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This will be the first climate battle in a 4-part series. Each battle features 1 fictional climate inspired by each of the 4 anime series I used for inspiration. Feel free to rate, and vote for the climate you would most enjoy/least hate living in!
I used to make a ton of fictional climates when I was a teenager, but grew out of it during college. In 2014-2015 I watched 4 anime series my college friends recommended, and was inspired to make 4 sets of 4 fictional climates based on each anime. Thought I'd share them with this forum now.
Anime #1 is a sci-fi anime set in Tokyo during summer 2010, Anime #2 is a murder mystery anime set in 1980s rural Japan, Anime #3 is set in a post-apocalyptic fictional universe, and Anime #4 is based on a slice-of-life visual novel that I have no interest in playing and will not describe further. I'll let the Japanese pop culture enthusiasts guess what they are. [NOTE: Climate #1 doesn't necessarily correspond to Anime #1, Climate #2 doesn't necessarily correspond to Anime #2, etc.]
Hell Climate #1: Sakura no Giri
Low-latitude end of a hypercontinental, longitudinal, low-altitude plain on the poleward side of an abrupt, steep mountain range. The idea was to make a climate that has 8 months of average temperatures above 10 C, while still having a coldest month below -3 C. Natural vegetation is a mosaic of semi-arid scrub and lush deciduous subtropical forest.
Hell Climate #2: Naraku no Hana
Same idea as Sakura no Giri, but with a more intense monsoon and farther from an inland arid subtropical plateau. The idea was to make a climate that has 9 months of average temperatures above 10 C, while still having a coldest month below -3 C. Natural vegetation is some sort of evergreen subtropical forest with simultaneously heat-loving and freeze-hardy species.
Hell Climate #3: Kempeitan
Semiarid montane plateau surrounded by a towering mountain range, with a Mediterranean-like precipitation pattern. Out of the 4 climates I put in this series, I think this one is the closest to a RL climate somewhere on Earth. Natural vegetation consists of dry conifers + deciduous trees in riparian areas, with sparse sage scrub elsewhere.
Hell Climate #4: Divergence
Elevated subtropical-west coast intermontane plain, surrounded by high mountains on all sides. (Average relative humidity readings are unrealistically high considering the diurnal temperature range and sunshine levels, they should be half of what's shown here). Natural vegetation would be mostly barren ground, with pocket of xeric steppe and parkland in favorable microclimates.
I only saw seasons 1 and 2. Season 1 laid out all the questions, and season 2 answered them. Seasons 3 and 4 didn't seem appealing enough to keep watching.
For the post apocalyptic one, my guess would be Trigun, Ergo Proxy, Gurren Lagann, or Punk Desert. Seen the first two but not the last two (heard they sucked). Not particularly confident about those guesses. Your names don't sound familiar.
Also I think I want to change my vote to climate #1. Might as well go with more interesting weather if we're doing completely absurd climates.
Low-latitude end of a hypercontinental, longitudinal, low-altitude plain on the poleward side of an abrupt, steep mountain range. The idea was to make a climate that has 8 months of average temperatures above 10 C, while still having a coldest month below -3 C. Natural vegetation is a mosaic of semi-arid scrub and lush deciduous subtropical forest. https://i.imgur.com/mEyaeeo.png
Hell Climate #2: Naraku no Hana
Same idea as Sakura no Giri, but with a more intense monsoon and farther from an inland arid subtropical plateau. The idea was to make a climate that has 9 months of average temperatures above 10 C, while still having a coldest month below -3 C. Natural vegetation is some sort of evergreen subtropical forest with simultaneously heat-loving and freeze-hardy species. https://i.imgur.com/aj5fLdu.png
Hell Climate #3: Kempeitan
Semiarid montane plateau surrounded by a towering mountain range, with a Mediterranean-like precipitation pattern. Out of the 4 climates I put in this series, I think this one is the closest to a RL climate somewhere on Earth. Natural vegetation consists of dry conifers + deciduous trees in riparian areas, with sparse sage scrub elsewhere. https://i.imgur.com/vGl5itA.png
Hell Climate #4: Divergence
Elevated subtropical-west coast intermontane plain, surrounded by high mountains on all sides. (Average relative humidity readings are unrealistically high considering the diurnal temperature range and sunshine levels, they should be half of what's shown here). Natural vegetation would be mostly barren ground, with pocket of xeric steppe and parkland in favorable microclimates. https://i.imgur.com/Yysk6X4.png
Kempeitan is halfway to a desert. It's loosely based on the Great Basin area and the mountainous part of West/Central Asia between northern Iraq and Kyrgyzstan-ish.
Divergence is kind of a fusion of the Atacama Desert in South America, the neighboring altiplano, and California's seasonal temperature range.
Sakura no Giri are both hypercontinental mashups of the Indian subcontinent, the central/southern Great Plains, and Inner Asia- but in different ways.
All of them are F climates, because of extreme heat. Let's choose the least bad.
Sakura No Giri has 5 great monthes (Nov - Mar), 2 good monthes (Oct, Apr), 1 bad month (Sep) and 4 horrible monthes (May - Aug). Acceptability is 5*4+2*3+1*1+4*0=20+6+1+0=27.
Naraku No Hana has 4 great monthes (Nov - Feb), 1 good month (Mar), 1 acceptable month (Oct), 1 bad month (Apr) and 5 horrible monthes (May - Sep). Acceptability is 4*4+1*3+1*2+1*1+5*0=16+3+2+1+0=22.
Kempeitan has 5 good monthes (Nov - Mar), 3 acceptable monthes (Apr, May, Oct), 1 bad month (Sep) and 3 horrible monthes (Jun -Aug). Acceptability is 0*4+5*3+3*2+1*1+3*0=0+15+6+1+0=22.
Divergence has 1 good month (Mar), 6 acceptable monthes (Oct - Feb, Apr), 3 bad monthes (Sep, May, Jun) and 2 horrible monthes (Jul, Aug). Acceptability is 0*4+1*3+6*2+3*1+2*0=18.
Overall, Sakura No Giri is the best.
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