Alakazam (magic Word)
Alakazam is an incantation or magic word along the lines of abracadabra. Alakazam may also refer to: * Alakazam (Pokémon), a Pokémon species * '' Alakazam the Great'', a Japanese 1960 anime film * "Alakazam !", a track on Justice's album ''Woman'' See also * ''The Magic Land of Allakazam ''The Magic Land of Allakazam'' was the name of a series of network television shows featuring American magician Mark Wilson. It ran from 1960 to 1964 and is credited with establishing the credibility of magic as a television entertainment. Hist ...

Abracadabra
''Abracadabra'' is a magic word, historically used as an incantation on amulets and common today in stage magic. Etymology ''Abracadabra'' is of unknown origin, but according to the ''Oxford English Dictionary'', its first known occurrence is in the second-century works of Serenus Sammonicus. Several folk etymologies are associated with the word: from phrases in Hebrew that mean "I will create as I speak", or Aramaic "I create like the word" (אברא כדברא), to folk etymologies that point to similar words in Latin and Greek such as abraxas or to its similarity to the first four letters of the Greek alphabet (alpha-beta-gamma-delta or ΑΒΓΔ). According to the ''OED Online'', "no documentation has been found to support any of the various conjectures." History The first known mention of the word was in the second century AD in a book called ''Liber Medicinalis'' (sometimes known as ''De Medicina Praecepta Saluberrima'') by Serenus Sammonicus, physician to the Roman ...
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Alakazam (Pokémon)
Alakazam is an incantation or magic word along the lines of abracadabra ''Abracadabra'' is a magic word, historically used as an incantation on amulets and common today in stage magic. Etymology ''Abracadabra'' is of unknown origin, but according to the ''Oxford English Dictionary'', its first known occurrence .... Alakazam may also refer to: * Alakazam (Pokémon), a Pokémon species * '' Alakazam the Great'', a Japanese 1960 anime film * " Alakazam !", a track on Justice's album ''Woman'' See also * '' The Magic Land of Allakazam'', a television series from the 60's of the magician Mark Wilson {{disambiguation ...
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Alakazam The Great
''Alakazam the Great'', known in Japan as , is a 1960 Japanese anime musical film, based on the 16th-century Chinese novel ''Journey to the West''. It was one of the earliest anime films to be released in the United States. Osamu Tezuka was named as a director of the film by Toei Company. However, Tezuka later stated that the only time he was in the studio was to pose for publicity photos. His involvement in promoting the film, however, led to his interest in animation. Plot Alakazam is a young and brave monkey (a macaque) who has been encouraged by all the other monkeys to become their king. After attaining the throne, he becomes rude and dictatorial, and does not believe that human beings are greater than he is. Then he deceives/forces Merlin the magician to teach him magic (reluctantly on Merlin's part, who warns Alakazam that the powers he acquires now will bring him much unhappiness later). Alakazam becomes so arrogant that he abuses his magic powers, and chooses to go up ...
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Alakazam !
''Woman'' is the third studio album by the French electronic music duo Justice, released on 18 November 2016 by Ed Banger Records and Because Music. Overview Four singles were issued from the LP which are " Safe and Sound", "Randy", "Alakazam !", and "Fire". Xavier de Rosnay described the album as being "like if you're in the car with your best friend and your lover and your kids."http://www.factmag.com/2016/09/14/justice-new-album-woman-share-randy/ - Factmag Critical reception Heather Phares of AllMusic called Woman "an enjoyable album" that's "built on layers of fondly remembered vintage funk and disco, pre-EDM French Touch, and Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay's own work." Danny Wright of ''DIY'' noted that the LP sees Justice "adding some fierce slap to the bass, bringing psychedelic disco to the prog and metal dance mix" with a "sound is still huge, still bludgeoningly and pleasingly direct." Track listing All tracks are written by Gaspard Augé and Xavier de ...
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