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Damien Hailey wrote:
>
> > > Suggested Zones
> >
> >
> > > In Japan at large:  (Japan is one of the more fragmented areas with
> > > Tokyo unusual for the number of microzones in close proximity)
> >
> Gee, I wonder why...

Better cartoons.

But of course!

>
> > >     Kansai area:  Rurouni Kenshin (19th Century Japan)
> > >     Unspecified rural area:  My Neighbour Totoro (1950s Japan)
> > >     Somewhere to the south:  Ninja Scroll (Shogunate era)
> > >     Unspecified rural area:  Zeguy (Alien dimension)
> > >     Central Japan/Tokai area:  Evangelion
> >
> >More like someplace in the high mountains, somewhere that wouldn't have
> >been
> >underwater under 2nd impact. [if this is, please forgive me.]
> >
> > >    Hiroshima region:  Barefoot Gen?/Grave of the Fireflies? (1946)
>
> Cool, Let's see if we can give them a happy ending, or at least a better
> chance to survive.

Well, since the American bombing just mysteriously stops in that area just
before they die, they already have a slightly better chance of survival.

>
> > >    ?:  Graviton City (21st Century)
> > >    ?:  Steam City
> >
> > > In Tokyo:
> >
> > >      Central Tokyo:  Sailor Moon-Crystal Tokyo
> > >      Shinjuko:  Demon City Shinjuko
>
> Of course.
>
> > >      South Tokyo/Yokohama:  Bubblegum Crisis/MegaTokyo
> > >      Northeast Tokyo:  Ranma 1/2 (Also Airbats)
> >
> So this would be the "Triange District," if you know what I mean. ^_^

Um...no.  I don't know what you mean.  However, I should correct
myself.  Nerima is in north-west Tokyo.

Nonono.  Ranma, Airbats.  As in: "Love Triangle" ^_^

>
> I already see Queen Serenity and Genom locking horns as much as they try to
> work together to restore order.  The Demons of Shinjuku will not make things
> any easier.

An immediate problem that Crystal Tokyo has is that it is completely surrounded
by other zones with no access to farmland.  Nerima has farmland, but no electrical
power because the Tokyo powerplant wasn't in their zone.  Megatokyo has a fusion
reactor.  There could also be a Kenshin or Blade of the Immortal zone if anyone's
interested, since I haven't done much with the west.

>
> >Don't forget Urusei Yatsura. maybe cram some more of Takahashi's characters
> >in
> >there, too.
> >
> Yeah!  I wanna see Inu-Yasha in here!

There's plenty of rural Japan if anyone wants to do that Inu-Yasha/Totoro crossover
that has been begging to happen.

>
> > >     Asia
> > >     Korea:  Rail of the Star (Post WWII)

The interesting aspect about this is that Communist Korea finds itself
adjacent to a pre-gunpowder version of China.

Ouch.

> > >     Eastern China:  Konan from Fushigi Yuugi
> > >     Central China:  Giant Robo
>
> And put Korin's tower and Kami-Sama's lookout somewhere around here.

?

Dragon Ball.  That's where Kami-Sama(and later Dende and Piccolo) live.

>
> Also, put Shadoloo HQ in SE Aisia.  If we have one Vega...

Yes, that would be a better idea.

>
> > >     India:  RG Veda
> > >     Iran/Persia:  Heroic Legend of Arislan
> > >     Turkey:  Star of the Kurds  (Roughly modern day Turkey)
> > >     Moscow region:  Space Battleship Yamato (A futuristic underground
> > > Moscow surrounded by a huge radioactive wasteland)
> > >     Ukraine:  Gundam (Occupied by the Zeons)
> >
> >Put Tunguska somewhere in there. [place where that anomaly impacted early
> >1900s]

I am unaware of any work of fiction that prominently featured Tunguska.

> >
> > >    Arctic Circle:  Dark Kingdom from Sailor Moon.
> >

Hoo, boy!

> >
> > > Pacific Ocean:
> >
> > >    Australia: Gall Force:  Earth Chapter
> > >    New island in the ocean:  Lodoss Wars
> > >    Hawaii:  Pokemon  [Strictly speaking they should probably be in the
> > > islands trailing to the south of Japan but I wanted to keep the
> > > Pokemon well away from the 8 Devils]
>
> Actually, I think Indigo Island's a little bigger than that.  You may want
> to make that a new island.  The Orange Arcapelago, on the other hand...

Yes, it's the OA I was thinking of.

>
> Also, add one more to Hawaii:  Muten Roshi's Island, Dragon Ball era.  Goku
> and Krilyn are still training on the island with Roshi.  But then, where
> would you put the Western Capital?...  How about in California?

Is the Western Capital a must-see place?

That's where the Capsle Corp. Headquarters is.  Bulma lives there.

>
> > >    The islands that form the southern part of Alaska:  Spirit of
> > > Wonder.  (19th Century with odd inventions)
> >
>
> An while we're on the subject of "Superdimensional,"  Where the hell is
> Macross Island?

In the south Pacific, to the north of Australia, I believe.

Okay.

>
> > > The Americas:
> >
> > >    Illinois:  Gunsmith Cats
> > >    Michigan:  Superman, the Animated Series [Metropolis instead of
> > > Detroit]
> > >    New York City:  Mad Bull
> > >                             Patlabor
> > >                             Batman Forever
>
> Don't you mean Beyond?

Whatever.

>
> Now what if we put Batman/Superman or NML Batman a little south of here?
> could you imagine what would happen if the two Bruces met?



> >
> >                               Men in Black
>
> What, No Avengers?  Could you just imagine Cap and Superman working
> toghether on this?

By preference each zone should have very distinctive qualities.  For
example, Chicago from Gunsmith Cats and Metropolis from Superman TAS
are obviously from different worlds with different technologies and
architecture.

> >
> > >   California:  Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot, New Tranic City.
> >
> Yep, Western Capitol and Capsle Corp would go perfectly here.
>
> >     Nevada: Take your pick of any number of series/stories set in
> >   area51/roswell.
> >
> > >   Unspecified:  A Wind Named Amnesia
> > >   Prince Edward Island:  Anne of Green Gables (19th Century)
> > >   Unspecified:  Nausicaa
> > >   South America:  Orguss (The Mu)
> >
> >
> > > Europe:
> > >    England:  Famous Detective Holmes/Sherlock Hound (19th century with
> > > anthropomorphic dogs)
> > >   Central France:  San Jushi (The Anime version of the Three
> > > Musketeers/Man in the Iron Mask.  Aramis is a disguised woman.]
> > >  Southern France, Northern Spain:  The Secret of Blue Water  (19th
> > > century with odd inventions)
> > >  Southern Spain:  Streetfighter  (Vega]
> >
> >Would that be Granada or Andalusia?
> >
> > >  The Low Countries, Part of Western Germany:  Kiki's Delivery Service
> > > (Alternate 1980s with technological anachronisms and magical witches)
> > >  Rest of Germany, most of Poland:  Adolf (1938 Germany)
>
> Just what we need.  HIM again!

He's fun.

>
> > >  Italy, Eastern Meditereanian filled in with land:  Slayers
>
> Oh well...

Zones can be moved to suit an author's convenience until a story has actually
been written placing it somewhere.  I placed Slayers in the vicinity of Europe
because it is vaguely European, and because

No, It's good that it's there.  But we can kiss a lot of the toublemakers in Europe goodbye if Lina's around.

>
> > >  The Adriatic and the Balkans:  Porco Rosso [1920s with some weird
> > > inventions and some form of magic]
> > >  Romania:   Vampire Hunter D,
> >
> >Greece/Anatolia, somehow? Maybe Iliad/Odyssey?

I was thinking of the Alexander the Great series, but I don't know anyone
who has seen it.

> >
> > > Africa:
> > >     Northern Africa:  Orguss (The Emaan)
> > >                                Area 88 [The nation of Asran]
> >
> > >     Central Africa:  Gatchaman OAV [The nation of Hontworl]
> > >                             Talking Animals [Lion King or Jungle
> > > Emperor Leo, dealers choice]
> >
> >
> I Like the Idea.  I call the Dragon Ball/Pokemon story!

I look forward to it.

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