| Specifically real countries, not outer space or make-believe locations. Let's compile a list of anime that does a good job portraying life outside of Japan. Europe Gunslinger Girl (Italy) Porco Rosso (Italy) Rose of Versailles (France) Nodame Cantabile season 2 (France) Les Miserables (France) Chevalier D'Éon (France) Ikoku Meiro no Croisee (France) Monster (Germany) Snow Fairy Sugar (Germany) First Squad: The Moment of Truth (Russia) Emma (England) When Marnie Was There (England) Hellsing (England) Black Butler/Kuroshitsuji (England) Multiple: Porfy no Nagai Tabi Romeo's Blue Sky Asia (excluding Japan) Black Lagoon (Southeast) Kingdom (China) Canaan (China) Chūka Ichiban! (China) North America El Cazador De La Bruja (Mexico) Akage no Anne (Canada) Baccano! (US) Steins;Gate OVA (US) Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom (US) Gunsmith Cats (US) Red Garden (US) Kaleido Star (US) South America Michiko to Hatchin |
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| Some of the characters in Space Brothers spend some time in Florida and Texas, which I guess could be considered foreign since most anime is set in Japan. I don't know if they do anymore exploring beyond that—aside from outer space, obviously. I'm only on episode 31. It's a nice series, but I'm taking my time with it. |
| Monster - Germany Porco Rosso - Italy (specifically the Adriatic Sea) Baccano! - U.S. Black Lagoon - various locations in Asia (not Japan) Porfy no Nagai Tabi - various locations in Europe Eden of the East (partly in U.S.) That's all I know of from what I've seen |
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BadMediaKarma said: I haven't seen Michiko to Hatchin... can we assume that it takes place in South America (Brazil) and if so, is it a realistic portrayal of the culture/atmosphere? I've only watched a little more than half of Michiko to Hatchin, but I'd say it's a pretty realistic portrayal of Brazil. The Portuguese is spot on, and its depictions of slums or favelas are pretty accurate. Not that I've been in a real life favela or anything. ;) Kingdom - Ancient China (Warring States Era) Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom - U.S.A. (visually anyway) Steins;Gate OVA - U.S.A. (Los Angeles/Southern California) |
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| Oh and Maria-sama ga Miteru 3rd, last episode. They go to Italy and the visual surroundings are spot on. |
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| Updated the OP with most of the shows you guys mentioned. For now, I'm just going to stick with shows that are set entirely outside of Japan, preferably where where the country is specified and emphasized throughout the series. I'll start adding statistics once we have a few more titles. |
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| There was a small thread about this on AD recently; there should be more if you search - http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1359407 Here's what i got from the thread Campione (Italy) First Squad: The Moment of Truth (Russia) Gosick ("French-speaking fictional European country") Jormugand (World Adventure) Junketsu no Maria (France) Chūka Ichiban! (China) JoJo's Bizzare Adventure (each "Part" is set in a different country) Gankutsuou ("bizzare futuristic France") Gunsmith Cats (US) Black Jack ("The world") Noir ("Europe", though i look on the episode list and one of them is in Taiwan..) D. Gray Man ("Europe") Master Keaton (also some kind of world adventure, mostly in Europe) Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu Ka ("an unknown country (probably in Europe)") Red Garden (US) Blood + (World Adventure) Kamisama no Inai Nichiyoubi("implied to take place in France") Les Miserables (France) note: most world masterpiece theater should count, plus similar stuff like Ronja Chevalier D'Éon (France) Romeo's Blue Sky (Chimney boys in Europe/Switzerland) GITS ("used some Hong Kong streets") Emma (England) When Marnie Was There (England) Heroman (US) Flag ("Fictional but quite real in central Asia") Soul Eater ("Death City, Nevada, America") Canaan (China) Snow Fairy Sugar (Germany) Kaleido Star (US) Nadia (World Adventure) Galilei Donna (World Adventure) Strike Witches ("most of the series is set in 1940's Europe") Ikoku Meiro no Croisee (France) |
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| Poor Canada, underrepresented in anime. |
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| How about the fact that only one show on the list represents South America and even then, it isn't explicitly? And nothing for Africa, period. If anything, this just goes to show how preferential anime is towards Europeans. |
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| And why wouldn't it be; It's not like Japan had historical ties with Africa. Though there is an Africa arc in Nadia... Why don't you like the tag World Adventure? |
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romagia said: And why wouldn't it be; It's not like Japan had historical ties with Africa. Though there is an Africa arc in Nadia... Why don't you like the tag World Adventure? For this lists I wanted to focus specifically on anime that accurately depicts life in one country (or in some cases, continent). I can add World Adventures, but my initial feeling was that an anime that hops around from place to place wouldn't have enough time to capture the culture and environment of each place it visits. |
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SaveTheAralSea said: Poor Canada, underrepresented in anime. Good news for you! If we're counting WMT anime then Akage no Anne takes place on Prince Edward Island. |
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