Abenobashi Mahou☆Shoutengai (アベノ橋 魔法☆商店街, Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi) is a Japanese anime television series created by Gainax, with animation produced by Gainax and Madhouse, and directed by Hiroyuki Yamaga. It was broadcast for thirteen episodes on Kids Station from April to June 2002. The series was licensed for English release in North America by ADV Films.
A manga adaptation, authored by Satoru Akahori and illustrated by Ryūsei Deguchi, was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Magazine Z from September 2001 to August 2002, with its chapters collected in two tankōbon volumes. It was licensed for English release in North America by Tokyopop. Another manga by Kenji Tsuruta, titled Manga Abenobashi Mahō ☆ Shōtengai, was serialized in Kodansha's Monthly Afternoon from September 2001 to May 2002.
Contents
- 1 Synopsis
- 2 List of Published Books
- 2.1 Light Novel
- 2.2 Manga
- 3 Character
- 4 TV Anime
- 4.1 Staff
- 6 Radio Program
- 7 Pachislot
- 8 Reception
- 9 External Link
- 10 Trivia
Synopsis[]
Sasshi's world is in disarray. His best gal pal, Arumi, is about to move away, and his Osaka neighborhood is being demolished in the name of urban renewal.
However, this little neighborhood has some surprises under its concrete—it's actually a portal to parallel universes. And when this section of the city is leveled, the portal is cracked wide open. Sasshi and Arumi soon find themselves being hurtled from one strange world to the next! Making matters even more surreal, is the fact that these worlds seem to spoof and mock popular movies, video games, manga and anime!
(Source: TokyoPop)
List of Published Books[]
Light Novel[]
Satoru Akahori, GAINAX (Author) / Kenji Tsuruta, Hideyuki Takenami (Illustrator) "Abenobashi Mahou☆Shoutengai" KADOKAWA, 1 volume already published (as of November 30, 2002 only single volume)
- Released date November 30, 2002 - ISBN 978-4-04-412730-5
LN Vol. 1
Manga[]
A manga adaptation by Satoru Akahori and illustrated by Ryūsei Deguchi, was serialized in Kodansha's Monthly Magazine Z from the September 2001 issue to the August 2002 issue, with its chapters collected in two tankōbon volumes released on March 19 and July 19, 2002. The manga was licensed for English release in North America by Tokyopop, who published both volumes on August 10 and November 9, 2004, respectively. The manga went out of print in 2009.
Manga Vol. 1
Manga Vol. 2
Another manga adaptation by Kenji Tsuruta, titled Manga Abenobashi Mahō ☆ Shōtengai ― Abeno no Machi ni Inori o Komete ― (まんが アベノ橋魔法☆商店街 ―アベノの街に祈りを込めて―, "Manga Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi: Praying for the city of Abeno"), was serialized in Kodansha's Monthly Afternoon from the September 2001 issue to the May 2002 issue, with a tankōbon volume released on April 20, 2002.
- Released date April 20, 2002 - ISBN 978-4-06-334518-6
Manga Vol. 1
Character[]
to be added.
TV Anime[]
Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi was produced by Gainax and Madhouse. The series is directed by Hiroyuki Yamaga and Masayuki Kojima, with series composition by Yamaga and Satoru Akahori and screenplay by Jukki Hanada. The original character designs were done by Kenji Tsuruta. The music was composed by Shirō Sagisu. The series run for 13 episodes on Kids Station from April 4 to June 27, 2002.
In North America, ADV Films announced the series' acquisition at Anime Boston in April 2003. The series was launched in four DVDs from December 16, 2003 to April 20, 2004. The series aired on G4's anime block Anime Unleashed in 2005. It also aired online on Anime Network in 2009. AEsir Holdings re-released the series on a single DVD volume on December 11, 2012.
Staff[]
- Planning/Original - GAINAX
- Original Plan/Director - Hiroyuki Yamaga
- Series production - Masayuki Kojima
- Story Composition - Satoru Akahori Hiroyuki Yamaga
- Osaka Dialect Comedy Rewrite - Tetsuya Tanaka
- Character Draft - Kenji Tsuruta
- Animation Character Design - Tadashi Hiramatsu
- Setting Design - Hidefumi Kimura
- Art Director - Hiroshi Kato
- Color Setting - Harumi Takaboshi
- Director of Photography - Hitoshi Yamaguchi
- Music - Sagisu Shiro
- Sound Director - Kazuya Tanaka
- Producers - Shunrin Otsuki, Hiroyuki Yamaga, Masafumi Fukui, Taiji Deno
- Animation Producers - Masao Maruyama, Yuki Sato
- Animation Production - Madhouse, GAINAX
- Production - Abeno Bridge Production Committee (King Records , GAINAX, IMAGICA , Dentsu)
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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| 01 | "Mystery! Abenobashi ☆ Shopping Arcade" Transcription: "Fushigi! Abeno-bashi ☆ Shōtengai" (Japanese: 不思議! アベノ橋☆商店街) | Masahiko Ōtsuka | Hiroyuki Yamaga | April 4, 2002 |
| Many of the local shops are going out of business and a new shopping area is coming. And now Sasshi and Arumi soon find that they aren’t in Osaka anymore, and instead, have suddenly been transported to a strange and magical world. | ||||
| 02 | "Adventure! Abenobashi ☆ Sword and Sorcery Shopping Arcade (RPG world)" Transcription: "Bōken! Abeno-bashi ☆ Ken to Mahō Shōtengai" (Japanese: 冒険! アベノ橋☆剣と魔法商店街) | Masayuki Kojima | Satoru Akahori Hiroyuki Yamaga | April 11, 2002 |
| Osaka is gone, Arumi and Sasshi find themselves in a world full of dragons and strange mythical creatures. All the familiar faces from back home are here, but with completely different personalities, and the two are suddenly enlisted to conquer an evil force. | ||||
| 03 | "Hook Up! Abenobashi ☆ Great Milky Way Shopping Arcade (Science fiction world)" Transcription: "Gattai! Abeno-bashi ☆ Daiginga Shōtengai" (Japanese: 合体! アベノ橋☆大銀河商店街) | Hiroyuki Imaishi | Satoru Akahori | April 18, 2002 |
| Sasshi and Arumi believed that a strange goblin they encountered when they first arrived in the Middle Ages would have the power to send them home. Now they are stuck in a futuristic version of their home, and mecha combat may be their only means of escape. | ||||
| 04 | "Fire It Up! Abenobashi ☆ Hong Kong Combat Shopping Arcade (Martial arts world)" Transcription: "Moeyo! Abeno-bashi ☆ Honkon Kakutō Shōtengai" (Japanese: 燃えよ! アベノ橋☆香港格闘商店街) | Shirō Ebisu | Jukki Hanada | April 25, 2002 |
| It seems that the goblin just can’t get things right. Another attempt to send Arumi and Sasshi back home finds them now in Hong Kong, and Sasshi is enlisted to train and be a part of an upcoming tournament. | ||||
| 05 | "Extinction! Abenobashi ☆ Ancient Dinosaur Shopping Arcade (Prehistoric world)" Transcription: "Zetsumetsu! Abeno-bashi ☆ Kodai Kyōryū Shōtengai" (Japanese: 絶滅! アベノ橋☆古代恐竜商店街) | Atsushi Takahashi | Satoru Akahori | May 2, 2002 |
| Sasshi and Arumi thought for sure that they were going back home this time. Instead, they find themselves in a prehistoric version of their home, complete with the usual cast of strange relatives that they have grown accustomed to seeing. | ||||
| 06 | "In the Night Fog! Abenobashi ☆ Hard Boiled Shopping Arcade (Hardboiled world)" Transcription: "Yogiri no! Abeno-bashi ☆ Hādoboirudo Shōtengai" (Japanese: 夜霧の! アベノ橋☆ハードボイルド商店街) | Hiroyuki Ochi | Jukki Hanada | May 9, 2002 |
| Now, Sasshi and Arumi are in a new version of their home that has a vibe very similar to 1930s gangster films, but they both end up working on opposite sides, unintentionally of course. | ||||
| 07 | "Flashback! Birth of the ☆ Magical Shopping Arcade (Abenobashi during the late 1950s during the Allied occupation)" Transcription: "Kaisō! Mahō Shōtengai ☆ Tanjō" (Japanese: 回想! 魔法商店街☆誕生) | Masahiko Ōtsuka | Hiroyuki Yamaga | May 16, 2002 |
| A more somber look at the magical shopping arcade as told from those that were there some 50 years ago. | ||||
| 08 | "Set Your Heart Aflutter! Abenobashi ☆ Campus Shopping Arcade (Dating sim world)" Transcription: "Tokimeke! Abeno-bashi ☆ Gakuen Shōtengai" (Japanese: ときめけ! アベノ橋☆学園商店街) | Mitsuyuki Masuhara | Jukki Hanada | May 23, 2002 |
| Sasshi thinks that he and Arumi might have made it back to their world until he notices all of the cute high school girls wandering around in droves. It's at that point he realizes that they have found their way into a dating simulation video game. | ||||
| 09 | "It Cries! The Bush Warbler ☆ Heiankyo (Abenobashi during the Heian period)" Transcription: "Naku yo! Uguisu ☆ Heiankyō" (Japanese: 泣くよ! うぐいす☆平安京) | Atsushi Takahashi | Hiroyuki Yamaga | May 30, 2002 |
| Arumi has left Sasshi out of pure frustration, and probably because she looks like a goblin, and also probably due to the fact that she's grown over 50 feet high. Eutus has agreed to help Sasshi get back home and reveals the truth to him, as well as their karmic connection. | ||||
| 10 | "Fluffy, Bubbly ♡ Abenobashi ☆ Fairy Tale Shopping Arcade (Fairy tale world)" Transcription: "Powapowa ♡ Abeno-bashi ☆ Meruhen Shōtengai" (Japanese: ぽわぽわ♡アベノ橋☆メルヘン商店街) | Kentarō Nakamura | Jukki Hanada | June 6, 2002 |
| Determined to find the perfect place that will make Arumi happy, and where he won't have to deal with her grandfather's death, Sasshi puts the two of them in a fairy tale world. But Arumi isn't happy at all. | ||||
| 11 | "Resolution!! Abenobashi ☆ Battlefield Shopping Arcade (War world)" Transcription: "Ketsudan!! Abeno-bashi ☆ Senjō Shōtengai" (Japanese: 決断!! アベノ橋☆戦場商店街) | Hiroyuki Ochi | Satoru Akahori | June 13, 2002 |
| After the troubles of the amusement park, Sasshi and Arumi are now at war. | ||||
| 12 | "Huge Reversal?! Abenobashi ☆ Hollywood Shopping Arcade (Hollywood world)" Transcription: "Daigyakuten!? Abeno-bashi ☆ Hariuddo Shōtengai" (Japanese: 大逆転!? アベノ橋☆ハリウッド商店街) | Mitsuyuki Masuhara | Jukki Hanada | June 20, 2002 |
| The two now find themselves in a world of Sasshi’s favorite movies. | ||||
| 13 | "Return To Life! The Legendary Exorcist ☆" Transcription: "Yomigaere! Maboroshi no Onmyōji ☆" (Japanese: 甦れ! まぼろしの陰陽師☆) | Tadashi Hiramatsu | Hiroyuki Yamaga | June 27, 2002 |
| Arumi and Sasshi are finally making their way home. But Arumi's grandfather will still be dead. Sasshi refuses to let that happen, so he jumps again into another world. But in the end he cannot dream away reality...unless he can dream away the mistakes of the past. | ||||
Origins of the work & Parody Elements[]
This work is based on the unpublished script "Wizard" written by Hiroyuki Yamaga as an original for a digital novel planned by Takami Akai around 1990, with the theme of the growth of a boy wizard set in Norway in Northern Europe. The script was shelved without being made into a work, but according to Akai, Yamaga obtained Akai's permission to produce this work and diverted it to a TV animation project. As a result of inviting Akahori to restructure the script, the stage and content of the story changed greatly and became a work.
There is a tentative story, but only the first episode and the final episode have a clear storyline, and in many cases, the arrangement of the main characters is fixed and a different world is prepared for each episode. A slapstick play was developed, and a large amount of parodies of works of various genres such as past famous animations, movies, and games were incorporated.
Hiroki Sato , the producer of "Mahoromatic", which was being produced at Gainax at the same time, also directed each episode freely based on the concept of "fixed characters" decided by director Yamaga and others, and the producer (animator) .
The quality and quantity of the parodies incorporated into the play were so intense that it could be said that they were excessive, and they aroused internal controversy from the production stage. In particular, in the script of episode 8, "Tokimeke! Abenobashi ☆ Gakuen Shopping Street," which is based on a romance simulation game, the character name of the guest heroine played by Mami Kanetsuki (played by Shiori Fujisaki in "Tokimeki Memorial") is "Shiorin." And so on, the similarity with the work used as a motif was extremely high.
According to Saeki and Matsuoka, who starred in the film, King Records saw these contents as a problem during dubbing, so the work was interrupted and after long discussions, the character name was corrected to "Shiotan" and recorded. It was decided to fix. In addition, Kanetsuki also appears as a regular in the role of Arumi's mother (Ayako Asahina), but according to Matsuoka who plays Arumi, it is the premise that Kanetsuki will appear in a double role in the guest heroine episode with Shiori Fujisaki as a motif.
Radio Program[]
Overview- It was broadcast on Radio Osaka and RF Radio Japan from October 2002 to March 2005 under the title "Radio Abenobashi Magic ☆ Shopping Street". Sponsored by Gainax. Broadcasting began on Radio Osaka in October 2002 and started broadcasting on Radio Japan in April 2003. - The recording itself was held in Tokyo, but it was often broadcast live at Radio Osaka Headquarters in conjunction with Radio Osaka events. In the early hours of New Year's Day 2003, a New Year's Eve event was held at the Ikoma Sanjo Amusement Park with public recordings. It was unusual for an anime-related program to start after the main broadcast ended, but it was broadcast for nearly three years. - Personalities Saeki and Matsuoka's dirty jokes account for the majority, and both speak in the Kansai dialect. However, Saeki left the project in February 2005 to concentrate on recuperating from illness, and the show ended in March of the same year.
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Corner
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CM in Charge of the Program
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The Guests
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Pachislot[]
Introduced from Bisty in August 2010, Pachislot machines are equipped with the Pentagram system. In addition, the same production as the Evangelion series (Pachislot) may occur.
Reception[]
Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi received an Excellence Award for animation at the 2002 Japan Media Arts Festival.
External Link[]
- TV Anime "Abenobashi Mahou☆Shoutengai" ─ (GAINAX NET) - Wayback Machine (For archived September 9, 2015)
- Abenobashi Mahou☆Shoutengai RADIO ─ (GAINAX NET) - Wayback Machine (For archived April 4, 2015)
- Abenobashi Mahou☆Shoutengai ─ Starchild: Special Website (in Japanese)
- Abenobashi Mahou☆Shoutengai ─ Manga Library Z Official Website (in Japanese)
- Abenobashi Mahou☆Shoutengai ─ IMB
- Abenobashi Mahou☆Shoutengai ─ Wikipedia JP
- Abenobashi Mahou☆Shoutengai ─ Wikipedia EN
Trivia[]
to be added.
