Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi (US)

"Bein' human, havin' your health…that's the most important thing." - Arumi Asahina

Try telling that to twelve-year-old Sasshi Imamiya. He's lost his home, lost the toy collection that defined his very geekdom, and he's about to lose his best friend, Arumi. Reality is closing in on him. That is, until they discover that their neighborhood shopping district is actually a portal to a series of parallel existences. Reality decides to take a vacation – an extended vacation – as Arumi and Sasshi suddenly find themselves in a world sort of like their own… only not. And as they try to fight their way back to the real world, they'll face menacing mushrooms, big-breasted space pirates, killer kung-fu fighters, a tripped-out transvestite, a sorcerer who seems to be in some sort of midlife crisis… and that's just the beginning! They say there's no place like home, but this ain't exactly Oz, and it sure as heck ain't Kansas! Put the kids to bed, leave Toto with the neighbors and get ready to dive into the madcap, whacked-out world of Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi!

MSAA comes from GAINAX, makers of FLCL and Neon Genesis Evangelion and originally aired in Japan in April 2002. MSAA is a 13 episode series.