Small town/big city anime

CrackTheSky · Post by **CrackTheSky** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 10:16 pm

Ok, I'm looking for anime with a setting in a small town, with lots of scenes of the town itself. Preferrably suburban...the best example I can think of to compare your suggestions with would be FLCL, or Serial Experiments Lain.

In contrast, I'd also like some anime that takes place mainly in the city, with a focus on the city itself. I don't really have comparisons for that...kinda like the couple scenes in the middle of Beyond the Clouds, if that's any help.

Genre isn't really important, although I'd like to stay away from the mecha-based anime, although if there are a lot of scenes of the city/town in question NOT being destroyed in crazy fights, I can deal.

Oh, and all should take place in modern times/near future.

Yes, this is for a potential future project, sorry for being so picky >_<

Org Profile · Post by **LantisEscudo** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 10:49 pm

Kiki's Delivery service has a large number of shots of the city Kiki arrives in, and it's a decent-sized city.

Tiny Snow Fairy Sugar also has a number of scenes like that, of a Old European-style city with modern people.

My Neighbor Totoro might have a good selection of rural scenes, as might Twelve Kingdoms, through TK is more medieval than modern.

Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou, if you can get your hands on it, is another excellent series for rural scenes, though they're a bit more rustic than "modern times" (closer to late 60s to mid-70s, though it's harder to place rural scenes).

Cities are pretty easy; any sufficiently long series set in a city will have a decent number of establishing shots to pick from. Modern small town is a lot harder.

godix · Post by **godix** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 11:45 pm

Only Yesterday has a fairly realistic take on both city and country living

TaranT · Post by **TaranT** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 2:02 am

Mamoru Oshii is the master of urban anime...with more than just sets, but the mood as well. Any of the Patlabor and GitS movies, even Angel's Egg and Jin-Roh.

For suburban sets, see Whisper of the Heart, KOR, and maybe Cardcaptor Sakura.

Cloud Clone · Post by **Cloud Clone** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 7:47 am

The first couple of episodes of Now and Then, Here and There might be good for suburban, and Texhnolyze (sp) could do nicely for some urban shots.