Real world locations in anime

[Neko-]

Suzimiya Haruhi

Decided to post this up as a result of this thread on UseNet

I recall there is something similar out for Sailor Moon aswell, but Ican't recall where I saw it, nor if it's around anymore...

As a sidenote, that first site also hosts a self-help guide: How to stop loving an anime character. Good for a chuckle

[Knight of L-sama]

Azubu-Juuban in Minato ward is a real place. How accurate the anime is to the local geography I don't know though.

As for the Haruhi example, Kyoto Animation is getting quite a reputation for this. The Full Metal Panic: The Second Raid DVDs have mini documentaries about the teams they sent to Hong Kong and Nanking to make the scenes in those cities accurate. There's also a shrine in Saitama that has been overwhelmed by Lucky Star fans after they used it as the model for the Hiiragi Shrine in Lucky Star.

I've also seen photo comparisons similar to the Haruhi one for Clannad and Kanon.

[Zwzn]

Azubu-Juuban in Minato ward is a real place. How accurate the anime is to the local geography I don't know though.

As for the Haruhi example, Kyoto Animation is getting quite a reputation for this. The Full Metal Panic: The Second Raid DVDs have mini documentaries about the teams they sent to Hong Kong and Nanking to make the scenes in those cities accurate. There's also a shrine in Saitama that has been overwhelmed by Lucky Star fans after they used it as the model for the Hiiragi Shrine in Lucky Star.

I've also seen photo comparisons similar to the Haruhi one for Clannad and Kanon.

This site has the places in the Sailor moon anime, and their real world counter parts:http://www.geocities.com/lunararchivist/x-files/x-file002/x-file002.html

[Spokavriel]

It's amazing how many places are really there. I just zoomed in this map to a point where the AzabuJûban rail stop and the Nerima one are both visible. Nerima is at the top of the map near the blue marker. I used it as the refference point in the map search because I knew how to spell it properly. Jûban is at the bottom near the right corner.

[Spokavriel]

Curiosity can be weird. I was having trouble settling in to sleep because I had a nagging suspicion about the subways in Tokyo from looking at the map I posted earlier. I was wondering how many lines you'd need to use to get from Jûban to Nerima. So I went here http://www.tokyometro.jp/rosen/rosenzu/ ... en_eng.pdf And it turns out that even though you might have to make a transfer they are both on the Oedo line. Not sure which is more interesting that they are on the same line or that Jûban has only one stop between it and Daimon. Something makes me suspect the author for Sailor Moon had some bad experiences on the Oedo line at some point in time.

[Neko-]

If I ever make it to Tokyo... I'm definitly having subway fun and atleast getting off at Nerima and Juuban stations