and a city of high-rise buildings can be seen in thedistance.Misato (OFF) “It's fine, it's fine. This is a time of emergency,
and we need a working car now, right? And Iaman international
government official, after all. Everything will be O-K!”
Reichu: Our first glimpse of Tokyo-3, which is located in modern-day [../appendix/map_hakone-region.gif Hakone] , its southern edgetouching the top of Ashinoko (or Lake Ashi).
thewayneiac: Lake Ashi is well known to Daikaijuufans due to the fact that Godzilla fought Biolante there.
Reichu: Misato's car is approaching the city from the south-west. The tall yellowish structures are not ordinary buildings, but Tokyo-3's light-condensing (or “mirror”) system, giant silicon-covered mirrors which are key to making theGeofront such a bright and sunny place.
HeWhoPostsStuff: That being said, I wonder if any of the blissfully unaware citizens of Tokyo-3 ever wondered what the heck those giant mirrors were for…
Reichu: Two words: Modern art.
Sharp-kun: I have to say, I would be surprised if anyone in Tokyo-3 didn'tknow about the Geofront and the secret weapons systems.You've got whole buildings that are missile launchers. Surely they would also have tested the retracting ceiling buildings. I doubt it could be kept secret.
Hexon.Arq: It's also a little peculiar how people don't seem very phazed beyond annoyance by “robot incidents”.