Kuchisake-onna) – about the ghost of a woman who was brutally murdered by her husband – was cancelled after complaints from parents of children with cleft lip and palate disorders.
[8] At the first Onicon, in October 2004, Matt Greenfield, the co-founder of ADV Films, announced that they had licensed the series for an English dub.
[11] Five DVD volumes of the dubbed version were released from 2005 through 2006; the original Japanese track and subtitles were also included.
[8] Gakkō no Kaidan was adapted from the eponymous film, which was based on the novels written by Tōru Tsunemitsu.
[1][15] A middle school teacher by profession, Tsunemitsu started drafting the series in 1985, inspired by the stories circulating around the city.
He began by listening to stories that his students told him, compiled them into a book and presented the collection to the publisher Kodansha, with some modifications to the language so that children could read and understand them.