I would say the first few files aren't particularly scary, but later.. heh, they get a bit violent in terms of backstory and plot, with some very chilling musical scores and sound effects.

I guess I could understand how the shoujo part is incorporated between Mai (the girl) and "Naru" (the guy), but they hardly ever focus on the relationship between the two. There's a little crush, but definitely not shoujo enough to be considered romance or anything like that.

For about 99% of the series, it's just a mix of comedy, drama, horror, mystery, and the supernatural themes of their cases; a lot of fun to watch, and it even manages to scare (a rarity for anime). Look forward to it.

Tony K. wrote:

I guess I could understand how the shoujo part is incorporated between Mai (the girl) and "Naru" (the guy), but they hardly ever focus on the relationship between the two. There's a little crush, but definitely not shoujo enough to be considered romance or anything like that.

Yeah, from the sound of it it really doesn't seem to be all that much Shoujo, although it seems to be rated as one anyways. From your description there, it seems to have a lot more Shounen elements to it than it does Shoujo, although I'm not sure how big a part those elements play into it in the first place.

I am so glad to see this coming to DVD and so sad its from funimation; who, for me, puts the FU in animation. I will buy this, it's a great series, I viewed it as fansub, and eagerly await the DVDs so I can own the set.

What do you mean by the "FU in Animation"?

LydiaDianne wrote:

What do you mean by the "FU in Animation"?

The poster is probably upset it's Funimation because they supposedly have really bad video quality issues with their releases. Personally, I can't see any big differences between them and other R1 and even foreign DVDs, but I'm not expert and may not be seeing everything.

The "FU in Animation" is likely a somewhat less vulger way to say that Funimation screws people on their animated releases. (Which, personally, I completely disagree with.)

That's what I was thought. It looks like s/he hasn't paid attention to Funi since their early DB days - which was when I wouldn't have touched a Funi product with a 10-foot-pole. These days...I love Funi. If it's a title that I like and Funi has it, I have no qualms about getting it whatsoever.