School ghosts aren't cute mascots here, they're the weight of actual deaths pressing down on empty hallways. The live-action sequences make it worse, because you're watching real places get haunted, and the animation can't soften what you're seeing. Each 15-minute story hits like a sucker punch because there's no time to brace yourself, no room to look away before it's over. The horror sticks because these are based on accounts Japanese students actually reported, which means someone lived through whatever made the ghost stay. Finding a complete copy is its own curse, but that's almost fitting for a show this genuinely unsettling.

Gakkou no Yuurei is a six-episode horror OVA from 1995 that gathers short ghost stories set in schools. Rather than telling one continuous tale, each piece stands on its own as a separate haunting. The collection blends live-action footage with animation, combining both formats across its episodes.