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Not to be confused with [[GIS Syndrome]].

== [[Anime and Manga]] ==

* [[Kyoto Animation]] is quite well known for this, to the point that fans have managed to track down the location and angle of the ~~place~~ on which the ~~background~~ of individual scenes were based.

* [[Kyoto Animation]] is quite well known for this, to the point that fans have managed to track down the location of and angle on many if not most of the places on which the backgrounds of individual scenes were based.

** ''[http://infinitemirai.wordpress.com/2012/04/27/nishinomiya-hyogo-home-of-the-melancholy-of-suzumiya-haruhi/ The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]''

** ''[http://infinitemirai.wordpress.com/2012/04/27/nishinomiya-hyogo-home-of-the-melancholy-of-suzumiya-haruhi/ The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]'' became infamous for this.

*** Nagaru Tanigawa made their work much easier in this case, lovingly describing the various locations in his hometown of Nishinomiya (even if he never named it explicitly), where the novels take place, in great detail. KyoAni people only needed to make a weekend visit to take pictures—it's about one hour from Kyoto by train.

** ''[http://www.rinku.zaq.ne.jp/p_v/kanon.html Kanon]''

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* Naoki Urasawa's ''[[Monster (manga)|Monster]]'' takes you mostly through the scenery of the [[Commie Land|former Communist bloc]], like Germany and Czechoslovakia, as it tries to unravel the mystery of Johan's creation and his past, though some other settings occur as well, such as Southern France.

* Most iterations of ''[[Digimon]]'' do this, at least before the places in question get torn apart by [[Kaiju]]. Some of the best examples are the Fuji TV station in ''[[Digimon Adventure]]'' and the extensive scouting of Shinjuku's surrounds in ''[[Digimon Tamers]]''.

** This is more noticeable in [[Digimon Tamers]], because took place mostly in the real world, it contained many Real places. Some examples: [http://www.konaka.com/alice6/tamers/loction/SJ_082.jpg Guilmon's hideout], [http://www.konaka.com/alice6/tamers/loction/SJ_107.jpg Henry's apartment building], [http://www.konaka.com/alice6/tamers/loction/SJ_059.jpg Takato and Henry's school], [http://www.konaka.com/alice6/tamers/loction/SJ_114.jpg The street Takato lives], and [http://www.konaka.com/alice6/tamers/loction/SJ_051.jpg the park Takato, Kazu and Kenta played in].

** This is more noticeable in ''[[Digimon Tamers]]'', because took place mostly in the real world, it contained many Real places. Some examples: [http://www.konaka.com/alice6/tamers/loction/SJ_082.jpg Guilmon's hideout], [http://www.konaka.com/alice6/tamers/loction/SJ_107.jpg Henry's apartment building], [http://www.konaka.com/alice6/tamers/loction/SJ_059.jpg Takato and Henry's school], [http://www.konaka.com/alice6/tamers/loction/SJ_114.jpg The street Takato lives], and [http://www.konaka.com/alice6/tamers/loction/SJ_051.jpg the park Takato, Kazu and Kenta played in].

* ''[[Tentai Senshi Sunred]]'' takes place in Kawasaki, Japan, and matches it shot for shot. The art style of Sunred might not be the one usually associated with this trope, but the locations are all too real.

* Hinamizawa in ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]]'' is based on [http://punynari.wordpress.com/2009/03/03/shirakawa-go-japan-the-real-hinamizawa/ Shirakawa-Go]. [[Paranoia Fuel|Not even the real world is safe now.]]

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** ''[[A Channel]]'' has the obligatory [[Beach Episode]], in which the girls take the very recognizable Enoden train ride to their destination.

** ''[[Tsuritama]]'' is explicitly set at Enoshima.

* ''[[Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto: Natsu no Sora~~|Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto ~Natsu no Sora~~~]]'' takes place against photo-realistic real-life backgrounds. Of special note are Biei in Hokkaido, hometown of the main character Sora, and the hip Tokyo neighborhood of Shimokitazawa. In one episode Sora and Kohta also {{spoiler|go on a date}} in Kamakura.

* ''[[Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto: Natsu no Sora]]'' takes place against photo-realistic real-life backgrounds. Of special note are Biei in Hokkaido, hometown of the main character Sora, and the hip Tokyo neighborhood of Shimokitazawa. In one episode Sora and Kohta also {{spoiler|go on a date}} in Kamakura.

* ''~Amanchu!~'' largely takes place in the town of Ito on the Japanese Izu peninsula, which is known for its abundant hot springs. The big building at the shore where the cast gets together a few times is a well-known local landmark.

* ''[[Amanchu|Amanchu!]]'' largely takes place in the town of Ito on the Japanese Izu peninsula, which is known for its abundant hot springs. The big building at the shore where the cast gets together a few times is a well-known local landmark.

* ''[[Umi Monogatari]]'' is set on one of the subtropical Japanese Amami-Oshima islands. It doesn't get any explicit mention though until the DVD special.

* ''[[Darker than Black]]'' is big on this. All three major localities the TV show takes place in, [[Tokyo Is the Center of the Universe|Tokyo]], Sapporo and [[Aliens in Cardiff|Vladivostok]], were painstakingly researched to the point where indeed it was possible to pinpoint the time the references were taken by the state of specific buildings alone.

** To the point that it explicitly binds the action to January 2008. The large-scale redevelopment that begun in Summer 2008 in preparation to 2012 APEC summit, has changed the downtown Vladivostok to the extent that it would be impossible to miss, had the action happened any later.

* ''[[Asobi ni Iku yo!~~|Asobi Ni Iku Yo~~]]!'' is set in Okinawa. The credits reveal that the staff worked with the Okinawa tourism board, and does it ever show. There is almost no part of the show that's not showing off the island, its wildlife and its attractions at one point or another.

* ''[[Asobi ni Iku yo!]]'' is set in Okinawa. The credits reveal that the staff worked with the Okinawa tourism board, and does it ever show. There is almost no part of the show that's not showing off the island, its wildlife and its attractions at one point or another.

* ''[[Tamayura]]'' takes place in Takehara, a small seaside town of in the Hiroshima prefecture of Japan, not far from ''[[Kamichu!]]'''s Onomichi. The town is rendered with painstaking detail, up to and including touristic signs.

* ''[[Fractale]]'' contains detailed shots of the west of Ireland, and the town in episode 2 is a lot like Galway.

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* The girls from ''[[Ichigo Mashimaro]]'' live in the town of Hamamatsu, in Japan's Shizuoka prefecture. The artist loves to sneak in references, like maps and local landmarks, although it doesn't get any actual mention until chapter 55.

* Many of the locations in ''[[Yubisaki Milk Tea]]'' are real places in Tokyo, often surprising detailed drawn. A collection of pictures of the real places can be seen [http://natsukan.net/0034yubisakiMilkTea/?id=all here].

* ''[[~~Manga/Yuritetsu|~~Yuritetsu]]'' is about four girls which form a railway club and naturally goes by real trains to real stations and sights all over Japan. Their local station Yurigasaki-Joshikoumae is a renamed Hino Station on the Chūō Main Line in Tokyo, but the other places goes by their real names, be it the big Ueno Station in Tokyo or the secluded Koboro on Hokkaido. And since one of the girls, Hakutsuru Tsurumi, is a fan of a serie which is obvious K-on they are also visiting the above mentioned Toyosato Elementary School, which certainly look like Yui & Co could come in any other minute.

* ''[[Yuritetsu]]'' is about four girls which form a railway club and naturally goes by real trains to real stations and sights all over Japan. Their local station Yurigasaki-Joshikoumae is a renamed Hino Station on the Chūō Main Line in Tokyo, but the other places goes by their real names, be it the big Ueno Station in Tokyo or the secluded Koboro on Hokkaido. And since one of the girls, Hakutsuru Tsurumi, is a fan of a serie which is obvious K-on they are also visiting the above mentioned Toyosato Elementary School, which certainly look like Yui & Co could come in any other minute.

* The ''[[All-Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku (OAV)|Nuku-Nuku OAV series]]'' explicitly takes place in the Nerima ward of Tokyo, and Nuku-Nuku's fight with Eimi climaxes at a local landmark, a field of massive natural gas storage tanks. (Oddly, this prominent landmark is prominently ''missing'' from ''[[Ranma ½]]'', another series which takes place in Nerima.)

== [[Fan Fiction]] ==

* [[The Teraverse]]'s ''Sister Marie'' subseries (beginning with ''[http://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-31699/CaptainBoulanger+It+s+Just+A+Habit.htm It's Just A Habit]'') is set in San Diego, California, particularly by referring to many specific buildings by name and details. However, the address given for the heroine's home address doesn't precisely exist (it's a skipped number on a real street).

* Seen multiple times just in the first chapter of ''[[Drunkard's Walk|Drunkard's Walk S: Heart of Steel]]''. Doug's apartment, the gym where he trains Usagi, a restaurant where he meets the Tsukino family, even a random 7-11 visited by Minako Aino -- all are real places and most get Google Maps coordinates in the story's concordance. The author has also tracked down real places which inspired canon locations in ''[[Sailor Moon]]'', such as the OSA-P Jewelry store, and provides locations and Google Maps links for ''them'' as well.

== [[Video Games]] ==

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* The tracks in ''Project Gotham Racing 2'' are so accurate that one Scottish gamer was able to identify a store he used to frequent on an Edinburgh track.

* A lot of effort was put into replicating London in ''[[The Getaway]]''. You can find the pub you burn down in real life; the screenshots are as similar as the page image.

* [[Fallout]] 3 uses the Washington Metro area for its Capital Wasteland. Of course, the scenery is all blasted and post-apocalyptic, but there are several places where you can see what the Real Place Background would look like if it got blown up.

* ''[[Fallout]] 3'' uses the Washington Metro area for its Capital Wasteland. Of course, the scenery is all blasted and post-apocalyptic, but there are several places where you can see what the Real Place Background would look like if it got blown up.

** ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]'' is even better at this. Even the little ghost town you start the game in, Goodsprings, is a real-life location; the bar and general store are lifted straight from the real ones.

* ''[[Project Reality]]' includes several real cities and locales among the map roster, such as several cities in Iraq and Lebanon.

* The STALKER series contains numberous locations recreated painstakingly from the [[Real Life]] Chenobyl exclusion zone. In some cases the only differences are the distances between locations. And the mutants. We hope.

* The ''STALKER'' series contains numberous locations recreated painstakingly from the [[Real Life]] Chenobyl exclusion zone. In some cases the only differences are the distances between locations. And the mutants. We hope.

* ''Modern Warfare 2'' did this with various real life cities, most notably Washington, with running and gunning inside the White House, but in a less obvious but funnier case, there was a level of the campaign (and the Special Ops-mission "Homeland Security") made from an area with some [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTOyxsnMl0s fast-food restaurants in Vancouver].

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