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A Title Sequence done in the same format as the show itself. Original footage is created to showcase elements of the show's world. Often, this takes the form of a main character walking though his neighborhood, greeting other characters on their way to work.

Fairly common in animation, but rare otherwise, probably due to the cost of creating such footage.


 * Coupling (US version)
 * Sesame Street
 * The Simpsons
 * TV Funhouse
 * Everybody Loves Raymond had the family introduced while passing by on a conveyor belt for a while.
 * At least one season of Ranma ½ had a brief segment after the Anime Theme Song titles introducing the main characters.
 * Several of the later OVA episodes began with a song called "Where Do We Go From Here", during which the various cast members were shown around the neighborhood and/or on their way to school.
 * Nagasarete Airantou
 * Bear in the Big Blue House
 * Monday Night Raw had titles like this for a while, featuring Steve Austin. Oh, and the supporting cast were all fighting. And "neighbourhood" was a disused factory on fire.
 * Transformers openings tend to use this, except for the series that animate the Transformers in CGI.