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Story = 2

-- Pretty much everyone has seen one of those "Let's investigate the school's seven mysteries episodes." This story is a combination of that and the movie Ghostbusters. Although, it combines them separately. It's as if two separate entities have been born within one anime.
-- An anime that turns into nothing more than the daily adventures of the ghost club was actually meant to be a well-thought out flow of events.
-- Imagine you watched a movie, now then, have a 12 year-old go back and fill in 4 and a half hours worth of screen time.
-- ... There were so many plot holes that I'm amazed the developers aren't cripples yet.
-- Now include, the most forced romance since Edward Elric and Eren Jaeger.

Art = 6

-- The characters and scenery fit the setting quite well.
-- Each individual pretty much adds his or her own flavor to the series and only enhances the scenes.
-- There are a few lazy looking moments throughout the anime, but nothing that can't be overlooked.

Sound = 4

-- There were times where the music would just kill the mood. At other times it was a good addition. Most likely a result of the on-going identity crisis that went on throughout the anime.
-- The character voices were pleasing. My only gripe is that Kobayashi, Yuu was completely out of her field. Her expertise is little boys and tomboys.
-- The ending and opening songs were nice, but didn't even really fit the atmosphere of the anime, until about the ninth episode.

Characters = 2

-- There were some good character in this and they had some very likeable traits. Sadly the anime was about the main characters instead.
-- The worst part about the two main characters is that they were actually the most two unfit characters in the series. A quirky anime about occults decided to focus on a horribly written tsundere and a randomly selected spoon-bender.
-- I actually wish the two main characters had thought bubbles above their heads. They were honestly ridiculous and not in a comedic way.
-- The two main characters did develop, but it felt like a rick-roll.

Enjoyment = 2

-- Some very good things were here. Sadly someone bought a lot of screen time and suddenly didn't know what to do with it.
-- Enough good scenes and developments to have made two separate anime. At times one could sit back and enjoy the goings-on of this anime, until they remembered what was supposed to be happening.
-- Episodes 2-8 were had their redeeming qualities. Episode 1 and 9-13 had their own Kool-Aid packet to add to the mix. I believe others would still enjoy the experience.

Overall = 3

-- Due to the incoherence of this anime, it is kind of hard to believe one should watch this. There are simply too many superior choices in whatever genre one wanted from Occult Academy.

Story = 3

-- It was Episodically-Continuous, and that is a horrible recipe for an anime. It gave the impression of an author simply writing an anime, but forgetting to watch the episodes.
-- A pretty fascinating concept was created for this story, but that is pretty much where the creator's ingenuity ended. Many aspects of this story and themes talked about didn't even serve a purpose. They could've just as easily been talking about tea and progressed the story the same way.
-- The saving grace of this story, fortunately, happens to be that someone understood the selling points. ... It is a romance anime and meant to be marketed to shoujo lovers. It does a pretty good job to that end, but every other aspect just seems to be the excuse for making this anime. This just as well could have been a school anime with very minor re-arranging.
-- A solid pace was set, and everything flowed into the next pretty smoothly.

Art = 4

-- Nothing Special and the characters were supposed to appeal to one's inner shoujo, I suspect. Just like most mediocre anime, there are some nice spots and others that one would rather forget.
-- The CGI seemed completely out-of-place when used, and didn't even serve a purpose. I suspect some Michael Bay protégés were working on this anime, because lots of unnecessary effects get used. The effects have the pompous feel of "Hey, Look what I can do."
-- Each of the characters, at least, had their own individuality, and the scenes that were "This Scene is Important, so be Impressed, " those were made quite well.

Sound = 4

-- Very good and believable voice actors chosen, and they seemed to have a very good understanding of how to handle everything.
-- The singing at times gave me a shiver or two. It was a pleasant surprise from this anime.
-- On the other hand, the effect-lovers even wanted to interfere with the sound. At times it sounds like someone forgot to soundproof the recording studio. Also, someone decided to do muffling effects to make speaking from certain places, more realistic. This gets over-used and is even out-of-place at times.
-- I don't even remember this anime having OSTs, and I watched it yesterday.

Characters = 2

-- Nearly all characters were horrible creations on the part of the author. They were simply flat, contradictory existences. Just like the story "Flat & Contradictory" shouldn't even be possible. This happens because the author wanted to have characters with personalities that he or she had zero experience with.
-- To establish these characters, at all times, the creator will simply use direct presentation. After being told directly by the story about the characters; they will pretty much cease to have the traits that were just explained. Along with that, one could say they never had those traits to begin with.

Enjoyment = 5

-- Even with all the problems above, this story is still quite likeable.
-- It had more legit romance than most romance anime, and very well put-together scenes. This anime clearly just focused on its selling points and drove it home.
-- If one is looking to go "Moe Moe, Kyun Kyun, " and get certain desired aspects out of an anime; an excellent job is done to deliver on that.
-- I enjoyed a good bit of this, even though I was disappointed. This happened because, it tried to sell itself as legit and yet had worse writing than most ecchi/harem anime.
-- I won't forget the anime, and definitely won't watch it again. Don't let this discourage you though. The thing I won't forget is that, at times, it did manage to give me shivers.

Overall = 4

Yea, I probably would still recommend this to people. Probably really enjoyable if you're into shoujo. It's definitely not going to convert anyone that is just trying out the genre though.