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"Peacock" turns out in reality to be the "Pelican", the symbol
of Arumi's French restaurant. But that "Pelican" and Masa-ji fall
off from the roof. That is when strange things start to happen.
Sasshi and Arumi are at the shrine when they lose themselves
in a mysterious world. It is a world entirely different
from their everyday shopping street, a parallel world where nothing seemed
to make any sense. Why did it happen? How could they go back
to their own world?
These are exciting, comedy filled adventure stories
and each time they will explore what seems to be a parody / gag
of the shopping street. These include the "Sword and Magic Version",
the "Science Fiction Version" and the "Ancient Dinosaurs Version"
Main Staff
Planning and Original Story : GAINAX
Chief Screenwriter and Script : Satoru Akahori, Hiroyuki Yamaga
Script : Jyukki Hanada
Original Character Design : Kenji Tsuruta
Music : Shiro Sagisu
Animation Production : GAINAX
Director : Hiroyuki Yamaga
Awards
2002 (6th) Media Arts Festival, Agency for
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t is a fantasy story placed in Abenobashi, Osaka.
Is it serious? Is it a comedy? A romance? Or is it sexy?
Welcome to this parallel world where all is possible.
It is a completely original animation by GAINAX,
the creator of "Neon Genesis Evangelion". The director is Hiroyuki Yamaga
of "Royal Space Force" and the music is by Shiro Sagisu
of "Neon Genesis Evangelion". The content of the work and the staff
are both sensational. So what is GAINAX up to, which always brings
something new and fresh into the animation industry?
The time is now. It happens one day during a summer vacation.
Sasshi, a sixth grader who lives in the Abenobashi shopping street
in downtown Osaka, and Arumi are childhood friends.
But the shopping street from the old days, |
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are sadly under eviction orders
for reconstruction purposes. Sasshi's house that used to be the bathhouse
was torn down and Arumi's family who owns the French food restaurant,
"Pelican", is considering moving to Hokkaido. Arumi's grandfather,
Masa-ji stubbornly stands alone against the eviction.
By chance, Sasshi and Arumi notice that the four sacred creatures
that protect the four directions of the shopping street had been placed
on each other's shops. They seem to have a deep connection with
the Seimei Shrine at the end of the shopping street.
They head for the shrine right away and conduct a research on the
four sacred creatures. It turns three of the four creatures have been torn down
and only one remains. The remaining sacred creature |
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