[HN Gopher] 47 Anime for 47 Prefectures in Japan
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       47 Anime for 47 Prefectures in Japan
        
       Author : keiferski
       Score  : 194 points
       Date   : 2023-10-12 09:26 UTC (11 hours ago)
        
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       | flobosg wrote:
       | Happy to see _Slam Dunk_ mentioned, especially with a recently
       | released film[1] animating (finally!) the last part of the manga.
       | The series has aged beautifully.
       | 
       | [1]: _The First Slam Dunk_ -
       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_First_Slam_Dunk
        
         | wastewastewaste wrote:
         | I went to see the movie in the cinema without knowing anything
         | really about basketball (European) or about slamdunk and
         | enjoyed it the whole way through
        
           | Xophmeister wrote:
           | Likewise, I was a bit reluctant to watch it, because I know
           | nothing about basketball. After watching it, I kinda want to
           | just play basketball :)
        
             | favorited wrote:
             | That's how I felt about volleyball after watching Haikyuu
             | (Miyagi Prefecture, on the list). It's the only thing I
             | look forward to about the Olympics.
        
       | glandium wrote:
       | For Yamanashi, I can't help but think about Stink Bomb, part of
       | Memories (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memories_(1995_film) ),
       | although it's only barely related to the prefecture.
       | 
       | The Japanese title also happens to be a pun: Zui Chou Bing Qi
       | (the most stinky weapon) is pronounced the same way as Zui Zhong
       | Bing Qi  (ultimate weapon).
        
         | hotnfresh wrote:
         | I watched that film for the first time about a year ago, and
         | it's one of those anime I'd recommend to non-anime-fan film
         | nerds and "genre" (horror, sci fi, in this case) fans. Lots of
         | anime's a bit of an _acquired taste_ due largely to stylistic
         | elements and use of tropes, but that one's got solid cross-
         | interest appeal, I'd say.
        
       | gerjomarty wrote:
       | Note that this article shouldn't necessarily be used as a way to
       | find new things to watch; there are some clangers in there to
       | avoid.
       | 
       | I also need to call out Takayama in Gifu prefecture, which is the
       | basis for the fictional Kamiyama from Hyouka, an absolutely
       | wonderful school-life-cum-mystery series from Kyoto Animation.
       | 
       | It would also be remiss of me not to mention Zombieland Saga,
       | where a mad idol producer resurrects dead entertainment stars as
       | zombies to form an idol group to revitalise Saga prefecture.
        
         | Macha wrote:
         | Also kinda neat for the Saga <-> Zombieland Saga interaction is
         | the saga government leaned into it a bit:
         | https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2019/8/15/saga-gover...
        
         | smukherjee19 wrote:
         | Hyouka and Zombieland Saga are both really good shows. I
         | especially loved Karatsu in Saga prefecture when I visited it
         | back in 2019.
         | 
         | Apart from Yuri no Ice, Karatsu is also very aware of
         | Zombieland Saga. I walked up to the tourist information desk at
         | Karatsu station and asked if they had a map with spots for
         | Zombieland Saga, and the guy not only got me one, but also
         | marked a few additional spots while guiding me like "You know
         | that scene in episode 1 where the girl was walking in the rain?
         | That's this bridge right here", and lots more which even I
         | didn't remember! I was really impressed how much knowledgeable
         | he was.
        
         | sersi wrote:
         | Which ones are the clangers? So that I can avoid them
        
           | gerjomarty wrote:
           | The one that jumped out was Magical Girl Raising Project,
           | which a younger me might have described as dark and edgy, but
           | me today would call misery porn (it's not actually porn, just
           | to be clear).
           | 
           | Now that I browse again, most are really good, but some are
           | just a bit dull while being great examples of being from a
           | certain place. Not to call it out in particular, but I ended
           | up dropping Robotics;Notes for being kinda dull, despite it
           | being part of the 5bp semicolon extended universe
           | (Steins;Gate et al).
        
         | KennyBlanken wrote:
         | Also note that anime is not even remotely a realistic portrayal
         | of Japan and should not be used as such like the article is
         | proposing.
         | 
         | It used to be a common phenomenon for western "otaku" to think
         | anime represents life in Japan, then travel there and come to
         | find out that it's deeply racist and xenophobic, has an
         | extremely repressive criminal justice system, a strong "we did
         | nothing wrong in WW2" attitude, and so on.
        
           | jwells89 wrote:
           | Having lived in Japan for multiple years in the past and
           | knowing other foreigners who've lived there for a decade+,
           | I'll say that while it's true it's no anime dreamland and
           | skews insular, one's experiences there will vary a lot
           | depending on approach.
           | 
           | For example if you're running with a younger crowd in Tokyo
           | and have become reasonably adept at speaking the language
           | you'll run into a lot less of that kind of thing -- a lot of
           | the time people there just aren't comfortable with dealing
           | with those who don't speak Japanese well, and older
           | individuals and more out of the way cities might be less
           | accommodating of outsiders. Often when I see writings online
           | about having a bad time, it's from jaded Eikawa teachers
           | who've made no effort to learn Japanese or branch beyond
           | their friend group of other foreigners despite having lived
           | there for many years.
           | 
           | That said young people aren't running the government there
           | due to being solidly outnumbered, so national policies are
           | naturally going to be more reflective of its older
           | population.
        
         | carl_dr wrote:
         | > Note that this article shouldn't necessarily be used as a way
         | to find new things to watch; there are some clangers in there
         | to avoid.
         | 
         | Are there any "much watchers" in the list? For someone who is
         | visiting Japan later this month, has been a couple of times
         | before, and has some (very!) basic language?
        
       | Isamu wrote:
       | Summer Wars also features a glimpse of Carnegie Mellon University
       | (with one L) as one of the characters is a professor there.
       | 
       | I never figured out why CMU would have enough name recognition in
       | Japan to show up in an anime.
       | 
       | Don't miss the scene where Japan is saved by a game of Hana Fuda
        
         | waterheater wrote:
         | >I never figured out why CMU would have enough name recognition
         | in Japan to show up in an anime.
         | 
         | CMU is a solid computer science and engineering school which
         | has found a way to get its name thrown in up there with the
         | likes of MIT and Caltech (can't tell you how many times I've
         | seen CS-oriented folks praise CMU like it's MIT). It's also
         | possible that someone at the studio has a connection to CMU and
         | wanted to include it.
        
           | depletedgherkin wrote:
           | For CS, CMU has a similar reputation to MIT and CalTech, even
           | though it doesn't have as much name-brand recognition among
           | the general public.
        
         | automatic6131 wrote:
         | >Summer Wars
         | 
         | Has any other director managed to get away with making the same
         | film three times?
         | 
         | >A group of kids save the world via playing battle games in an
         | ultra detailed 3D virtual world.
         | 
         | Now, is that Digimon (2000), Summer Wars (2008) or Belle
         | (2021)?
        
           | Macha wrote:
           | I can give him a pass for Digimon -> Summer Wars, since it's
           | understandable why he might want to explore the same space
           | again with full length and without the restrictions being
           | part of a then-major kid's franchise brings.
           | 
           | I haven't seen Belle, so can't comment on that one.
        
             | aaarrm wrote:
             | Belle seems to do the same things as Summer Wars, but
             | worse. It's not great imo.
        
           | lkschubert8 wrote:
           | I think this quote is fitting
           | 
           | > A director only makes one film in his life. Then he breaks
           | it into pieces and makes it again. - Jean Renoir
        
             | vsnf wrote:
             | True of programmers too I've noticed.
        
           | staticman2 wrote:
           | I'm sure there's lots of B movie directors that made the same
           | film more than 3 times.
        
         | PetitPrince wrote:
         | It also casually mention the International Mathematical
         | Olympiad (the protagonist is a participant) which is neat (but
         | not plot-centric per se).
        
           | Isamu wrote:
           | Japan is saved by Hana Fuda but the family is saved by MATH.
        
       | smukherjee19 wrote:
       | Really nice article with lots of good shows! My personal
       | underappreciated yet awesome and highly recommended ones from
       | that article are:
       | 
       | - Aomori: Flying Witch: Highly relaxing show with lots of nature.
       | 
       | - Wakayama: Summer Time Rendering: A highly highly
       | underappreciated sci-fi thriller that picks up in the latter half
       | and keeps getting better and better, with an awesome ending. Iirc
       | the show was underappreciated in Japan because Disney+ had
       | exclusive streaming rights when it was airing and it flew under a
       | lot of people's radars due to that.
       | 
       | Also, doing pilgrimage for an anime you like provides a really
       | good motivation to actually visit and explore the place. Japan is
       | quite homogeneous but each place has their own charm.
        
         | glandium wrote:
         | Summer time Rendering was airing on at least BS11 (free channel
         | on satellite broadcast), Tokyo MX and Kansai TV. It was made
         | available on other streaming services like Amazon Prime,
         | d-anime, Abema, etc. after the broadcast ended.
        
       | aidog wrote:
       | The 2022 Anime Blockbuster Movie Suzume by Makoto Shinkai starts
       | out in Miyazaki Prefecture.(https://miyazakian.com/locations/nich
       | inan/suzume.html) We're often forgotten as a destination, even
       | though Miyazaki is a hidden gem as a Surfers and nature paradise.
       | I'm trying to change that through my Miyazakian website.
        
         | smukherjee19 wrote:
         | Wow, I was aware that it starts in Miyazaki, but didn't know
         | exactly where! Thanks for sharing the place and your
         | experiences!
         | 
         | I definitely want to visit Nichinan at some point.
        
       | lynguist wrote:
       | If I can also make suggestions:
       | 
       | Osaka: Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi. You can see such
       | shotengai in real life Osaka as well. Also uses exclusively
       | Kansai-ben.
       | 
       | Hiroshima: In This Corner of the World. It made me cry 3 times!
       | 
       | Fukuoka: Manga Bambino! An Italian food manga with a ca. 22 year
       | old protagonist. I dearly dearly loved this manga when I was
       | around the same age. The protagonist is from Fukuoka. This manga
       | was one of the reasons that inspired or motivated me to learn how
       | to cook properly. I liked everything about it: the drawings, the
       | story, the content, the characters, how to navigate the world as
       | a young adult.
        
         | smukherjee19 wrote:
         | I loved In This Corner of the World! It's a really good take on
         | WWII in Japan told from the eyes of an ordinary housewife in
         | Hiroshima.
         | 
         | For Fukuoka, I also remembered that the recently aired Buddy
         | Daddies is also set in Fukuoka. Two assassins end up taking
         | custody of a little girl who is the kid of one of their
         | targets. The kid is super innocent and cute, and from what I've
         | seen, it's more about bringing up a kid (the checklist for
         | things to prepare on day 1 of kindergarten seems very real) in
         | Japan. Can recommend!
        
         | sersi wrote:
         | Seconding Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi, it's a great
         | anime and as someone who lived in Kansai for a few years a
         | while ago feels nostalgic.
        
         | mortenjorck wrote:
         | Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi is probably under-
         | appreciated, as it's overshadowed by some of the studio's more
         | popular titles (including, of course, the juggernaut franchise
         | of Evangelion). It's one of those works that feels inextricably
         | linked to its setting; despite being another wildly imaginative
         | Gainax series, the richness it draws from Kansai history and
         | tradition is impressive.
         | 
         | A suggestion for Kyoto along similar lines: The Eccentric
         | Family (both the original and sequel seasons).
        
           | uxp100 wrote:
           | Both the eccentric family and the night is long... are based
           | on novels by Tomihiko Morimi, and have a similar flavor. He's
           | sort of a champion of an ideal of a magical Kyoto, centering
           | around nightlife and private clubs. And I believe there is
           | talk of a third novel of the Eccentric Family. I love the
           | anime adaptations of his work, the novels themselves in
           | translation I do not care for.
        
       | belugacat wrote:
       | Why is it always Japan and anime? It'd be nice to see articles
       | like "32 Telenovelas for 32 States of Mexico" or "16 Home
       | Renovation Shows for 16 Bundeslander of Germany" every once in a
       | while.
        
         | langsoul-com wrote:
         | Cultural invasion from another country is why.
         | 
         | Ever play Civ 5 and get the message how another country is
         | annoyed that their citizens are all wearing blue jeans?
         | 
         | Anime is popular, subculture wise, and people who like it would
         | most likely grew up on the internet. Thus more news about Japan
         | would spread online. We see the same thing with Korea now with
         | kpop, kdrama.
         | 
         | Compare that to Mexico or Germany, where is their cultural
         | influence? Food yes, drinks yes. But there's virtually no media
         | being published on the same scale as Japan. Nor is it
         | constantly talked about.
         | 
         | Japan and anime are a bit special as well, because they tend to
         | always animate their home country or include it in some manner.
        
         | Tade0 wrote:
         | Because Rome and Greece. The Greek states lost militarily, but
         | ultimately won culturally.
         | 
         | Also (still) the third largest economy in the world, and for a
         | decently long time, second. That necessarily leaves its mark on
         | the rest of the world.
         | 
         | Why doesn't China enjoy the same sort of influence? Because
         | they erased much of their culture during communism.
        
         | whymauri wrote:
         | These lists exist but they are usually not in English. There's
         | countless memes or listicles of Colombian departments on
         | Spanish-speaking websites.
        
         | Klonoar wrote:
         | You have stumbled on to "the tech community idolizes Japan". It
         | gets old pretty quickly.
        
         | tehnub wrote:
         | Find, write or translate these articles and post them.
        
       | Hamuko wrote:
       | I can't blame them picking what they picked for Gunma but I
       | always think of Initial D when I think about Gunma in anime.
       | 
       | Although considering the Gunma pick, I'm surprised they slept on
       | Zombie Land Saga for Saga.
        
       | mrighele wrote:
       | Surprised that the choice for Gunma was not Initial D [1]. The
       | Anime mentions a lot of places and there are few (if any)
       | vehicles in Anime more iconic than the protagonist's Toyota.
       | 
       | [1] https://myanimelist.net/anime/185/Initial_D_First_Stage
        
         | KennyBlanken wrote:
         | I doubt all but a very small portion of the general public have
         | seen or heard of Initial D.
         | 
         | The Mach 5 from Speed Racer, Kaneda's motorcycle in Akira, and
         | Lupin the Third's Fiat 500 are far more recognizable to the
         | general public.
         | 
         | In terms of famous anime cars, there's also Misato's Renault
         | Alpine A310 in Evangelion, the Honda Today Turbo from You're
         | Under Arrest...
         | 
         | Also, of course, is Truck-kun, the most famous anime vehicle of
         | all time...
        
           | indrora wrote:
           | I shouted "The AE86 sucks" into a crowd of car folks once. A
           | fight broke out over if the AE86 could actually do what it
           | wanted to in the show. When I was in high school, probably
           | half the school wanted an AE86. They had just come into legal
           | for import status around that time, having become 25 years
           | old.
           | 
           | The zeitgeist of car culture knows about Initial D. It showed
           | up on fucking Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, and did stuff
           | through the 00s mixed between normal stuff and anime-
           | exclusives. It changed how we talk about cars (
           | http://www.tunedph.com/thanks-initial-d-elements-car-
           | culture... ) and dropped Eurobeat on unsuspecting ravers and
           | car fans alike ( https://hiddenpalmtree.com/blogs/random-jdm-
           | fan/how-to-raise... )
           | 
           | When Toyota wanted to showcase Hydrogen & Electric cars, they
           | chose to restomod a pair of AE86s:
           | https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/13/23554387/toyota-
           | ae86-bev-...
        
             | _0ffh wrote:
             | Heck, the power of Initial D is such that you can search
             | for "eurobeat", select "Videos", and chances are you'll see
             | a screen full of AE86es.
        
             | mrighele wrote:
             | Yes. While some of the Anime mentioned by the parent may be
             | known to a more general public, that doesn't mean that it
             | is the same for the vehicle.
             | 
             | For those that know the Anime, Takumi's AE86 is really
             | something different. The car has made more than one cameo
             | in other Anime ([1] for example, but I remember in School
             | Rumble too), street race or drifting scenes often involve a
             | reference to the serie[2], and the Internet is full of
             | people slapping Eurobeat songs on top of a random cartoon
             | [3] or their own driving [4][5].
             | 
             | Write AE86 on Amazon and you will find plenty of stuff
             | about the car.
             | 
             | And I saw more than one case of old Toyotas painted up like
             | in the Anime, "Fujiwara Tofu shop" writing on the side
             | include. And I mean in Europe, not Japan.
             | 
             | [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYDTqU0GAKI [2]
             | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgmyVTVc-Yc [3]
             | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97xT8C07crI [4]
             | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyO2vMGCaK8 [5]
             | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ptz91D97R0g
        
           | sbierwagen wrote:
           | [Vic Romano voice] Wrong you are, Ken.
        
       | langsoul-com wrote:
       | Which sites from anime would be the best to visit for actual
       | tourism?
       | 
       | Places with just a few cafes and streets seen in the anime aren't
       | worth the trip.
       | 
       | Something like nature from Yamanashi (Yuru Camp) or Oarai for the
       | tank festival (Girls Und Panzer) would be fun.
        
         | livueta wrote:
         | Definitely Kyoto. TFA's rec of _Night is Short_ certainly isn
         | 't wrong, but the classic Kyoto anime pilgrimage rec is the
         | precursor show, _The Tatami Galaxy_. You can locate pretty much
         | every scene from the show:
         | https://jamesofwalsh.com/2015/05/17/tatami-galaxy-and-kyoto/
         | 
         | I should write up my explorations sometime as I think it was
         | more detailed than any of the ones I can quickly find on Google
         | in English, e.g. going out to the Keage Incline. It was a great
         | excuse to wander around Kyoto, a great city.
         | 
         | While I'm talking about the Kyoto area and anime, I've got to
         | add that if you've seen _Chihayafuru_ , go to Omi Jingu (Jin
         | Jiang Shen Gong ). Otsu is right there and Lake Biwa is neat
         | anyway. I was able to watch some live karuta, chat about the
         | show and the game, buy some cards and very poorly attempt to
         | play with them (sorry, haven't actually memorized Bai Ren Yi
         | Shou  yet!).
        
         | adelie wrote:
         | you might enjoy this write-up of someone's yuru camp
         | pilgrimage, then:
         | https://old.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/86c4rg/i_went_to_the...
         | 
         | i actually visited sendai for haikyuu! i enjoyed my time there
         | a lot - there's a lot of beautiful day trips available like
         | matsushima and yamagata - but i wouldn't recommend visiting it
         | for haikyuu. sports stadiums are not that interesting from
         | outside and most of the actual locations in the manga are based
         | on a small town deep in the countryside.
        
       | kaitocross wrote:
       | Kinda surprised they didnt take Zombie Land Saga for Saga
       | prefecture. It's literally made to promote the prefecture. Plus
       | its a wonderful anime with lovely characters
        
       | Tade0 wrote:
       | There appears to be a trend of listing all the prefectures and
       | what's special about each of them.
       | 
       | Here's a depiction of each prefecture using characters from the
       | Wojak universe:
       | 
       | https://youtu.be/zStW7hLY51w
       | 
       | Well, this one plays mostly on stereotypes (I assume - I don't
       | know exactly), but still.
        
       | ck2 wrote:
       | I think they accidentally created a perfect idea for a new anime
       | called "47" where some character on a motorcycle or for some
       | other method/reason takes a trip to all the prefectures in Japan,
       | one per episode, to show the highlights of each location.
       | 
       | I'd watch the heck out of that if the story was decent.
       | 
       | And knowing there would be 47 episode keeps people hooked. They
       | might even use some weird concept like teleporting or like
       | "quantum leap" where they are stuck inside each prefecture for a
       | day or week before they can leave.
       | 
       | See what I mean? It writes itself.
        
         | smukherjee19 wrote:
         | While that does seem like a nice idea, I highly doubt it'll
         | materialize because of the sheer cost of rokehan(location
         | hunting). Atleast some of the key staff would need to visit
         | every prefecture in Japan to take photos, gather local
         | material(a lot of which might not exist online), which would
         | cost time and money; both things the anime industry lacks.
         | 
         | Collaboration between different studios is also not viable
         | because barring some exceptions (PA Works in Toyama, Kyoto
         | Animation in Kyoto/Nara), almost all the studios are
         | concentrated in Western Tokyo.
         | 
         | Unless, if the anime was crowdfunded. Maybe.
         | 
         | (I don't currently work in the industry; I'm just voicing my
         | personal opinion.)
        
       | smukherjee19 wrote:
       | If someone is looking for more recommendations based on anime
       | they've watched and their locations, here's a 2019-version in
       | Japanese (there's a huge number of videos in Japanese it seems, I
       | just took a random version).
       | 
       | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlvPi09jVoA
       | 
       | I'll try listing them the ones below (brackets contain English
       | names):
       | 
       | 1. Hokkaido
       | 
       | Haiyore! Nyaruko-san: Sapporo City
       | 
       | Boku dake ga inai machi (Erased): Tomakomai City
       | 
       | Kanon: Sapporo City
       | 
       | Seitokai no ichizon: Sapporo City
       | 
       | Golden Kamui: All across Hokkaido
       | 
       | Servant x Service: Sapporo City
       | 
       | Sora no method: Toyako Town
       | 
       | Omoide no Marnie (When Marnie Was There): Kushiro City
       | 
       | Kimi ni todoke: Haboro Town
       | 
       | WORKING!!: Sapporo City
       | 
       | Saikano: The Last Love Song on This Little Planet : Otaru City
       | 
       | Sakurako-san no Ashimoto ni wa Shitai ga Umatteiru (Beautiful
       | Bones -Sakurako's Investigation): Asahikawa City
       | 
       | 2. Aomori Prefecture
       | 
       | Kumo no mukou, yakusoku no basho (The Place Promised in Our Early
       | Days): Aomori Prefecture
       | 
       | Flying Witch: Hirosaki City
       | 
       | 3. Iwate Prefecture
       | 
       | Inugami!: Morioka City
       | 
       | 4. Miyagi Prefecture
       | 
       | Kannagi: Sendai City
       | 
       | Haikyuu: Sendai City
       | 
       | Wake Up, Girls: Sendai City
       | 
       | 5. Akita Prefecture
       | 
       | Itoshi no Muco (Lovely Muco): Akita City
       | 
       | Kumamiko: Akita Prefecture
       | 
       | 6. Yamagata Prefecture
       | 
       | Omoide Poroporo: Yamagata City
       | 
       | LEVEL E: Yamagata City
       | 
       | 7. Fukushima Prefecture
       | 
       | Mikakunin de Shinkoukei (Engaged to the Unidentified): Kooriyama
       | City
       | 
       | 8. Ibaraki Prefecture
       | 
       | Girls und Panzer: Oorai Town
       | 
       | Momokuri: Mito City
       | 
       | Noucome (My Mental Choices are Completely Interfering with my
       | School Romantic Comedy): Mito City
       | 
       | Sakura Trick: Inashiki City
       | 
       | 9. Tochigi Prefecture
       | 
       | Yosuga no sora: Ashikaga City
       | 
       | Mokke: Tochigi Prefecture
       | 
       | Nasu: A Migratory Bird with Suitcase: Utsunomiya City
       | 
       | 10. Gunma Prefecture
       | 
       | Nichijou: Isesaki City
       | 
       | Initial D: Mt. Akagi, Mt. Myogi
       | 
       | Sora yori mo tooi basho (A Place Further than the Universe):
       | Tatebayashi City
       | 
       | Aku no Hana: Kiryu City
       | 
       | Houkago no Pleadas: Oota City
        
         | smukherjee19 wrote:
         | (Part 2)
         | 
         | 11. Saitama Prefecture
         | 
         | Lucky Star: Kasukabe City, Kuki City, Satte City
         | 
         | Saekano (How to raise a boring girlfriend): Wakou City
         | 
         | Tsuki ga kirei: Kawagoe City
         | 
         | Crayon Shin-chan: Kasukabe City
         | 
         | Yama no susume (Encouragement of Climb): Hanno City
         | 
         | Kokoro ga sakebitagatterunda (The Anthem of the Heart):
         | Chichibu City
         | 
         | Kobayashi-sanchi no maidragon (Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid):
         | Koshigaya City
         | 
         | Kamisama hajimemashita: Kawagoe City
         | 
         | Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion: Saitama City Oomiya Ward
         | 
         | Anohana: Chichibu City
         | 
         | Urawa no usagi-san: Saitama City Urawa Ward
         | 
         | 12. Chiba Prefecture
         | 
         | Ro-kyu-bu! : Matsudo City
         | 
         | Kin'iro Mozaic: Narashino City
         | 
         | Action Heroine Cheer Fruits: Otaki Town
         | 
         | Futsuu no joshikousei ga Locodol yattemita: Nagareyama City
         | 
         | Oregairu : Chiba City
         | 
         | Amagami SS: Choshi City
         | 
         | Oreimo: Chiba City
         | 
         | Watamote: Chiba City, Funabashi City
         | 
         | Fireworks: Choshi City
         | 
         | 13. Tokyo
         | 
         | Doraemon: Nishitokyo City
         | 
         | Sazae-san: Setagaya Ward
         | 
         | Love Live!: Chiyoda Ward (same ward as Akihabara)
         | 
         | 14. Kanagawa Prefecture
         | 
         | Squid Girl: Kamakura City
         | 
         | Hanayamata: Kamakura City
         | 
         | Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai: Fujisawa City
         | 
         | High School Fleet: Yokosuka City
         | 
         | Kokoro Connect: Yokohama City
         | 
         | Evangelion: Hakone Town
         | 
         | Tari Tari: Fujisawa City
         | 
         | Major: Yokohama City
         | 
         | Bungou Stray Dogs: Yokohama City
         | 
         | Release the Spyce: Kawasaki City Kawasaki Ward
         | 
         | After the Rain: Yokohama City
         | 
         | School Days: Sagamihara City
         | 
         | 15. Niigata Prefecture
         | 
         | Idol Incidents: Niigata City
         | 
         | Dream Eater Merry: Jouetsu City
         | 
         | 16. Toyama Prefecture
         | 
         | Yuru Yuri: Takaoka City
         | 
         | Persona: trinity soul: Toyama City
         | 
         | Sakura Quest: Nanto City
         | 
         | Another: Nanto City
         | 
         | I want to eat your pancreas: Imizu City
         | 
         | Wolf Children: Kamiichi Town
        
           | smukherjee19 wrote:
           | (Part 3)
           | 
           | 17. Ishikawa Prefecture
           | 
           | Hanasaku Iroha: Kanazawa City
           | 
           | Angel Beats: Kanazawa City
           | 
           | Rescue Wings: Komatsu City
           | 
           | 18. Fukui Prefecture
           | 
           | Glasslip: Sakai City
           | 
           | GA Geijutsuka Art Design Class: Fukui City
           | 
           | 19. Yamanashi Prefecture
           | 
           | Asatte no houkou: Hokuto City
           | 
           | Munto: Ichikawamisato Town
           | 
           | Yuru Camp: Minobu Town
           | 
           | Mayoiga: Doushi Village
           | 
           | 20. Nagano Prefecture
           | 
           | Slow Start: Karuizawa Town
           | 
           | Ano natsu de matteiru: Komoro City
           | 
           | One Off: Iida City
           | 
           | orange: Matsumoto City
           | 
           | Onegai Teacher: Oomachi City
           | 
           | Seikimatsu Occult Gakuin: Nagano City
           | 
           | Summer Wars: Ueda City
           | 
           | Saki: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1vPkjCFRUP
           | 2pHyR... (I couldn't read the town name so have a map with
           | all the spots marked instead)
           | 
           | 21. Gifu Prefecture
           | 
           | Kimi no na wa (Your Name): Hida City
           | 
           | Koe no katachi(A Silent Voice): Oogaki City
           | 
           | Higurashi no naku koro ni (When the cicadas cry): Shirakawa
           | Village
           | 
           | Nourin: Minokamo City
           | 
           | Hyouka: Takayama City
           | 
           | Ren'ai Lab: Gifu City
           | 
           | Haganai (I have few friends): Gifu City
           | 
           | Bokura wa minna kawaisou (The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors
           | and Hostel Behavior): Gifu City
           | 
           | 22. Shizuoka Prefecture
           | 
           | Gabriel Dropout: Hamamatsu City
           | 
           | Love Live! Sunshine: Numazu City
           | 
           | Captain Tsubasa: Shizuoka City
           | 
           | Chibi Maruko-chan: Shizuoka City
           | 
           | Amanchu!: Itou City
           | 
           | Ichigo Mashimaro: Shizuoka City
           | 
           | Natsuiro kiseki: Shimoda City
           | 
           | Granblue: Itou City
           | 
           | 23. Aichi Prefecture
           | 
           | Gotoubun no hanayome (The Quintessential Quintuplets): Toukai
           | City
           | 
           | Denpa onna to seishun otoko: Nagoya City
           | 
           | Usagi Drop: Nagoya City
           | 
           | Subete ga F ni naru: The Perfect Insider: Nagoya City,
           | Minamichita Town
           | 
           | Geobreeders: Nagoya City
           | 
           | 24. Mie Prefecture
           | 
           | Hanbun no tsuki ga noboru sora: Ise City
           | 
           | Nagi no asu kara (NagiAsu -A Lull in the Sea): Kumano City
        
             | smukherjee19 wrote:
             | (Part 4) 25. Shiga Prefecture
             | 
             | Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions: Ootsu City
             | 
             | Donten ni Warau (Laughing Under the Clouds): Ootsu City
             | 
             | 26. Kyoto-fu
             | 
             | K-ON!: Kyoto City
             | 
             | Tamako Market: Kyoto City
             | 
             | Inari, konkon, koi iroha: Kyoto City
             | 
             | Uchouten Kazoku: Kyoto City
             | 
             | Deaimon: Kyoto City
             | 
             | The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl: Kyoto City
             | 
             | Kyousougiga: Kyoto City
             | 
             | Hibike! Euphonium: Uji City
             | 
             | Kyoto Teramachi-sanjo no Holmes: Kyoto City
             | 
             | 27. Osaka-fu
             | 
             | Ryuuou no oshigoto(The Ryuo's Work Is Never Done!): Osaka
             | City
             | 
             | Hand Shakers: Osaka City
             | 
             | Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi: Osaka City
             | 
             | 28. Hyogo Prefecture
             | 
             | This Art Club Has a Problem! : Himeji City
             | 
             | Wakaokami wa shougakusei (Okko's Inn): Kobe City
             | 
             | Fate/Stay Night: Kobe City
             | 
             | Sakamoto desu ga? : Nishinomiya City
             | 
             | Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Kobe City
             | 
             | Keijo: Awaji Island
             | 
             | Suzumiya Haruhi: Nishinomiya City
             | 
             | Grave of the fireflies: Nishinomiya City
             | 
             | 29. Nara prefecture
             | 
             | Beyond the Boundary: Kashihara City
             | 
             | Red Data Girl: Totsukawa Village
             | 
             | Penguin Highway: Ikoma City
             | 
             | 30. Wakayama City
             | 
             | AIR: Mihama Town
             | 
             | Binchoutan: Minabe Town
             | 
             | Binbougami ga!: Wakayama City
             | 
             | Lamune: Shirahama Town
             | 
             | 31. Tottori Prefecture
             | 
             | Free!: Iwami Town
             | 
             | 32. Shimane Prefecture
             | 
             | Blue Seed: Izumo City
             | 
             | Sguy & The Family Stone: Izumo City
             | 
             | 33. Okayama Prefecture
             | 
             | Tenchi Muyo!: Okayama Prefecture
             | 
             | Hirune Hime (Napping Princess): Kurashiki City
             | 
             | 34. Hiroshima Prefecture
             | 
             | Kamichu!: Onomichi City
             | 
             | Sora to umi no aida(Between the Sky and Sea): Onomichi City
             | 
             | Kimi no iru machi (A town where you live): Shobara City
             | 
             | Tamayura: Takehara City
             | 
             | Tanaka-kun wa itsumo kedaruge(Tanaka-kun Is Always
             | Listless): Hiroshima City
             | 
             | Kono sekai no katasumi ni (In This Corner of the World):
             | Kure City
             | 
             | Ponyo: Fukuyama City
             | 
             | 35. Yamaguchi Prefecture
             | 
             | He Is My Master: Ube City
             | 
             | Mai Mai Miracle: Hofu City
             | 
             | Oku-sama wa Maho Shojo: Bewitched Agnes: Hagi City
             | 
             | The Wings of Rean: Iwakuni City
             | 
             | 36. Tokushima Prefecture
             | 
             | Minori Scramble: Tokushima prefecture
             | 
             | 37. Kagawa Prefecture
             | 
             | Karakai jouzu no Takagi-san (Teasing Master Takagi-san):
             | Shoudo Island
             | 
             | Seto no Hanayome: Mitoyo City
             | 
             | Poco's Udon World: Takamatsu City
             | 
             | 38. Ehime Prefecture
             | 
             | Mai:HIME: Matsuyama City
             | 
             | 39. Kochi Prefecture
             | 
             | Poppin'Q: Nakatosa Town
             | 
             | Ocean Waves: Kochi City
             | 
             | 40. Fukuoka Prefecture
             | 
             | Yuyushiki: Fukuoka City
             | 
             | Sketch Book Full Color's: Fukuoka City
             | 
             | Sono Toki, Kanojo wa: Fukuoka City
             | 
             | Sora no otoshimono (Heaven's Lost Property): Asakura City
             | 
             | Cooking Papa: Fukuoka Cuity
             | 
             | Kakuriyo: Bed and Breakfast for Spirits: Kitakyuushuu City
             | 
             | Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens: Fukuoka City
             | 
             | 41. Saga Prefecture
             | 
             | Zombieland Saga: All across Saga Prefecture
             | 
             | Yuri!!! no Ice: Karatsu City
             | 
             | 42. Nagasaki Prefecture
             | 
             | Barakamon: Goto City
             | 
             | Sakamichi no Apollon: Sasebo City
             | 
             | sola: Nagasaki City
             | 
             | Ao no kanata no four rhythm (Aokana - Four Rhythms Across
             | the Blue): Goto City
             | 
             | Iroduku: The World in Colors: Nagasaki City
             | 
             | 43. Kumamoto Prefecture
             | 
             | Natsume Yuujinchou: Hitoyoshi City
             | 
             | Aki no Kanade: Kumamoto Citu
             | 
             | 44. Oita Prefecture
             | 
             | ReLIFE: Oita City
             | 
             | Prefectural Earth Defense Force: Oita City
             | 
             | 45. Miyazaki Prefecture
             | 
             | Hyakko: All Across Miyazaki Prefecture
             | 
             | 46. Kagoshima Prefecture
             | 
             | Robotics;Notes: Tanegashima Island
             | 
             | 5 centimeters per second: Tanegashima Island
             | 
             | Princess Mononoke: Okushima Island
             | 
             | Umi monogatari: Amami
             | 
             | 47. Okinawa Prefecture
             | 
             | Harukana Receive: Uruma City
             | 
             | BLOOD+: Uruma City
             | 
             | Haitai Nanafa: Naha City
             | 
             | Eureka Seven AO: Ishigaki Island
             | 
             | Asobi ni iku yo: Naha City
             | 
             | ...Wait. It's almost 4 AM and I have work in a few hours.
             | What am I doing? Sorry for the long comments.
        
       | mey wrote:
       | This put into my mind the Travel Oregon ads produced a couple
       | years ago in the Miyazaki style.
       | 
       | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doVV1a7XgyQ
       | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIC-XmyEfhI and
       | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi4fGPPPmGA
        
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