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** There's also a vehicle that operates like a more modern train in the third season, but it looks like a giant...thing made of stone, so it might not count.

* Soul Society in ''[[Bleach]]'' appears to resemble Edo-period Japan in clothing and architecture. But the Shinigami use cell-phone like devices, have a highly advanced research division (complete with [[Mad Scientist]]), and several characters sport sunglasses or other modern attire.

*** An omake in the volume the chapter appears in has the author telling the character (Shinji) that, naturally, jazz didn't really exist at that time period in the real world, cue the comical bafflement of the jazz-loving character who must be wondering what on earth he's listening to if it doesn't exist. Of course, at that time period, modern jazz may not have existed, but its very early genesis was already beginning to flourish so... it kinda did exist, after all.

* ''[[D.Gray-man]]'' has a slightly less frequent occurrence, which is basically anything related to Komui. While most of the technology seems fairly well-depicted for a series taking place in the late 19th century, it is unclear where exactly Komui got his hands on hover-devices and the technology to build [[Humongous Mecha|Komurin]]. His standard toolset consisting of a giant electrical drill and some other power-tools are also pretty advanced for the setting.

** [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in ''[[Dororo]]''. The titular thief compares himself to Nezumi Kozō (a folk hero along the line of Robin Hood), then points out that Nezumi Kozō hasn't even been born yet. This is in addition to numerous straight usages.

** Near the end of the Buddha series, Buddha heals Prince Crystal by placing his finger on the tumor that is killing him. One of the prince's advisors said he heard of this power before, and asks Buddha if he's [[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial|E.T.]] A few chapters later [[Ugly Cute|E.T.]], [[Badass Grandpa|Yoda]], and Cherry (from Urusei Yatsura) make a cameo appearance.

* ''[[Samurai Pizza Cats]]'' cheerfully mixes modern technology & culture, along with futuristic [[Funny Animal]] cyborg things & [[Humongous Mecha]] into an Edo-period setting.

* ''[[Kurogane]]'' has what basically amounts to a steampunk cyborg for a protagonist. It's a [[Jidai Geki]].

* ''[[One Piece]]'', presumably set sometime in the 15th century, features technologies such as radio, video, submarines, steam engines, surgery, and a wide variety of electronic machinery. Radio and video are [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] with the [[Rule of Funny]] - the signals are transmitted via handheld snails called Den Den Mushi. Yes, ''snails''.

* ''[[Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind]]'', as mentioned in its page, has sword-swinging cavalry charges usually being backed up with machine gun fire from levitating bell jars. Not to mention that the Torumekian gunship pilot uniform consists of full medieval-style plate armour complete with a spiked visor helmet.

* This appears to be deliberate in ''[[Princess Mononoke]]'': It's obviously set at a very early period in Japanese history, when the Yamato people are still displacing the Emishi/Ainu, but they have European-style arquebuses, which were not introduced until the 16th century.

* ''[[Afro Samurai]]'' takes hip hop and samurai, some Old West, a little Buddhism, cell phones, stereos... you have samurai talking gangsta style. But it works. [[Rule of Cool|A little]] [[Samuel L. Jackson]] [[Rule of Cool|helps. When he orders "lemonade... ice cold" at the dusty old bar, itself part oriental, part Old West... and tosses out a little Japanese... it is very cool.]] [[Automatic Crossbow|Then there's the heavy crossbow, with autofire, with the underslung grenade launcher.]] Monks with "hoes" in Oriental temples, with cybernetic hands, chanting koans between fiery preaching. China and Russia are mentioned, and from the dialogue of the monks, it seems that the story takes place in Japan.

* ''[[Naruto]]'' is a weird example. They have legitimate ninjas and and have a society that's very reminiscent of older times in Japan, but they have more modern things like modern chain-link fences, sunglasses, the characters tend to wear more modern clothing, and at one point some characters use a VCR. They also seem to have much more modern-ish hospitals.

** Lampshaded in [[Naruto the Abridged Series|the abridged series]] when Naruto questions what time period they're in.

 

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