Alternative titles: English: Scary High School RumorsSynonyms: Here Comes Hanako, Scary Stories Of Your School: Here Comes Hanako, Phantom Of The ToiletJapanese: 学校のコワイうわさ 花子さんがきた！！
Type: TV
Episodes: 35
Status: Finished airing
Airdate: 15 Aug, 1994 to 29 Dec, 1995
Genres: Horror
Duration: 00:10:00 per episode
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 and older
This direct-to-video series ran for 10 episodes. Based on the short story "Ghost Toilet" from Toru Tsunemitsu's urban myth collection "School Ghost Stories." This was adapted into the children's book "Hanako in the Toilet: Scary Stories of Your School" (1993). Several artists then adapted this into the "Here Comes Hanako" manga; most of them also wrote the anime version, which was aired as a segment of the TV series "Ponkikki Kids." Episodes, introduced by Hanako, included "The Haunted Cinema" and "The Cursed Promise Ring." A 50-minute anime movie, "Hanako of the Toilet" (1996), starred Hanako and was directed by Akitaro Daichi.A live-action film of the same name, directed by Joji Matsuoka, also appeared in 1996. "New Hanako" (1998) another live-action film, introduced the character of a homeless pervert. Parodies of the Hanako story appeared in "Haunted Junction," in which Kazuo wants to collect "all the Hanakos" from every Japanese school; "Dirty Pair Flash," which depicts a Hanako hologram; and "Hell Teacher Nube," depicting a more conventional ghost of Hanako.
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