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Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi

Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi

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Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi

2002- 2002

1 Seasons

13 Episodes

6.8(55 votes)

Ended

Animation

Action & Adventure

Comedy

Overview

Two kids whose families own businesses in a shopping arcade that's scheduled to shut down are thrown into a series of dimensions, each one a parody of some form of anime or video game, and try to find their way home.

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Social & External

Production Companies

GAINAX

Madhouse

Episodes

No episodes found for this season.

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Tomo Saeki

Tomo Saeki

Satoshi Imamiya (voice)

Yuki Matsuoka

Yuki Matsuoka

Arumi Asahina (voice)

Rikiya Koyama

Rikiya Koyama

Eutus (voice)

Takeshi Aono

Takeshi Aono

Masayuki Asahina (voice)

Aya Hisakawa

Aya Hisakawa

Mune-Mune (voice)

Koji Ishii

Koji Ishii

Ms. Aki (voice)

Akemi Okamura

Akemi Okamura

Sayaka Imamiya (voice)

Katsuyuki Konishi

Katsuyuki Konishi

Kouhei (voice)

Naoki Tatsuta

Naoki Tatsuta

Arata Imamiya (voice)

Takeshi Watabe

Takeshi Watabe

Tarou Imamiya (voice)

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