Welcome to this week’s review of notable instances of transit, place and culture as rendered in anime currently broadcast in Japan and simulcast internationally via the web. For a detailed outline of the approach, please refer to the explanation in the inaugural issue. Links to streaming sources are included when available, though not all may have current episode available at the time this column is published.
Gatchaman Crowds insight
(ガッチャマン クラウズ インサイト Gatchaman Kurauzu Insaito)
Watch: Crunchyroll
Episode 10
Use of fast food restaurant as third place
Tama Toshi Monorail Line (多摩都市モノレール線)
Gatchaman dips even deeper into the minefield of sensitive topics, as Yuru-ji compares the charged atmosphere created by Gelsadra’s governance to the group-think and passiveness that led to the tacit approval and participation by ordinary people in Imperial Japan’s World War II aggressions.
Ōdōri Park (大通公園) in Sapporo, Hokkaidō Prefecture
Tachikawa Station (立川駅)
In addition to eating people who resist conforming to the atmosphere, the Kuu are also fare evaders. Time for the Gatchaman to start cleaning up this hot mess.
Durarara!! X2 Ten
(デュラララ!!×2 転 Durarara!!x2 Ten)
Watch: Crunchyroll • Hulu
Fan Pilgrimage Update
@tianlangxing made a pilgrimage to Ikebukuro, Toshima Ward, Tokyo Metropolis for Episode 22 (Ten 10).
Episode 10
Ikebukuro (池袋), Toshima Ward, Tokyo Metropolis
Non Non Biyori Repeat
(のんのんびより りぴーと)
Watch: Crunchyroll
Fan Pilgrimage Update
@fureshima made a pilgrimage to Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture for Season 1 Episode 4/12 and Season 2 Episode 7.
@kai881 discovered more previously unidentified locations:
のんのんびより1期12話より。 pic.twitter.com/ts7kAfhV5p
— kai881 (@kai881) September 9, 2015
のんのんびより背景によく出てくるこの建物。 ヒントになりそうだからずっと探してた。 学校（小川小学校下里分校）の真横の家だった。 https://t.co/og5zwNbuIc pic.twitter.com/JISwmLl5D1
— kai881 (@kai881) September 11, 2015
Episode 10
The Idol M@ster Cinderella Girls
(アイドルマスターシンデレラガールズ Aidorumasutā Shinderera Gāruzu)
Watch: Daisuki
Episode 22
Wagnaria!!3
(WORKING!!!)
Watch: Crunchyroll
Fan Pilgrimage Update
@ktism1228s made a pilgrimage to Sapporo, Hokkaidō Prefecture for Episode 10.
Special Items
Mantanweb reports the Uji City Tourism Center plans to distribute 50,000 copies of a map guiding visitors to locations featured in Hibike! Euphonium. @kbt_tigers1985 posted high quality scans of the map.
I recently became aware of blogger Keita (@ktism1228s), who has been publishing on a variety of topics for several years but only recently added butaitanbou to the mix. He has been covering Working!!! and popular Kyoto Animation and P.A. Works’ series over the past few months, but what’s most remarkable is his sharp camera technique and inclusion of context images beyond the frames captured to match the backgrounds in the animated works. He recently made a roundup of several series set in central Japan:
- Pilgrimage to Yuwaku Onsen in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture for Hanasaku Iroha
- Pilgrimage to Takayama, Gifu Prefecture for Hyōka
- Pilgrimage to Toyosato, Shiga Prefecture for K-On!
- Pilgrimage to Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture for Angel Beats!
- Seishun 18 Kippu rail travel photography over that period
@teo_imperial made a pilgrimage to Nerima Station in Nerima Ward, Tokyo Metropolis for Gakkō Gurashi! and Jitsu wa Watashi wa.
@teo_imperial made a pilgrimage to Toshimaen in Nerima Ward, Tokyo Metropolis for Wakaba Girl, Jitsu wa Watashi wa and Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya.
@189asama made a pilgrimage to Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture for YuruYuri Nachuyachumi! +.
@etesuke made a pilgrimage to Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture for Sore ga Seiyū!
@teo_imperial made a pilgrimage to Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture for Rolling Girls.
@hauyashi made a pilgrimage to Hannō, Saitama Prefecture for Yama no Susume Second Season.
@yomikatajiyu made a pilgrimage to Urayasu Station in Kotoura, Tottori Prefecture for Kotoura-san.
