Ghost Talker’s Daydream DVD

Misaki Saiki is an albino woman with white hair who holds down three jobs simultaneously, none of which she is particularly proud of. By day she works as a dominatrix at a BDSM club. She also writes a column for an adult magazine. And she is a government-employed necromancer — a civil servant for the Livelihood Preservation Group, a bureau that handles supernatural problems the regular authorities cannot address. Misaki can perceive and communicate with the dead, sometimes acting as a conduit for ghosts to speak through. Her government partner is Souichiro Kadotake, earnest and professionally devoted to a degree that reads as personal. The four OVA episodes cover cases ranging from a vengeful ghost haunting a construction site to a spirit tied to a criminal kidnapping case — each one combining genuine supernatural horror with the series' blunt, unapologetic approach to Misaki's other career and the complicated humor that emerges from it.

Ghost Talker's Daydream is a four-episode OVA produced by Hal Film Maker — the studio behind Angel Sanctuary — directed by Osamu Sekita, and based on Saki Okuse and Sankichi Meguro's manga serialized in Monthly Shonen Ace. Known in Japan as Teizokurei Daydream (Vulgar Ghost Daydream), the title was renamed for the North American release by Geneon. Two episodes closely follow chapters from the manga; the other two are original stories not present in the source material.

The series was released in North America on DVD by Geneon Entertainment on August 23, 2005. The title was later re-licensed by Discotek Media. 

If you want to more Misaki, we also carry the Ghost Talker's Daydream Manga and a Misaki Saiki figure in our store.

Notable Staff & Voice Talent

Director: Osamu Sekita (Fencer of Minerva)
Series Composition: Kenichi Kanemaki (Noir, Madlax, Labyrinth of Flames, El Cazador de la Bruja)
Character Design: Akemi Kobayashi
Original Manga: Saki Okuse (story) & Sankichi Meguro (art) — serialized in Monthly Shonen Ace, Kadokawa Shoten; licensed in English by Dark Horse Comics
Studio: Hal Film Maker (Angel Sanctuary, A Little Snow Fairy Sugar, Princess Tutu)
Music: Takayuki Negishi (Tenchi Movie 2: Daughter of Darkness)

Japanese Cast:
- Masumi Asano as Misaki Saiki (Mahoromatic Something More Beautiful, Haibane Renmei, Project ARMS)
- Tomokazu Sugita as Souichiro Kadotake
- Yukari Tamura as Ai Kunugi (A Little Snow Fairy Sugar, Vandread, Gate Keepers, Labyrinth of Flames, Akame ga Kill!)
- Michiko Neya as Anzai (Nadesico, éX-Driver, SoulTaker, Steel Angel Kurumi, Burn Up Excess)
- Issei Futamata as Koga (Oh My Goddess! OVA, Green Legend Ran, Urusei Yatsura 2, Patlabor 1 & 2)

English Dub Cast (Geneon Entertainment):
- Karen Thompson as Misaki Saiki
- Sam Regal as Souichiro Kadotake
- Carrie Savage as Ai Kunugi (Haibane Renmei — Rakka, Tenchi GXP, Familiar of Zero additional cast)
- Yuri Lowenthal as Mitsuru Fujiwara (Ben-To additional cast)
- Liam O'Brien as additional cast (Night on the Galactic Railroad, RG Veda, Descendants of Darkness, Captain Tylor OVA, DNA², Comic Party, Revolutionary Girl Utena)
- Erika Weinstein as additional cast (Haibane Renmei — Reki)
- Patrick Seitz as additional cast
- Mike McFarland as additional cast

DVD Features (Geneon Entertainment)

- Geneon Entertainment Previews
- Note: Later re-licensed by Discotek Media

Spoken Languages: English & Japanese Audio, English Subtitles

Edition Details

Japanese Title: 低俗霊DAYDREAM (Teizokurei Daydream / Vulgar Ghost Daydream)
Runtime: ~120 Minutes (Complete OVA, 4 Episodes)
Director: Osamu Sekita
DVD Release Year: 2005 (U.S. Release, August 23 — Geneon Entertainment); re-licensed by Discotek Media
Original Release Date (Japan): June 25 – December 23, 2004
Publisher: Geneon Entertainment (Pioneer)
Rating: 17+
Region: Region 1 (U.S. / Canada)
Genre: Horror, Supernatural, Mature Comedy
Themes: Necromancer Civil Servant, BDSM Dominatrix Protagonist, Ghost Exorcism Cases, Kenichi Kanemaki Screenplay, Hal Film Maker Production

Media assumed VG+ unless otherwise noted.