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Ghost Hound

Ghost Hound
★ 7.5/10•2007•25m•TV-14•Animation•Drama•Mystery
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In an isolated region of Kyushu lies the town of Suiten. Though seeming small and modest, Suiten is not a picturesque place for a vacation, unless it is from the “Unseen World”. Taro, Makoto and Masayuki, three boys with traumatic pasts, learn to let their souls cross between the two parallel worlds. However, the Unseen World is no mere copy of the real Apparent World. The Unseen World is the home of ghosts, but changes are now allowing the souls of the dead to pass over into the Apparent World, with unpredictable effects. Follow the journey of Taro, Makoto and Masayuki, as they cross between the two worlds, trying to unravel a great mystery.

StatusEnded
Runtime25m
LanguageJA
First Air DateOct 18, 2007

Episodes

Episode 1 - Lucid DreamE125m

Lucid Dream

Tarou is having his usual dream of him flying around and then ends up in a room where he sees his sister, who doesn’t wake up, however his dream ended when a girl spots him. It’s the start of a new school term and there are more transfer students, with one very peculiar one, Masayuki Nakajima. Tarou ends up falling asleep in class and this time he begins to remember more of his traumatic experience, 11 years ago.

Oct 18, 2007

Episode 2 - E.M.D.R. Eye Movement Desensitization and ReprocessingE225m

E.M.D.R. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing

At school, Tarou is again approached by the new transfer student, Masayuki, when blunt asks him about his traumatic past. Masayuki then begins to dig into the events that occurred 11 years ago, when Tarou and his younger sister was kidnapped, meanwhile Tarou goes to check the shrine he saw in his dream but there something odd about it.

Oct 25, 2007

Episode 3 - Phobia ExposureE325m

Phobia Exposure

Tarou is hanging out at Masayuki’s house, when Masayuki reveals to him that he has acrophobia (a fear of heights). Masayuki suggest to Tarou that he should go to the source of his fears, to expose himself to his phobia. Even after being told it is a bad idea, by his counsellor, Tarou still decides to go but Masayuki seems to have invited someone else.

Nov 1, 2007

Episode 4 - Altered States of ConsciousnessE425m

Altered States of Consciousness

Tarou, Masayuki and Makoto are all at the Kameiwa Village abandoned hospital, to check out the place, for various reasons. The gang explore the place, in search of the cursed chamber and the place where Tarou was held and it isn’t long before strange things start occurring.

Nov 8, 2007

Episode 5 - O.B.E. Out of Body ExperienceE525m

O.B.E. Out of Body Experience

Following their out-of-body experience at the abandoned hospital, the three have been continuing on with their daily lives, as normal. Tarou’s counselor decides to visit his home, to meet his parents where he notices something weird about his mother. Later the guys have another out-of-body experience, into the unseen world.

Nov 15, 2007

Episode 6 - Brain HomunculusE625m

Brain Homunculus

During their journey into the unseen world, Tarou and Masayuki stumble across a strange man who’s able to see them. The next day Makoto goes through his late father’s belongings and Masayuki tries to expose himself to his greatest fear. While Tarou goes through the mountain in search of the same man he met the previous night.

Nov 22, 2007

Episode 7 - L.T.P. - Long Term PotentiationE725m

L.T.P. - Long Term Potentiation

After returning to his body, Tarou has an accident and is rushed to the hospital and Tarou has another experience but it is different to his usual OBE. Masayuki later visit Tarou in hospital and they are joined by both Dr. Atsushi and Dr. Reika and they discuss various topics.

Nov 29, 2007

Episode 8 - Revolution of Limbic SystemE825m

Revolution of Limbic System

Hirata goes over all he has found out about his patient Tourou. Then Tourou has another OBE where he see's strange creatures, he later on tells Hirata. But Hirata's conclusion is that they are things he is recalling from a book. But then as he is waiting for a taxi, something wierd happens to him. What could be? And could this change his opinion and conclusion about Tarou?

Dec 6, 2007

Episode 9 - Existential GhostsE925m

Existential Ghosts

At the place where Tourou was kidnapped some kids were cursed, they believe it was the man who kidnapped Tourou, they go and try to stop him but he put's up a fight, and Tourou changes into a wierd creature. Will they win against this ghost? What will happen to Tourou?

Dec 13, 2007

Episode 10 - Affordance/T.F.T. -Thought Field Therapy-E1025m

Affordance/T.F.T. -Thought Field Therapy-

In 2003, the phsycologists of Hertfordshire University, including Richard Wiseman assembled people in the concert hall in London. They had them listen to contemporary music, and meanwhile, they also played an etremely low-frequency noise using a seven-meter-long pipe. As a result, twenty-two percent of the audience reported that they experienced a strange feeling. Wiseman suggested that ghosts are hallucinations caused by such low-frequency noises. Can this theory be true?

Dec 20, 2007

Episode 11 - Syntax ErrorE1125m

Syntax Error

If, for example, a region contained a river and lands rich in nutrients, the region would afford good conditions for people to live. The concept of affordance says that an individual, by using his intuition, can find something that he wishes to acquire, but what kind of affordance is offered by the current world?

Jan 10, 2008

Episode 12 - Homeostasis SynchronizationE1225m

Homeostasis Synchronization

Miyako's dad is called to Miyako's school. Later, he meets and starts consulting with Hirata about Miyako. Hirata is starting to suspect that the area has something to do with the supernatural occurrences. Meanwhile Tarō sees Miyako being possessed first hand.

Jan 24, 2008

Episode 13 - For the Snark was a Boojum, you see.E1325m

For the Snark was a Boojum, you see.

Tarō had a long OBE sequence where he sees Miyako in bed with fever and meets Snark in the Unseen World. He goes with Masayuki, Makoto and Michio to her house. When he mentions what Miyako said in her possessed state, her dad becomes afraid and tells them to leave. At the bottom of the shrine steps is Makoto's grandmother's handmaiden.

Jan 31, 2008

Episode 14 - Emergence MatrixE1425m

Emergence Matrix

Miyako's dad takes her to Hirata for therapy and Miyako goes into her possessed state. On the way back to the shrine, the 4 boys, Miyako and her dad meet the Makoto's grandmother's handmaiden. She grabs Miyako and says that Miyako is the next miko. Miyako goes into a trance again and Makoto getting angry curses his grandmother. He runs back to his house and finds the grandmother dead.

Feb 7, 2008

Episode 15 - Toward an Abandoned CityE1525m

Toward an Abandoned City

Makoto and Tarō go to Kurata city for various reasons. They visit Kei's house and Tarō apologizes to Kei for messing up the yeast brewery process. Masayuki and Michio catch Suzuki the reporter whose been snooping around. He was sent to investigate the bio research facility for industry leaks. While listening to Tarō's recorded dreams, Hirata goes through Tarō's experience in the hospital.

Feb 14, 2008

Episode 16 - Hopeful MonsterE1625m

Hopeful Monster

At Kurata, Makoto and Tarō meet Makoto's mother and he failed at killing her. Tarō recognizes Makoto's mother's lover, Masato, as Snark. Meanwhile, Masayuki discovers spirits in the biotech research facility in an OBE. He sees his dad speaking with Reika about his research but then he's attacked by some spirit monsters called "hopeful monsters" by Reika's lab tech.

Feb 21, 2008

Episode 17 - Implicate OrderE1725m

Implicate Order

The mountain wanderer, Saruta, notices that the spirits are afraid of something. He warns the shrine priest that there people out for Miyako's powers. Taro tells Miyako that he thinks that she is the reincarnation of his sister which really upsets her. Makoto still hasn't come back yet. Suzuki notices there is a suspicious group of men around the Ogami household.

Feb 28, 2008

Episode 18 - Holographic ParadigmE1825m

Holographic Paradigm

Suzuki talks with his superior about the links with the Ogami religious group, child kidnappings, illegal organ donations with the biotech facility. Miyako meets the handmaiden and her dad was found bleeding on the shrine steps. The truth about Makoto's father's death and Tarō's kidnapping comes to light.

Mar 6, 2008

Episode 19 - NegentropyE1925m

Negentropy

Makoto rescued his mom from the fire but her lover, Masato, died. She had just woken up from a coma but her memory has regressed. Miyako's father is in the ICU but she didn't recognize Masayuki and Tarō. Kei reminisces about Masato and how she loved him from afar. Makoto reconciled with his mother.

Mar 13, 2008

Episode 20 - Shaman's DistrictE2025m

Shaman's District

The Ogami religious group is allowed to have care of Miyako. Biotech research has been published ahead in other countries ahead of Masayuki's dad's research. Makoto talk with Suzuki and find links with the Ogami group with an underground group. Tarō goes to the Unseen World to find Miyako's dad. Reika's tech made mutants using Masayuki's dad's research and released them in the dam. People are coming down from the mountain to the Ogami house.

Mar 20, 2008

Episode 21 - Stochastic ResonanceE2125m

Stochastic Resonance

Makoto is staying at Tarō's house and his dad gave Makoto the guitar that was originally Makoto's dad's. Miyako's dad wakes up but he was threatened. Hirata and Reika Senseis meet up with the 4 kids, investigator Suzuki and Saruta at the shrine. Tarō vows to save Miyako.

Mar 27, 2008

Episode 22 - PassageE2225m

Passage

Makoto and Masayuki help devise a plan to allow Taro to enter the shrine where Miyako is being held as the leader of the Ogami religious group. Only women and girls are allowed to enter, so the boys plan on dressing Taro up as a young female so that he may enter and rescue Miyako. Hirata and Reika also assist in carrying out the plan.

Apr 3, 2008

Actors

Kensho Ono

Kensho Ono

Tarō Komori (voice)

Akiko Yajima

Akiko Yajima

Miyako Komagusu (voice)

Jun Fukuyama

Jun Fukuyama

Masayuki Nakajima (voice)

Soichiro Hoshi

Soichiro Hoshi

Makoto Ōgami (voice)

Yasunori Matsumoto

Yasunori Matsumoto

Takahito Komagusa (voice)

Fumihiko Tachiki

Fumihiko Tachiki

Ryōya Komori (voice)

Sakiko Tamagawa

Sakiko Tamagawa

Miki Komori (voice)

Keisuke Oda

Keisuke Oda

Atsushi Hirata (voice)

Show Hayami

Show Hayami

Masato Kaibara (voice)

Mitsuki Saiga

Mitsuki Saiga

Kei Yakushi (voice)

Toru Okawa

Toru Okawa

Yasuhiro Nakajima (voice)

Michiko Neya

Michiko Neya

Reika Ōtori (voice)

Shintaro Asanuma

Shintaro Asanuma

Michio Hoshino (voice)

Ikuko Tani

Ikuko Tani

Himeko Ōgami (voice)

Jin Urayama

Jin Urayama

Motoi Yazaki (voice)

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