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Mentions of Australia in anime?

There's a future-styled version of the Sydney Opera House in Macross Frontier.

Fremantle, Australia, is a stop-over on the way to Antarctica in episode seven of Sora yori mo Tooi Basho ("A Place Further than the Universe"). We don't see much of anything of Australia itself, unlike the Singapore episode which has more of a travelogue feel. The girls spend most of their time on the ship as it prepares for the last leg of their journey.

georgiab wrote:

I believe Australia was mentioned in Gunbuster but I can't remember the details, I watched it that long ago. I think spoiler[there was a shot of the country from space, and it was uninhabited/dark because reconstruction efforts after the alien attack had not begun there]. Feel free to correct me.

Hmmm, I have no memory of the scene. But I was planning on rewatching Gunbuster with a friend tomorrow evening, so I'll keep my eyes peeled.

You're quite right about Gunbuster, georgiab: the scene in the space elevator. I'm embarrassed I'd forgotten.

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This one is actually set in Australia, but again, it could be anywhere. The plot has humanity surviving in a Terminator style future, where the resistance is trying to prevent humanity on Mars from blowing up the whole continent with their death ray to win the war...

I was watching Stellvia ep. 13 today and smiled to see Canberra included on the spaceport departures board. I was trying to think what other mentions of Australia I could remember from anime, but the only reference I could think of off the top of my head was a shot in Strawberry Marshmallow which shows a souvenir koala holding an Australian flag in Chika's room https://19216801.onl/ https://routerlogin.uno/.
Can anyone think of others?

(This question strikes me because I am Australian by the way, though living in America at the moment.)