Is there any particular reason this, and the other ANA special are in the movie section? Last time I checked, 22 minute episodes that didn't air with a main feature = Non Movie Pikachu Shorts.
And where does the 'Pikachu's Ghost Festival' come from? They clearly said (well, as clear as Engrish can get) Carnival at the title screen :/
This was good fun, but I felt that it was a little weaker than the previous 'Festival' title. Though in the end, it's not like it really matters. You're supposed to turn your brain off for twenty minutes and just enjoy the pokémon's antics.
I didn't think they did enough with the entire cast, though I suppose it's understanable considering there were so many pokémon running rampat inside this house. But in any case, adding pokémon for the sake of it seemed like a rather silly decision. Phanpy, Mudkip and to a lesser extent, Corphish didn't even do much of anything. They were just props for pretty much the entire special, whilst more obnoxious pokémon like Haruka's horrid shrieking Squirtle, Munchlax and Bonsly seemed to have the most focus. Of course, it's obvious why they had so much screentime dumped onto them, but still. I'd have appreciated more of Corphish and INEVERDOJACKSQUATMudkip.
The first half of the special was a little slow, bar perhaps Cubone's efforts in unveiling the 'protagonist' house mates and Corphish charging into the pseudo-mansion with that familliar Corphishy-gusto. Really picked up when Meowth & Sons Destruction Co. made their move. I don't think there's anything unfunny about Cacnea being used as a wrecking ball, and those priceless expressions of fear the trio had, as they were picked off by each troupé of spooks.
Also, the animation was real nice. A couple of weird coloration errors though, (that and the fact they gave Wobbuffet eyes :/) but it didn't subtract from the eye candy.