However, this does not mean that you can't and don't get some absolutely hilarious and memorable scenes and episodes, and this is definitely one of the funniest shows I've ever seen. While there will occasionally be a totally random Gainax moment (the cussing chicken being my personal favorite), the humor is more, ummm, specific, than many other over-the-top series I've seen (Abeno's on morphene compared to FLCL). Every episode is a definite parody of a different genre of movie/anime, and almost all the humor comes from poking fun at the cliches and idiocies of each genre. Abenobashi, however, is a little bit more controlled. While each episode generally has a different parody "theme", much of the humor does not come from parodies, but instead from very strange sight-gags and repetitions. With Excel Saga, all that's guaranteed is that you'll be laughing like crazy literally every thirty seconds. However, the humor is handled in a very different way. Gainax also does several self-parodies, which is always fun (barring you've seen other Gainax shows). Like Excel Saga, Abenobashi parodies anything and everything, but mostly different things in Japanese pop culture. Well that's what I got, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Considering the fundamentals of that genre, and the studio that this is coming from, I was expecting a wild and crazy ride. Gainax's take on the genre practically invented by Excel Saga: the parody-an-episode genre. Quickly, they are transported to an alternative Abenobashi, and from there on, it's just hilarious parodies of different types of Japanese entertainment taking place in different forms of that crazy shopping arcade.Īh, Abenobashi. However, it's too late, and things in their already strange home are getting much weirder than ever before. However, the entire area is being redeveloped, and they discover that all of the tearing down and rebuilding may result in the disturbance of an ancient charm put on the arcade. Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi SynopsisĪrumi and Sasshi have been friends since childhood growing up together in the Abenobashi shopping arcade in Osaka. Notes: This is an original Gainax work, and any Abeno manga came after it. Length: Television series, 13 episodes, 23 minutes eachĭistributor: R1 DVD Available From ADV FilmsĬontent Rating: 15+ (lots of random and raunchy sexual themes, Mune Mune, a little language)Īlso Recommended: Excel Saga, FLCL, KareKano Genre: One Parody an Episode comedy, fun adventure AKA: Abenobashi, Abenobashi Magic Shopping Street, Abenobashi Mahou Shotengai
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