Park (on the boundary with Itabashi) Takamatsu Park Media Nerima prepares the Nerima News Azalea, a city newsletter, in English. In popular culture Nerima is the setting of Rumiko Takahashi's long running and popular manga and anime series Ranma ½ and Urusei Yatsura. As one of the first series in either media to achieve widespread popularity in the English speaking world, Ranma introduced Nerima to western audiences, with several locations recognizable as backgrounds. It is also the setting of Takamitsu Kondou's Nerima Daikon Brothers and Kengo Hanazawa's I Am a Hero. The main setting of the anime and manga series Prison School is a high school named Hachimitsu Academy, which is located in Nerima. It is also the setting for four popular anime and manga series, Your Lie in April, Tokyo Ghoul, Rent-A-Girlfriend, and Doraemon. The popular Japanese horror franchise, Ju On, takes place predominantly in Nerima. Nekoma High School, one of the main teams of popular manga and anime Haikyu!!, is in Nerima. Other Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Nerima Base International relations Nerima has a sister-city relationship with Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. Nerima Gardens in Ipswich commemorates the tie. Nerima also has a similar link to Haidian District, Beijing, China. See also References External links Nerima City Official Website Wards of Tokyo