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Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi (TV)

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© GAINAX / ABENOBASHI PROJECT


[ adapted from Manga Abenobashi Mahō Shōtengai - Abeno no Machi ni Inori o Komete ]

Related anime:
    Abenobashi: Magical Shopping Arcade (manga) (adaptation)

Alternative title:
Abenobashi Il quartiere commerciale di magia (Italian)
Abenobashi Magical Shopping District
Abenobashi Magical Shopping Street
Abenobashi Mahoh Shotengai (Japanese)
Distrito comercial magico Abenobashi (Spanish)
Magical Shopping Street Abenobashi
アベノ橋魔法☆商店街 (Japanese)
Themes: ecchi, parody
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: Imamiya Satoshi, "Sasshi" to his friends, has grown up in the Abenobashi Shopping Arcade in Osaka, along with his childhood friend, Asahina Arumi. Now, all that was stable in his life is in ruins. His family's bath house has closed and been torn down, and Arumi's family is moving to Hokkaido - and taking her with them. In the midst of all this, something happens to the framework of reality, and Sasshi and Arumi slip into a weird parallel world. It's still Abenobashi, but not their Abenobashi. Strange things are afoot, and Sasshi must find out their meaning, in order to reach a goal that he barely understands.
Video:
User Ratings: 1392 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 80 votes (sub:38, dub:35, Spa.sub:2, Ita.dub:1, Por.sub:1, edit.dub:1, ?:1, Ita.edit.dub:1)
 Excellent: 299 votes (sub:155, dub:123, Fre.sub:6, Spa.sub:4, Ita.dub:4, Rus.sub:2, edit.dub:2, ?:1, Ita.sub:1, Rus.dub:1)
 Very good: 419 votes (sub:216, dub:183, Ita.dub:4, edit.dub:3, Spa.sub:3, raw:3, Ger.dub:2, Ger.sub:1, Fre.dub:1, Fre.sub:1, Por.sub:1, Rus.sub:1)
 Good: 325 votes (sub:190, dub:119, edit.dub:5, Fre.sub:2, raw:2, Pol.sub:1, Ita.dub:1, Ger.dub:1, Spa.edit.dub:1, Spa.sub:1, Por.sub:1, ?:1)
 Decent: 137 votes (sub:89, dub:42, raw:2, Fre.sub:2, Spa.sub:1, edit.dub:1)
 So-so: 50 votes (sub:25, dub:24, Fre.sub:1)
 Not really good: 34 votes (sub:17, dub:16, Fre.sub:1)
 Weak: 22 votes (dub:11, sub:9, Ita.dub:1, Por.sub:1)
 Bad: 16 votes (sub:9, dub:6, Spa.sub:1)
 Awful: 4 votes (sub:3, dub:1)
 Worst ever: 6 votes (dub:3, sub:3)
Seen in part or in whole by 3047 users, rank: #162
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.491 (Good+.49), std. dev.: 1.6592, rank: #947
Weighted mean: 7.445 (Good+.44), rank: #885 (seen all: 7.69 / seen some: 6.39 / won't finish: 4.21)
Bayesian estimate: 7.445 (Good+.44), rank: #681
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage:
2002-04-04 to 2002-06-27
2003 (France)
2005-02-07 to 2005-02-15 (USA - G4TechTV Anime Unleashed Broadcast)
Releases: We have 14
Opening Theme:
"Treat or Goblins" by Megumi Hayashibara
Ending Theme:
"Anata no kokoro ni" by Megumi Hayashibara
Links: We have 5
Trivia: We have 50
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Related reviews:
    Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi DVD 1
    Abenobashi Magical Shopping District

Related releases:
    Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi - Box Set (DVD) 2005-09-06 (from $30.32)
    Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi - Complete Collection (DVD) 2009-01-20 (from $29.59)
    Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi - Volume 1 (DVD 1) 2003-12-16 (from $3.00)
    Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi - Volume 1 + Box (DVD 1) 2003-12-16 (from $6.00)
    Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi - It's a Mad.. Alternate World (DVD 2) 2004-01-27 (from $19.32)
    Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi - Impractical Magic (DVD 3) 2004-03-09 (from $16.99)
    Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi - There's No Place Like Home (DVD 4) 2004-04-20
    Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi - DVD Box (Tin) (DVD 1-4) 2007-11-27 (from $34.99)
    Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi OST: Abenobashi Magical Music Mansion (OST) 2004-10-05

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Series director: Masayuki Kojima

Director: Hiroyuki Yamaga

Script:
Hiroyuki Yamaga (eps 1-2, 7, 9)
Jukki Hanada (5 episodes

eps 4, 6, 8, 10, 12
)
Satoru Akahori (eps 2-3, 5, 11)

Storyboard:
Atsushi Takahashi (ep 9)
Hideaki Anno (ep 13)
Hiroyuki Imaishi (eps 3, 12)
Kiyotaka Ohata (ep 4)
Masayuki Kojima (eps 2, 10)
Mitsuyuki Masuhara (ep 8)
Sayo Yamamoto (ep 11)
Sunao Katabuchi (ep 6)
Tadashi Hiramatsu (eps 1, 7)
Tatsuo Sato (ep 5)

Episode Director:
Atsushi Takahashi (eps 5, 9)
Hiroyuki Imaishi (ep 3)
Hiroyuki Ochi (eps 6, 11)
Kentaro Nakamura (ep 10)
Masahiko Otsuka (ep 1)
Masayuki Kojima (ep 2)
Mitsuyuki Masuhara (eps 8, 12)
Shiro Ebisu (ep 4)
Tadashi Hiramatsu (ep 13)

Music: Shiro Sagisu

Original Character Design: Kenji Tsuruta

Character Design:
Kazuhiro Takamura (ep 8)
Tadashi Hiramatsu

Art director: Hiroshi Kato

Art:
Hiroshi Kato (ep 13)
Shunichiro Yoshihara
Takafumi Nishima (eps 6, 9-10, 12)

Animation director:
Fumie Mutoi (ep 9)
Hideaki Anno (Mecha - Ep. 13)
Hiroshi Kato (eps 3-4)
Hiroshi Shimizu (eps 2, 5)
Hiroyuki Imaishi (ep 12)
Hiroyuki Ochi (ep 11)
Kim Gi-Du (ep 8)
Masaaki Sakurai (ep 4)
Noriyuki Fukuda (ep 10)
Ryu Kase (eps 6, 11)
Shinji Takeuchi (ep 11)
Tadashi Hiramatsu (eps 1, 7, 13)

Mecha design: Takeshi Takakura (ep 11)

Sound director: Kazuya Tanaka

Director of Photography:
Hitoshi Yamaguchi
Jin Yamaguchi
Kazuhiro Yamada

Producer:
Hiroyuki Yamaga
Masafumi Fukui
Taiji Suinou
Toshimichi Ootsuki

Animation producer:
Hiroki Sato
Masao Maruyama

Assistant Animation Director: Kunio Kazuki (ep 9)

Assistant director: Atsushi Takahashi

Assistant Episode Director: Atsushi Takahashi (ep 2)

Color design: Harumi Takahoshi

Creative Design:
Hidefumi Kimura
Hiroyuki Imaishi (ep 12)
Takuro Takahashi (eps 8, 11)

Design: Takami Akai (Little Goblin)

Magic Circle Sequence: Shinji Higuchi

Osaka Dialect & Comedy Rewrite:
Aiko Itoh
Tetsuya Tanaka

Sound Effects: Daisuke Jinbo

Theme Song Arrangement: Shiro Sagisu (OP)

Theme Song Composition:
Shiro Sagisu (OP)
Shunichi Tokura (ED)

Theme Song Lyrics:
Chinatsu Nakayama (ED)
Mamie D. Lee (OP English Lines)
Seishi Lee (OP)

Theme Song Performance: Megumi Hayashibara

 

Tomo Saeki as Satoshi Imamiya

Yuki Matsuoka as Arumi Asahina

Aya Hisakawa as Munemune

Rikiya Koyama as Yutas

Akemi Okamura as
Imamiya Sayaka
Little Goblin

Akira Kajiwara as Attendant B (ep 9)

Aya Hisakawa as
Mune Imamiya
Piro-chan (ep 10)

Hideaki Anno as Voice of Alien (ep 12)

Jun Shikano as Attendant A (ep 9)

Junko Noda as Gin Yamamoto

Katsuyuki Konishi as
Kouhei
Masayuki Asahina (young)

Keiji Fujiwara as Papa

Keisuke Baba as Attendant C (ep 9)

Kenichi Suzumura as New Bank Teller

Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi as Banker Kashiwagi

Kouji Ishii as Ms. Aki

Kyoko Hikami as Mitsuyo Imamiya

Mami Kingetsu as
Asahina Ayako
Shiotan (ep 8)

Masayuki Nakata as Doctor

Naoki Tatsuta as
Arata Imamiya
Opening Narration

Naomi Shindoh as Nurse

Rikiya Koyama as Abe

Satomi Koorogi as Tri-Spot

Takahiro Yoshimizu as Taro Hayashi

Takeshi Aono as Mesa

Takeshi Watanabe as Taro Imamiya

Tomoko Naka as Mune's Mother

Yui Horie as Amiryun (ep 8)

Yuko Mizutani as Miss Ochi (ep 12)

Japanese companies 

Animation Production:
GAINAX
Madhouse Studios

Broadcaster: KIDS STATION

Distributor: Starchild Records

Music Production: Starchild Records

Original story: GAINAX

Planning: GAINAX

Production:
Abenobashi Project
Dentsu Inc.
GAINAX
Imagica
Starchild Records

English staff 
English cast 

ADR Director: Don Rush

Translation: Shoko Oono

ADR Script: Mike Yantosca

Executive producer:
John Ledford
Mark Williams

ADR Producer: Don Rush

Creative Director:
Chris Hawley
David Del Rio

DVD Coordination: Mariela Ortiz

DVD Menu Design:
Bill Newton
David Wang

DVD Producer: Andrew Kent

Editing:
Bill Newton
Neil O'Sullivan
Robert Marchand

Graphic Design: David Wang

Graphics:
Bill Newton
David Wang

International Coordination: Toru Iwakami

Mix: Brent Marshall

Post-Production Manager: Shelly Thomas

Production Assistant:
Carole Pavlik
Maki Nagano
Marta Bechtol
Miyuki Kamiya

Recording engineer:
Afshar Kharat
Jason Grundy
Matt Crawford
Matt Wittmeyer
Richard Stanford

Sound Design: Brent Marshall

Subtitle Script & Timing: Sean Broestl

 

Jessica Boone as Arumi Asahina

Luci Christian as Satoshi Imamiya

Chris Patton as Eutus

Kaytha Coker as Mune-mune

Allison Sumrall as
Ayako Asahina
Kyonshii Monster
Little Goblin (ep 2)
Ms Ochi (ep 12)
Mune's Mother

Andy McAvin as Masayoshi Asahina

Chris Patton as
Abe
Doctor

Donaldo as
Attendant B (ep 9)
Nebula 71 (ep 12)

Hilary Haag as Tri-Spot

Jason Douglas as Ms. Aki

Jay Hickman as Tetsu Asahina

John Gremillion as
Kouhei
Masayuki Asahina (young)

John Swasey as
Arata Imamiya
Attendant C (ep 9)
New Bank Teller

Kaytha Coker as Mune Imamiya

Kira Vincent-Davis as
Henyasuke (ep 10)
Little Goblin (ep 3+)
Mitsuyo Imamiya
Shiotan (ep 8)

Mike MacRae as
Taro Hayashi
Taro Imamiya

Mike Vance as
Attendant A (ep 9)
Banker Kashiwagi
Opening Narration

Mike Yantosca as Panda

Monica Rial as
Nurse
Sayaka Imamiya

Nomed Kaerf as
Dungeon Monster
Mole

Tiffany Grant as
Amiryun (ep 8)
Gin Yamamoto

English companies 

ADR Recording: Industrial Smoke & Mirrors

Broadcaster:
G4TechTV
The Anime Network

Distributor:
ADV Films (UK) (UK)
Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia)

DVD Authoring & Encoding: M.O.F.C.

Licensed by:
ADV Films
Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc. (soundtrack)

Post Production: Monkey Boy Studios


French cast 
French staff 

Theme Song Performance:
Anaïs Nyl ("Juste un peu de joie")
Valérie Uzan ("Avec toi pour rêver")

Adeline Chetail as Arumi

Benjamin Pascal as Sasshi

Eric Peter as Yutas

Isabelle Volpe as Munemune

Benoit Dupac as Kohei

Brigitte Guedj as Fumiko

Cyrille Artaux as Aki

Frédérique Marlot as Sayaka

Pascale Chemin as Le Petit Diable

Patrick Melennec as Papy Masa

Sylvain Lemarié as Taro

Martial Leminoux

French companies 

Distributor: Déclic Images (France)

Dubbing: Umedia

Italian staff 
Italian cast 

Dialogues: Gualtiero Cannarsi

Director Of Dubbing: Gualtiero Cannarsi

 

Eva Padoan as Arumi

Gabriele Patriarca as Satoshi (Sasshi)

Federica De Bortoli as Munemune

Massimo De Ambrosis as Yutas

Maurizio Reti as Kouhei

Carlo Valli as narrator

Dario Penne as Masayuki (old)

Gio'-Gio' Rapattoni as Mitsuko

Luca Dal Fabbro as Aki (zietta Aki)

Maria Letizia Scifoni as Demone

Mauro Gravina as Toru

Niseem Onorato as Masayuki (young - ep.7)

Perla Liberatori as Sayaka

Roberta Pellini as Fumiko

Saverio Moriones as Shin

Veronica Puccio as Amiryun

Italian companies 

Broadcaster: MTV Italia

Distributor: Shin Vision

Dubbing: CAST Doppiaggio

German staff 
German cast 
(none)
 

Ann Vielhaben as Arumi Asahina

Julius Jellinek as Satoshi Imamiya

Erich Räuker as Dr. Eutus

Ghadah Al-Akel as Munemune

Bodo Wolf as Arata Imamiya

Gerald Schaale as Frau Aki

Hans-Jürgen Dittberner as Erzähler

Jan Spitzer as Taro Imamiya

Joachim Kaps as Herr Kouhei

Kaspar Eichel as Asahina Masayoshi

Maria Koschny as Sayaka Imamiya

Petra Barthel as Mitsuyo Imamiya

Santiago Ziesmer as Tetsu Asahina

German companies 

Distributor:
ADV Films (DT) (germany)
Universum-Films


Russian staff 
(none)
Russian companies 

Distributor: XL Media

Dubbing: XL Media

Translation: XL Media

Russian cast 
(none)
 
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