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.
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Might just be me, but a lot of these pictures just give off a sort of creepy horror-movie type of vibe.
clairvoyant maybe
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.
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.
The very last picture looks pretty damn close, the rest are only slightly similar.
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.
These comparison looked like shit. Where you take these pictures at? Detroit?
I agree with Ishmon with most of the pictures shown. The pictures shown only show "references" of what looks alike. The "scene" itself from the anime does not resemble the life-photo. The angle of of the anime scene is not all same with the life photo. I've seen better real-life shots of actual anime scenes where the angles and positions of the picture is "closer" to the anime's. Google "Byousoku 5cm Real Life Pictures". And look for moeside.net Those have a more "likeness" to the picture of the "anime scene".
It's the middle of winter there, the trees that are in bloom in the anime shots are unsurprisingly leafless in the photos. Makes a bit of a visual difference.
these comparison are dead on..are you ........
Really, were these guys buying crack when they took these pictures. They look nothing alike.
Yeah, they could have waited 4 months until it's spring in real life! Lazy bitches.
Bullshit, most of the places are obviously the same. Look at the details.
seriously, it's like "oh theres a bench in this anime" "let me go take a picture of random old disgusting bench"
Look closer dumbass, all the elements are there, the only difference is the camera lens used which could alter the distance of the background to the foreground.
it's even better than American cartoons whose backgrounds done by the laziest bunch of fools.