Whilst I’m fairly sure that anime has been set in Western Australia before, A Place Further Than the Universe episode 7 The Ship That Sees the Universe is the first time I can actually remember seeing it.
Episode 6 Welcome to the Durian Show gave a reasonable look at Singapore as the episode was primarily shenanigans during a 2 day stopover in Singapore (mislaid passports and penalty durians were involved). So I was hoping for a similar anime themed look at Perth and Fremantle.
Alas, the latest episode was mostly concerned with the Penguin Manju and the back story of the previous expedition. On that level it was an excellent episode with strong character work for both the supporting cast and the main cast.
Fremantle Markets Exterior 1
But I was hoping to see more of what is essentially my home town as rendered in anime. There was really only one sequence that was distinctively Fremantle (as opposed to some generic dockside shots) set in the Fremantle Markets.
Fremantle Markets Exterior 2
Essentially the cast have been sent there on an errand to buy food for the expedition. The usual Translation Convention is in effect so either the girls are fluent in English, or the market stall holder spoke Japanese.
Fremantle Markets Interior
But that was basically all the content that was recognisably Fremantle. That’s a pity but, as I said, the rest of the episode was a solid character episode.
Questions of the post: Has your home town featured in anime? If so which series and episode? For other Western Australians, how accurate are the renditions here?
Pirates of the Burley Griffin 
I have yet to see any anime that depicts New Zealand other than on a world map… and that’s assuming it isn’t missing on said map, which tends to happen a lot. ;_;
I’m also still waiting on an anime to show or even mention by name my old Japanese home prefecture (Ehime), although I think I remember one or two anime showing my new home prefecture, albeit very briefly (Fukui).
New Zealand pops up when it shouldn’t out the window of Yukari’s capsule in Rocket Girls (she wasn’t supposed to be flying in that direction at all…) but that’s the closest I can remember as well.
I admit I’ve never seen any of Rocket Girls, but I’ll take your word for it.
It’s probably not to your taste but I really like it (but then again I’ve a weakness for anything space exploration themed…)
That’s cool that you got to see a little bit of Fremantle. I somehow doubt there will ever be an anime set in the QLD outback, but time might prove me wrong on that one.
Ah, yes, about that… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eromanga,_Queensland
I don’t think any of my various hometowns over the years will ever appear in an anime… None are exactly on the beaten path to anywhere.
Seattle someday, maybe. But I live West Sound, which is kinda close to Seattle but isn’t actually Seattle.
I never expected it so who knows? Maybe one day!
Referenced maybe, but I don’t think the characters actually went there.
I’ve seen a fair few take place in London, which isn’t far away, but for some reason nothing set in Harlow.
London pops up relatively regularly, most recently in The Ancient Magus’ Bride (I recognised the Shard from my last visit). Mind you most of that is in a village somewhere near London so maybe Harlow did get a run. 😄
Harlow isn’t quite scenic enough for that I fear. Both the Ancient Magus Bride manga & anime seem to have done a lot of research, quite a few things are recognisably British, and in London I recognised quite a few places in both.
Are there any spots in particular that you recognised and thought it was cool for them to have included?
True, but there’s also ef: a fairy tale of the two…
Going from memory, but I think the manga had a bit which seemed to be set not far from Soho. Also in the anime, the train stations are very accurate, right down to the logos on the ticket machines.
Cool, thanks for that!