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...Wait a second, is that my house?
Congratulations, you have just encountered the
Locations used for this purpose tend to become the subject of [[Otaku]] "pilgrimages", a prime example being the Washinomiya shrine which is used in ''[[Lucky Star]]''.
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* [[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.
** ''[http://infinitemirai.wordpress.com/2012/04/27/nishinomiya-hyogo-home-of-the-melancholy-of-suzumiya-haruhi/ The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]''
*** 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
** ''[http://www.rinku.zaq.ne.jp/p_v/kanon.html Kanon]''
** ''[http://infinitemirai.wordpress.com/2012/05/31/mizuho-tokyo-home-of-clannad/ Clannad]''
** ''[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], which is located in the small town of Toyosato (50
** As mentioned at the top, ''[[Lucky Star]]''
* ''[[Beck]]'' does this a lot during their tour of America. And seems to have [[Shown Their Work]].
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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
** ''[[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.
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