Ganbare Goemon: Jigen Jō no Akumu (がんばれゴエモン 次元城の悪夢? lit. "Ganbare Goemon: The Nightmare of the Dimensional Castle") is a single-episode, twenty-eight minute OVA produced by Konami and AIC studios.
It was originally released in 1991 as part of a campaign to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the Ganbare Goemon series, being distributed as a lottery prize for purchasers of the Super Famicom game Ganbare Goemon: Yukihime Kyūshutsu Emaki (known outside of Japan as The Legend of the Mystical Ninja). It was later distributed as a user gift tie-in for purchasers of Ganbare Goemon 3: Shishijūrokubē no Karakuri Manji Gatame.
It was officially released for purchase in stores on VHS format on March 26, 1993.
The OVA stars the voices of Daiki Nakamura as Goemon and Hideyuki Umezu as Ebisumaru, and features segments parodying three other popular Konami franchises: Gradius, Akumajō Dracula and TwinBee.
Synopsis[]
A humorous action adventure that takes place when a dimensional castle suddenly appears in the outskirts of Edo town. Goemon and Ebisumaru team up once again in order to investigate what's really behind the apparition of this mysterious building. The story takes our heroes in adventures parodying three of Konami's most popular franchises.