![]() ![]() Not only is it right there in her name, boob humor is practically the entire point of her character until The Reveal, when she turns out to be both the alternate-reality counterparts of Sasshi's grandmother and an integral part of the events in the backstory which set the whole plot in motion in the Heian Period. Boke and Tsukkomi Routine: Used throughout various parts of the series, but part of the Lame Pun Reaction listed below in particular.Barbie Doll Anatomy: Averted nipples are right where they belong.Someone missing the "Magical" part might think this is a show about the demise of an old-fashioned shopping arcade. the part before the reality-jumping and assorted weirdness. Bait-and-Switch Credits: The opening credits are a montage of clips from the first 2/3 of the first episode.Sometimes looking at the audience, and other times just looking away from Arumi so he doesn't have to make eye contact. Aside Glance: Done by Sasshi a couple times through the series.The end of that episode has it as well, with the preview for the next one (the Film Noir episode) briefly featuring the two kids with heavily Westernized features and heavy shadows covering half of their bodies. ![]() When their queen shows up they get turned into cartoonish caricatures (specifically in the style of First Human Giatrus ) and stay that way for the rest of the episode. The prehistoric episode has Arumi and Sasshi being surrounded by angry cavemen drawn in a very serious style with heavy shadows, realistic features and so on.One of the manga chapters has the duo fight against American comic book doppelgangers of themselves.Art Shift: Between a more realistic style for the mundane world and a more flat, colorful style for the alternate dimensions.Sasshi, being a preadolescent boy, is an expert on dinosaurs, of course. Artistic License – Paleontology: Actually lampshaded by Sashi in the Prehistoric Shopping Arcade episode, with him going into good detail to point out how many of the dinosaurs they have encountered didn't exist for millions of years between each other and never would have encountered each other over the time span between the early Cretaceous and late Triassic periods.Sasshi: I ain't the only one being a little kid here! You're nothing but a kid who wants to. Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: Sasshi to Mune-Mune.Alternate Universe: A new one in almost every episode.Accent Adaptation: The official dub translates Osakan dialect as Texan and Kouhei's Tokyo dialect as Brooklyn.While unfortunately the manga is no longer in print due to the demise of Tokyopop, cheap used copies can be found on Amazon, or if you're lucky, your local used bookstore. The basic plot is pretty much the same, although different worlds are visited, the ones that are in the show are different, and there's a character not shown in the anime (with the exception of a "blink and you'll miss her" scene in the twelfth episode). There is also a two-volume Manga adaptation, which is even weirder. The anime originally aired from April to June 2002 for 13 episodes. Made by Gainax and Madhouse, the show makes both subtle and in-your-face references to various other series. Will Sasshi and Arumi ever get back to the real Abenobashi? Why are they "jumping" in the first place? Who is that blue-haired sorcerer who appears to be going through a mid-life crisis?Ī Deconstructive Parody of a dozen or more genres of film and anime, Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi ( Abenobashi Mahou Shoutengai) generously trowels thick layers of off-the-wall comedy on top of a surprisingly serious storyline, one you're likely to forget about. then a Hong Kong martial arts movie version. Sasshi and Arumi find themselves trapped in a warped version of Abenobashi, as if it were an RPG, with everyone they know recast as NPCs.īut once they fight their way through the game's plot in grand slapstick style, thinking they will then return home, they find themselves transported to an outer space version of Abenobashi. Before their eyes, the neighborhood changes. Well, none of that really matters, after Arumi's grandfather is hospitalized in an accident that destroys the last of four "guardian" figurines that bound the shopping district. Worse, Arumi and her family are moving to Hokkaido. But the arcade and the neighborhood around it are now slated for redevelopment one by one, the old familiar buildings are being torn down. Thus shall it be!"Īrumi and Sasshi are two twelve-year-olds who have grown up together in the Abenobashi shopping arcade in Osaka. "All things extant in this world: Gods of Heaven, Gods of Earth, let everything be as it should be. ![]()
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