I have just been promoted to Senior Otaku, a great honor to receive, to celebrate lets review something obscure. Lets have a look at Haunted Junction.

The son of a Christian Pastor, the daughter of a Shinto Priestess and the Son of a Buddhist Monk form the Holy Student Council, and no this isn't the start of a really terrible joke these are our main characters, who under the orders of the Chairman must retrieve the seven colored badges from the school's seven spirits; this consists of a living statue of Ninomiya Sontoku (A great symbol of Education in Japanese Culture) of whom Priestess Mutsuki has a crush on, the Dancing Giant, two anatomical human models, the little girl in the mirror, the Tuxedo Mask-esque Red Mantle, the school slut Toilet Hanako, (Yes that is her name and title) and eventually the Chairman himself. Upon completing this task, the Chairman pulls a fast one and opens the door to the Spirit Realm only for it to cause many of the spirits to cause trouble in the school much to lead character Haruto's dismay as his desire to have a normal school life is dashed constantly which prompts him to declare "Oh My God!" in broken English at the end of every episode.
Now it's up to our three holy warriors along with the help of the Seven School Spirits in Haruto's possession to bring order to the school, in what is pretty much an Anime Scooby Doo minus the dog.
For what it was able to do in such a short load of episodes, it's actually incredibly funny and due to it's position in the 90s, introduced many tropes to anime newbies looking to find more anime beyond Pokemon and Dragonballz.
As great as it was, it's presence in the west is very, very limited; it was licensed very briefly by Bandai for Western release but was released in such short numbers that it's become one of the hidden treasures of the first DVD Generation, it was also intended for dub but nothing materialized leaving it sub only.
If I have any criticism for it, its that some characters jokes wear thin and the ending comes across as somewhat mean spirited, but set correctly before the actual ending. But for an anime that was barely released in the west I still rate it highly among much higher tier anime.
Final Verdict: A lost gem among a sea of revolutionary anime of the era, Haunted Junction is packed with comedy and filled with tropes that have become a common part of most anime of the following 20 years from it's initial release, living proof that a lost anime still holds weight with an Anime Veteran like myself.