Big Fancy House/Anime and Manga: Difference between revisions

* The home shared by the Koshikawa and Matsuura families in ''[[Marmalade Boy]]'' is large enough for the six of them to live together comfortably, but the house Meiko Akizuki's family lives in dwarfs even that, and Miki herself says that when she spends the night there. Miwa and Suzu also live in rather fancy houses, understandable since their fathers ''are'' famous architects.

* In ''[[Mars (Manga)|Mars]]'', Rei's father lives in a more realistic version of this; Rei and Kira move into it after Kira runs away from her place. It's full of flashback fodder for Rei's childhood, such as the room in which his mother {{spoiler|hanged herself}} and the room still crammed with his dead brother Sei's paintings. Consider then, that [[The Woobie|Rei's dad]] has been living in this huge house ''alone'' with all of these [[Tear Jerker|reminders about his family's tragedies]].

* The Hyuuga and Uchiha households in ''[[Naruto]]''; Very big, to the point of almost being a town within a town in the Uchihas' case, very traditional, [[The Thing That Goes Doink]] sounding off in the background. Used to convey power and tradition more than loadsacash {{spoiler|We eventually learn there was a reason the Uchiha were kept in one area}}.

* Whenever the action is in a private home in ''[[Oishinbo]]'' you can be certain that it is in one of these.

* The Awayuki residence in ''[[Prétear]]''.

* Nozomi Uedo in ''[[Pretty Face]]'' - her family's got a trained team of riot police and a ''fucking Tyrannosaur skeleton''.

** Of course, popular [[Fanon]] has it that the Tendo and Kuno family homes are simply old family-owned homes that just haven't really changed with the times (it certainly seems likely for the Kuno's).

* In the ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' manga, Ami Mizuno (Sailor Mercury) brings her friends home to a place they immediately call an example of a millionaire's home, with a marble foyer she tells them not to worry about when it accidentally gets cracked. While the anime and live-action series don't play this up as much, her mother remains a doctor in all versions, the ostensible source of the wealth.

** It's still smaller than the one that Amane lets him stay in, though. He notes that his entire old house could fit in one bedroom. And that's just her family's summer home.

** The [[Tenchi Muyo|Masaki]] home is nothing to sneeze at, either, although being moved wholesale onto the grounds of Yosho's shrine and rebuilt several times since doesn't hurt...

* Minto Aizawa in ''[[Tokyo Mew Mew]]'' has one.

* As does Shinobu in ''[[Triangle Heart]] 3''; so does Alisa in the spinoff, ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]''.

* The Tohno mansion in ''[[Tsukihime (Visual Novel)|Tsukihime]]''.

** ...as heavily fortified as Fort Knox; land mines, watchtowers with spotlights, secret passages, vaults with timed locks, etc.

* Youta Moteuchi from ''[[Video Girl Ai (Manga)|Video Girl Ai]]'' lives in a house that is both this ''and'' a [[Cool House]]. Sort-of justified in that Youta's father is a very well-known architect, and Youta himself wants to follow in his footsteps and become an artist.

* Yasuko from ''[[Aoi Hana]]'' lives in a large estate, which her girlfriend Fumi found out when she gets invited to meet Yasuko's mother and sisters. Luckily all the residents appear to be normal and well-natured folk. {{spoiler|It's just too bad that Yasuko chooses that day to ''dump'' Fumi}}.

* Mugi from ''[[K-On! (Manga)|K-On!]]'' appears to live in a huge mansion. We never get to see it, but Sawako-sensei was impressed when she drove Mugi home one day. Since Mugi claims that her family's beach estates are ''small'', we can get the idea that her home must be huge indeed.

** Also, for someone who lives alone {{spoiler|after her parents's deaths}}, Mami Tomoe's apartment is ''huge''. (If, in the original TV series, rather empty. The Blu-Ray release makes it much cozier.)

* Japan from ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia (Manga)|Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' lives in a rather large and traditional Japanese complex home.

** In the manga, the Nordics gathered for lunch and Iceland's "announcement" in a house that looked pretty average-sized. In the anime, said house is ''much'' bigger.

** Switzerland and Liechtenstein seem to live in a rather cozy home, too.

* [[Rich Bitch|Sayoko's]] parent's house in ''[[Ah My Goddess (Manga)|Ah My Goddess]]''.

* In ''[[Brigadoon Marin and Melan]]'', Moe's family has two such houses: one in Tokyo and one in Kobe.

* ''[[Haou Airen]]'' replaces the big fancy homes with big fancy ''buildings and skyscrapers''. This ''is'' [[Hong Kong]], after all.

** It wasn't, however, big enough to hide the enormous swimming pool the women decided to build and "hide" smack in the middle of his yard. [[Hilarity Ensues|Hilarity ensued]].

** Similarly, Shukuro Tsukishima lives in a European mansion located in the woods surrounding either Karakura or Naruki City. Not to mention Yukio seems to own the ''whole'' building that is used as the X-Cution HQ.

** As a little boy, Inuyasha is shown living with his own mother (a human noblewoman named Izayoi) in a more normal traditional Japanese palace. By "more normal", we don't mean "small": it had huge gardens and at least three separate buildings.

** There's also a variation in regards to Kagome's house. If we count solely the living space it's a normal two-store house... but if we consider it's located inside a Shinto shrine's grounds, then the size increases quite a bit.

** Also, for a middle-class girl Nanako lives with his parents in a pretty large house. Likely to contrast with her "Oniisama" Takehiko's rather simple apartment {{spoiler|and Rei's flat with a [[Room Full of Crazy]].}}

** Mariko and her mom Hisako live in a really nice home too. {{spoiler|After the Shinobus's divorce, they move out into a cozy but small flat.}}

* Kuro's house in ''Kodomo No Jikan''. Justified, as she's ''extremely'' rich (she has a Gold Card at 10 and a 4 poster bed with a room that puts American master bedrooms to shame).