Ghost Sweeper Mikami

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Ghost Sweeper Mikami
Manga volume 1 cover
GS美神 極楽大作戦!! (Gōsuto Suīpā Mikami Gokuraku Daisakusen!!)
Genre	Action, comedy, supernatural[1]
Manga
Written by	Takashi Shiina
Published by	Shogakukan
Imprint	Shōnen Sunday Comics
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Sunday
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	May 8, 1991 – September 22, 1999
Volumes	39
Anime television series
Directed by	Atsutoshi Umezawa
Written by	Aya Matsui
Music by	Toshihiko Sahashi
Studio	Toei Animation
Licensed by	NA: Sentai Filmworks (expired)
Original network	ANN (ABC, TV Asahi)
Original run	April 11, 1993 – March 6, 1994
Episodes	45
Anime film
Directed by	Atsutoshi Umezawa
Studio	Toei Animation
Licensed by	NA: Manga Entertainment
Released	August 24, 1994 (1994-08-24)
Runtime	60 minutes

Ghost Sweeper Mikami: The Great Paradise Battle!! (Japanese: GS美神 極楽大作戦!!, Hepburn: Gōsuto Suīpā Mikami Gokuraku Daisakusen!!) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takashi Shiina. It was published in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from May 1991 to September 1999, with its chapters collected in 39 tankobon volumes. It follows the exploits of a group of exorcists who try to combat supernatural forces in an effort to get paid. The series explores some folk religion themes such as possession, exorcism, shamanism, yūrei, and yōkai.

A 45-episode anime television series adaptation by Toei Animation was broadcast on the Asahi Broadcasting Corporation from April 1993 to March 1994. An anime film premiered in August 1994. The anime series was licensed in North America by Sentai Filmworks. In November 2013, Toei Animation released all of the episodes with English subtitles to YouTube.^[2]

In 1993, Ghost Sweeper Mikami won the 38th Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōnen category.