Is casper the friendly ghost popular in japan?

Question

do you have friendly ghost character too in your local TV programs?

Answer 1

No. Casper is not popular in Japan... or in America... or probably anywhere for that matter.

Answer 2

I'm answering this because I was just talking to my coworkers about it! Ha ha.  What a coincidence.  Anyway, oh might be worth mentioning, I'm American but living/working in Japan.  All my coworkers are Japanese.  Ok, so anyway, apparently some people have heard of Casper after having seen or heard of the Hollywood movie that was made?  But as for the original cartoon that I loved so much as a kid, they have never heard of it.  But I have to say the majority of my coworkers hadn't heard of even the characters name.  The two guys who had heard of it, knew of it because of the movie, not the original.  Hope that helps you.