You wil doubtless recall that none too convincingly animated psychological strangeness anime Chaos;Head is set exclusively in Shibuya; call it tracing, Photoshopping or otherwise, the resemblance has been carefully achieved (or perhaps just cheaply obtained) by way of reworking photographic scenes, which you can see in comparison below:
Here we have an interesting comparison of the differences between the various iterations of the highly successful doujin mixed media franchise that is Higurashi no Naku Koro ni.
From left to right, we see the anime, movie, original, TMA cosplay AV, PS2 game, fighting game Higurashi Daybreak, and the manga edition.
This pair of videos depict Touhou characters in a variety of typically yuri scenarios; the original takes the form of a doujin manga MAD, but the recent 3D version is realised in eroge 3D Custom Girl, famous for a huge variety of official patches, fan fetish mods, and custom characters.
The 3D version offers some rather carefully realised yuri antics in full 3D…
Some wag on 2ch has decided to highlight the not inconsiderable similarity between new tsundere icon Taiga Aisaka, of Toradora, and her famed tsundere queen seiyuu Rie Kugimiya, as we see above.
Needless to say, he is currently receiving death threats…
In this image you can see a comparison of all the diverse character renditions various Haruhi related titles have spawned.
Here we see a convincing cosplay portrayal of SOS Galactic Patrol Yuki Nagato, with the 2D version, including both the official Noizi Ito version and an Ishikei ero-version. The charming figure version is included for good measure.
Here are some interesting comparison images meant to show the influence of the man, Yamakan, who supervised the creation of the now iconic Haruhi ED, amongst others, and the manner in which he developed his work.
Yoko, of Tengen Toppa Gurren Laggan, is certainly one of the more frequently sculpted anime characters of late, so it is a great relief to see a rendition of her which breaks away from the usual mould and offers a unique interpretation; in this case, one which intriguingly opts for a much more realistic look than is the norm.
These images display some rather notable, and amusingly skilful, poetic license in dealing with their unfortunate source material.
A scholar of real world places used as bases for anime scenes has compiled this extensive map using Google Maps, complete with comparison photographs in each locality and covering a wide variety of series, and some, such as Haruhi, are covered in great depth.
It is a very interesting resource.
