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'''''Shangri-La''''' is a series of science-fiction
At some point in the near future, the UN tries to stop [[Hollywood Global Warming]] by imposing extremely heavy carbon taxes. This has the effect of turning the world economy into one based entirely on the trade of carbon. Meanwhile, an earthquake destroys the entire Kanto region of Japan. Because Japan is now in a horrible economic situation, and the carbon tax hasn't been lifted, Tokyo is turned into an incredibly dense jungle. The plants there are supposed to absorb carbon dioxide from the air, reducing the taxes the country has to pay. Tokyo is rebuilt as Atlas, an enormous tower that can hold millions of people.
But of course, it can't quite hold enough people, so the majority of people have to live in villages in the middle of the jungle, where they're typically treated as second-class citizens by the elite living in Atlas. The organization Metal Age opposes the construction for this reason.
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The story focuses mainly on Kuniko Hojo, an 18-year old girl who lives in the city of Duomo, where she was brought to be the leader of Metal Age, even though she doesn't necessarily want to be their leader. Kuniko wants all people to have a higher standard of living, like what she hears Atlas is like, and devotes herself to pursing that goal, by whatever means necessary. And while Kuniko is trying to better the lives of everyone, those in power in Atlas are concerned with a prophecy of sorts, that requires that one of 3 people eventually inherit Atlas.
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* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: Just compare the original novel's drawings with the anime designs (which include an [[Adaptation Dye Job]] for Kuniko).
* [[BFS]]: In the final battle, Kuniko uses a boomerang that is several times larger than she is.
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* [[Fast Tunnelling]]
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: [[Mikako Takahashi]] as Kuniko.
** Then [[Joji Nakata]] as [[Camp Gay]] Momoko!
* [[Hollywood Hacking]]: Hacking attempts are rarely depicted the same way more than once, and every single depiction has remarkably little in common with any computer-related task at all.
* [[Human Sacrifice]]: {{spoiler|The continual sacrificing of children is necessary for Atlas to remain standing.}}
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* [[Karma Houdini]]: Nagiko and Tarsian {{spoiler|created a system of child sacrifice}}. Nobody really seems to mind.
* [[La Résistance]]: Metal Age.
* [[Larynx Dissonance]]: Momoko and Mi-ko are both
* [[Living Lie Detector]]: Mikuni. And in her case, anyone who lies to her is instantly killed, though [[Blessed
* [[Magic Skirt]]: Kuniko (though there are many comments about her underwear, and she gets an almost undetectable [[Panty Shot]] in the finale.)
* [[Mismatched Eyes]]: Mikuni.
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* [[Otaku]]: The 3 Akihabara old guys.
* [[Pettanko]]: Kuniko. Momoko teases her that it's anorexia resulting from her time in prison.
* [[Powered
* [[Precision-Guided Boomerang]]: Kuniko's weapon of choice is the boomerang. Naturally, this leads to a lot of this trope.
* [[Stripperific]]: Most of Ryoko's outfits are this.
* [[Talking Is a Free Action]]: The first fight of the anime, apparently Kuniko has enough time to put on some makeup while fighting.
* [[The Tokyo Fireball]]: Before the beginning of the story, Tokyo was completely destroyed by an earthquake. {{spoiler|And then Kuniko destroys it again later on to stop the Daedalus.}}
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* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]: Cutting ''the cannon of a tank'' with a frickin' boomerang.
* [[Whip It Good]]: Momoko uses a whip, though, she does a lot more tying things up with it and swinging on it than actual whipping.
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