Was Oda-sensee channeling the spirit of Cosimo when he drew Loguetown? Check out pages 116 and 148 in Vol. 11- it's El Duomo and the tower of the Medici Palace on the left and right respectively.
Whiskey Peak -
Whiskey Peak was designed by a sea-faring, architecturally adept clan of Hopi Indians. True.
Rainbase -
The Town of Dreams...and gambling...and giant pyramid casinos! Here we have the Luxor hotel in Vegas. Add a CG crocodile head on the top and voila! we have Croc's headquarters. Not far from Las Vegas is the Hoover Dam - a perfect storage facility for the banana crocodiles that will be shipped in from Zimbabwe.
Spider's Caf・
Oda-sensee replied in an SBS that he used the movie, Baghdad Caf・lt;/I>, as inspiration for Spider's Caf・ Well, Baghdad Caf・was filmed here, at Sidewinder's Caf・on Route 66 in California. Location: Check!
Sky Island -
Sky Island has scary Mayan ruins and restless natives - could it be any other place than the Chiapas region of Mexico? No way!
Alubana -
Shots of the Vivi's palace in the capital of Alabasta can be taken here - but is it Istanbul or Constantinople? That's nobody's business but the Turks.
Drum -
Banff, Canada - known for skiing, wildlife, and the fact that it is in a really cheap place to make movies! O Canada is right!
