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== Anime and Manga ==

* The [[Garden of Evil|Sea of Corruption]] in ''[[Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind]]''.

* There are many places in the ''[[Hunter X Hunter]]'' world that are extremely dangerous to humans. Those regions are closed off to everyone except full-fledged Hunters—because Hunters are the only ones who have even a snowball's chance in hell of ''surviving'' a visit. The Swindler's Swamp is an exceptionally dangerous area, even to Hunters. The Swamp's entire ecosystem has evolved around deceiving and eating humans, with such friendly wildlife as "man-faced apes" which go out to masquerade as humans and lure them back to the swamp.~~<br~~ />Swindler's Swamp is used as staging ground of the second phase of the Hunter Exam that Gon and company take. The goal is simply to reach the other side. Everyone who reached this phase is a 1 in 10000 [[Badass]]. Out of a group of a few hundred, only ''150'' make it out alive. The rest became lunch {{spoiler|or were killed by Hisoka}}.

* There are many places in the ''[[Hunter X Hunter]]'' world that are extremely dangerous to humans. Those regions are closed off to everyone except full-fledged Hunters—because Hunters are the only ones who have even a snowball's chance in hell of ''surviving'' a visit. The Swindler's Swamp is an exceptionally dangerous area, even to Hunters. The Swamp's entire ecosystem has evolved around deceiving and eating humans, with such friendly wildlife as "man-faced apes" which go out to masquerade as humans and lure them back to the swamp. Swindler's Swamp is used as staging ground of the second phase of the Hunter Exam that Gon and company take. The goal is simply to reach the other side. Everyone who reached this phase is a 1 in 10000 [[Badass]]. Out of a group of a few hundred, only ''150'' make it out alive. The rest became lunch {{spoiler|or were killed by Hisoka}}.

* The New World in ''[[One Piece]]'' could be considered one, as anyone who has been there then on refers to the first half of the Grand Line as "Paradise". Mind you, the first half is crawling with dangerous pirates, many of which have some pretty badass superpowers, [[Sea Monster|seakings]], unknown weather phenomena, and of course, islands that are somewhat few and far between. And even by Oda's standards it screws with physics! Islands that are consumed by perpetual fire, or plagued with storms where lightning strikes like a downpour, or a giant, floating one are some of the highlights from what we have seen thus far.

** The Grand Line in itself is one of these, from the perspective of the four seas outside of it. It's called "The Pirates Graveyard" for a reason.

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== ~~Comicbooks~~ ==

== Comic Books ==

* DC: An artificial planet created by Devilance, a New God from Apokolips, is a death world, with automated defenses based upon the strength of the intruders and killer midgets, among various monsters. Seen in [[52]], the new [[Blue Beetle]], and [[Salvation Run]]. Apokolips itself is also something of a deathworld.

* Marvel's Ego the Living Planet is a [[Genius Loci]] (or Loco) Deathworld. And frequently a ''mobile'' Genius Loci Deathworld, meaning it doesn't just wait for ''you'' to come to ''it''...

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** The Lower Planes. Besides the infestation of devils, demons, and other nasty things, 3.5 makes them quite literal death worlds. In several senses. The Abyss' colloquial description is "Too horrible for conventional wisdom to comprehend" (one of the random things you can encounter on its infinite layers is an ''ocean of insects'', for example), and the Nine Hells of Baator are all actively trying to kill you in some way shape or form:

{{quote|'''Avernus''': Giant fireballs from the sky.

'''Dis''': Superheated environment meets government that makes [[Nineteen Eighty-Four|1984]] look like happy flower hippies. ~~<br~~ />

'''Dis''': Superheated environment meets government that makes [[Nineteen Eighty-Four|1984]] look like happy flower hippies.

'''Minauros''': Acid swamp perpetually absorbing the structures built on it, largely a wilderness in which giant [[Eldritch Abomination|things]] lurk which the ''devils'' are afraid of. ~~<br~~ />

'''Minauros''': Acid swamp perpetually absorbing the structures built on it, largely a wilderness in which giant [[Eldritch Abomination|things]] lurk which the ''devils'' are afraid of.

'''Phlegethos''': Fire-dominant environment. The landscape is made of volcanoes and magma. The ''entire'' landscape.~~<br~~ />

'''Phlegethos''': Fire-dominant environment. The landscape is made of volcanoes and magma. The ''entire'' landscape.

'''Stygia''': Cold-dominant environment. The entire landscape is glaciers and stop-your-heart-in-seconds water. That also rips out your memories.~~<br~~ />

'''Stygia''': Cold-dominant environment. The entire landscape is glaciers and stop-your-heart-in-seconds water. That also rips out your memories.

'''Malbolge''': Before Glasya, a land made entirely of hills suffering perpetual landslides from mountain-sized boulders. Now, the entire landscape is alive, and guess what it wants to do to you?~~<br~~ />

'''Malbolge''': Before Glasya, a land made entirely of hills suffering perpetual landslides from mountain-sized boulders. Now, the entire landscape is alive, and guess what it wants to do to you?

'''Maladomini''': Breathing kills you.~~<br~~ />

'''Maladomini''': Breathing kills you.

'''Cania''': Major cold-dominant. Breathing kills you, or you freeze to death first.~~<br~~ />

'''Cania''': Major cold-dominant. Breathing kills you, or you freeze to death first.

'''Nessus''': One big flat plane, with some canyons. You have nowhere to hide from all the forces of the heart of Hell. No, the canyons are [[It Got Worse|worse.]] }}

** As of fourth edition, Baator is now a [http://images.yuku.com/image/pjpeg/45536ba641a897edcc85536f05a293fe97906a7c.jpg planet]. The one thing that won't kill you? Falling from the upper atmosphere, which is where most people who come here arrive. Why? Because the place isn't merciful enough to kill you that quickly.