20131021-20131101 Japan : Location Hunt - Gatchaman Crowds


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Gatchaman Crowds
Gatchaman Crowds is a 12 episodes TV anime series aired between July and September 2013.
The main characters are Hajime, Sugane, Jou, OD, Utsutsu, Paiman, Rui, and X.
Tokyo-to Tachikawa-shi Akebono-chou, Shibasaki-chou, Nishiki-chou, Midori-chou, and Akishima-shi Gouchi-chou
The first part of this session is about locations in Shouwa Kinen Kouen (Shouwa Memorial Park). In the anime, the Gatchaman HQ is hid below one of the building inside the park.
The nearest train stations are Tachikawa station of JR Chuuou Main Line / Aome Line / Nanbu Line, Tachikawa-Kita station of Tama Intercity Monorail, Tachikawa-Minami station of Tama Intercity Monorail, and Nishi-Tachikawa station of JR Aome Line.
[EPOP] Utsutsu tending to the flowers in the park [EPOP/EPED] OD standing in the middle of the park with thunders striking nearby / Sugane standing in the middle of the park with his sword [EP02] Utsutsu tending to the flowers in the park
[EP12] Hajime sitting under the tree near the fountain in the park [EPED] Sugane standing near the Inchou tree lines in the park [EP12] Scene showing the traffic signs while Hajime walking near the bridge linking 2 parts of the park
[EP12] Hajime walking near the bridge linking 2 parts of the park while talking to the invisible Berg Katze [EP12] Hajime standing under the bridge linking 2 parts of the park while talking to the invisible Berg Katze [EP02] Multiple Utsutsu cleaning up the park on the top elevator level
[EP01/EP04/EP12] Hajime and Sugane waiting for the elevator car inside the park / Gatchaman team leaving the elevator inside the park at ground level / Hajime walking inside the ground level of the building inside the park while talking to the invisible Berg Katze [EP01] Sugane used his Note to direct the elevator car to go underground [EP01] Hajime and Sugane go underground to the Gatchaman HQ
[EP04] Gatchaman team leaving the elevator inside the park at ground level [EP12] Hajime walking inside the ground level of the building inside the park while talking to the invisible Berg Katze [EP12] Hajime walking inside the ground level of the building inside the park while talking to the invisible Berg Katze
[EP12] Hajime walking inside the ground level of the building inside the park while talking to the invisible Berg Katze [EP12] Hajime walking inside the ground level of the building inside the park while talking to the invisible Berg Katze [EP07] Paiman transformed on top of the elevator inside the park with Hajime and Utsutsu watching
[EP07] Hajime and Utsutsu run down the escalator to join the transformed Paiman [EP07] Paiman jumped down to the ground level [EP07] Hajime and Utsutsu joined Paiman at the ground level
[EP07] Paiman, with Hajime and Utsutsu on board, speed away from the park [EP02] Utsutsu cleaning the ground near the glass map inside the park Glass directory inside the park
Glass map inside the park [EP01/EP02] The front entrance of the park [EP01/EP02] The road leading to the front entrance of the park
[EPOP] Transformed Sugane using his sword to fight [EP07] Scene showing the building the Gatchaman team living in [EP12] Hajime walking around the building the Gatchaman team living in while talking to the invisible Berg Katze
[EP12] Hajime walking around the building while talking to the invisible Berg Katze [EP12] Hajime walking around the building while talking to the invisible Berg Katze [EP12] Hajime walking around the building while talking to the invisible Berg Katze
[EP12] Hajime walking around the building while talking to the invisible Berg Katze [EP12] Hajime walking around the building while talking to the invisible Berg Katze A small white jinja located next to the building the Gatchaman team living in
A small white jinja located next to the building the Gatchaman team living in The other side of the building the Gatchaman team living in [EP01] Scene showing the campus of Local Autonomy College from Hajime's living room. Since I have no access to the building floor they are living, I can only take the photo from ground level
[EP12] Scene showing the campus of Local Autonomy College from Hajime's living room. Since I have no access to the building floor they are living, I can only take the photo from ground level [EP12] Scene showing the warehouse area to the north east from Hajime's apartment's front door. Since I have no access to the building floor they are living, I can only take the photo from ground level. The warehouse is located beyond the monorail tracks [EPOP] Scene showing MESS hovering near the Tachikawa-kita monorail station
[EPOP] Scene showing the transformed Paiman flying pass the street near the Tachikawa-kita monorail station [EPOP] Hajime standing in front of the big tree with the Tachikawa train station in the background [EPOP] Rui and Hajime facing each other waiting to cross the road
[EPOP] Hajime and Rui facing each other waiting to cross the road [EPOP] Hajime and Rui crossing each other while crossing the road [EPOP] The Gatchaman team standing in front of a building
[EPOP] The Gatchaman team standing in front of the big tree with the Tachikawa train station in the background [EPED] Rui standing in front of the tree looking sad [EPED] Rui standing in front of the tree looking sad
[EPED] Joe standing near the escalator of the Tachikawa-kita monorail station [EP12] Rui standing near the escalator of the Tachikawa-kita monorail station [EP12] OD walking near the escalator of the Tachikawa-kita monorail station
[EP12] OD met Rui near the escalator of the Tachikawa-kita monorail station [EP01] Sugane running down the stairs towards the Tachikawa train station [EPED] Sugane standing in front of the Tachikawa train station
[EP01] Sugane running inside the Tachikawa train station [EP01] MESS escaped out of the Tachikawa train station [EP01] MESS escaped out of the Tachikawa train station
[EPKV] Key visual - Poster of the TV anime series, showing the Gatchaman team, JJ, Rui, and Berg Katze [EPOP] Scene showing MESS hovering near the building opposite to the Tachikawa train station [EPOP] Scene showing people enjoying donuts inside the restaurant
[EPED] Scene showing a downhill slope [EPED] Paiman sitting on the stairs near the end of the downhill slope [EPED] Paiman sitting on the stairs near the end of the downhill slope
[EPED] OD posting in front of the wall paintings of a pedestrian tunnel [EP02] Hajime and Sugane transformed near the slides of a park to face MESS [EP02] Hajime tapped the transformed Sugane onto the park slide
[EP02] MESS released the people and vehicles trapped inside it [EP02] MESS hovering above a pedestrian bridge [EP02] Sugane running towards Hajime who is on the pedestrian bridge
[EP02] Hajime and MESS become acquainted [EP02] Scene showing the bar Jou usually goes to [EP01] Scene showing the traffics outside the south side of Tachikawa train station
[EPOP] Sugane standing at the south side of Tachikawa train station [EP01] Sugane running inside the department store chasing MESS [EP01] MESS hovering out of the department store