Why Saitama Prefecture Often Forms the Setting of Anime -Part 1- *I had to divide the text due to the maximum number of letters. I am happy if you read the part 2 as well. Since I hadn't written En

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Why Saitama Prefecture Often Forms the Setting of Anime -Part 1- *I had to divide the text due to the maximum number of letters. I am happy if you read the part 2 as well. Since I hadn't written English texts for a while, to get the feel of writing in English, I decided to translate the interesting article I came across when I was net surfing. The article is on the prefecture I live in. It was my first challenge to translate a long Japanese text written by someone else into English. I found it pretty difficult because the words were not mine, but I did my best. I hope you enjoy the article below. ---Translation--- Why Saitama Prefecture Often Forms the Setting of Anime Ani-Tama Festival, the festival on anime and manga associated with Saitama Prefecture, will be held on October 19th and 20th. Saitama has numerous sacred places of anime, including Washinomiya Shrine in Kuki City which formed the setting of 'Lucky Star' and led to the boom of 'anime pilgrimages'. The sacred places of 'Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day' and 'Kamisama Kiss' are also in the prefecture. Saitama was, however, ranked as the worst prefecture to visit during summer vacation. It was also the last prefecture which appeared in NHK's Morning Drama Serials. Saitama is often called as Da-Saitama after the slang 'dasai', which means 'clunky'. How can the uninviting place be shown in popular anime so often? It is said there is neither amusement district nor tourist attraction in Saitama, i.e., the prefecture is featureless. This could be the answer for the question. In most cases, the actual name of a place does not appear in an anime. The place is just a background rather than a scene. What is suitable for a background of an anime is not a megalopolis like Tokyo or the quaint countryside, but an ordinary city. It should be 'some place in Japan'. Once a landmark like the Tokyo Tower or Kinkaku-ji Temple, which reminds you of a specific place like Tokyo or Kyoto, appears in an anime, you would start to visualize the real world. It might bring some unnecessary images to your minds. On the other hand, a view in Saitama is something everywhere. It is something nowhere at the same time. This anonymousness would be one of the reasons that views in Saitama are regarded as suitable for the backgrounds of anime. To be continued to the part 2 Original Article: http://ddnavi.com/news/167373/

2013年10月23日 04:00

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Why Saitama Prefecture Often Forms the Settings of Anime -Part 1-

*I had to divide separate my article because of the length limit imposed on a note entry. the text due to the maximum number of letters. I am will be most grateful happy if you read the part 2 as well. [You can put this in the main note entry and the main article in the correction box. The correction box has a greater length limit. Without correction marks, you can easily fit your entire article in it. If it is still too long, then separate it in two correction boxes. This is how I overcome the length limitation]

Since I hadn't have not written in English texts for a while, to get the feel of writing in English, I decided to translate the an interesting article I came across when I was net surfing the net. The article is on about the prefecture where I live in. It was is my first challenge to translate such a long Japanese text written by someone else into English. I found find it pretty difficult because the words were are not mine, but I did my best. I hope you enjoy the article below. [You have to use present tense because what you are experiencing is still true. If you write in the past tense, it means they no longer hold true]

2013年10月23日

Ani-Tama Festival, the festival is a celebration for on animes and mangas in which the setting/story takes place in the associated with Saitama Prefecture. It is to will be held on October 19th and the 20th. Saitama has numerous sacred places of introduced by animes. including From the setting of Lucky Star we have the Washinomiya Shrine in Kuki City and which formed the setting of 'Lucky Star' and led to the boom of 'anime pilgrimages'. the sacred places we see in Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day and Kamisama Kiss' are also in the prefecture. This led to a boom of "anime pilgrimages".

However, Saitama was, however, ranked as the worst prefecture to visit during summer vacation. It was also the last prefecture which that appeared in NHK's Morning Drama Serials. Saitama is often called known as Da-Saitama after from the slang word "dasai" which means "clunky". If it is so bad, how can the uninviting place be shown in is it that is so popular to be featured in anime so often?

It is said there is neither amusement district nor tourist attraction in Saitama, i.e., the prefecture is featureless. This could be the answer for the question. In most cases, the actual name of a place does not appear in an anime. The place is just a background rather than a the main scene. What is suitable for a background of an anime It is not a megalopolis like Tokyo or the some quaint countryside, but an featureless ordinary city. It should be In another words, just "some place in Japan". Once With a landmark like the Tokyo Tower or the Kinkaku-ji Temple, which reminds you of a specific place like Tokyo or Kyoto, appears in an anime it is not difficult for the audience to pinpoint the setting to Tokyo or Kyoto. Soon , you would start to they will visualize and internalize into the real world equivalent; thus bringing unwarranted and It might bring some unnecessary preconceived images into your the minds. On the other hand, a non descript view in Saitama is something everywhere has everything and yet nothing . It is something nowhere at the same time. This anonymityousness would be is one of the reasons that views in Saitama are regarded as is deemed so suitable for the anime backgrounds scenes of anime.

To be continued to the in part 2