Written and illustrated by Ono Fuyumi, the chapters of the Ghost Hunt manga premiered in Kodansha's shōjo manga magazine Amie in 1998, then moved to sister publication Nakayoshi.
A sequel manga titled Akumu no Sumu Ie: Ghost Hunt was published in Aria from 2012 to 2016, compiled into three volumes.
[2][3] The series focuses on the work of the Shibuya Psychic Research Center, particularly its teenage manager Kazuya Shibuya and Mai Taniyama, a first-year high schooler who becomes his assistant after his usual assistant, Lin, is hurt while they are working on a case at Mai's school.
They are joined by a monk, a self-styled shrine maiden, a medium, and an Australian Catholic Priest.
The manga has been adapted into a twenty-five episode anime series by J.C.Staff that premiered in Japan on October 3, 2006 on TV Aichi, where it ran until its conclusion.