Ebisu Etsunobu

Ebisu Etsunobu
Native name	蛭子悦延 Etsunobu Ebisu
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation(s)	Producer
Resumé	Akumajō Special: Boku Dracula-kun Ganbare Goemon 2: Kiteretsu Shōgun Magginesu Castlevania 64 Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness Konami Krazy Racers Castlevania: Circle of the Moon

Ebisu Etsunobu (蛭子悦延, Etsunobu Ebisu^?) was a former producer at Konami, and is considered the main force behind the Ganbare Goemon series. The character Ebisumaru was even modeled after him.

He was part of the development team of a few Castlevania games, as programmer for Akumajō Special: Boku Dracula-kun, and later as producer in games such as Castlevania (N64), Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness, and Castlevania: Circle of the Moon.

Biography

Ebisu Etsunobu started in 1988 as a programmer at Konami, working on programming a few games, such as The Adventures of Bayou Billy in 1988, Ganbare Goemon 2 in 1989, and Akumajō Special: Boku Dracula-kun in 1990, as well as programming other Ganbare Goemon games until 1993, where his talents leaded him to be the director of Ganbare Goemon 2: Kiteretsu Shōgun Magginesu. Following this, he directed most of the Ganbare Goemon games, and worked as producer on some Castlevania games as well.

In 2005, he left Konami along with Shigeharu Umezaki and a group of other staffers to establish the development studio Good-Feel.

As of 2020, it was revealed that Ebisu Etsunobu and his team are working on a game, which is a sort of spiritual successor to the Ganbare Goemon series. The game doesn't have a name yet, but is set to be released on the Nintendo Switch.

Selected works

• The Adventures of Bayou Billy (1988)
• Ganbare Goemon 2 (1989)
• Akumajō Special: Boku Dracula-kun (1990)
• Ganbare Goemon 2: Kiteretsu Shōgun Magginesu (1993)
• Ganbare Goemon 3: Shishijūrokubē no Karakuri Manji Gatame (1994)
• Ganbare Goemon Kirakira Dōchū: Boku ga Dancer ni Natta Wake (1995)
• Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon (1997)
• Castlevania (N64) (1999)
• Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness (1999)
• Konami Krazy Racers (2001)
• Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (2001)

Trivia

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  Ebisumaru

  The character Ebisumaru, one of the main protagonists of the Ganbare Goemon series (also by Konami), was named and modeled after Ebisu Etsunobu.

External links

• Ebisu Etsunobu at the Ganbare Goemon Wiki
• Etsunobu Ebisu profile at MobyGames