Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!

First year high schooler Midori Asakusa loves anime so much, she insists that "concept is everything" in animation. Though she draws a variety of ideas in her sketchbook, she hasn't taken the first step to creating anime, insisting that she can't do it alone. The producer-type Sayaka Kanamori is the first to notice Asakusa's genius. Then, when it becomes clear that their classmate, charismatic fashion model Tsubame Mizusaki, really wants to be an animator, they create an animation club to realiz

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Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo

東京都現代美術館

Located in Kiba Park, this modern art museum appears as inspiration for several indoor exhibition spaces shown in the anime. The museum's clean architectural lines and spacious galleries mirror the aesthetic sensibilities that influence the Eizouken's creative vision.

Kiba Station 90 min

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Kiyosumi Gardens

清澄庭園

This traditional Japanese garden in Koto Ward provided background inspiration for several peaceful contemplation scenes in the anime. The garden's stone arrangements and water features appear subtly in backgrounds when characters discuss their creative projects and future plans.

Kiyosumi-shirakawa Station 45 min

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Koto Ward Fukagawa Third Junior High School

江東区立深川第三中学校

This public junior high school in Tokyo's Koto Ward served as the primary inspiration for Shibahama High School where the Eizouken club operates. The school's distinctive architecture and layout can be seen throughout the anime, particularly in establishing shots of the main characters' school building.

Monzen-nakacho Station 30 min