Board Thread:Manga/@comment-5774380-20161007195718/@comment-27441457-20161014024425

SenorChalo wrote: AhmedHadi1 wrote: So maybe AoT doesn't take place on our Earth after all  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ It could also be an Iyasama's recreation of european history. They all use european names and Mikasa's mother even mentioned they come from a place called Asia. Also, Paradise seems to be located in a Nordic island

Technically, Isayama has recently emhpasized that the "Asia" of the AOT world is different than the Asia of our world. It's all in the nature of the translation process.

Isayama's word for the homeland of Mikasa's family is translated literally as "East Sea" (東洋). Normally, this word is used in reference to East Asia or the Orient, and that's how Kodansha and many other official sources translated it. But recently Isayama has come out saying that that wasn't his exact intention, though nowadays he admits it's too late to make major translation changes.