Where is Neon Genesis Evangelion (Japanese anime television series) set?

Japanese anime television series

Neon Genesis Evangelion — 3 real places Wikidata records as its setting in Japan. Where the anime takes place, not where it was made: an anime is drawn and filmed nowhere, so this is the only kind of location it has.

Part of the Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise

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Where it is set

• 🏛 Landmarks & buildings

  Tokyo‐3

  🇯🇵 Japan

  fictional city in Neon Genesis Evangelion

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  🏞 Landscapes & nature

  Mount Ashigara

  🇯🇵 Japan

  mountain in Japan

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  🏛 Landmarks & buildings

  Hakone-Yumoto Station

  🇯🇵 Japan

  railway station in Hakone, Ashigarashimo district, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan

Also per Wikipedia — “Television shows set in Tokyo” category

Wikipedia’s “Television shows set in Tokyo” category lists 1 more place. A category is an editor’s judgement rather than a sourced statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to where it came from.

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Set in the same places

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