"Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi" Unite! Abenobashi Intergalactic Shopping Center (2002)"Abenobashi mahô shôtengai" Unite! Abenobashi Intergalactic Shopping Center (original title)

Directors:

Hiroyuki Imaishi
Hiroyuki Yamaga
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Writers:

Satoru Akahori (composition)
Satoru Akahori
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TV Series:

"Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi" (2002)

Original Air Date:

18 April 2002 (Season 1, Episode 3)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Animation | Comedy

Plot:

Sasshi and Arumi, instead of going back home, are transported to a Sci-Fi version of the Abenobashi shopping center...

Plot Keywords:

Anime | Dying Repeatedly | Comic Violence | Dialect | Spoof

Directed by
Hiroyuki Imaishi
Hiroyuki Yamaga		(series director)
Masayuki Kojima		(series unit director)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Satoru Akahori		composition
Satoru Akahori
Hiroyuki Yamaga		composition

Produced by
Masafumi Fukui	....	producer
John Ledford	....	executive producer (english version)
Masao Maruyama	....	animation producer
Toshimichi Ohtsuki	....	producer
Hiroki Sato	....	animation producer
Taiji Suinou	....	producer
Mark Williams	....	executive producer (english version)
Hiroyuki Yamaga	....	producer

Original Music by
Shirô Sagisu

Cinematography by
Hitoshi Yamaguchi

Art Direction by
Hiroshi Kato		(chief art director)

Art Department
Hiroyuki Imaishi	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Kazuya Tanaka	....	sound director

Animation Department
Tadashi Hiramatsu	....	animation character designer
Hiroyuki Imaishi	....	animation director
Kenji Tsuruta	....	original character designer

Other crew
Hidefumi Kimura	....	setting

Jason Douglas	...	Ms. Aki (voice: English version)
John Gremillion	...	Kouhei (voice: English version)
Jay Hickman	...	Tetsu Asahina (voice: English version)
Andy McAvin	...	Masayoshi Asahina (voice: English version)
Chris Patton	...	Eutus (voice: English version)
John Swasey	...	Arata Imamiya (voice: English version)
Mike Vance	...	Attendent A, Banker Kashiwagi, Opening Narration (voice: English version)
Mike MacRae	...	Taro Imamiya (voice: English version)
Nomed Kaerf	...	Dungeon Monster, Mole (voice: English version)
Don Rush	...	Attendent B, Nebula 71, Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Donaldo)
Mike Yantosca	...	Panda (voice: English version)
Luci Christian	...	Satoshi Imamiya (voice: English version)
Tiffany Grant	...	Amiryun, Gin Yamamoto, Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Hilary Haag	...	Tri-Spot, Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Aya Hisakawa	...	Mune-mune (voice: Japanese version)
Monica Rial	...	Sayaka Imamiya (voice: English version)
Tomo Saeki	...	Sasshi (voice: Japanese version)
Kaytha Coker	...	Mune-mune (voice: English version)
Kira Vincent-Davis	...	Mitsuyo Imamiya (voice: English version)
Yuki Matsuoka	...	Arumi (voice: Japanese version)
Jessica Boone	...	Arumi Asahina (voice: English version)
Allison L. Sumrall	...	Ayako Asahina (voice: English version) (as Allison Sumrall)

Directed by
Shirô Ebisu		(episode director)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Satoru Akahori		(episode writer)
Hiroyuki Yamaga		(episode writer)

Art Department
Harumi Takahoshi	....	color designer

Also Known As:

"Abenobashi mahô shôtengai: Unite! Abenobashi Intergalactic Shopping Center (#1.3)" - Japan (original title)

Trivia:

Another Evangelion reference is when Mune-Mune is possessed by the soul of the defeated giant monster: the scene is very similar to when the angel Armisael takes possess of Rei's Unit-00. Both Mune and Rei have bulging veins all over their bodies while possessed.

Movie Connections:

References "Neon Genesis Evangelion" (1995)