Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi

Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi
North American DVD cover of the complete series
アベノ橋魔法☆商店街 (Abenobashi Mahō Shōtengai)
Genre	Comedy[1] Isekai[2] Parody[1]
Created by	Gainax
Manga
Written by	Satoru Akahori
Illustrated by	Ryūsei Deguchi
Published by	Kodansha
English publisher	NA: Tokyopop
Magazine	Monthly Magazine Z
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	September 2001 – August 2002
Volumes	2
Manga
Manga Abenobashi Mahō ☆ Shōtengai
Written by	Kenji Tsuruta
Published by	Kodansha
Magazine	Monthly Afternoon
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	September 2001 – May 2002
Volumes	1
Anime television series
Directed by	Hiroyuki Yamaga Masayuki Kojima (unit)
Produced by	Hiroyuki Yamaga Masafumi Fukui Taiji Suinou Toshimichi Ootsuki
Written by	Hiroyuki Yamaga Satoru Akahori
Music by	Shirō Sagisu
Studio	Gainax Madhouse
Licensed by	NA: AEsir Holdings
Original network	Kids Station, Sun TV, KBS, tvk, TV Saitama
English network	US: Anime Network, G4 (Anime Unleashed)
Original run	April 4, 2002 – June 27, 2002
Episodes	13

Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi (Japanese: アベノ橋魔法☆商店街, Hepburn: Abenobashi Mahō Shōtengai) is a Japanese anime television series created by Gainax, with animation produced by Gainax and Madhouse, and directed by Hiroyuki Yamaga. It was broadcast for 13 episodes on Kids Station from April to June 2002. The series was licensed for English release in North America by ADV Films.

A manga adaptation, authored by Satoru Akahori and illustrated by Ryūsei Deguchi, was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Magazine Z from September 2001 to August 2002, with its chapters collected in two tankōbon volumes. It was licensed for English release in North America by Tokyopop. Another manga by Kenji Tsuruta, titled Manga Abenobashi Mahō ☆ Shōtengai, was serialized in Kodansha's Monthly Afternoon from September 2001 to May 2002.