[NoemiChan]

Originally Posted by Traece

That reminds me of the "must be 18 years of age or 21 in some states" for pornographic material in the United States. On another note I find the whole "love hotel" thing to be pretty fascinating. It's actually a somewhat ingenious idea when you consider the issues that led to their being somewhat of a necessity. The U.S. could benefit from such an industry, if you ask me.

Recent discussion has reminded me of this little gem. I completely understand why this cliche exists, but I do get tired of Japan being the center of the universe.

Granted these are Japanese anime, but I wish that we could see more creativity in setting. I'm of course not speaking of anime where you would obviously expect to see the setting be Japan, like in highschool slice of life shows and such. In sci-fi, fantasy harems, and other sorts of things though, I would like to see writers branch out a bit. I'd like to see more things like Gunslinger Girl, Soul Eater, and Mushishi (which I feel was ambiguous about its setting). I find myself yearning for those more classic times where authors waved goodbye to Japan and created their own worlds, or at the very least trivialized the location and did their own thing with a familiar basis. I don't hate it though, and I suppose it's not really cliche.

Like Miyazaki's? Yeah..