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. The game is a first person adventure game in which the player have to explore the school to defeat the demon that is cursing it.
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