User:Kraftlos/Geography

Translation of geography section from Spanish version of Elfen Lied.

Geography
The story Elfen Lied takes place in the city of Kamakura, Japan, located about 50 km southeast of Tokyo. A large part of the manga and especially the anime provide a very detailed and diverse deptiction of the diverse locations of the cities and the surrounding area, for example: Yuigahama beach, the shrines of Sasuke Inari and Zeniarai Benzaiten, and the nearby island of Enoshima. According to the director of the anime, Mamoru Kanbe "Personally, I really like Kamakura as a place. (...) Every time I go to Kamakura, I get this big boost of optimism and a feeling of incredible well-being at the same time."

In another project also set in Kamakura, Kanbe only allowed characteristics of the city that he wanted; however, in Elfen Lied he said that story required him to recreate the city in graphic detail of the the backstreets and scenery, collaborating the contrast of emotions with the story.

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