While at school, Taniyama Mai and her friends like to exchange ghost stories. Apparently, there is an abandoned school building on their campus that is the center of many ghost stories. During the story, they are interrupted by a mysterious male figure. The person turns out to be Shibuya Kazuya, a 17 year old who is president of the Shibuya Psychic Research Company. He was called by the principal to investigate the stories surrounding the abandoned school building. 
The next day, on the way to school, Mai passes the school building in question. While examining a strange camera she spotted inside, she gets surprised by Kazuya's assistant. Unknowingly interfering with the investigation, Mai breaks the camera and Kazuya's assistant gets injured. 
Kazuya forcefully hires Mai in order to pay for the camera and replace his injured assistant. From that point on, Mai begins to learn about the paranormal world and the profession of ghost hunting. 
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An American voice actress, ADR director, and script writer affiliated with Funimation and Seraphim Digital/Sentai Filmworks.

Monica's father is from Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain, and when she was young, her family would often visit there. She would translate for her younger brother some of the European Spanish-dubbed cartoons which included anime like Doraemon and Dragon Ball Z, often imitating the various characters. Monica studied ballet, tap, and jazz, but transitioned to musical theater when was 12. She studied acting through high school as well as college at the University of Houston. She's cited voice actor inspirations from The Simpsons, Family Guy, and Beavis and Butt-head. She was working on a theater show with Jason Douglas, who suggested she audition for ADV Films. Her first voice-over role was a walla in the 1999 dub of Martian Successor Nadesico.

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Wife of voice actor [Yuji Ueda](https://anilist.co/staff/95058/Yuuji-Ueda)

__Non-anime roles:__
~!Alex in "Totally Spies!" (animated TV series) (Japanese)  
Bimba in "Breath of Fire III: Drama Album" (Drama) (Japanese)  
Kakurine in "Eretzvaju (Evil Zone)" (VG) (Japanese)  
Mag Launcher in "Evolution 2: Far Off Promise" (VG) (Japanese)  
Majic Lin in "Majutsushi Orphen" (VG)  
Meredy in "Tales of Eternia" (VG) (Japanese)  
Meril in "Odin Sphere" (VG) (Japanese)  
Momoko Ando in "True Love Story 2" (VG) (Japanese)  
Pai-Siang in "Galaxy Fraulein Yuna 3: Final Edition" (VG) (Japanese)  
Pai-Siang in "Galaxy Fraulein Yuna 3: Lightning Angel" (VG) (Japanese)  
Ruri Hoshino in "Super Robot Wars Impact" (VG/PS2) (Japanese)  
Ruri Hoshino in "Super Robot Wars MX" (VG/PS2) (Japanese)  
Satsuki Yumiduka in "Melty Blood: ReAct" (VG) (Japanese)  
Tamami Konno in "Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side" (VG) (Japanese)  
Xiaomu in "Mugen no Frontier - Super Robot Taisen OG Saga" (VG) (Japanese)  
Xiaomu in "Namco X Capcom" (VG) (Japanese)!~

The decrepit building was condemned long ago, but every time the owners try to tear it down, "accidents" start to happen-people get hurt, sometimes even killed. Mai Taniyama and her classmates have heard the rumors that the creepy old high school is haunted-possibly by ghosts from the Second World War. So one rainy day they gather at the told school to tell ghost stories, hoping to attract one of the suspected spirits. 
No ghosts materialize, but Mai and her friends do meet Kazuya Shibuya, the handsome young owner of Shibuya Psychic Research, who's been hired to investigate paranormal activity at the school. Also at the scene are an exorcist, a Buddhist monk, a woman who can speak with the dead, and an outspoken Shinto priestess. Surely one of them will have the talents to solve this mystery! (Source: Del Rey)

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