Trivia / Ghost Sweeper Mikami

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• Acting for Two:
  • Wakana Yamazaki is Maria's voice actress and has minor roles as Shoryuki and one of the bank counter girls.
  • The late Kazunari Tanaka voices the left Demon Gate and several one-off characters.
  • In addition to the left Demon Gate, Hisao Egawa voices quite a few minor characters.
• Cast the Runner-Up: The cast was still the same but some of the voice actors were initially cast in different roles, Kumiko Nishihara (Meiko) was originally cast as Okinu, Mariko Kouda (Okinu) was originally cast as Meiko, Shigeru Chiba (Dr. Chaos) was originally cast as Kenki-kun, and Takeshi Aono (Kenki-kun) was originally cast as Dr. Chaos. However, series director Atsutoshi Umezawa strongly opposed these choices and they ended up swapping roles, resulting in what we have today. One has to wonder what the show would've been like if we ended up with the initial casting choices.
• Completely Different Title: Zig-zagged in Italy, as the series was released under three different titles over there, the manga was released in 1997 under the name Mikami Agenzia Acchiappafantasmi ^note  Mikami Ghost Catching Agency and is generally referred to as such amongst the Italian fanbase, the movie was released in 1998 under the original name, but when the TV series was dubbed in Italian in 2003, the series was called Una Miss Scacciafantasmi ^note  A Miss Ghost Catcher .
• Directed by Cast Member: In the Latin American Spanish dub, Miguel Ángel Sanromán was the ADR director as well as Dr. Chaos' voice actor.
• Keep Circulating the Tapes:
  • There was a Hong Kong English dub of the TV series that was broadcast in Southeast Asia on AXN as part of their deal with Animax. However, this dub is pretty much lost outside of a few clips on YouTube.
  • Manga Entertainment released the last few episodes of the TV series in the United Kingdom and the film in North America at the Turn of the Millennium, but they are now out of print.
  • Sentai Filmworks released the entire series on DVD from 2010 to 2011, although it went out of print after they lost the rights. Episodes can readily be found online.
• No Dub for You: When Sentai Filmworks released the series in 2010, none of the English dubs were included.
• The Other Darrin:
  • In Italy, the movie was dubbed in 1998 and the TV series was dubbed in 2003, both of which have completely different casts.
  • When the pachinko game was released in 2009, everyone was inevitably recast. For example, Mikami, voiced in the anime by Hiromi Tsuru, is now voiced by Kotono Mitsuishi.
• Star-Making Role: The Latin American Spanish dub gave Moisés Iván Mora (Yokoshima), Mariana Ortiz (Okinu) and Cony Madera (Mikami) their first famous roles.
• Those Two Actors: Hiromi Tsuru, Ryō Horikawa, Takeshi Aono and Shigeru Chiba were regulars on the Dragon Ball franchise at the time of the show's airing.
• What Could Have Been: While the show was popular (and is still very fondly remembered) and had decent ratings in its initial broadcast, the reason why the show lasted 45 episodes was due to one of the show's sponsors pulling out and it didn't do too well in toy sales despite its popularity. Had the toy sales been better, we likely would've had the entirety of the manga animated or at least a good portion of it.

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