Talk:Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi

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[edit] Excel Connection?

"Some may view it as Gainax's response to Excel Saga, as it is a Parody Anime. It features many cultural references to movies, games and anime, amongst other things."

This is very unlikely, as Excel Saga was not popular enough to warrant that kind of responce. There just happened to be a surge in parody anime at the time. I would like to see some proof behind that claim. [unsigned]

[edit] Completely off-topic, but

Whoever thought of calling a TV show by this name needs to have their Japanese-English dictionary confiscated. --Kiand 07:01, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

It actually makes sense, which is really creepy. The Abenobashi "shopping arcade" is magical and takes them to different worlds. 00:55, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
What does 'Abenobashi' translate as? (Yes, I know it's the geographical name, but I'm wondering if it means anything in particular.) CFLeon 02:34, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
Abenobashi means Abe's bridge, a reference to Abe no Sami, who was a real and influential mystic in the Kyoto area in the Heinen era. [unsigned]
I realize I'm two years late in replying to this, but "Abenobashi" is an area in Osaka just south of Tennoji Station and adjacent to Osaka Abenobashi Station. It is, in turn, named after the bridge over the JR tracks just west of the aforementioned Tennoji Station. As far as is known, it is not named after Abe no Seimei, though certainly the man himself existed. Abenobashi doesn't actually have a shopping arcade named after it, though there are certainly plenty of shopping districts in that area, at least one of which (Abeno Ginza) has been severely gutted by the development of high-rise buildings around it in the past 10-15 years. The breakdown of the older city structure with the increasing redevelopment of the Tennoji-Abenobashi area may actually have served as an inspiration for the series, though I don't know if that's on record anywhere. --Julian Grybowski (talk) 14:26, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Cleanup

I just added an infobox, added cleanup tags, and would like some help rewriting the article to put the information in the article into the infobox. Any help would be appreciated. Alex 20:57, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

The current article's plot summary contains too much detail; I added the appropriate template. I think I'll take a try at reducing it in size, but thought it would be good to see how other contributors to this article feel. --Starwed 10:19, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Obviously I never got around to this. :) But since I have some spare time between summer/fall semester, why not now? I plan on drastically reducing the length of the plot summary; does anyone have objections to this? --Starwed 03:22, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ending - speculation

I beleive the very question of the "altered" Abenobashi being real is meaningless. Abe himself shrugged off the question of "reality" with some contempt in old Kyoto. However, it is most certain that it's not a "hobby world" in the sense that the previous ones were. It's no longer a projection of Sasshi's childish fantasies - it's a sane world created in selfless thought where the wishes of both Mune and Arumi have been granted. In that sense, it's an adult world created by an adult Sasshi, and the proper result of the ultimate fate-changing spell. Wilderns 16:59, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Title

Unless the policy has changed, shouldn't this be Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi, without the star? Exploding Boy 05:50, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

In answer to my own question, yes. The page has therefore been moved in accordance with WP:NAME. Exploding Boy 07:26, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Abridged Version?

In my version, which is a two disc series, possibly an import as all text is Japanese, during the hong-kong episode there is a part where a screen comes up and says "the rest has been abridged" Is this specific to this possible Japanese version, or is it in the US release as well. My version has all the basics, 13 episodes, dual language, subtitles, a couple of extras, but it's just killing me that I don't know what's going on. [unsigned]

I'm pretty sure that's in the US version as well; it's just supposed to indicate that whatever is happening takes way too long to show. (Isn't it during the part spoofing DragonballZ? And of course that show tends to draw out fight scenes for a while. :) ) --Starwed 06:06, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
Okay yeah that makes since, since I just found out what abridged means. Thank you. BioYu-Gi! 18:02, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Am I the Only One?

Am I the only one who sees a correlation between Mune's name and her ridiculously big boobs? [unsigned]

No, it's meant to be obvious. CFLeon 04:30, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Network = Kids Station, Demographic = Seinen

That makes no sense. --IguanarayD: —Preceding signed but undated comment was added at 16:44, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

Yes, it does. See Kids Station's ANN entry.--Nohansen 17:03, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Abenobashi Cover.jpg

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BetacommandBot 13:45, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

This seems to have been taken care of. :) --Starwed 19:21, 29 October 2007 (UTC)