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* [[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.
* [[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]'' became infamous for this.
** ''[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.
*** 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.
** ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20141122212505/http://www.rinku.zaq.ne.jp/p_v/kanon.html Kanon]''
** ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20141122212505/http://www.rinku.zaq.ne.jp/p_v/kanon.html Kanon]''
** ''[http://infinitemirai.wordpress.com/2012/05/31/mizuho-tokyo-home-of-clannad/ Clannad]{{Dead link}}''
** ''[http://infinitemirai.wordpress.com/2012/05/31/mizuho-tokyo-home-of-clannad/ Clannad]''{{Dead link}}
** ''[http://infinitemirai.wordpress.com/2012/04/27/kyoto-region-home-of-k-on/ K-On!]''
** ''[http://infinitemirai.wordpress.com/2012/04/27/kyoto-region-home-of-k-on/ K-On!]''
*** Done in two ways. The unnamed city is [http://infinitemirai.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/k-on-map.jpg based on Kyoto], but since it's explicitly '''not''' Kyoto (they later visit Kyoto in a [[Class Trip]]), no famous landmarks are shown. The school's interior and exterior are the [http://infinitemirai.wordpress.com/2012/05/19/toyosato-high-school-home-of-k-on/ Toyosato Elementary school]{{Dead link}}, which is located in the small town of Toyosato (50 km from Kyoto).
*** Done in two ways. The unnamed city is [http://infinitemirai.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/k-on-map.jpg based on Kyoto], but since it's explicitly '''not''' Kyoto (they later visit Kyoto in a [[Class Trip]]), no famous landmarks are shown. The school's interior and exterior are the [http://infinitemirai.wordpress.com/2012/05/19/toyosato-high-school-home-of-k-on/ Toyosato Elementary school]{{Dead link}}, which is located in the small town of Toyosato (50 km from Kyoto).
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* ''[[Kamichu!]]'' does this with Onomichi in the Hiroshima prefecture. See [https://web.archive.org/web/20121209021805/http://www.onomichiguide.com/kamichu.html here]. Of course, everything looks a little newer in the anime—it's set in the period between spring 1983 and spring 1984.
* ''[[Kamichu!]]'' does this with Onomichi in the Hiroshima prefecture. See [https://web.archive.org/web/20121209021805/http://www.onomichiguide.com/kamichu.html here]. Of course, everything looks a little newer in the anime—it's set in the period between spring 1983 and spring 1984.
* ''[[Eden of the East]]'' for Washington, D.C.
* ''[[Eden of the East]]'' for Washington, D.C.
* ''[[So Ra No Wo To]]'''s Seize is based off Cuenca, Spain. Fans have even gone there to take photos of locales shown on the anime.
* ''[[So Ra No Wo To]]''{{'}}s Seize is based off Cuenca, Spain. Fans have even gone there to take photos of locales shown on the anime.
* 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.
* 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]]''.
* 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]]''.
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** ''[[Tsuritama]]'' is explicitly set at Enoshima.
** ''[[Tsuritama]]'' is explicitly set at Enoshima.
* ''[[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|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!]]'' 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.
* ''[[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.
* ''[[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.
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* 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 [https://web.archive.org/web/20160313064856/http://natsukan.net/0034yubisakiMilkTea/?id=all here].
* 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 [https://web.archive.org/web/20160313064856/http://natsukan.net/0034yubisakiMilkTea/?id=all here].
* ''[[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.)
* 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... possibly because the mangaka blew it up in her earlier work, ''[[Fire Tripper]]''.)
* Capturing real locations is a favoured technique of [[Makoto Shinkai]]. In the case of ''[[Your Name]]'', [http://en.rocketnews24.com/2016/11/26/city-that-inspired-settings-in-hit-anime-your-name-sees-unbelievable-boost-in-tourist-dollars/ the inspiration for Itomori drew millions in tourist revenue afterwards.]
* Capturing real locations is a favoured technique of [[Makoto Shinkai]]. In the case of ''[[Your Name]]'', [http://en.rocketnews24.com/2016/11/26/city-that-inspired-settings-in-hit-anime-your-name-sees-unbelievable-boost-in-tourist-dollars/ the inspiration for Itomori drew millions in tourist revenue afterwards.]


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