Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi.

Wtf, this wasn't in the master list?!!


Story:
Childhood friends Arumi and Sasshi are residents of the Abenobashi commercial district in Osaka, Japan. After an accident, they find themselves transported to an alternate sword and sorcery world. Their attempt to get back to reality finds them traversing a series of nonsensical worlds built on science fiction, war, fantasy, dating sim games and American movies. Each alternate Abenobashi is a surreal manifestation of Sasshi's otaku interests, populated by analogs of the protagonists relatives and acquaintances and a blue-haired stranger known as Eutus.

Their quest to return home is at core a bildungsroman because the Abenobashi dimensions are mostly hobby worlds of increasing sophistication. Sasshi does not want to go home, and in fact is the sole force propelling them between worlds. While chasing the cat in the first episode, Arumi's grandfather fell off the roof and died. With this new trauma pressuring him in addition to his apprehension about the destruction of the shopping arcade and the Asahinas' moving away, Sasshi was no longer willing or able to cope with reality, and unbeknownst to even himself, he had caused their dimension to rewrite itself into worlds echoing his escapist obsessions.

Opening.


Mmm Arumi and Mune. :D

let's fill this joint up with images

MUNEMUNE FTW!
what else is there to say? :roll: :lol:

My top 3 Sasshi's Abenobashi:
Campus
Hard Boiled
Battlefield

The only thing that's disappointing in this series was Gainax halfass'd effort in animating it.
Full of "artwork" inconsistencies. :roll:
Considering in its time, I'd say that the overall style and quality was really good and all but too much of inconsistency ruins it for me. Gainax has really incorporated their style through their work over the years. (they haven't changed, from Karekano to FLCL to Abenobashi to Shikabane Hime and Gurren-Lagann of course) I'm not really a fan, though I believe I've seen most of what they have to offer. This series is still good in my books. :D
(I forgot Mahoromatic, one of my fav)

OP & ED themes were good! :D (esp the OP)
both performed by Megumi Hayashibara.


There's only but one season with a total of 13 episodes.
(please don't ask the obvious) - if you have seen this series,
you should know better that there couldn't possibly be a sequel to it.

Indeed Mune is delicious. :D
This show was hilarious, I like how Sashi was Jet Li, and then in one other episode went all super saiyan. :lol:
And I liked the part where Arumi and Sashi are in space. :D

This anime was awesome, I watched it and was completely mind fucked at some parts.