Management: Anime Secret Santa is a project in which bloggers (anonymously) give and are given anime to review. This year, I was given Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi. Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi (2002) is a 13 episode series produced by Studio Gainax and directed by Kojima Masayuki (Monster, Made in Abyss). It is simultaneously a loud, […]
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