Introduction
Out of millions of companies in Japan, only one is registered as a "Ghost Corporation." Although they barely make enough money to keep their lights on, the Yuugen Company is the only force protecting Tokyo from vampires, curses, and all forms of specters. Led by the competent but brash Ayaka Kisaragi, the Yuugen Company will take on any job to keep their business running for another day.
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Audience reviews
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unwanted_hair
Scouring the youtube for older anime, finding anything done by the great Madhouse studios will grab my interest by default. This OVA does not disappoint on the animation front. A character running around a corner to catch an elevator just looks a little *too* good and I'm not complaining. There's probably some vaporwave .gifs to be found in here.
What drags "Phantom Quest Corp." down is the writing, the mid stories, the generic dialogue, and the corny villains. The side characters have little to no impact on the story other than to remind the main character she owes them money. There's enough fan service for people who like that kind of thing. I sometimes do... especially when there's not much else going on.
So yeah.. kind of a popcorn OVA with a bit of nice sakuga and a hot leading lady…
Read at the sourceSgtSalamander
This is a wild, funny OVA that manages to pack one hell of a punch in just 4 episodes. Richly animated, cleverly written, and wreathed with a world of magic and monsters in the heart of Tokyo, I'd say that Phantom Quest Corp is one of the quintessential 90s anime, even if it feels more like a high-production 80s anime. Then, to add to all of this, it is surrounded by weird random facts and quirks, like how the woman who sings the intro theme and voices the main character, Rica Matsumoto, would soon go on to be the VA for Ash Ketchum, or how according to the special extra episode 'File 00', they got the actual real-life 49th Priest of Enkozen Temple, Mudo Oda, to do some kind of voice work on the OVA as well. Beginning with the story, it's a simple yet effective formula that is highly episo…
Read at the sourcecloudfluff
To me this is a top tier show.
The characters are fun and well written, the english dub is solid even though I usually don't like dubs, the opening and ending themes slap, and the plot is fun and camp. I always enjoy a femal main character who has himbo energy like this. Honestly, all the characters have himbo energy. The animation is fun and bouncy, and the outfits are great. the ridiculousness of whats going on with no explanation suspends the viewers disbelief enough that you'll go along with whatever. All in all, purely for the entertainment factor when combined with a solid 8 in all other fields, I give this a ten.
Read at the sourceSidewinder51
Rate a 6
English Dubbed
Genres in order of percentage of appearance: Light Comedy.Action and Romance
Story
-The introduction song is a bit off putting. Starts out slow, then comes upbeat and finished slow. In a way it describes the timeline of the show but doesn't really work. When you listen to it you will find it ends just fine on the last upbeat note. Even has a nice final picture at that point to go with it. While the reaming slow portion of the introduction song and art is entertaining and nicely done just isn't needed.
- Introduction to the show makes sense. It is the same general type you would see on most action tv shows. Such as Csi or Law and order. Where the camera focuses on the event in the surrounding area that will end up building into a long nights work so to phrase. Whil…
Read at the sourceVoivodian
Ridiculously cute comedy horror anime that draws equally from classic western horror and more exotic Japanese/Asian Mysticism. Its plays out much like a Ghostbusters in Japan with detective elements.
Story: How did the intro narration go like? Of all the registered businesses in Japan; only one is categorised as 'supernatural' - something like that! Its been several months at the time of writing this review XD
The super spunky and very irresponsible Ayaka, the detective Karina and her co workers deal with all sorts of trouble such as vampires, laser turrets in a surgery room, haunted exhibits and worst of all; serious financial debt! As heroic their deeds are, Ayaka's collateral damage or spending sprees always seem to put them back to square zero! The stories may be standard but the she…
Read at the sourcecthulhuplush
Phantom Quest Corp is more or less average with little to offer, but is executed well enough to still be enjoyable. It's visuals are good, being well animated and colorful. It's looks are on par with most of the OVA's of the 90's that had decent budgets. Although it's looks are good, the character design is a bit bland. None of the designs particularly bad, but there's nothing to write home about either.
Story wise it's sufficient. Being only four episodes it doesn't have much time to tell much of a story arc, and it's very episodic. Each episode tells a simple story, that is enjoyable, but doesn't leave much impact. The series is a bit dependent on cliches. This doesn't detract a lot of the series, but don't expect anything new that will blow your mind.
The characters themselves are prett…
Read at the sourcealihan
This is a short 4-part OVA about company which is dealing with strange and paranormal phenomenon. The main character with star-wars-alike- lip-stick-lazer-sword is Ayaka. She is beautiful and sometimes even funny, but it's enough about her. You will know her very good while watching. There are many more characters, but she is the biggest star.
In first two episodes music looked nice, but later a got bored of same backround music. Also you can hear backround music whole time, so this is a bit frustrating too.
Actually I don't have any complains about the animation. I liked the animation, because it's very simple and a bit oldskool.
The main reason I didn't liked this anime alot is enjoyment. Sometimes I smiled, but most of the times I was sitting with the same dull face. The jokes wer…
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