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LONDON -- Fantastic Beastsis the type of film that has so much going on "eroticizing rape" japanit's all too easy to miss the little things -- particularly when you realise how much effort goes into every single prop.

From the posters that pop up along the streets of New York to the books that line the shelves in people's houses, everything has been carefully considered and crafted to slot neatly in to J.K. Rowling's wizarding world.

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The company behind these details -- or "hero props", as they're known in the industry -- is a graphic design studio called MinaLima. If you've ever seen a Harry Potterfilm, you've seen their work.

"Anything that's scripted -- in this case say the Marauder's Map; The Daily Prophet; any of the books or letters or magazines -- so anything that's scripted that helps tell the story and keep it moving along, we would have to design them and usually make them as well," Miraphora Mina, a graphic designer at MinaLima, told Mashable.

One of the most eye-catching examples of MinaLima's work in Fantastic Beastsis during the film's opening sequence, when a fast-moving montage of newspapers informs us of Grindelwald's rise.

The papers are gone in the blink of an eye, so during a cinema viewing it's pretty much impossible to take everything in. But Mina told Mashablethere are a whole bunch of Easter eggs nestled among some of the smaller headlines...

The New York Ghost, 1926.

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"When we were doing The New York Ghostfor Fantastic Beastswe had to of course anchor those stories in the situation, so they’re all topical or in the vernacular of New York and the period," explained Mina.

"There’s always a kind of commentary on the muggle way versus the wizarding way. So if you read all the headlines -- because they all have to be written -- they’re all relevant and appropriate to the time, the place and the whole wizarding world."

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This becomes clear when you take a closer look at the stories. Alongside inspired articles about the Annual Gobstones Convention, the entire New York Ghostfront page subtly enforces the themes of No-Maj fear and scepticism in Fantastic Beasts. On the right there's a "Magical Exposure Threat" index from the Magical Congress of the United States of America (MACUSA), for instance, and nestled among the print are smaller stories like these:

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There's also a cheeky reference to Tina and Queenie's place of work:

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The Daily Prophet, 1926.

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Because director David Yates and the film's producers wanted to show that the search for Grindelwald was global, MinaLima was also asked to include newspapers from across Europe.

The most noticeable of these? A 1926 issue of The Daily Prophet.

"Again, in all the articles in that 1926 version we’ve gone into J.K. Rowling’s wizarding canon and picked references to creatures or spells or headmasters of the school at the time," Mina said.

This is probably the paper with the most Easter eggs slotted into its front cover -- if you take a closer look you can spot headlines referencing Dumbledore, Griselda Marchbanks (one of the OWL examiners that pops up in the Order of the Phoenix), and even Harry Potter's grandfather Fleamont Potter.

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There are also multiple articles that reference Hogwarts that echo the atmosphere of fear we saw in the Harry Potterbooks when Voldemort came to power. "Hogwarts School Increases Security"; "Headmaster Calls For Emergency Meeting With Worried Parents"; "Students To Be Sent Home Early."

The news around Europe.

Just to round things off nicely, there are some cutouts from European papers. In the German paper there's a brilliant headline about a family being stranded after their Portkey gets eaten -- "Portschlüssel Prezel Versehentlich Gegessen Zaubererfamilie Gestrandet" -- while the French paper mentions Beauxbätons topping the European Quidditch League.

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The lesson? Whenever anything with text on it flashes up in a Fantastic Beastsfilm, watch the screen as closely as possible -- and keep an eye out for names that look familiar.

MiniLima runs an exhibition of the graphic art featured in Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them that can be found at 26 Greek Street, London.

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