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BrightBlueInk
Since: Jan, 2001
2011-07-04 05:35:22
Hmm. I've recently been in a class about anime where both my teacher and our textbook specifically addressed this tendency for anime, so it definitely is a trope. I don't know if we've got a page describing it, though. It might be good to throw it up on YKTTW if nobody knows of an existing page.
Current project: Cleaning up the Chrono Crusade examples one at a time. God help me.
DrDedman
Since: Jan, 2001

So many anime seem to be set in what appears to be 19th century Middle Europe, perhaps Germany or Italy, judging from dress and architecture, yet all the characters are culturally Japanese. Examples: Princess Tutu, Haibane Renmei, Last Exile, various Ghibli movies.
Is there a trope for that?