![]() Fans have likened the film’s otherworldly spirit town to an unsuspecting mountain village in Taiwan. The 2001 classic is teeming with enchanting (if not slightly creepy) characters while the anime scenery will hurl you headfirst into the spirit realm. Spirited Away follows the story of young Chihiro as she wanders to the spirit world, forced to work in a magical bathhouse after her parents are transformed into pigs by the witch Yubaba. Jiufen, Taiwan – Spirited Away (2001) up: everyone’s favourite Miyazaki masterpiece. And yes, Studio Ghibli is most definitely included. Fuelled by a matcha latte and the entire works of Joe Hisaishi blasting through my AirPods, here are the top 10 spots that inspired your (and my) favourite anime scenery. Fragments of anime magic can be found all over Japan (and beyond) if you know where to look. After all, who wouldn’t want to stroll among traditional thatched-roof farmhouses huddled together in leafy hidden valleys or climb the steepest steps of a hillside town bathed in the rosy hues of psychedelic paper lanterns. It may surprise you to know that the most beautiful anime scenery is based on real life. ![]() And the animation team is just half of it. ![]() From Studio Ghibli staples to old-school Seinen series, anime scenery is a relentless eyegasm. The rich visuals, emotive storylines, and intoxicating landscapes have me attempting to dive through my TV screen on a weekly basis. Not a day goes by that I don’t wish I was the main character in my favourite anime. However, his entire army was wiped out by Hajime Nagumo and his companions.Anime in real life: the top 10 spots that inspired your favourite anime scenery During this time, Yukitoshi was approached by a Demon named Reiss that offered him fame and glory amongst the Demons in exchange for killing Aiko, to which Yukitoshi agreed and had managed to amass an army of over 60,000 Monsters that he unleashed on Ur in order to kill Aiko. Over 500 years later, when Ehit summoned the Heroes of Earth, Yukitoshi Shimizu travelled to the Northern Mountains alone while he was a part of his teacher Aiko Hatayama's entourage, and used his Dark Magic in order to control some of the Monsters that lived there. When the Dragonmen were persecuted by Ehit's followers, the survivors fled the Northern Mountains, with their entire kingdom having been completely wiped out. The Liberator Mikaela Eifield previously lived the Northern Mountains with a band of pagans, but they were forced to flee their home after the Holy Church discovered them and branded as heretics. Many ambitious adventurers have tried mapping the entire mountain range throughout the years, but no one had yet managed to scale the fifth row due to the number of strong Monsters hat resided deep within. The highest mountain in the first row was the Divine Mountain where the Holy Church’s Main Cathedral was located. It was also the original home to the Dragonmen Tribe's kingdom before being forced into exile by Ehit's followers. ![]() In addition, the mountains were home to many Monsters that grew stronger the further north one travels. The number of mountains is so vast that no matter how many mountains one scales, they would only view a sea of mountains extending infinitely northward. The flora and environment varies drastically from each mountain, where as one mountain's landscape would be that of a dense jungle, another mountain may resemble a desolate wasteland. It's comprised of countless mountains that range from 1000 meters to 8000 meters above sea level. The Northern Mountains spans horizontally throughout the majority of the northern edge of Tortus' mainland.
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