User blog comment:Xxkiiroxx/"Shingeki no Kyojin is Set in North America" Theory/@comment-25107612-20141010054252

I admire it when a lot of work is put into something, but this exercise seems to be a bit pointless. There is not a single clue suggesting that the story happens on "our" Earth and not in a fantasy world populated by humans, like Star Wars. I also don't see that it matters where this happens. Nothing in the story suggests that it plays a role.

It is clear that Isayama and the anime staff use western "material" as an inspiration, but that is nothing uncommon in manga and anime. It has been pointed out that the Walled Area is based on the Swabian town of Nördlingen in Germany and that the palace-like building into which Erwin walks when he prepares his coup is a copy of the Reichstag, the German Parliament in Berlin. I don't see why they had to build the Reichstag (early 20th century, by the way) in America, nor does the rest of the capital look like Berlin.

If Isayama wanted to suggest that SnK happens in America, he probably had included people with dark skin. As for the names: It seems normal that large scale migration happens in such a situation (compare Mikasa who is "from the east"). It is also a fact that Germany's current homeland security minister goes by the name De Maizère and the Prime Minister of the German state Lower Saxony was a David McAllister until he got voted out of office in early 2013.

Even if this happens in our world, people tend to leave out the aspect of history, alternate and real. Due to the event that resulted in Titans appearing, Earth could have massively changed, including the wildlife and the coastlines of continents. It is also a fact that, just one hundred years ago, Germany covered large parts of present-day Poland, and what is now Lithuania and even a Russian province. In addition, German culture extended deep into Eastern Europe because of Austria-Hungary.

It is possible that it happens in America. Or Central and Eastern Europe. Or an alternate Australia. Or a galaxy far, far away.