Watch Episodes Add to My List Add to Favorites Alternative TitlesSynonyms: Abenobashi Magic Shopping District, Abenobashi Mahoh Shotengai, Magical Shopping Street Abenobashi, Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi Japanese: アベノ橋魔法☆商店街 English: Magical☆Shopping Arcade Abenobashi German: Magical☆Shopping Arcade Abenobashi French: Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi More titles InformationType: TV Episodes: 13 Status: Finished Airing Aired: Apr 4, 2002 to Jun 27, 2002 Premiered: Spring 2002 Broadcast: Thursdays at 22:00 (JST) Producers: Gainax, Dentsu, Starchild Records, Imagica, Rakuonsha, King Records Licensors: ADV Films, Sentai Filmworks Studios: Madhouse Source: Original Genres: Award Winning, Comedy, Fantasy, Ecchi Themes: Isekai, Parody Duration: 24 min. per ep. Rating: R+ - Mild Nudity StatisticsScore: 7.221 (scored by 35,563 users) 1 indicates a weighted score. Ranked: #31942 2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded. Popularity: #2273 Members: 93,582 Favorites: 364 Available AtResourcesStreaming Platforms |
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May 14, 2008 Ranivus Recommended Abenobashi Mahou Shoutengai is pretty much Excel Saga meets Alice in Wonderland, with a suprisingly good story line thrown in for good measure. The story pretty much surrounds two really good friends Arumi and Sasshi. Who happen to live in a rundown project area called Abenobashi Shopping District thats on the verge of being replaced with a new develpment complex. Of course noone wants to leave but then, everything just starts to go awry quite fast. This is where the 'falling down the rabbit hole comes in' Some seasoned anime watchers will be thinking this is alot like Excel Saga but the only ... Read more Open Gift Report
Aug 6, 2007 YourMessageHere Recommended Take Quantum Leap (or Sliders, your preference) and cross it with Excel Saga. That, in a nutshell, is Abenobashi Magical Shopping Arcade. A couple of kids, a bright but otherwise unexceptional girl and her male otaku neigbour and long-term friend, find themselves tumbling from one lunatic parallel world to another in what begins as simply an attempt to return to normality but becomes an attempt to make things in their own mundane yet beloved reality right. The presence of recurring characters, not only versions of people they know but people they don\'t, begin to clue them in to the method behind the ... Read more Open Gift Report
Nov 8, 2013 yacques Recommended Abenobashi Mahou Shoutengai First when I heard this anime's name, it made me think of a bunch of cute magical girls with pink hair and super round eyes casting spells and fighting against evil. Something I totally wouldn't watch. Then I noticed the producer is Gainax, which immidiately made me intrested of the series. So, watched it and I'm happy I did. ABOUT: Read more Open Gift Report
Dec 24, 2014 Wahmphi Mixed Feelings Story: Art: Sound: Read more Open Gift Report
Jan 10, 2014 AnnoKano Recommended “The times, they are a changin’” once sang Bob Dylan, in a song about a revolution against the old guard of established capitalists, about to be replaced by the creative and political youth. They would bring about a change for the better and create a world where the common man remains in control and the Capitalists are kept on a short leash. Needless to say Dylan was, as every generation since has been: completely wrong. The vanguard of Capitalism is now more powerful and in more control than it ever was, and the common man who has yet to file within its ranks is being ... Read more Open Gift Report
Mar 25, 2015 Fear_the_Reefer Not Recommended It’s a tale stretching back through countless generations of Japanese mythology... The legend of Shitenno, the Four Heavenly Kings of Buddhism. There’s the dragon of the east, the bird of the south, the tiger of the west, and the turtle of the north. By placing statues or other representations of those four animals at the four different points that they’re associated with, you can bring good fortune to your home... Or even to an entire town. One such location is the Abenobashi Shopping Arcade, a long-lasting and culturally rich town that’s finally teetering on the edge of relevence, and drawing ... Read more Open Gift Report
Jan 24, 2010 Lurna Recommended This is deffinetly an anime you will want to check out if you enjoy parodies of famous movies and other anime. Sasshi and Arami are childhood friends, but after a terribles accident a strange event occurs and they find themselves in another world. Altho trying to find a way back to there beloved abenobashi they keep ending up in other worlds made up of there old friends and family but in the strangest surroundings. These worlds based on famous American movies from all genres. With Sasshi's beloved Otaku obsession and Arami reluctant attitude these two are a perfect match for what is in store to come. There ... Read more Open Gift Report
Nov 14, 2010 DirtyMidnighter Recommended I'll say this up front: I am a fan of Gainax productions. To me, their special brand of bizarre yet curiously heartfelt storytelling and outrageous art/animation form a style that is quintessentially "anime" and wholly unique. To me, Gainax's productions represent an apex of modern animation and stretch the limitations of what is expected from an anime series. That being said, while Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi is certainly not the best Gainax series, it is a hugely entertaining series that conveys everything that makes the studio so special. Read more Open Gift Report
Dec 31, 2013 Arizzle Recommended Gainax lives up to its name with this early addition to its collection of energetic and fast paced works, Magical Shopping Arcade, which proves to be as clever as it is quirky. With good character development and a fresh way to keep up the flow of a story with a strong background, Magical Shopping Arcade proves to be a fun experience, with few mistakes until its disappointing ending. For an early-2000 anime, Abenobashi stands out in animation. Although its unfair to compare it to others for the sole sake of it being developed by Gainax, it's still worth mentioning the work put into its art style. ... Read more Open Gift Report
Aug 4, 2015 Ryntaia Mixed Feelings Ohh...how do you begin to define something like Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi? To me, this show is a perfect example of a good idea that was poorly executed. The idea of trying to get home via world jumping from genre to genre in a parody attempt--that's some fun shit! But this show tries way too hard to have it both ways. It wants to have both its genre parody, AND its 'shocking' and serious drama. So, as you can imagine, SPOILERS AHOY! I'm gonna start with the ART, because it's the most positive aspect about the show imho. ART: 9 Read more Open Gift Report
Jul 26, 2021 Ja025 Recommended Magical☆Shopping Arcade Abenobashi short review by Ja025: Interesting: Confusing story that doesn’t provide you answers until the end – weird but interesting and even touching development, if you’re patient enough. Obvious: This fusion – confusion might discourage you from watching it till the end. Also ... Read more Open Gift Report
Jul 15, 2009 brand_182 Recommended Arumi and Sasshi have been together as childhood friends in Osaka for 12 years, but things quickly change when Arumi's family decides to move to Hokkaido and her grandpa, Masa, is involved in an accident. Suddenly Arumi and Sasshi find themselves in strange new worlds where the Abenobashi shopping arcade and familiar characters remain, but time period, setting, or sometimes both have changed. To add to the confusion, as they travel through the worlds they keep running into two people who they have never met before: the large-breasted Mune-Mune and the mysterious sorcerer Eutis. To find their way home, Sasshi and Arumi will have to ... Read more Open Gift Report
May 16, 2018 Nimurai Recommended This is a great anime. It's well done, the main characters are some of the best characters I have ever encounter. If you only count those characters their same age, I would say this are the best ones. How the story is told, and the 'edition' is formidable. If I had to complain about anything in it, that would be the last chapter. I didn't like the way it was told the resolution of the story. That aside, the homage to pop culture and anime culture are a bit dated, so if you are less than 25yo, you would need to watch old anime and movies to ... Read more Open Gift Report
Aug 1, 2011 Sashface Recommended Abenobashi Mahou Shoutengai is an unusual series to say the least. After a rather slow opening episode, albeit one that is important in setting up both the characters and the overall plot line, it kicks into high gear, providing a continuous run of episodes that are full of great gags, very impressive interactions between characters, and always moving the plot forwards. Story: Read more Open Gift Report
Jul 31, 2024 SgtSalamander Recommended Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi is a trippy, funny, horny, absurd, surrealist odyssey, dripping with the inimitable charm of early 2000s anime. It is admittedly a difficult task to give it the right rating, because while it definitely has the trappings of greatness, a series of bizarre decisions and unusual creative choices ultimately end up holding the whole thing back from its true potential. We begin with the story, which is utterly unique as the isekai of isekais, years before there was even a glimmer of the genre boom that was to come. Accidentally falling through worlds upon worlds, unable to ... Read more Open Gift Report
Jun 19, 2012 angelsreview Mixed Feelings This is one tripped out show. I think Gainax just loves to create some tripped out shows. The first part is like a slice of life show, the second part is really created like a video game like a RPG, the third is a Star Wars Parody… the list goes on and on of what this show seems to do. I watched it mostly to see what the hell they would come up with next. It wasn’t boring at all to me because the story line just went a bit crazy for these two children. A lot of this stuff is odd and like Puni ... Read more Open Gift Report
Jul 14, 2012 HTMC Recommended I watched the first episode of this show almost 7 years ago, but only now got around to actually seeing the rest of it. It's a wacky , short show of only 13 episodes, but works perfectly in this short format. It involves the two main protagonists jumping from one weird alternate universe to another, all of them paraodies of certain genres. I must say two of my favorite were the Dating Sim and Hollywood universes, the latter because I was familiar with almost every movie they referenced. While the first half is purely goofy, the show takes a surprising twist in the middle and ... Read more Open Gift Report
May 11, 2012 SiberianNinja Recommended Another series by pure awesomeness incarnate Gainax. Abenobashi is a crazy adventure about two tweens, Arumi and Sasshi, who somehow get sucked into an alternate dimension and their quest to get back home. Each alternate dimension is a parody of a certain genera. Reminiscent of other Gainax works such as FLCL, this series is pure wacky perverted humor though Abenobashi defiantly has a more easy to follow plot. And, of course, the animation is beautiful. So if you like action shows and perverted randomness check it out! Read more Open Gift Report
Dec 15, 2015 capoeiragrrl Mixed Feelings Preliminary (7/13 eps) This had the potential to be a really interesting anime. I liked it from the start, it succeeded in pulling me in with its odd art style and mind-fckery, but it had absolutely no staying power. I got tired of the old, "find a new world, discover rules of new world thereby showcasing all the common tropes of anime type x, and then figure out how to beat it based on that and restore order/solve the problem." I dropped the show after the 7 episode once i realized what was going on an that it wasn't changing. Was it entertaining at first? Yes. Did it ... Read more Open Gift Report
Dec 8, 2019 PixelB Mixed Feelings Honestly, the story starts off pretty well, but it definitely leaves much to be deserved when you get through to the actual plot of the story. The story involves the MC jumping through to a bunch of worlds to avoid some real world problems he has, but the story derails for around 10 whole episodes doing nothing but jumping worlds, when this story could have been more of a coming to age sort of thing. Read more Open Gift Report More Reviews |
