How long does it take to watch all of Gakkou no Kaidan?

About 7.3 hours for all 19 episodes at 23 min each — a weekend; at two episodes a night that is 10 evenings.

Is Gakkou no Kaidan finished?

Yes, Gakkou no Kaidan is finished (19 episodes), so you can watch the whole thing at your own pace.

Is Gakkou no Kaidan good for a group?

Yes. Gakkou no Kaidan is tagged action, comedy, parody, the tags that survive a room full of people talking over the screen.

Where is Gakkou no Kaidan listed?

Gakkou no Kaidan is on AniList (id 1281) and MyAnimeList (id 1281); Queue Up keys it by its AniList id and shows it when it is on either of your lists.

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Is Gakkou no Kaidan good to watch with a friend?

Easy to drop in. Gakkou no Kaidan (Ghost Stories in School) is a TV series from Fall 2000 by Pierrot Co., Ltd.: 19 episodes, about 7.3 hours in total, finished, 7.64/10 across the listing sites.

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Watching it together: easy to drop in. Episodic: you can start tonight without a plan, and a missed episode does not ruin it. about 7.3 hours for the run, 10 evenings at two a night. Rule: episodic, slice-of-life, or comedy/action ≤ 26 episodes → easy to drop in.

This verdict comes from rules over the title's format, length and tags, not from a review — the rule that fired is named above.

The facts

Type: TV series
Episodes: 19
Episode length: 23 min
Total time: about 7.3 hours — a weekend
First aired: Fall 2000
Status: Finished
Studio: Pierrot Co., Ltd.
Score: 7.64/10 across the listing sites
Tags: action, comedy, urban fantasy, demons, episodic, ghost, horror, mythology, magic, magical girl, mystery, parody, school, supernatural, thriller, zombie, youkai

Data from anime-offline-database (ODbL) as of 2026-07-04; the score is the median of the scores the anime listing sites give it, on a 1–10 scale. Also listed as: School Ghost Stories; Ghost Stories; Ghosts At School.

Do you and a friend both want to watch Gakkou no Kaidan?

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Quick answers

How long does it take to watch all of Gakkou no Kaidan?: About 7.3 hours for all 19 episodes at 23 min each — a weekend; at two episodes a night that is 10 evenings.
How many episodes does Gakkou no Kaidan have?: 19 episodes of 23 min.
Is Gakkou no Kaidan finished?: Yes, Gakkou no Kaidan is finished (19 episodes), so you can watch the whole thing at your own pace.
Is Gakkou no Kaidan good for a group?: Yes. Gakkou no Kaidan is tagged action, comedy, parody, the tags that survive a room full of people talking over the screen.
Where is Gakkou no Kaidan listed?: Gakkou no Kaidan is on AniList (id 1281) and MyAnimeList (id 1281); Queue Up keys it by its AniList id and shows it when it is on either of your lists.

Queue Up is a free tool: enter two AniList usernames and it ranks the anime you both want to watch, rolls one for tonight, runs a bracket to settle it and finds new anime that fit both of you. List data from AniList; title data: anime-offline-database (ODbL), dataset of 2026-07-04; page updated 2026-07-04. Not affiliated with AniList or MyAnimeList. Queue Up is a Somebody Decide program. How it works · Legal & privacy · All lists