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  Title: Ghost Sweeper Mikami: Joreishi wa Nice Body (Ghost Sweeper Mikami graces the exorcism with her nice body.) Genre: Platformer Release Dates: September 23, 1993 (JPN) Platform: Super Famicom Developer: Natsume-Atari Publisher: Banalex Status: Ongoing Gameplay:  "Ghost Sweeper Mikami: Joreishi wa Nice Body" is a side scrolling platformer based on the anime and manga Ghost Sweeper Mikami. You play as Mikami, an exorcist or ghost sweeper, that encounters and fight ghosts in 7 different stages referred to as reports, that correlates to the anime and manga that it is based off of. The gameplay itself is similar to super castlevania, where you are free to control your sweeper staff to attack in multiple directions and use it as a hook to climb onto platforms. The game includes an array of upgrades that you lose after one hit and limited use screen kill attack to traverse levels with some ease. Each stage attempts to diversify by adding a stage mechanic or hazard and set of enemies to keep it from being stale. The game is short with a simple plot, but has very solid game play mechanics and enjoyable to play. Story:  One afternoon at Mikami GS Agency, a package was delivered to our heroes which ended up being a statue of a goddess. The statue in question is said to grant any wish if all 7 gems are collected. So much like the anime "Dragon Ball", the group heads off in reports to collect seven gems from powerful ghosts to get a wish. Background on the LP:  The focus of this project consists of explaining game mechanics and strategies, while expanding upon its plot with translations and outside source material. The game is heavily based on the comic series, and as such, the project is meant to emphasize this in a way that helps with understanding the story, expanding upon it using material from the anime and manga. In addition, trivia regarding culture, key characters, or enemies will be brought up to connect the game to the real world influences they're based on. During each update, I will emphasize on specific character(s) which will includes a bio, their connection to the game, and story within the series. The character portrayed will be relevant to the stage or has a story that merits interest to the main plot of the series. Art assets:   A concept I do in making each project is use art assets in conjunction with gameplay footage. In this project, I use the anime and manga of Ghost Sweeper Mikami as a source material repurposed for the project. By using art assets, it helps viewers easy access to my other work or related material, understand any concept of the game that itself does not show, visually draw an image not available in game, and add appeal. For this project, I use manga panels that are reworked by myself and screen shots from the anime. Anime and Manga:  Ghost Sweeper Mikami, is a Japanese comedic horror manga written and illustrated by Takashi Shiina. The premise is that the overdevelopment of Japan has caused a surge of spirits to appear who were forced out of their homes who now cause problems to humans. As a result, a new profession emerged which are Ghost Sweepers who are exorcists for hire. The story revolves around Reiko Mikami, an avaricious woman that started an agency to make herself rich by taking contracts from wealthy clients. In the entire series she and her two assistants, Tadao Yokoshima, an exorcists trainee, and Okinu Himuro, a spirit, go on reports involving strange phenomenons while running into comical characters including ghosts, demons, and gods. All leading up to each character's development and the explanation as to why there is a significant rise in paranormal activity. About the Author:  Takashi Shiina's is manga artist who created a few manga over the years. He started off by writing a collection of one shot manga collectively called "Shiina_Department_Store". Among the one shots, Ghost Sweeper Mikami was picked up by the Weekly Shōnen Sunday that ran through 39 volumes of super natural nonsense that the creator also blatantly included characters from his other works. The method Takashi Shiina's does in creating his works, is to set the story is a world in the present time and emphasizes a concept that has cultural significance in many parts of the world. In his most recent work, Zettai Karen Children, the emphasis is on ESP and for Ghost Sweeper Mikami, it is exorcism. By introducing different cultures take on a concept, he becomes creative in making adventures the main characters are involved in. Although the creator is known to slip in anime references, cats, and his extensive knowledge of model vehicles.  So if you need some ghost busting and can afford it, just call Mikami GS Agency, paranormalist at large. Spooks spooked, goblins gobbled, UFOs K.O.ed, aliens alienated, vampires evaporated, and monsters remonstrated.  Cast: (It will be updated as the project progresses.) Main Characters:  Makami Reiko A ghost sweeper who works with clients for the right price. She claims that even if the world were to end, she would still survive. Her combat methods are borderline dirty and doesn't hesitate to sacrifice her own allies.  Tadao Yokoshima A perverted high school student who works for Mikami as an assistant and exorcist trainee at 250 yen per hour. He barely scrapes by, but continues to work hard to strengthen his relationship with his boss. Despite being useless on the field, he has a strong charm to the super natural which comes into play throughout the series.  Okinu Himuro A teenager who died 300 years ago as a sacrifice to a mountain to stop earthquakes. She is a kind spirited spirit who is incapable of passing on. Due to some circumstances, she ended working as an assistant and errand girl for Mikami.  Okinu (Alive) After an ordeal involving the demon Shizumohime, her body was preserved and managed to overcome death by coming back into this world. Okinu ended up having amnesia until one day she reunited with Mikami and Yokoshima. Afterwards it was discovered that her connection with the spirits resulted in the ability of necromancing that she uses to assist Mikami. Currently Okinu attends school and lives with Mikami as a paid assistant.  Dr. Chaos. Immortal doctor who designed and built machines throughout history. His worked peaked in the middle ages, but over time loses memory of how to re-make his best work such as Maria. The great doctor is also known for doing quite a few things years before the main series.  Production Number T1676: Maria Robot designed by Doctor Chaos. It was created combining magic and science giving it great power and a human soul in the image of the Doctor's lover. Her primary function is to assist the Doctor and all living things.  Emi Ogasawara A ghost sweeper who specializes in curses and exorcising from afar. She is Makimi's business rival and frenemy. At first she did questionable work, but eventually turned a new leaf by assisting Interpol and making things difficult for Mikami.  Father Karasu A man of the church that was exiled for his power in exorcism. Karasu spent his life helping others and training people with talent in becoming a GS. Unfortunately, he tends to be too charitable and often finds himself without enough to eat and maintain his church.  Pietro de Bloodeau Immortal 700 year old vampire who studies under a man of the cloth. His power are super human and uses it to exorcise spirits. He hopes to one day be a Government GS or G Man. He is currently in high school with Yokoshima due to lack of any credentials. Bosses:  Train Ghost A powerful ghost that prevented the passengers and spirit of the train to pass on. It got exorcised due to its clumsiness.  Moga Doll. A doll that was neglected by Mikami and gain a will of its own to gather others to turn peole into play things. It got exorcised by Mikami thanks to a rogue doll that loved a little girl who was its owner. The doll itself is a design the creator reuses in his work.  Jungle Fairy Demon A demon from the amazon that was found in a local zoo manipulating animals. It is a fairly weak demon that curses people by shrinking them and absorbing their spiritual power. It was exorcised by Mikami using Yokoshima as a puppet to fight it.   Kojirou A dog spirit that was protecting the place its owner use to live. Years ago due to circumstances, the owner had to leave and promised he would come back and to wait for him. It wasn't until years later that the old man without remembering found his homeland and had a reunion with Kojirou. The dog became peaceful and passed on into the next world. The owner then made his former home a memorial to his dog Kojirou  Count Bloodeau Immortal Vampire who wants to control the world by turning people into his servants, despite only being aware of Asia, Africa, and Europe as the world itself. He is the "cousin of the husband of Count Dracula's sister", who can control bats and has immense power. He was defeated by his son Pete, who wants to simply co-exist. In the middle ages, Dr Chaos, once tried to hunt this guy, but gave up after their world wide chase in the sky.  Devil Piper A demon on the Ghost Sweeper wanted list. He is able to turn people into children and steal their knowledge that he stores in red balloons. His strength is to use illusions and familiars to carry out his work and use his horn on strong opponents. Hundreds of years ago, during a run in with a powerful priest, piper lost his power source which turned up later on in the hands of Mikami. During his attempt to retrieve it, his carelessness got him exorcised by Mikami. Misc. Characters:  Maria (Original) A former lover of Dr. Chaos, who worked with him to eradicate monsters and demons during the middle ages. Maria has rejected several of the Doctor's marriage proposals knowing of the complication of his immortal status.  Teresa The second robot designed by Dr. Chaos using old notes he had from building Maria. The design was based more on technology then magic. It went rogue and attempted to take over the world. Eventually, she was destroyed by being submerged into the ocean with the help of Maria.  Shizumohime An earth spirit that causes earthquakes. She has a connection to Okinu and the events that passed 300 years before the main story.  Kugutsu (Zettai Karen Children) A minor character from Takashi Shiina's other manga Zettai Karen Children. He is an esper who has the power to control dolls and use them as a weapon. His main bodyguard is a life sized Moga Doll designed much like Dr. Choas's robot Maria. He also has a hobby making figurines that sell at a high price. Currently he works for a terrorist group named PANDRA.   Tiger Bodyguard and right hand man of Emi. His powers involve using illusions that are realistic and can even simulate pain and have others see him as an actual tiger. Aparantly his power is unstable and so relies on Emi to keep it under control.  Shiro A dog demon who is from the Jinrou clan which is a small village of dog demon samurai that use laser swords made of spiritual power. Shiro traveled to tokyo to get revenge for her dead father and trained under Yokoshima in swordsmanship. Afterwards, she ended up working for the government and ultimately lived with Mikami along with her animalistic mortal enemy Tamamo.  Tamamo A fox demon who is always accused of disasters. As a result, nations hire GS to eradicate her kind. In truth all she does is try to blend in with society and enjoy Tofu. Due to circumstances and being mischievous, she is living under the care of Mikami.  Marin Megumi A ghost sweeper who studied the lost technology of magic at a college in England. She was able to replicate a lot of it which included brooms. exorcism techniques, and summoning familiars. She studied with a future G man by the name of Teruhiko Saijou. She now owns a cafe that is temporary warped space which doubles as a competing Ghost Sweeper office.  Michie Mikami Ace demon hunter with the unique ability to time travel. She is the top government Ghost Sweeper who handles the most dangerous cases. It was told that she died due to her unique ability that gained the attention of demons. During that long period, she came out during the Judgement Day case file.  Agatsume Mikami Agatsume is an esper with the power similar to psychometry that allows him to read anyone's inner most thoughts and secrets without any contact. His love relation to Michie was a result of both of them being sympathetic to each others problems and persevering together. Agatsuma appears to be distant, but is very kind and considerate. However it seems he has a hard time connecting with his daughter Reiko.  Nai (Zettai Karen Children) An esper orphan adopted & trained to be an assassin for a group called black phantom. Nai has poor eyesight and her power is an extension by using ESP to move around shadows. She is a meek girl who follows orders, unaware that an explosive device is planted in her head.  Tim Toy (Zettai Karen Children) An esper who was manipulated to be an assassin for the group black phantom. He has a childlike mind whose power revolves around creating living toys and dolls. After a run in with a government esper team dubbed "The Children", he was freed of the hypno effect that was controlling him. He is currently working with a group known as Babel.  Bullet (Zettai Karen Children) An esper hitman controlled through hypno by the group Black Phantom. Bullet has a soldier like mindset whose ability was to manipulate lead in bullets to kill targets and counter other espers. During an assassination attempt, two groups known as BABEL and PANDRA neutralized Bullet by removing the hypno on him. He is currently working with Babel as a bodyguard for a government esper team.     From left to right: Yuuri (Mirage), Phantom, Yuuri (Shadow), & Feather (Zettai Karen Children) A level seven hypno esper and former key member of Black Phantom. She uses her hypno to control other espers and used them as tools. Her mental state is unstable, so to cope, she created multiple personalities each represeting a different aspect of herself. Mirage is the good girl who listens to her fathers orders and keeps everything in control. Phantom represents her true feeling of destruction and hatred that she has in herself and towards her father. Yuuri is a shadow meant to live a normal life unbeknown of anything as a cover to monitor the organization's biggest threat "The Children". Feather is a 4th persona that appeared out of no where that is a mystery and acts on her own affecting the actions of the other 3 personas. CONTENT:  Report 1: All Aboard The Ghost Train!  Report 2: Kingdom Of The Cursed Dolls!  Report 3: Mini Makami!  Report 4: Battle With Wolves!  Report 5: Fly High Magic Broom!  Report 6: If Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade! GSM Credits: Special thanks to SuccinctAndPunchy for his help on some translations. Game: Guide and Partial Translations: WindShuriken Shogetsu: text translation. Terminor: Passwords. Manga: Written by Takashi Shiina Published by Shogakukan Demographic Shōnen Magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday Original run 1991 – 1999 Volumes 39 Anime television series Directed by Atsutoshi Umezawa Studio: Toei Animation Licensed by (NA) Sentai Filmworks Network TV Asahi, Asahi Broadcasting Corporation Original run 11 April 1993 – 6 March 1994 Episodes 45 Scanlation: Image Host: mangafox.com Nerieru Scans Translation: UltimateKing Cleaning: Zentzen, KyuuBI654 Typesetting: JUSTPASSINGBY Proofreader: Thepenguin, Gibb10260 Art Assets: Secondary Cleaning and Coloring of panels: Lokistarwind Menu Art Based on Episode 1 of Ghost Sweeper Mikami repurposed by Lokistarwind lokistarwind fucked around with this message at 23:18 on Apr 26, 2016 |
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No porn games on the subforu...wait this isn't a porn game? Well then proceed on! Nice start, I enjoyed the trivia. One thing bugs me though is trying to figure out context on how bad 250 yen an hour would be at the time, in relation to something like the big mac index
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Faylone posted:No porn games on the subforu...wait this isn't a porn game? Well then proceed on! According to a financials report that I found that listed historical exchange rates, $1 USD on September 23, 1993 would buy approximately 108.85 Yen (JPY). This would mean that Tadao would be making approximately $2.30/hr. As opposed to the U.S. Department of Labor that set the minimum wage in 1991 at $4.25 (unless you were under the age of 20, in which case they could pay 80% of that or $3.35/hr, but that provision expired in 1993, so that may or may not apply here.) Wage rates would not go up again until 1996. The price of a Big Mac in America in 1993 was $2.28. In Japan, it was 391 yen. So, in conclusion, I would say that, while Tadao would certainly have a hard time making ends meet, he's probably not completely destitute, especially since the Japanese have much longer work weeks than Americans do, generally. (approx. a 46 hour work week in Japan vs. the traditional 40 in America). He's just really, REALLY poor.   
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Well this LP is a pleasant surprise. Ghost Sweeper Mikami's such a great little show; will the other characters ever show up in gameplay, or are they cutscene-only? Also asking if Dr. Chaos and Maria show up, but if that's a spoiler I'll mark it just in case.
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i remember this anime as a kid, but mostly because of this scene at 25:00 onwards https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mh8Hx_fyjac
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Bendigeidfran posted:Well this LP is a pleasant surprise. Ghost Sweeper Mikami's such a great little show; will the other characters ever show up in gameplay, or are they cutscene-only? Also asking if Dr. Chaos and Maria show up, but if that's a spoiler I'll mark it just in case. Sadly only the heroes. The game focus more on enemies and minor cameos on some of the cast. I will bring up the cast in bits since a lot of the stages are mishmashes of different chapters of the manga.
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I'm not sure if you've only recently (well, fairly recently) picked this one back up or just had to reupload stuff to Youtube, but it does help to give every new episode a new post in the thread. I found this in my backlog and was ready to write it off after one episode, but you've really taken advantage of the power of widescreen to pull out some nice running commentary.
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Thanks for looking. I appreciate it when someone watches my stuff. To answer your question, I have been on and off with the project due to real life, switching computers, and was getting stuff translated. The last video still has a few things left before it is done, but hopefully I wont be derailed for too much longer. On a side note, I was also working extra hard to get the funds for another project I want to do once this si done.
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I think he's trying to say that you might get some more traffic if you actually made new posts for your updates rather than just updating your OP. Because otherwise it looks like you haven't posted anything in this thread since Oct. of 2015.
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Yes, bumping this thread with new posts for updates would be great so that way more people can find this nice lp. I'm really enjoying seeing an lp about this game from someone who's taken the effort to really show off this pretty neat series. I've never seen Ghost Sweeper Mikami before, but it seems like it'd be a pretty good 90s Anime to watch.
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