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Singapore landmarks featured in Japanese anime series

Our city-state has been featured in Japanese anime series Plastic Memories.

Images of the animation series were posted on reddit, in which a user compared scenes spotted on the television series to real life places in Singapore.

One might be surprised to see Singapore featured on a Japanese show, but the premise of the show may explain things a little.

Plastic Memories is a science-fiction series, set in the future, where androids that look exactly like humans begin to spread across the world. These androids have emotional, human-like qualities, according to AnimeNewsNetwork.

However, due to limitations in technology, these androids have a service life and once that life is over, the android will go through technical changes. As such, a terminating service is created to retrieve all the androids that are nearing, or have gone, past their service life.

With Singapore’s high-rise buildings, modern infrastructure, and our nation’s plan to become a Smart Nation, this depiction hits quite close to home.

Here are some of the places in Singapore that are featured in the show.

Hong Lim Complex

Anime

Hong Lim Complex in <i>Plastic Memories</i> anime (Photo taken from: reddit)
Hong Lim Complex in Plastic Memories anime (Photo taken from: reddit)

Real Life

Hong Lim Complex (Photo taken from: reddit)
Hong Lim Complex (Photo taken from: reddit)

Chinatown MRT station

Anime

Chinatown MRT in<i> Plastic Memories</i> anime (Photo taken from: reddit)
Chinatown MRT in Plastic Memories anime (Photo taken from: reddit)

Real Life

Chinatown MRT (Photo taken from: reddit)
Chinatown MRT (Photo taken from: reddit)

Orchard Road, outside Wheelock Place

Anime

Orchard Road in <i>Plastic Memories</i> (Photo taken from: reddit)
Orchard Road in Plastic Memories (Photo taken from: reddit)

Real Life

Orchard Road (Photo taken from: reddit)
Orchard Road (Photo taken from: reddit)

Club Street, L'Angelus

Anime

Club Street, L'Angelus in <i>Plastic</i> <i>Memories</i> anime (Photo taken from: reddit)
Club Street, L'Angelus in Plastic Memories anime (Photo taken from: reddit)

Real Life

Club Street, L'Angelus (Photo taken from: reddit)
Club Street, L'Angelus (Photo taken from: reddit)