Sora no Woto Otaku Makes Pilgrimage from Japan to Spain
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Feb 14, 2010 05:02 JST
- Tags: 2D vs 3D, Comparison, Otaku, Sora no Woto, Spain, Tourism
A 2ch otaku has seemingly undergone one of the more devout sacrifices possible by the breed by making a pilgrimage from Japan to the historic city of Cuenca, Spain to pay homage to scenery of the town used as reference material for the sublime Sora no Woto.
The otaku originally made a post on 2ch, linking to his barebones homepage which details the time of his photoshoot (Feb. 9’s afternoon) and a brief description of the 3D scene backdrop ‘s relationship to certain scenes from the anime.
As is usually the case with such things online (especially with something from 2ch), there must be an element of doubt involved, but the amount of effort involved with acquiring such anime-accurate photographs of the ancient town, creating a webpage, and accurately modifying the EXIF data does suggest our otaku friend is telling the truth…
Here is his introduction at the top of his site:
Afternoon of Feb. 09, 2010.
There’s 413 (total images.) They’re all pretty rough. I would’ve liked to have made comparison images, but I forgot to bring the source material, so this was the best I could do. I don’t take photos very often, so I’m not too used to this. Please forgive the pictures for being somewhat crude.
Here are all but one of the photos he has posted at his site, along with the best comparison images from the show we could find right underneath the pertinent 3D photos:
The above images of the red bridge come from Episode 01.
This impressive comparison comes from Episode 04, when Noel and Kanata went out to the town for some shopping.
“I sort of felt reminded of Ep. 1’s ‘Move Forward!’ moment, but I’m not sure.”
The anime scene above comes from the scene the photographer refers to in the above quote.
It does take a bit of imagination to match the images up…
This comes from the show’s ED, and is again an impressively close match-up.
Again, this comes from the ED.
It is not hard at all the make the comparison in this one, another excellent shot.
“This is from when Kanata seemed she was about to fall.”
This last comparison involves another scene from Episode 01, just after Kanata had taken her bath and ran to the balcony to gaze at the scenery outdoors.
Truly, if the otaku-photographer is telling the truth here (something which might be confirmed if he uploads the rest of his photos), his otaku power level would indeed be something of legend…
The photos can be viewed in their full sized glory at the original webpage.
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Pilgrimage to Spain? Color me amazed.
With a few K-on moe
Attaining a little bit of worldliness through anime. That is amazing indeed.
I wonder if he visited other regions of Spain while he was there. The mixture of Roman and Gothic architecture in Catalonia makes the place very beautiful.
I'm from Catalonia.
I parles català?
Wait... Seriously?!
I've been living in Spain for years, and didn't know about it!
parla sense vergonya, parla amb llibertat!
Dios... Ya tenemos nazis descerebrados hasta en sankaku.
O.o de que hablas?, siempre los hemos tenido.
Someone, translate these comments
Benutze doch Google Übersetzer lol Deutschland ist ein starkes Land GERMAN
Y yo soy de Cuenca, y cada vez que veo las comparaciones me parto.
bones
Ore wa.. Gundam!
Note to self: Start learning spanish again. I still know enough to understand the lyrics of Ska-P or Panteón Rococó but not enough to strike a conversation ^^
Estos catalanes dominarán el planeta, por el amor de dios. Por cierto, me sorprende que hayan tantos españoles aquí. FC?
Spain's just a pile of dust, nothing to see here. Any likeness with the anime is just coincidental. Spaniard visiting Japan right now, btw.
Spain is indeed beautiful and I can see why it inspired the animators.
Sora no Woto...must watch
wait..I think I am going backwards
Don't. The show is actually pretty boring.
This guy is awesome.
What? "Otaku power"?
Try otaku 'passion', or a notch higher, 'obsession
But good comparison nonetheless
his otaku power is over 9000!!
Obsession with a Passion! It's the Otaku way of life. No merchandise is to expensive and no scenic pilgrimage is to far out of reach... well... unless you're broke :(
Otaku is never broke for anime. He just starves to death.
The Passion of the Otaku! :P
2d looks better
well no shit sherlock
3D pig! Since this seems like a more fitting time to say it than every occasion some blind person dislikes an idol or asian real life female on this site lol.
WOW - what extent otaku will go to.
Perecto!!!!!!!!!!!
I mean: Perfecto!
Wowow who would've known that "Seize" actually means "Spain" in the Moe-blob world.
I had thought the background and setting animation was based on a German city, or more North-Western European sites.
I was thinking east Europe as well. Though the weather definitely points towards a southwestern locale.
Apparently it's supposed to be Switzerland ('Helvetia' is what the area was called in ancient times, and is what they call the country in the anime). The language on all the signs in the anime is French, suggesting it's near the French/Switz border.
i thought of France actually LOL not sure besides the few times we've seen their written language P:
Reminds me of the "Making Of" on the Gunsmith Cats DVD.
Except… Spain.
Well, I prefer the anime version of the city.
Yeah fruck irl
I'm Spanish and I can confirm that those photos are indeed from Cuenca.
That's some effort - taking photos somewhere halfway around the globe just to post it on an anonymous board. :\
I adore the efforts of our honourable otaku brother; Now I will watch Sora no Woto. It's my little tribute
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA I WONDER WHAT THE BITCH OF "NIN" WILL HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THIS IF SPAIN HAS AN ARCANE LANGUAGE!!!!1
Take that! Mwahahahaha!
That is very cool. Love the scenery in Sora no Woto.
Estos japoneses estan todos majaretas! XD
my goodness it really is a sublimely beautiful scenery. It makes me proud that my family was knighted by Queen Isabella Catholico de Castillo
You mean Isabel la Católica de Castilla right?
Don't be so picky. Spanish genders are difficult as hell for english-spoken people.
Exactry this.
sora no woto makes it look better =(