![]() ![]() There isn’t a single episode of Abenobashi that is the ‘Gainax Parody Episode’ in name but there are a lot of references to be caught. Both genres of a film like noir, Hollywood blockbuster, and war movies were spoofed as well as prime targets for the picking. Not only did they parody every big anime convention, with your dating sim episode, your giant robot episode, your RPG episode and more, they even took to parodying film tropes. Nothing was off-limits for Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi to spoof as they saw fit. Abenobashi Parodied Absolutely Everything, Even Gainax Itself While satire isn’t for everybody, with the unique Gainax touch, Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi packed a real punch. Not only Sci-Fi works got parodied Everything from video games to romance comics to traditional Japanese culture and more was on the table. It was a rare foray by the studio into pure comedy but like much of Gainax’s works, it proudly wears its influences on its sleeves only more directly than usual.Ībenobashi parodies everything from older quintessential anime like Harlock to American classic tent-poles such as Star Trek. ĭirected by Hiroyuki Yamaga, a Gainax co-founder who also directed their very first anime Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise a particularly excellent sci-fi film, Abenobashi very much comes from the same magical well so many other fantastic shows had. One such show from this time period that gets forgotten about for not being Evangelion or FLCL is Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi. Pretty much everything up until a certain point from the studio has its place in the canon of great anime and deserves to be treated as such. Not only were they behind the monumental Neon Genesis Evangelion, but they can also boast having created other beloved hits like FLCL, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, and Gunbuster among others. These days the animation studio’s time on top has ended, and unfortunately, now they’re wrapped up in a pretty series lawsuit that might mean their end, but back in the day, Gainax was the production company to watch. ![]()
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