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I dunno if anyone's interested in this, I personally think its a boring subject but when planning, writing and drawing WGM and POxDS, I used real life locations simply because it is much simpler. You could definitely say I did this to simply save time.

Take Working Girl's Eigo Guru Translation Services office building for example. The location is in Golden Gai.

I turned two buildings in Golden Gai and turned into one old, 2 storey, office building.

And here's something about Hanzono Koban:

The two stories exist on the same street, yet never quite meet. One takes place mostly during the night, the other during office hours. But who knows? Maybe someday those two stories will finally collide and intertwine.

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CiNegi

That was interesting as heck! Glad to see the real world inspirations

Super Shanko

Stuff like this is fascinating to me, very much so. It reminds me of Hiromu Arakawa pulling names of actual WW2 vehicles and such for naming her characters.

KapsLocked

Huh, neat! I think I've passed by that parking lot in a 2024 Japan trip!

Wren

Thank you for sharing these insights into your process, Japanese urban planning is super distinctive

Scott Hodgemire

I have noticed this seems to be a pretty common practice in a lot of Japanese manga and anime. I don't know if the methodology is the same. But, there are a lot of real world locations that are used as backdrops. I always thought that was a really interesting detail to the world building that made things feel more grounded and lived in.