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See where a story is set, where an anime was researched, where fans travel and how the Japanese industry reaches the world. Each relationship is labelled so a setting is never mistaken for a production country or market statistic.
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VERIFIED STARTER MAP · 4 COUNTRIES
This first edition uses original text markers, not unlicensed cover art. Select a country marker or use the complete list below.
Map scope: four evidence-backed examples, not a claim of complete global coverage. Country positions are approximate navigation markers.
Production ecosystem · pilgrimage locations
Japan is the production base represented by the AJA market data below. It is also a real-world pilgrimage layer: JNTO identifies Hakone, Saitama and Takayama as places connected to Evangelion, Lucky Star and Hyouka. A production country and a story location are separate facts.
Source: JNTO location guide (2021) ↗Story setting · production research
The official JoJo portal identifies Golden Wind as set in Italy in 2001 and documents the anime team’s 2017 location research. This marker means story setting and production research—not country of production or audience size.
Source: JoJo official production notes ↗Historical story setting · Japanese production
Official sources place The Rose of Versailles in late-18th-century France and the French Revolution, while identifying the manga’s Japanese serialization and the Japanese companies behind its screen adaptations. This is a setting relationship—not a French production or audience statistic.
Source: TMS official work record ↗Two story settings · Japanese publication
The official JoJo overview describes Steel Ball Run as a race across America and The JOJOLands as taking place in Hawaii. Shueisha's Ultra Jump page separately establishes the Japanese manga publication context. These are story-setting links—not U.S. production or sales statistics.
Source: JoJo official series overview ↗GLOBAL CONTEXT · DATA YEAR 2024
The Association of Japanese Animations’ 2025 report summarizes the 2024 Japanese animation market. It combines AJA questionnaires with other public statistics and reports market segments—not country-by-country audience counts.
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