Gakkou no Yuurei (School Ghosts), Volume 5

No, Orphan didn't forget about this series. Real Life™ events sidelined the encoder, the timer, and others during the first quarter of 2025, but everyone's back now. So here are more ghostly doings in Japanese schools: Gakkou no Yuurei (School Ghosts), volume five, with five segments, both animated and live action.

The segments in this volume are:

1. "Transfer Student" (animated). The new transfer student is very pretty but more than a bit odd...
   
   
   
   
   
2. "Ghost on the Railroad Tracks" (animated). A train crossing gate haunted by multiple fatal accidents exerts an inexplicable pull on a girl in a nearby house.
   
   
   
   
   
3. "False Psychic Abilities" (live action). A schoolgirl lies about possessing psychic abilities in order to impress her friends, but during a test of courage, she suddenly discovers her true capabilities.
   
   
   
   
   
4. "Cat's Grudge" (animated). Never, ever treat a cat disrespectfully or cruelly.
   
   
   
   
   
5. "Print Fantasy" (live action). A broken photo printing arcade game suddenly comes to life, fulfilling a schoolgirl's romantic dreams.

The last segment, "Print Fantasy," reminds me of the 1988 movie Big, where a broken fortune-telling machine makes a small boy's wish come true.

The voice actors in the animated segments include:

• Fukami Rika played Spoor in the Crest of the Stars franchise, Myung Fang in Macross Plus, and Sailor Venus in the Sailor Moon franchise. She appeared in Raiyantsuuri no Uta, Tobira o Akete, Majo demo Steady, and Ear of the Golden Dragon, all Orphan releases.
• Kida Ayumi played Julian in Cybersix, Kiriomi in Yamato Takeru, and Mamoru in Ultra Nyan: Hoshizora kara Maiorita Fushigi Neko, an Orphan release.
• Takimoto Fujiko played the title role in Bad Badtz-Maru, Hideyoshi in Buzzer Beater, Fujisaki Suguru in Gravitation, Chihiro in Kujibiki Unbalance, Seiko in Lovely Complex, Misato Suguru in Mahoromatic, Yuu in Noein, and Million in Sorcerer on the Rocks.
• Araki Kae played lead roles in all the Sailor Moon properties, Yuki Miaka in the Fushigi Yuugi franchise, and Ann, the female lead, in Juliet. She alsoplayed Marceau, Yawara's unexpected challenger, in Yawara! The Atlanta Special, and Rena in Alice in Cyberland, episode 2, an Orphan release.
• Furusawa Tooru played the title role in Brave Police J-Decker, Nakago in Fushigi Yuugi, and Michale Howard in Speed Racer. He also appeared in Bronze: Zetsuai Since 1989, an Orphan release.
• Uchikawa Ai played D in Dual Parallel Trouble Adventure, Kana in Hamtaro, Mahoko in Kakyuusei 1999, Elanore in Madlax, and Marimo in Hi no Tori TV.
• Kikuchi Izumi played Azumi in Dokyuusei 2 Special: Sotsugyousei, an Orphan release.
• Nagashima Yuko appeared in Kiss wa Me ni Shita, Megami Paradise, Pops (all Orphan releases), Rizelmine, S-CRY-ed, and Saint Tail.
• Chafurin played the title role in Barbapapa Around the World, Inspector Megure in the Detective Conan franchise, Scotch Jii-san in the Hello Kitty franchise, Isono in Sazae-san (since 2014), and Kamoda in Yawara! He also appeared in B.B. Fish, Coluboccoro (2019), Jikuu Bouken Nuumamonjaa, Yamato 2520, Ohoshi-sama no Rail, the Sanada 10 Special, and Izumo (1991), all Orphan releases.

The director, Koizumi Kenzou, also directed Yamato series 2 and 3, Choujin Locke, and Eien no Filena, an Orphan release.

The staff is the same as for volume 4. Perevodildo translated and did initial timing. ninjacloud fine-timed. I edited and typeset. Nemesis and Topper3000 QCed. Our caffeinated encoder went under the pseudonym of "Latte Macchiatto" this time.

So here's volume 5 of Gakkou no Yuurei. Nothing really new or groundbreaking, but that's to be expected in an established franchise. You can get this release from the usual torrent site or from IRC bot Orphan|Arutha in channels #nibl or #news in irc.rizon.net.