The series is set in the town of Suiten, located in a remote mountain region in the island of Kyuushuu, and follows three boys who have each had traumatic encounters in their childhood and learn to transfer their souls into a parallel world known as the "Kakuriyo". Kakuriyo is however undergoing a change, with its ghosts starting to appear in the real world, which is therefore also being subject to changes.


...Characters...

Tarou Komori (小森 太郎) [Seiyuu: Kenshou Ono]	Age: 14 Tarou is the main protaganist of Ghost Hound. He was kidnapped with his sister Mizuka 11 years ago(when he was 3) on September 2, 1996. His sister had died in the kidnapping. Since then, Tarou has had O.B.E.s(out-of-body-experiences) during his sleep and records what he sees in order to figure the reason for it. He seeks help from the school pyschologist. After realizing that Tarou has been visiting Kakuriyo, he wishes to see his dead sister to ask her questions. He doesn't seem to remember the face of the kidnapper[who killed his sister] and has flashbacks of a tall black figure. In the aftermath of an accident at the Komagusu family's shrine, he discovered an ability to apparently travel inside his own brain. He appears to have a crush on Miyako.
Masayuki Nakajima (中嶋 匡幸) [Seiyū: Jun Fukuyama]	Age: Not specified, possibly 14. Recently transfered to Tarou and Makoto's school from Tokyo, he tries to make friends with both due to an interest in investigating the kidnapping incident. While he was initially ignored by both, they eventually warmed up to him, with the three of them beginning to try and find the circumstances behind the kidnapping incident and the reason behind their O.B.Es. He tends to be very confident, and initially somewhat arrogant and rude. He has had a fear of heights ever since he bullied someone to suicide by jumping off the school roof, and the victim left a message on the blackboard cursing Masayuki. Masayuki unashamedly admits he ran away due to the message. He is, however, very determined to overcome this problem and tries extensively, including standing on the edge of the school roof, to cure his fear of heights. Unlike Tarou and Makoto, Masayuki an use video game weapons while in his O.B.E.s.
Makoto Ogami (大神 信) [Seiyū: Soichiro Hoshi]	Age: Not specified, possibly 14. A fairly silent, though hot-tempered boy, who avoids contact with his classmates and rarely comes to school. He is a relative of Tarou's, his family being a branch of the Komori's. He has O.B.Es like Tarou and Masayuki, and is able to produce them while playing his guitar. Makoto's family founded a religion of which his elderly grandmother, Himeko, currently serves as the central point, and who wishes that Makoto succeed her as its head, though Makoto is not interested in it. In the direct aftermath of the kidnapping of the Komori children, his father committed a bizarre suicide shortly after they were found, with the circumstances of his death being unknown. Makoto subsequently discovered his father's bloodied corpse, which resulted in a traumatic encounter for him; due to this, he wishes to find out more about the circumstances of his father's death and had initially harbored resentment towards Tarou, however he appears to have warmed up to him.
Miyako Komagusu (駒玖珠 都) [Seiyū: Akiko Yajima]	Miyako is debuted in the very first episode when Tarou is in an O.B.E. She somehow has the ability to see Tarou when he is in Kakuriyo, along with sensing when the three[Tarou, Masayuki, and Makoto] of them entered Kakuriyo for the first time. She lives at a shrine, and regularly helps her father with Exorcisms and the like. She acts rather mature for her age, often scolding the older boys for acting childish, and even scolding her father when he drink too much.
Atsushi Hirata (平田 篤司) [Seiyū: Yoshinori Fujita]	An eccentric clinical psychologist from Tokyo University, he introduces much of the series' psychological terminology, and is apparently interested in Tarou's dreams and condition. He does not believe Tarou's O.B.Es. are in any way supernatural, but are rather states of altered consciousness. He wishes to help Tarou, but also observe him as a test subject.
Reika Otori (鳳　麗華) [Seiyū: Michiko Neya]	Reika is a neurologist who treats Tarou, and prescribes medicine to his mother. She also seems to know Takahito Komagusu and is another source psychological and neurological information.
Ryōya Komori (小森 良弥) [Seiyū: Fumihiko Tachiki] Miki Komori (小森 美樹) [Seiyū: Sakiko Tamagawa]	*Tarou's father, and a famous sake brewer. He seems to have handled the incident much better then his wife. *Tarou's mother. Although her daughter Mizuka died several years before, she is still very emotionally damaged by the incident, and tends to show this with an unintended eye-twitch whenever Mizuka is mentioned. She also has admitted to taking medication, possibly to help her sleep, and also apparently cannot dream.
Kei Yakushi (瘧師 慧) [Seiyū:Mitsuki Saiga] This is not a picture of Kei, just a person who looks like her.	She is a friend of the Komori family and work for their sake business. She is put in charge of the brewery.
Takahito Komagusu (駒玖珠 孝仁) [Seiyū: Yasunori Matsumoto]	Father of Miyako. He was a lecturer at Tokyo University, where one of his students were Reika Otori. He is concerned with Miyako's psychological health, and even discusses the matter with Otori.
Himeko Ogami (大神　姫子) (Seiyū: Ikuko Tani)	Himeko is Makoto's elder grandmother who forbids him from going to his father's room after her son's suicide. She pressures Makoto into taking her place as head of the shrine.
Motoi Yazaki (矢崎　基) [Seiyū: Jin Urayama]	Motoi is a politician who was a good friend of Makoto's father. When Makoto asks him questions about his father, he refuses to answer.
Michio Hoshino (星野道男) [Seiyū: Shintarou Asanuma]	Someone bullied at school. Masayuki reveals to him about ghosts and Kakuriyo.

Ghost Hound Mode

	Masayuki in 'Ghost Mode'. From epiosde 11.
	Tarou in 'Ghost Mode' talking to Miyako(*remember, Miyako is capable of seeing him!). From episode 8.
	Tarou and Masayuki in 'Ghost Mode'. From episode 5.
	Tarou in 'GHOST HOUND Mode'. This, is why the anime series is called Ghost Hound. From episode 9.

*Ghost Mode is for when they are in their O.B.E.s...
Statistics

Genre	Horror, Supernatural
Writer	Masamune Shirow
Run	October 18, 2007
Episodes(Anime)	22
Volumes(Manga)	1
Studio	I.G. Production
Network	Japan; WOWOW

*Ghost Hound(Shinreigari) is still only aired in Japan.









Episodes

EP#1	Lucid Dream (明晰夢)
EP#2	E.M.D.R. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (眼球運動による脱感作と再処理)
EP#3	Phobia Exosure (恐怖症曝露)
EP#4	Altered States of Consciousness (変成意識)
EP#5	O.B.E. Out-of-body-experience (体外離脱体験)
EP#6	Brain Homunculus (脳の中のホムンクルス)
EP#7	L.T.P Long Term Potentiation (シナブス回路を変化させ、それを維持する能力＝人間の脳に於ける長期記憶の正体)
EP#8	Revolution of the Limbic System (脳の扁桃体を中心とする記憶・情動を司る大脳辺縁系――その革命)
EP#9	Existential Ghosts (実存主義的なる神霊)
EP#10	Affordance/T.F.T. -Thought Field Therapy (アフォーダンス【環境が生物に提供するもの】/思考場治療法)
EP#11	Syntax Error (論理的統辞論に於ける過ち／プログラム・バグ)

This is a list of the episodes and their name, and there is no description- WATCH THE ANIME YOURSELF!!!=)

Opening Theme; Poltergeist [ポルターガイスト]	Ending Theme; Call My Name ~Kazenari no Oka~[～風鳴りの丘～]

In my own opinion...
When watching the first episode, go ahead and say to yourself 'This is so boring' because for the next few episodes you just might as well. When the story progresses, you'll see how interesting the story becomes, and how much you learn in it. I like the fact that Ghost Hound, as a horror anime has such a cute style of drawing, plus, the true facts that are stated in the anime are hard to keep up with, so they expect you to know it. Animes that follow a realistic storyline and rely on true facts and theories are usually more interesting to watch- And that's exactly how this anime gets you to keep watching up until its more climactic episodes. I also like the animation, the characters' hair swings with each movement, and the quality is amazing, it's looks new!!! I suggest watching te episodes on http://www.veoh.com/