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Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi is a Japanese anime television series created by Gainax and directed by Hiroyuki Yamaga. The series premiered April 4, 2002 on Kids Station. It was licensed in North America by ADV Films. A manga adaptation, authored by Satoru Akahori, was published in English by Tokyopop; the Tokyopop version of the manga is out of print as of August 31, 2009.
Original Release
04/04/2002
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Luci Christian | Sasshi |
| Jessica Boone | Arumi |
| John Gremillion | Kouhei / (voice) / Masayuki Asahina / Mecha Kouhei |
| Yuki Matsuoka | Arumi / Arumi Asahina (voice) |
| Mike Vance | Opening Narration / Opening narrator / Banker Kashiwagi / Attendant A / Opening Narrator |
| Tomo Saeki | Sasshi / Satoshi Imamiya (voice) / Satoshi |
| Chris Patton | Eutus / Abe / Doctor |
| Katsuyuki Konishi | Kouhei / Kouhei (voice) / Masayuki Asahina / Mecha Kouhei |
| Akemi Okamura | Sayaka Imamiya / Sayaka Imamiya (voice) / Little Goblin |
| Aya Hisakawa | Mune-mune / Mune-Mune (voice) / Mune Imamiya |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mystery! Abenobashi Shopping Arcade | Thursday, 04 April 2002 |
| 2 | Adventure! Abenobashi Sword and Sorcery Shopping District | Thursday, 11 April 2002 |
| 3 | Unite! Abenobashi Intergalactic Shopping Center | Thursday, 18 April 2002 |
| 4 | Fired up! Abenobashi Hong Kong Martial Arts Shopping District | Thursday, 25 April 2002 |
| 5 | Extinction! Abenobashi Ancient Dinosaur Shopping Arcade | Thursday, 02 May 2002 |
| 6 | In the Night Fog! Abenobashi Hard Boiled Shopping Arcade | Thursday, 09 May 2002 |
| 7 | Flashback! Magical Shopping Arcade | Thursday, 16 May 2002 |
| 8 | Set Your Heart Aflutter! Abenobashi Campus Shopping Arcade | Thursday, 23 May 2002 |
| 9 | It Cries! The Bush Warbler Heiankyo | Thursday, 30 May 2002 |
| 10 | Poa Poa! Abenobashi Fairy Tale Shopping Arcade | Thursday, 06 June 2002 |
| 11 | Resolution!! Abenobashi Battlefield Shopping Arcade | Thursday, 13 June 2002 |
| 12 | Huge Reversal?! Abenobashi Hollywood Shopping Arcade | Thursday, 20 June 2002 |
| 13 | Return to Life! The Legendary Onmyou Mystic | Thursday, 27 June 2002 |
Directors
Masayuki Kojima, Hiroyuki Yamaga, Masahiko Ôtsuka, Mitsuyuki Masuhara, Hiroyuki Ochi, Atsushi Takahashi, Tadashi Hiramatsu, Kentaro Nakamura, Shirô Ebisu, Hiroyuki Imaishi
Writers
Hiroyuki Yamaga, Satoru Akahori, Jukki Hanada
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Luci Christian | Sasshi |
| Jessica Boone | Arumi |
| John Gremillion | Kouhei / (voice) / Masayuki Asahina / Mecha Kouhei |
| Yuki Matsuoka | Arumi / Arumi Asahina (voice) |
| Mike Vance | Opening Narration / Opening narrator / Banker Kashiwagi / Attendant A / Opening Narrator |
| Tomo Saeki | Sasshi / Satoshi Imamiya (voice) / Satoshi |
| Chris Patton | Eutus / Abe / Doctor |
| Katsuyuki Konishi | Kouhei / Kouhei (voice) / Masayuki Asahina / Mecha Kouhei |
| Akemi Okamura | Sayaka Imamiya / Sayaka Imamiya (voice) / Little Goblin |
| Aya Hisakawa | Mune-mune / Mune-Mune (voice) / Mune Imamiya |
| Naoki Tatsuta | Arata Imamiya (voice) / Opening Narration / Opening Narrator / Arata Imamiya |
| Kaytha Coker | Mune-mune / Mune Imamiya |
| Andy McAvin | Grandpa Masa / (voice) |
| Monica Rial | Sayaka Imamiya / Nurse / Sakaya Imamiya / (voice) |
| Keiji Fujiwara | Tetsu Asahina (voice) / Papa / Papan / Mecha Papa |
| Rikiya Koyama | Eutus / Eutus (voice) / Abe |
| Takeshi Aono | Grandpa Masa / Masayuki Asahina (voice) / Masa-ji |
| Jay Hickman | Tetsu Asahina / Tetsu 'Papa' Asahina / Mecha Papa |
| Allison L. Sumrall | Ayako Asahina / Mune's Mother / Little Goblin / Kyonshii Monster / Ayako Imamiya / Ms. Ochi / (voice) |
| Mike MacRae | Taro Imamiya / Taro Hayashi |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Mark Williams | Executive Producer |
| John Ledford | Executive Producer |
| Masao Maruyama | Producer |
| Taiji Suinou | Producer |
| Toshimichi Ôtsuki | Producer |
| Hiroyuki Yamaga | Producer |
| Hiroki Sato | Producer |
| Masafumi Fukui | Producer |
Trailers
Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi (Us Trailer)
