History Anime / MagicalShoppingArcadeAbenobashi

** Episode 3: After Arumi has her panties stolen while peeing in the bushes, she spends almost the rest of the episode naked from the waist down, to her immense embarrassment. Sasshi, [[DirtyKid for once]], doesn't pay attention to the fact, being more interested in the Sci-fi elements. Poor Asumi gets repeated views of her naked butt as her dress keeps rising up and even stripped naked entirely during the FighterLaunchSequence as She and Sasshi are changed into their uniforms as they slide into the cockpits of their mecha. Even with the costume change, Arumi is still missing her panties as she tries to cover her bare end.

'''Arumi:''' Now haven't we talked enough about your [[TeenyWeenie wee wee]?\\

* LongTitle: ''"Private E-1 Sasshi of Squad 7, Corps 6 of Division 5 General Headquarters, Auxiliary to the 4th Battalion, Under the command of the 3rd Regiment, Under the 2nd Division of the 1st Army, reporting for duty, Ma'am!"'' Even sillier, as mentioned in the pop-up notes. The Japanese version goes just as long, but goes biggest to smallest unit (reverse order).

%%* KansaiRegionalAccent

** Monster Mune-Mune in the horror chapter, which combines GagBoobs with BodyHorror.

* GagBoobs: Mune-mune. Not only is it [[PunnyName right there in her name]], boob humor is practically the entire point of her character [[spoiler:until TheReveal, when she turns out to be both the alternate-reality counterparts of Sasshi's grandmother and an integral part of the events in the backstory which set the whole plot in motion in the Heian Period.]]
** The manga manages to one-up the anime right at the beginning when Sasshi and Arumi summon Breast Emperor Bichikuriido, a woman whose titillating twosome puts even Mune-Mune to shame! The first thing she does upon arriving is beat a dragon monster to death with her bare breasts!

** One of the manga chapters has the duo fight against american comic book doppelgangers of themselves.

** The end of that episode has it as well, with the prewiev for the next one (the Film Noir episode) briefly featuring the two kids with heavily Westernized features and heavy shadows covering half of their bodies.

* SilverVixen: [[spoiler: Mune Mune is revealed to be Sasshi's paternal grandmother (Masa is revealed to be more of a close friend of the family and not really his blood grandfather). Of course her looks are due to Estuss recollection of her so we never really see her in her old age. This is also what clues in to Sasshi that's she's an anomaly in the various worlds they visit because all the people in each world are based off someone Sasshi and Arumi know from the shopping arcade. But Mune-Mune is some he ''never'' met in his life.]]

But once they fight their way through the game's plot in grand slapstick style, thinking they will then return home, they find themselves transported to an outer space version of Abenobashi... then a Hong Kong martial arts movie version... then a [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs dinosaur-filled]], prehistoric one. And many more. Will Sasshi and Arumi ever get back to the ''real'' Abenobashi? ''Why'' are they "jumping" in the first place? ''Who'' is that blue-haired sorcerer who appears to be going through a mid-life crisis?

%%* {{Gainaxing}}

* GracefulLandingClumsyEnding: Anytime Sasshi and Arumi end up falling from somewhere, [[IdiotHero Sasshi]] crashes to the ground, while his smarter and more competent friend Arumi lands on her feet.

%%** ''LightNovel/SisterPrincess''

A DeconstructiveParody of a dozen or more genres of film and anime, ''Abenobashi Mahou Shoutengai'' (''Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi'' in North America) generously trowels thick layers of off-the-wall comedy on top of a surprisingly serious storyline, one you're likely to forget about. Made by [[Creator/StudioGainax Gainax]] and Creator/{{Madhouse}}, the show makes both subtle and in-your-face [[ShoutOut references]] to various other series.

There is also a two-volume {{Manga}} version, which is ''even weirder.'' The [[BroadStrokes basic plot is pretty much the same,]] although different worlds are visited, the ones that ''are'' in the show are different, and there's a character not shown in the anime (with the exception of a "blink and you'll miss her" scene in the twelfth episode). While unfortunately the manga is no longer in print due to the demise of Tokyopop, cheap used copies can be found on Amazon, or if you're lucky, your local used bookstore.

** ...Ms. Aki, who takes this trope UpToEleven. See GlamorousWartimeSinger below for an example.

%%* PantyShot

%%* {{Meganekko}}: Mune-mune

* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: In the FilmNoir version of the arcade, Sasshi has to compete with Arumi's father to prove which one is the real "legendary sniper [[Manga/{{Golgo 13}} Regolgo]]" by shooting a can on the other side of the room. Sasshi manages to hit the can with a pistol ''by complete accident'', while Arumi's father empties an entire M16 clip and hits everything ''but'' the can. Then he walks right up to the can and blows it up with a bundle of TNT. [[WhatAnIdiot Arumi's father is declared the winner.]]

* GlamorousWartimeSinger: Hilariously subverted in the War episode when Ms. Aki shows up for a USO show. After getting a good look at her face, all the troops fall to the ground in a near-death state. After pulling a MarilynManeuver but before she can finish her introduction, she's quickly ''grabbed by GasMaskMooks, shoved into a body bag, and [[StuffedIntoTheFridge stuffed into a nuclear waste containment barrel]], which is then filled with cement, bolted shut, lowered into a larger air-tight container, sealed in cement, tested for radiation levels, boxed up into a cargo crate, put onto the helicopter she arrived in on, and immediately flown out.''

* ThemeTuneCameo: In episode 12 they enter the arcade proper and hear the show's ending theme playing as muzak.

* CanonForeigner: Ochi-san, a girl infatuated with Sasshi, is unique to the manga, as is pointed out in the postscript to the first volume. She has a brief cameo in the last episode of the show, including a spoken line, though.

* {{Fanservice}}: PlayedForLaughs throughout the whole series with Mune-Mune and Sasshi's sister.

* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: In the Prehistoric Shopping Arcade episode, Sasshi going into good detail to point out how many of the dinosaurs they have encountered didn't exist for millions of years between each other and never would have encountered each other over the time span between the early Cretaceous and late Triassic periods. Sasshi, being a preadolescent boy, is an expert on dinosaurs, of course.

* GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave: [[spoiler: Mune Mune is revealed to be Sasshi's paternal grandmother (Masa is revealed to be more of a close friend of the family and not really his blood grandfather). Of course her looks are due to Estuss recollection of her so we never really see her in her old age. This is also what clues in to Sasshi that's she's an anomaly in the various worlds they visit because all the people in each world are based off someone Sasshi and Arumi know from the shopping arcade. But Mune-Mune is some he ''never'' met in his life.]]

** Episode 6 is a general shout-out to FilmNoir style Hard-boiled Detective and Mobster movies.

* {{Expy}}: Young Grandpa Masa in not entirely unlike two cartoon characters]] modeled after a certain actor who played their live-action counterparts: Creator/JimCarrey in ''WesternAnimation/TheMask'' and ''WesternAnimation/AceVentura''.

** Taken to absolutely absurd lengths in the manga. Every major female character appears topless at least once (even Arumi) with Mune-Mune herself appearing topless about [[OnceAnEpisode once per chapter]]... and if she isn't going topless you can be sure she's wearing some sort of skimpy or {{Stripperrific}} outfit.

* GirlsAreReallyScaredOfHorrorMovies: Arumi is absolutely terrified of the Abenobashi Horror Arcade. Humorously, Sasshi himself is more terrified of her wrath after failing to get them home again, leading to both of them freaking out.
* GlamorousWartimeSinger: Hillariously subverted in the War episode when Ms. Aki shows up for a USO show. After getting a good look at her face, all the troops fall to the ground in a near-death state. After pulling a MarilynManeuver but before she can finish her introduction, she's quickly ''grabbed by GasMaskMooks, shoved into a body bag, and [[StuffedIntoTheFridge stuffed into a nuclear waste containment barrel]], which is then filled with cement, bolted shut, lowered into a larger air-tight container, sealed in cement, tested for radiation levels, boxed up into a cargo crate, put onto the helicopter she arrived in on, and immediately flown out.''

* ScrewDestiny: Sasshi's ultimate reaction to the revelation that [[spoiler:Grandpa Masa is dead in the real world.]] And, making for either a CrowningMomentOfAwesome or a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming, [[spoiler:he comes through with it and brings him back to life.]] YMMV, though, as many felt that moment ruined the series, as noted under [[YMMV/MagicalShoppingArcadeAbenobashi They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot]].

-->'''Sasshi:''' I'm thinking in terms of strategy. Like in RPGs and video games. The more unusual the piece, the more dough we can score. Your "Battle Bra For Kids" is like a limited edition, isn't it?

** Episode 2 is a shout-out to [[EasternRPG JRPGs]] in general, but ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' in particular. Slimes, dead characters being represented by coffins, and needing to go back to town and pay to have them revived are just the tip of the iceberg.