Ghost hunt

The action takes place in a small provincial village of Suiten in the Kyushu region. The main feature of this area is that in ancient times the local mountains were places of worship of the gods and therefore it is very saturated with supernatural power and is replete with local spirits. The main character of the Tarot suddenly discovers in himself the ability during sleep to leave his body in the form of a spirit and travel freely in space. The same abilities are discovered in classmates of the Tarot - Makoto and Masayuki. Gathered together, at night, in the form of perfumes, they go to various abandoned corners of the area. Taro seeks to see his dead sister again in the form of a spirit, Makoto tries to find out the true cause of his father’s death, and Masayuki seeks to find out what his father does in the laboratory.

Protagonists

Taro Komori ( Jap. 古森 太郎 Komori Taro:) - The main character. A boy suffering from narcolepsy due to terrible events that happened 11 years ago. The attacker kidnapped Taro and his older sister and kept them in an abandoned hospital tied to beds without water and food for several days. Taro's sister died before his eyes. After that, the guy throughout his life suffered from terrible visions and dreams, where he always saw his dying sister, without remembering her face and last words. The tarot is able to release its spirit during sleep and travel in space. At first he did this not consciously. But later he began to regularly “go out of the body” with his classmates. At first, in the form of a spirit, he looked like an embryo, but later managed to take on a human form. In the form of spirit is able to see the rest of the spirits. Believes that this will help him find his sister. Later, however, she decides that Miyako is the sister's reincarnation, which offends her greatly. After all the events, the visions of the deceased sister ceased to haunt him.

Seiyu : Kensho Ono

Makoto Ogami ( Jap. 大 神 信 O: Gami Makoto ) - Tarot classmate. Antisocial and rude teenager who skips school all the time and prefers to play the guitar in his room alone. According to him, the reason lies in the fact that his mother hit little Makoto on the head. His clan is an offshoot of the Komori clan and is in a hostile relationship with him. Also, the Makoto family once formed a new religion led by the priestesses of Himeko, who, by coincidence, were the grandmothers of Makoto. Seeks to learn the truth about the death of his father, which is associated with an abandoned hospital, where he was imprisoned little Tarot with his sister. After his father visited the building with friends, he later committed suicide. Makoto is sure that some otherworldly forces imprisoned in the ruins of the hospital are to blame. As he continues to leave the body, after some time he learns to take on the form of a wolf. He hates his mother because she left her son after the death of her father, but when she tried to commit suicide and cut her veins, Makoto saved her. Later, she confesses to him that the attacker abducted him precisely 11 years ago, but thanks to his grandmother's connections, Makoto was safely taken away by offering the children of the Komori clan instead of him. After that, Makoto's father committed suicide, and his mother could not bear what she knew and ran away from Ogami's house, leaving her son. As the plot develops, Makoto ceases to lead a lonely lifestyle and begins to communicate with Taro and Masayuki. Taro's father later gives Makoto a guitar that used to belong to his father. At the end of the story, in a waking state, she can release her spirit in the form of a huge wolf.

Seiyu : Soichiro Hoshi

Masayuki Nakajima ( Japanese: 中 嶋 匡 幸 Nakajima Masayuki ) - A new classmate of the Tarot who comes from Tokyo. He is the initiator of the idea to visit an abandoned hospital with Taro and Makoto. Suffers from acrophobia , as in front of his eyes a schoolboy jumped from the top floor to death. In order to overcome his fear, he plays the game through virtual glasses, where you need to fly and shoot at enemies. In the image of the spirit, his fear of heights disappears. Masyuki’s father works in the laboratory and the young man, having decided to observe his father in a spirit, learns that he cheats on his wife and participates in the development of some bioids. Mother Masayuki is playing Tetris on TV all the time. For a while, Masayuki watched a classmate who was mocked by other guys, but once decided to intercede for him, and for a while became the new scapegoat. However, when one of the hooligans saw him in the form of a spirit, they began to fear him.

Seiyu : Jun Fukuyama

Miyako Komagusu ( 駒 玖 珠 都 Komagusu Miyako ) - A girl from the lower grades who is able to see spirits, including the main characters, when they leave their bodies. She lives with her father in a temple on a mountain. Despite her age, she is very calm and serious, she often scolds the main characters because of their behavior and makes sure that her father is not addicted to alcohol. Due to the fact that she can see spirits and even feel the death of people, classmates begin to ignore and fear her. It is noteworthy that Miyako is very similar to the late Taro sister and was born around the time his sister died. Consequently, Taro decided that Miyako was the reincarnation of his sister. However, she burst into tears in response, claiming that she wants to be herself. After her father goes to the hospital, she is forced to become the new priestess of the Ogami clan, but later Taro and her friends save her.

Seiyu : Akiko Yajima

Minor Characters

Takahito Komagusu ( 駒 玖 珠 孝 仁 Komagusu Takahito ) - Father Miyako and the owner of the temple. He once lectured as an assistant at the University of Tokyo, where Reiki Otori was his student. He was once a friend of Makoto's father and visited an abandoned hospital with him. Fell down the stairs and was hospitalized. At the end of the story, he helped the main characters save Miyako.

Seiyu : Yasunori Matsumoto

Atsushi Hirata ( Jap. 平 田 篤 司 Hirata Atsushi ) - The new psychologist Taro, who nails from Tokyo. He conducts daily practices with the tarot and explains many psychological definitions and terminologies. At first, he does not believe in the existence of the supernatural and explains the visions of the Tarot as nothing more than features of psychic deviations. However, once he listened to the tarot recordings, he suddenly transferred from the scene where he sees the dying sister of tarot. And then she sees her again at school. After these events, he decides to study his brain. At the end of the story, Taro admits that his main goal was to study his brain. In his opinion, Tarot has unique features, but did not reveal any deviations. Atsushi also helps mother Taro, who after the death of her daughter was always in a state of stress, but after an interview with him, she acquires peace of mind.

Seiyu : Yoshinori Fujita

Reika Otori ( 鳳 麗華 O: Tori Reika ) is a neuropathologist who works in a local laboratory and regularly prescribes medications for her mother. Together with Atsushi studied the brain of Tarot. He takes part in the development of bioids. When Masayuki in the form of a spirit followed her and her father in the laboratory, she seemed to sense his presence and guessed that it was Masayuki. Since he already knew enough already, she decided to reveal to her her true purpose of being in the laboratory. At the end of the story, the protagonists help save Miyako.

Seiyu : Michiko Neya

Michio Hoshino ( 星野 道 男 Hoshino Michio ) is a classmate of Masayuki and Makoto. Appears in the middle of the series. Initially, classmates abused him all the time, but later Masayuki decided to defend Michio. After these events, Michio decides to follow the title characters and they ironically talk about their out-of-body experience. He, however, believes them and soon he too begins to free himself from the body. Later, in the guise of a spirit, he protects the spirits of deceased bioids from enraged spirits and helps to save Miyako.

Seiyu : Shintaro Asanuma

Himeko Ogami ( Jap. 大 神 姫 子 O: gami Himeko ) - Head of the Ogami family, priestess and grandmother Makoto. In her youth she was a very beautiful woman, her beauty, according to those around her, was inherited by her son, as well as her grandson - Makoto. After the incident 11 years ago, she decides to make her son Hideo (Makoto's father) the new spiritual leader of the clan, but he commits suicide. Later, Himeko categorically denies that her son’s death is related to her, and forbids Makoto from entering his room. Makoto himself hates his grandmother and calls her an old witch. Once after the Second World War, Himeko was a very beautiful, domineering woman, and possessed tremendous power. So among her subordinates were influential politicians of that time. Dying of an attack, it is noteworthy that at that moment Makoto wished her dead.

Seiyu : Ikuko Tani

Anime

The anime series was created by Production IG . The script for the series was written by Masamune Shiro , known for creating the Ghost in the Shell manga ^{[3] [4]} . At the same time, he began working on the script and character design of the mangaka back in 1987 ^[5] . The series was first presented at the Tokyo International Anime Exhibition in 2007 ^[3] . Many authors are known for working on other well-known anime series: Anime Director Ryutaro Nakamura ( Lane Experiments , Kino's Journey ); scriptwriter - Chiaki Konaka ( Lane , Texhnolyze , The Big O experiments ), character and animation designer - Mariko Oka ( Hell Girl ) and art director - Hiromas Ogura ( Spirit of Wonder , Jin-Roh , Ghost in the Shell ). The series began broadcasting in Japan on WOWOW on October 18, 2007 , at 23:30 local time ^[3] . The anime was licensed by Sentai Filmworks for screening in the United States . The first part of the series was released on October 20, 2009 , the second part - December 15, 2009 ^[6] .

Series List

Music

The musical accompaniment is the responsibility of composer Kitazato Reiji .

Starting topic:

“Call My Name ~ Kazenari no Oka” - performed by Yucca

The final topic:

"Poltergeist" - performed by Kojima Mayumi

All music is written by Kitazato Reiji.

Manga

Based on the anime series, a manga was released, authored by Masanume Shiro with illustrations by Kanata Asahi. The manga was published in Comic Blade ^[7] . A total of 2 volumes of manga.

Game

Also on July 31, 2008, based on an anime company 5pb released the eponymous video game ^[8] .

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