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* ''OnlyYesterday'' used actual railway stations.
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* ''GraveOfTheFireflies'' featured locations that were accurately based on real locations.
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* {{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 RealPlaceBackground would look like if it got blown up.

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* {{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 RealPlaceBackground would look like if it got blown up.
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** ''FalloutNewVegas'' 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.
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** There's also [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v12/c100/3.html this flashback]], which takes place in Istanbul, 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 [[GeniusBonus is to recognize the background]].

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** There's also [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v12/c100/3.html this flashback]], which takes place in Istanbul, 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 [[GeniusBonus is to recognize the background]].
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** ''[[{{ptitleixj7brdc}} Shinryaku! Ika Musume!]]'' is set on Kamakura's Yuigahama Beach.
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** ''ElfenLied''. Lucy winds up on Yuigahama beach. The stairs of the Gokuraku-ji shrine get a lot of screen time, up to and including the emotional ending. Enoshima island and the Benten bridge leading up to it are used for the ultimate battle in the anime, with lots of screen time for the Enoshima Light House Observatory.

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** ''ElfenLied''. Lucy winds up on Yuigahama beach. The stairs of the Gokuraku-ji shrine get a lot of screen time, up to and including the emotional ending. Enoshima island and the Benten bridge leading up to it are used for the ultimate battle in the anime, with lots of screen time for the [[LighthousePoint Enoshima Light House Observatory.Observatory]].
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** As mentioned at the top, ''LuckyStar''
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*''{{Fractale}}'' contains detailed shots of the west of Ireland, and the town in episode 2 is a lot like Galway.
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* {{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 RealPlaceBackground would look like if it got blown up.
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* ''{{Tamayura}}'' takes place in the small seaside town of Takehara, in the Hiroshima prefecture of Japan, nearby ''{{Kamichu}}'''s Onomichi. The town is rendered with almost painstaking detail, up to and including touristic signs.

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* ''{{Tamayura}}'' takes place in the Takehara, a small seaside town of Takehara, in the Hiroshima prefecture of Japan, nearby not far from ''{{Kamichu}}'''s Onomichi. The town is rendered with almost painstaking detail, up to and including touristic signs.
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* ''{{Tamayura}}'' takes place in the little sea-side town of Takehara, in the Hiroshima prefecture of Japan, nearby ''{{Kamichu}}'''s Onomichi. The town is rendered with almost painstaking detail, up to and including touristic signs.

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* ''{{Tamayura}}'' takes place in the little sea-side small seaside town of Takehara, in the Hiroshima prefecture of Japan, nearby ''{{Kamichu}}'''s Onomichi. The town is rendered with almost painstaking detail, up to and including touristic signs.
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* ''{{Tamayura}}'' takes place in the little sea-side town of Takehara, in the Hiroshima prefecture of Japan, nearby ''{{Kamichu}}'''s Onomichi. The town is rendered with almost painstaking detail, up to and including touristic signs.
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** During one episode of ''[[MahouTsukaiNiTaisetsuNaKotoNatsuNoSora Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto ~Natsu no Sora~]]'', Sora and Kohta [[spoiler:go on a date]] in Kamakura.
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Everyone loves some good SceneryPorn every now and then. It's a wonderful means of immersion. If the creators make a background and scenery vibrant and detailed enough, you might even be able to convince yourself that you're actually there

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Everyone loves some good SceneryPorn every now and then. It's a wonderful means of immersion. If the creators make a background and scenery vibrant and detailed enough, you might even be able to convince yourself that you're actually there
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** ''[[http://www.rinku.zaq.ne.jp/p_v/k-on.html K-On]]''

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** ''[[http://www.rinku.zaq.ne.jp/p_v/k-on.html K-On]]''K-On!]]''
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** ''[[http://www.rinku.zaq.ne.jp/p_v/k-on.html K-On]]''
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* ''{{Beck}}'' does this a lot during their tour of America. This troper, who is a Seattle resident, was absolutely confounded by the level of detail mangaka Harold Sakuishi got right in several panels that showed whole streets and areas.
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** In ''YokohamaKaidashiKikou'', Alpha takes a trip to what is clearly Kamakura, with a very prominent view of Enoshima, which even gets mentioned by name.

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** In ''YokohamaKaidashiKikou'', Alpha takes a trip to what is clearly Kamakura, with a very prominent view of Enoshima, which even gets mentioned by name.Enoshima.
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* ''TheWorldEndsWithYou'' contains a remarkably faithful recreation of Shibuya, barring the [[RuleOfCool stylish yet impossible angles of skyscrapers]] and [[NoCommunitiesWereHarmed the fact that none of the stores]] [[BlandNameProduct are named what they should be]].

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* ''TheWorldEndsWithYou'' contains a remarkably faithful recreation of Shibuya, barring the [[RuleOfCool stylish yet impossible angles of skyscrapers]] and [[NoCommunitiesWereHarmed the fact that none of the stores]] [[BlandNameProduct are named what the brands they should be]].




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* A lot of effort was put into replicating London in ''TheGetaway''. You can find the pub you burn down in real life; the screenshots are as similar as the page image.
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* DarkerThanBlack is big on this. All three major localities the TV show takes place in, [[TokyoIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse Tokyo]], Sapporo and [[AliensInCardiff Vladivostok]], were painstakingly researched to the point where indeed it was possible to pinpoint the time the references were taken by the state of specific buildings alone.

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* DarkerThanBlack ''DarkerThanBlack'' is big on this. All three major localities the TV show takes place in, [[TokyoIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse Tokyo]], Sapporo and [[AliensInCardiff Vladivostok]], were painstakingly researched to the point where indeed it was possible to pinpoint the time the references were taken by the state of specific buildings alone.

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** In ''YokohamaKaidashiKikou'', Alpha takes a trip to what is clearly Kamakura, with a very prominent view of Enoshima, which even gets mentioned by name.



** In ''YokohamaKaidashiKikou'', Alpha takes a trip to what is clearly Kamakura, with a very prominent view of Enoshima, which even gets mentioned by name.
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** In ''YokohamaKaidashiKikou'', Alpha takes a trip to what is clearly Kamakura, with a very prominent view of Enoshima, which even gets mentioned by name.
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*** 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 pictures -- it's about one hour from Kyoto by train.
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* ''[=~Amanchu!~=]'' largely takes place in the town of Ito on the Japanese Izu peninsula, which is known for its abundant natural hot baths. The big building at the shore where the cast gets together a few times is a well-known local landmark.

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* ''[=~Amanchu!~=]'' largely takes place in the town of Ito on the Japanese Izu peninsula, which is known for its abundant natural hot baths.springs. The big building at the shore where the cast gets together a few times is a well-known local landmark.
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* All the seasons of {{Digimon}} are known to do this. Before the destruction takes place, however.
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* According to fans of ''GunsmithCats'', you can tell when it was done by the state of repairs on some of the buildings.

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* According to fans of ''GunsmithCats'', you can tell when it its location scouting in Chicago was done by the state of repairs on some of the buildings.
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** There's also [[http://www.onemanga.com/Mahou_Sensei_Negima!/100/03-04/ this flashback]], which takes place in Istanbul, 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 [[GeniusBonus is to recognize the background]].

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** There's also [[http://www.onemanga.com/Mahou_Sensei_Negima!/100/03-04/ mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v12/c100/3.html this flashback]], which takes place in Istanbul, 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 [[GeniusBonus is to recognize the background]].
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* The crew of ''{{Avatar The Last Airbender}}'' traveled around the world looking for the best backgrounds possible to base the show's areas off of.
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* ''AsobiNiIkuYo!'' is set in Okinawa. The credits reveal that the staff worked with the Okinawa tourism board, and does it ever show. There is almost no part of the show that's not showing off the island, its wildlife and its attractions at one point or another.
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* DarkerThanBlack is big on this. All three major localities the TV show takes place in, [[TokyoIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse Tokyo]], Sapporo and [[AliensInCardiff Vladivostok]], were painstakingly researched to the point where indeed it was possible to pinpoint the time the references were taken by the state of specific buildings alone.

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