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** There's a possible justification here: The original self-published [[Visual Novel]] had backgrounds that were simply Photoshop-filtered photos.
** Umineko follows this with at least the Mansion (and probably also the garden) which is based upon a mansion in the Kyū Furukawa Gardens.
* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' makes partial use of this, as [[Elaborate University High|Mahora obviously has no real world counterpart]], but as a whole it's a composite of many real-world places. For instance, the [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v12/c104/15.html Mahora Bell Tower], pretty much ''is'' the bell tower of the [
** There's also [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v12/c100/3.html this flashback], which takes place in Istanbul (not Constantinople), Turkey. Compare the top panel with [http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/6215/orto2852006.jpg this photo of the landscape]. Also note that the only way to tell that this takes place in Istanbul [[Genius Bonus|is to recognize the background]].
* The town of Kamakura, in the Kanagawa prefecture in Japan, is popular as a setting for various anime and manga series, due to its extensive seaside beaches and numerous historic sites with lots of [[Shrines and Temples]]. Some notable series taking place there are:
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