History Main / AgainstTheSettingSun

** And all of that just held [[ShipTease even more evidence]] that they were eventually going to become the [[BetaCouple Gamma Couple]], with Nuts/Komachi as the Beta and Coco/Nozomi as the Alpha.

See also: BattleAgainstTheSunset, CueTheSun and RidingIntoTheSunset.

* ''VideoGame/SoulCalibur'' had a stage set against the setting sun. It was awesome.

* An action-oriented example appears in ''VideoGame/SamuraiGunn'' - one of the one-on-one "Showdown" stages that appears when playing on a "Garden" level is set against a setting sun.

See also: CueTheSun and RidingIntoTheSunset.

** The [[Website/TFWikiDotNet Transformers Wiki]] even includes among its goofs for [[Film/{{Transformers|2007}} the first movie]]: "[[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers_%282007%29#Errors Sunset occurs roughly every fifteen minutes.]]"

** The [[Website/TFWikiDotNet Transformers Wiki]] even includes among its goofs for [[Film/{{Transformers}} the first movie]]: "[[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers_%282007%29#Errors Sunset occurs roughly every fifteen minutes.]]"

* ''Manga/OnePiece'': Sogeking's personal introduction ends with him staring out from a cliff at the setting sun. Fitting, since the whole sequence was a massive parody of the opening sequences of Japanese hero shows.

** In fanfictions of this series the response of people seeing the moment is usually a combination of awe (because they can't break the genjutsu or... ''whatever'' it is) and sheer, unadulterated horror(they want to look away... but they ''can't'').

[[folder:Live Action TV]]

* In the true end of ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry2DiddysKongQuest'', Crocodile Isle sinks away into the ocean against a setting sun.

* An iconic backdrop in the ''{{VideoGame/Rygar}}'' games. The first stage of the [=PS2=] version uses this as a homage to the original arcade game.

* ''Anime/KillLaKill'': After Ryuko airs her grievances against [[StudentCouncilPresident Satsuki]] (and is prevented by the Elite Four from punching her), she apologizes for manipulating Ryuko, admits that she has been as bad as [[BigBad Ragyo]] by using the same methods she did and asks Ryuko to lend everyone her strength in the coming fight against Ragyo. All of this with the setting sun in the background.

[[folder:Film]]

* Used in ''Anime/MyHime'' [[spoiler: when Tate dies]]. In a slight twist, it's not [[spoiler: Tate]] who is framed against the setting sun, its [[spoiler: Mai's face as she desperately tries to tell him she loves him before he disappears]]
* Parodied in the SchoolFestival episode of ''Manga/{{Mahoraba}}'', where the Symphony Club (all three of them) swear to become a true symphony instead of an appreciation club, despite lacking both the number of members necessary and the talents required.
* In ''Anime/Macross7'', Basara [[SittingOnTheRoof sits on the roof]] and writes a song against the red setting sun -- only the red setting sun is a fake projection against a humongous screen, designed to make the interstellar colony ship that's his home seem more Earth-like. In the song, he refers to a red sunset projected on a screen....

* Episode 11 of ''Manga/{{Eyeshield 21}}'' has one of these scenes, and is actually called "Oath Beneath the Setting Sun".
* Parodied in ''Anime/FullMetalPanicFumoffu'' ("Let's run towards that setting sun!").
** And similarly in ''Anime/ExcelSaga''.
* ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}'' had Tomoya confess to Nagisa in the Theater Club's room with the setting sun's beams shining through the partially open door ''exactly between the two of them''. D'AWW...
** In the same vein, ''VisualNovel/{{Shuffle}}'' had Rin confess to [[spoiler:Asa]] at a lookout point above their town, with the kiss scene ensuing right there and then.
* ''Manga/OnePiece'': Sogeking's personal introduction ends with him staring out from a cliff at the setting sun. Fitting, since the whole sequence was a massive parody of the opening sequences of Japanese hero shows.

* ''Manga/TheLuciferAndBiscuitHammer'': At one point, Yuuhi affirms his absolute loyalty to Sami and ends with a resolute stare. Sami [[BodyguardCrush blushes heavily]] and forbids him from staring at her like that again with his back against the setting sun.

* ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'' has a scene where Tamaki is carrying Haruhi out of the ocean after having saved her from drowning. There's a beautiful sunset behind him as he walks onto shore.
** The last episode of the anime also has Tamaki and Haruhi falling from the bridge with this kind of sky, toward the water below holding onto one another.
* ''Anime/MonColleKnights''' Show Within A Show sees this happen with Sergeant Bunchou and an ally, which later tops off a delusion by Count Collection where he sees Mondo against such a sunset, and believes it to be proof of his newly formed bond with Mondo, complete with hallucination of Mondo wearing the clothes of the sergeant. Mondo for his part is actually thinking about Rokuna.
* The second episode of ''Venus Five'' briefly features a movie shoot with a man in Speedos (and director coaching him to do it more [[LargeHam over the top]]) dramaticly cursing the setting sun.
* Parodied at the end of the first episode of ''Anime/BrigadoonMarinAndMelan''. After Melan rescues Marin, they face each other against the sunset. He's worried about whether she was injured. ''She's'' just worried about whether he saw her patched underwear.
* In ''AudioPlay/SaintBeast'', Judas and Luca repeatedly end promises or finish important conversations by staring off at the setting sun. ''Kouin Jojishi Tenshi Tan'' finishes with all six main characters deciding to rebel together before gazing at the sunset.
* Parodied in ''Manga/DailyLivesOfHighSchoolBoys''. Instead of celebrating Motoharu's feat of successfully riding a bike, aren't they supposed to do something else? Like, chasing the guy who snatched your wallet?

** The [[Wiki/TFWikiDotNet Transformers Wiki]] even includes among its goofs for [[Film/{{Transformers}} the first movie]]: "[[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers_%282007%29#Errors Sunset occurs roughly every fifteen minutes.]]"