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The country of Japan, but portrayed as a world that works like what [[Anime]] taught us.
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The most common examples are:
* [[Magical Girl
* [[Kaiju]] and [[Humongous Mecha]] stomping through the streets
* [[Tokyo Is the Center of the Universe|Tokyo as the center of the universe]]
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* And various others...
Due to the [[Lowest Common Denominator]], it might also include other Japanese pop cultural references, that are not really anime-specific, such as [[Ninja
This is a part of the [[Hollywood Atlas]], like [[Eagle Land]], [[
[[I Thought That Was|Not be confused with]] the French magazine ''[http://www.animeland.com/ Animeland]''
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If the work is made outside of Japan, don't expect anyone to acknowledge that most anime are adapted from manga<ref>For the uninitiated, that's like if every well-received [[Western Animation]] cartoon [[The Silent Age of Animation|from]] ''[[Mickey Mouse|Plane Crazy]]'' [[The New Twenties|to]] ''[[Captain Lazerhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix|Captain Lazerhawk]]'' and [[History Marches On|onwards]] was a DC or Marvel or Image Comics comic book series first.</ref>.
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== [[Advertising]] ==
* Advertising of the Japanese made Uni-ball ball pens in the US invokes this trope by using a [[Humongous Mecha]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20111101013832/http://www.uniball-na.com/main.taf?p=9 to promote their gel ink].
== [[Anime]]
* In ''[[Lucky Star]]'', [[Occidental Otaku]] Patricia Martin has this worldview.
** In which the mangaka immediately [[
* ''[[Arcade Gamer Fubuki]]'' portrays Japan as Animeland.
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* In ''[[Toxic Avenger]]'', Toxie's [[Luke, I Am Your Father|father]] is Japanese. And a [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]. And a sumo wrestler.
* ''[[Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo]]'', See Below.
* ''[[Robo Geisha]]'': There is not a Japanese stereotype in existence that this movie does not portray. [[Yakuza
== [[Literature]] ==
* The section on Japan in ''[[America (The Book)]]'' [[Played for Laughs|plays this for laughs]].
== [[Live
* In ''[[Lexx]]''{{'}}s last season, [[Kaiju|a giant plant person]] invaded Japaneseland.
* Animeland and the fan culture surrounding it were the object of satire in the ''[[Saturday Night Live
* In ''[[30 Rock]]'' Tracy believes he is giving a speech over a live feed to a Japanese award show. He thanks all his Japanese fans, especially [[Godzilla]]. The he laughs and says he's just kidding...he knows Godzilla doesn't care what humans do.
== [[Video Games]] ==
* In ''[[Command
** The Emperor's video briefings help tick any other boxes in the Big Book Of Japanese Clichés: his son wears a kind of samurai armour, he's seen practising sword forms, contemplating a bonsai tree, practising calligraphy, taking tea a lot, mentions a revival of Bushido, tells you to slice through the enemy "like the blade of a [[Katanas Are Just Better|katana]]" and finally declares you "Supreme Shogun".
* ''[[Destroy All Humans!]] 2'' parodies this. 'Takoshima' is filled with salary men, schoolgirls and at one point a kaiju is running around.
* ''[[Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan]]'' and its sequel, especially since it was designed with a manga feel. There are two levels featuring schoolgirls, two with [[Kaiju]] fighting against a [[Salaryman]] or a [[Humongous Mecha]] depending on the game, and other [[Hot-Blooded]] shenanigans. However, there are no tentacle creatures, (like [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|that would really change anything]]), and a ninja only appears in the ''[[Elite Beat Agents|American]]'' localization.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
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* ''[[Cow and Chicken]]'': [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7Gyap0F0yM this] Got Milk ad.
* ''[[Kappa Mikey]]''
* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' episode "Thirty Minutes over Tokyo" has an announcement from the pilot as they're flying home:
{{quote|"Uh, folks, we're experiencing some moderate Godzilla-related turbulence at this time, so I'm going to go ahead and ask you to put your seatbelts back on. When we get to 35,000 feet, he usually does let go, so from there on out, all we have to worry about is Mothra, and, uh, we do have reports he's tied up with Gamera and Rodan at the present time. Thank you very much."}}
* ''[[Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo]]'' is like this. It's definitely an [[Affectionate Parody]], though, since the series is [[Animesque]].
* ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]''{{'}}s special "Summer Belongs To You" has [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guQPUBecZRs this little sequence.]{{Dead link}} <!-- MOD: Would any P&F fan have a clue what "this sequence" actually was, so we can find a new link? -->
* The season two finale of ''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]'' starts off here with Dexter accidentally awakening a [[Kaiju]], while trying to one-up two mecha pilots his age (who both look like ''[[Go Nagai]]'' characters). The rest of the episode has him and his entire family fighting said Kaiju back home, with the help of a [[Combining Mecha]], under the guidance of a [[Kid Samurai]].
* Japan in [[Pixar Shorts|''Tokyo Mater'']], and as an extension, the Japan segment of ''[[Cars]] 2''.
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