Meet Mikami - the SEXY leader of one of Japan's most successful independent ghost-busting agencies. Together with her eclectic team of exorcists, she's prepared to do battle with any supernatural adversary - but only for the right price! When an ancient spirit enlists her aid to deal with a re-incarnated foe, Mikami gets more than she bargained for. As the wicked Nosferatu - a vampire lord able to absorb the very life essence of his victims - begins to turn the city's inhabitants into mindless zombies, Mikami's team must race against time to save Tokyo from destruction. Watch The Ultimate Vampire Slayer in this fast, fun and furious supernatural action-adventure!
Acting
Hiromi Tsuru's perfectly smug delivery sells Mikami's ruthless opportunism
Direction
Umezawa crams theatrical pacing into 60 minutes without breath
Practical Effects
Hand-drawn creature designs that CGI still can't match for personality
Director
Atsutoshi Umezawa
Hiromi Tsuru
Reiko Mikami (voice)
Mariko Kouda
Okina (voice)
Takeshi Aono
Mitsuhide Akechi (voice)
Shigeru Chiba
Dr. Chaos (voice)
Toshio Furukawa
Ranmaru Mori (voice)
Ryo Horikawa
Tadao Yokoshima (voice)
Nobuhiko Kazama
TV Announcer (voice)
Toshiyuki Morikawa
Pete (voice)
Yuko Nagashima
TV Reporter (voice)
Gorō Naya
Nobunaga Oda (voice)
Kazuyuki Sogabe
Father Karasu (voice)
Michie Tomizawa
Emi Ogasawara (voice)
Machiko Toyoshima
Woman (voice)
Wakana Yamazaki
Maria (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ghost Sweeper Mikami arrived during the 90s OVA boom when direct-to-video anime could be weirder, sexier, and more experimental than TV allowed. The franchise's blend of horror tropes with salaryman comedy reflected Japan's bubble-era anxieties about work-life boundaries.
Hiromi Tsuru also voiced Bulma across Dragon Ball's entire run — her ability to pivot from tsundere scientist to greedy ghost hunter shows remarkable range that defined 90s anime voice acting.
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