What is Ghost anime?

In traditional belief, a ghost is the soul or spirit of a deceased person or animal that can appear, in visible form or other manifestation, to the living. Descriptions of the apparition of ghosts vary widely: The mode of manifestation can range from an invisible presence to translucent or wispy shapes, to realistic, life-like visions.

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Hakaba Kitarou

(Graveyard Kitaro)

6.84

Description:

Kitarou is a youkai boy born in a cemetery, and aside from his mostly-decayed father, the last living member of the Ghost tribe. He is missing his left eye, but his hair usually covers the empty socket. He fights for peace between humans and youkai, which generally involves protecting the former from the wiles of the latter. This version of the Kitarou story is based on the original Hakaba Kitarou manga, the manga which inspired the popular Gegege no Kitarou series in the late 60's. (Source: Wikipedia)
Type

TV

Episodes

11

Ep.Length

25 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2008-01-11

Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai.: Menma e no Tegami

(AnoHana Picture Drama, We Still Don't Know the Name of the Flower We Saw That Day.: Letter to Menma)

7.02

Description:

Special Picture Drama episode included on the Anohana Fes. Memorial DVD/Blu-ray Box
Type

special

Episodes

1

Ep.Length

12 Min

Status

finished

Aired

2012-02-22

Houkago Shounen Hanako-kun

(After-school Hanako-kun)

7.32

Description:

The ghostly Hanako-kun and his mortal assistant, Nene Yashiro, usually have their hands full resolving various supernatural incidents in Kamome Academy, but how do they spend their time when they get a break from all that? (Source: Yen Press)
Type

TV

Episodes

4

Ep.Length

10 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or Older

Status

finished

Aired

2023-10-11

Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun 2nd Season

(Toilet-bound Hanako-kun Season 2)

0

Description:

The second season of Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun.
Type

TV

Rating

Teens 13 or Older

Status

upcoming

Aired

2025-01-31

Kami Kuzu☆Idol

(Phantom of the Idol)

6.91

Description:

Yuuya, one half of the boy pop duo ZINGS, may be the laziest performer in the Japanese music industry. His partner is out there giving 110% every night (and, thankfully, he’s quite popular), but Yuuya’s half-assed, sloppy dancing, and his frankly hostile attitude toward the audience, has the fans hating him and his agent looking for any excuse to cut him loose. The career of a pop idol just isn’t the path of easy leisure and adulation Yuuya expected… After a particularly lifeless concert appearance, Yuuya meets a girl backstage. She’s dressed to the nines in a colorful outfit, she’s full of vim and vigor, and all she wants from life is to perform. There’s just one problem: She’s been dead for a year. This is the ghost of Asahi Mogami, the beloved singer whose time on the stage was tragically cut short, unless… If ghosts are real, is spirit possession really that much of a stretch? (Source: Kodansha USA)
Type

TV

Episodes

10

Ep.Length

24 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or Older

Status

finished

Aired

2022-07-02

Trese

(Trese)

6.88

Description:

"When the sun sets in the city of Manila, don’t you dare make a wrong turn and end up in that dimly-lit side of the metro, where aswang run the most-wanted kidnapping rings, where kapre are the kingpins of crime, and engkantos slip through the cracks and steal your most precious possessions. When crime takes a turn for the weird, the police call Alexandra Trese. (Source: Wikipedia)
Type

ONA

Episodes

6

Ep.Length

30 Min

Status

finished

Aired

2021-06-10

Yakusoku no Nanaya Matsuri

(Starlight Promises)

6.98

Description:

Shoma Mihara is a first-year high school student. Shoma hasn't seen his good friend Atsushi in 3.5 years, ever since they lost contact with each other after elementary school. One day, Atsushi gets in contact with Shoma to invite him to a rare festival, so they can meet up and talk. Shoma goes to the "Tanabata Seven Night Festival" deep in the mountains, but Atsushi is not there. Instead, a girl named Shiori who also has a person she wants to meet is there. The festival's program manager Kanna suggests that he stay until the festival is over, and so Shoma and Shiori help Kanna prepare for the festival. Shoma and Shiori then get wrapped up in some strange events happening in the town. (Source: ANN)
Type

ONA

Episodes

1

Ep.Length

61 Min

Rating

Status

finished

Aired

2018-08-03

Kirara

6.48

Description:

Twenty-four-year-old Kirara is on her way to her wedding when she is killed in a car accident. However her love for her fiance is so strong that she is permitted to return to earth as a ghost to see him. But she is sent back 8 years in time, to when she and her fiancé first met. However her own meddling in the past may make her 16 year-old-self turn away from her would-be fiance.
Type

OVA

Episodes

1

Ep.Length

39 Min

Rating

Mild Nudity

Status

finished

Aired

2000-09-21

Zashiki Warashi no Tatami-chan

(The House Spirit Tatami-chan)

5.58

Description:

Tatami-chan is a sardonic ghost from Iwate Prefecture who is now living in Tokyo among other spirits, supernatural entities, and humans. In addition to dealing with otherworldly matters, the unemployed Tatami-chan has to deal with job-hunting as well as paying for gas, water, and electricity. (Source: ANN)
Type

ONA

Episodes

12

Ep.Length

4 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2020-04-10

Mutant Turtles: Choujin Densetsu-hen

5.53

Description:

When the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles acquire Mutastones from Crys-Mu, the spirit of light, they acquire the ability to enhance themselves into Super Turtles for a duration of three minutes. Meanwhile, the evil Shredder and his minions Bebop and Rocksteady stumble upon the Dark Mutastone, which transforms them into Devil Shredder, Supermutant Bebop and Supermutant Rocksteady, respectively. But the Turtles have one more trick up their shells: all four of them can combine into their ultimate form—Turtle Saint. (Source: ANN)
Type

OVA

Episodes

2

Ep.Length

28 Min

Rating

Children

Status

finished

Aired

1996-05-21

Tonari no Yōkai-san

7.38

Description:

Welcome to Fuchigamori, the cozy town where supernatural beings are your friendly neighbors. For generations and to this day, the otherworldly Yokai and humans have continued to protect their easygoing way of life. Enjoy the mountain breeze and uncover the mysterious bonds that lie within. (Source: Crunchyroll)
Type

TV

Episodes

13

Ep.Length

24 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or Older

Status

finished

Aired

2024-04-06

Iron Virgin Jun

(Iron Virgin Jun)

5.32

Description:

In the Asuka family, nothing is more important than family tradition. For their lovely young daughter Jun, it means she must get married on her 18th birthday. Although poor little virgin Jun is not above kickin' butt, she just can't stand the thought of marrying someone she doesn't love. Her mother sends out a gang of bloodthirsty goons to drag her to the altar, but Jun would rather beat a hundred suitors into one big bloody mess than get married on her mother's terms, and she's about to prove it. (Source: AniDB)
Type

OVA

Episodes

1

Ep.Length

46 Min

Rating

17+ (violence & profanity)

Status

finished

Aired

1992-07-21

Dungeon Meshi 2nd Season

(Delicious in Dungeon Season 2)

0

Description:

The second season of Dungeon Meshi.
Type

TV

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

tba

Youkai Watch: Shadow Side

7.36

Description:

Keisuke is a fifth grader who does not believe in ghosts, UFOs, or even youkai. Lately, he has noticed that Natsume has been coming home late, and one day decides to tail her. When he discovers that Natsume goes to a youkai detective agency, Natsume is forced to involve Keisuke in her activities. (Source: ANN)
Type

TV

Episodes

49

Ep.Length

23 Min

Rating

All Ages

Status

finished

Aired

2018-04-13

Hengen Taima Yakou Karura Mau! Nara Onryou Emaki

(Karura Mau Movie)

6.62

Description:

Shoko and Maiko Ougi are apparently two ordinary schoolgirls in pursuit of graduating and having fun. Shii-chan is the more serious while Mai-chan is more fun-loving. In reality, the two sisters are powerful exorcists from the Karura temple. Each wields half the power...Shii-chan can "see" the spirits, and Mai-chan can banish them. This is the movie adaptation of a spooky series with heavy emphasis on traditionally Japanese occult themes. (Source: AnimeNfo's Karura Mau OVA description; modified)
Type

movie

Episodes

1

Ep.Length

78 Min

Rating

17+ (violence & profanity)

Status

finished

Aired

1989-04-08

Gisoku no Moses

7.47

Description:

A ghost girl finds a pair of enchanted tap shoes. (Source: AniDB)
Type

ONA

Episodes

1

Ep.Length

3 Min

Rating

All Ages

Status

finished

Aired

2013-09-15

Youkai Watch! (2019)

7.04

Description:

A new season of Youkai Watch focusing on elementary schooler Keita Amano again. The events take place right after the original season; but still chronologically occur before the now complete Shadow Side events as they take place 30 years in the future. (Source: MyAnimeList)
Type

TV

Episodes

36

Ep.Length

24 Min

Rating

All Ages

Status

finished

Aired

2019-04-05

Houkago Shounen Hanako-kun 2

7.42

Description:

Second part of Houkago Shounen Hanako-kun.
Type

TV

Episodes

4

Status

current

Aired

2024-10-07

Kyoufu Shinbun (2014)

(Horror News)

6.36

Description:

Rei Kigata is a first year middle schooler at Ishido Middle School. He is not a believer of any paranormal phenomena such as existence of ghosts or spirits in any kind, but one day at midnight, while he is sleeping, a mysterious newspaper called "Horror News" is delivered to his room. The newspaper tells a story in which one of his teachers at the school will get killed in a car accident the following morning and Kigata will be a witness of the accident. The story turns into a fact in the following day and since then, the mysterious newspaper is delivered everyday. He realizes he is haunted by this newspaper and that his life span would be shortened in 100 days every time he reads it. (Source: Crunchyroll, edited)
Type

ONA

Episodes

16

Ep.Length

10 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2014-04-28

Obake no Dokurou

(Dokuro the Ghost)

6.27

Description:

Back alley of candy shop which everybody has called it "Alley of ghosts". Gacharico the Ghost lives there, but it's a secret that only little Miku, from the family candy shop, knows. The content of the capsules appear to be ordinary toys, but inside Gacharico the Ghost, live an abundant of other ghosts, each with their own personality. Even today, the ghosts are using all their powers to try to inspire awe and feelings in the children around them. (Source: Official website)
Type

ONA

Episodes

1

Ep.Length

11 Min

Rating

All Ages

Status

finished

Aired

2015-03-04

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