Dedicated fans of the Idolmaster franchise have rapidly ascertained the real locations of backgrounds from Idolmaster: Cinderella Girls, truly demonstrating the extensive (if unproductive) capabilities of such obsessed individuals.
Comparison images surfacing so far:
Might just be me, but a lot of these pictures just give off a sort of creepy horror-movie type of vibe.
clairvoyant maybe
Everybody sounds surprised! It’s standard operating procedure. Many anime copies real places like K-On! copying Toyosato elementary school, Girls und Panzer copying the Ooarai itself etc.
They are very, very similar. Besides the bench one, you can see clearly that the anime backgrounds are based on those places.
Of course, the anime ones are made more beautiful. They have to add the 2D magic.
The very last picture looks pretty damn close, the rest are only slightly similar.
Lets see, taking pictures of the tv instead of getting proper screencaps, taking pictures at night, using google streetview.
Except for the last one, none of them look alike.