ANIME INFO
Abenobashi
Other name: Abenobashi Mahou☆Shoutengai, Magical☆Shopping Arcade Abenobashi, Abenobashi Magic Shopping District, Abenobashi Mahoh Shotengai, Magical Shopping Street Abenobashi, Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi, アベノ橋魔法☆商店街
English name: Magical☆Shopping Arcade Abenobashi
Type: TV
Episodes: 13
Status: Completed
Premiered: Spring 2002
Genre: Comedy, Ecchi, Fantasy, Parody
Released: 2002
Duration: 24 min
Studios: Madhouse
Producers: Gainax, Dentsu, Starchild Records, Imagica, Rakuonsha, King Records
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.