No longer merely a city of filthy old buildings and rampaging hordes of looters, finally London has been granted its own holy place, courtesy of none other than K-ON!
The spot comes from the first London-centric K-ON! movie promotional image – somehow 2ch managed to pinpoint it down the very bench the girls are seen sitting on, near a pub/restaurant known as “Eight Over Eight” (however, this being a Japanese production it seems unlikely the girls will be going inside for a booze up…).
If the experience of past anime holy places (“seichi,” a phenomenon which has created substantial local tourist industries in a number of Japanese localities) is anything to go by, London can expect at least a trickle of moeblob fans braving the mobs to make their pilgrimages to the sites set to feature in the anime.
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it always baffles me that these people find exact locations from shows/movies
Dedication for something you love.
Ok killing tiem, while you're unemployed helps a bunch.
No free time? Then how'd you get here? Lol
...and what makes you think they are unemployed? It's not like you have zero free time when you have a job you know.
>It's not like you have zero free time when you have a job you know.
I've has a nine (9) to five (17) job once. What with travel time, household chores, eating and sleep, administration, &c. no free time was left at all, not even in the weekends.
Travel: move closer
chores: weekend
eating: microwave - 5 minutes
sleep: 7 hours
admin: huh? once a year
= Plenty of free time.
In most countries that are not third world shitholes an employer must by law give paid vacation time.
Really any employer who has even the tiniest amount of gray matter would understand that giving vacation time helps the bottom end.
A happy worker is a productive worker and unhappy one is not.
Dedication? More like obsession if you ask me.
In this case I say it's not completely a bad thing as it gets people who may otherwise be shutins to leave their rooms and basements.
Or they're just plain batshit insane.
Hey, it's better than drinking, smoking, gambling and/or drugging yourself to death.
Not to mention, it's also better than committing crimes, hurting other people or fighting in gangs.
Actually better than joining the Riot and destroying thing and stealing them
@ Anon 22:18
I'd rather you do too. The faster you die the better. (^o^)
What are the chances that the author drew that image up without referencing any particular real world location?
I think you're sad not they, if you have time to read articles like this.
Theres nothing wrong with taking drugs in moderation. ;)
@22:18 Because you're a degenerate!
Yeah I'm with the anon comment, drinking, smoking, drugs all better then this retarded shit.
I'd rather drink, smoke, and do drugs then go there to see that stupid thing.
More like unhealthily obsessed and have too much time on their hands. Some of the saddest things I read on this site. :(
Hikikomori's need to do "something" to pass the time, can only masturbate and watch anime so long.
The must of look it up on Google Maps?
Try to find a location in any American cartoon! You will get lost, or it is only found in another galaxy, for pure coincidence.
So much for realism.
Well it gets people who'd otherwise be hikikomoris to go outside and do something.
Too much effort :p
Ah, Google Earth-ing is always fun. My current work consist of reconstructing updating the city map meant for tourists everytime new hotels or buildings are built somewhere in the area and i find doing 3D modelling works by observing Google Earth/Map and some reference photographs simply enjoyable.
ps: Mugi looks hawt with that cap :3
Tag on Google Earth:
Eight Over Eight: Holy
Bench near Eight Over Eight: Holier.
Right seats of bench near Eight Over Eight: Holiest.
Chelsea, Kings Road, I live like 10 minutes from that spot. Funny if you go down that road and take a left your eventually get to Chelsea Football ground.
"Eight Over Eight" should do a special promotion- "Get a free drink if you bring your girlfriend/dakimakura/moeblob figure"
screw Jerusalem... I'm going to London
Hmmm....eight over eight....kyoani....endless 8. What are the gods telling us?
How about you comment on something you know about. First of all British architecture is some of the best in the world and second not everyone looted just some chavs (our version of hillbillies). A large group of your readers are English how about you don't alienate them? We already feel ashamed those idiots live in our country...
I can't believe otaku keep on getting creepier and creepier.
Shit. Now the guy sniffing at the train is gonna get the piss taken out of him by the owner for cramping the places style. Not to mention all the other brightly colored moetards that are going to swarm the place. My only regret is I can't be there to see it.
Lots of butt hurt comments in here, makes me lol.
Will anybody still question KyoAni's attention to authenticity after we see the film?
I'm looking forward to finding out.
Eight over ENDLESS EIGHT
Eight Over Eight...
...Endless Eight?
Would be epic lulz if they ever visit Mecca.
All K-tards would fly there for the wrong 'holy' reason. XD
If I lived in london I'd bomb it I hate K-On.................
We should make an offering of a cupcake or something there to sanctify this holy place. Muslims will just build a mosque over it like they do to all religions holy places :(
London is an overkill and an insult. I would rather see Berlin instead.
Quote:"London can expect at least a trickle of moeblob fans braving the mobs to make their pilgrimages to the sites set to feature in the anime."
Well, more victims for the happy slappers, I guess...
Silly K-On fans. You know they went eight over eight behind the scenes. Why else would they pick such a plain area in London to sit on.
I took a photo as to why they visited there: http://puu.sh/4Rcx - this is the Tea Time Cake Store just to the left of them.
http://puu.sh/4RcH - Here's Mugi enjoying some treats~!
Finally proof that I was at the location the second I heard the news:http://puu.sh/4RdM
Nice find. So the holy place was actually the shop near the bar.
This is what sucks bout London they don't have enough greggs to make areas like that worth visiting.
I'm so going there today!
I'm impressed as always. That is dedication.
inb4 a group of five goes to that same bench and snaps a picture of 'em in the same poses as the K-ON girls.
Magician dedication.