The Tokyo Fireball: Difference between revisions

{{quote|''"The movie begins with Tokyo exploding -- which, for anime, is the cliche equivalent of '[[It Was a Dark and Stormy Night]].'"''|'''Noah "The Spoony One" Antwiler''' ''[[The Spoony Experiment]]'' on ''[[Akira]]''}}

 

 

[[Truth in Television|History proves this trope true to a depressing degree.]] [[Japanese Architecture|Traditional Japanese construction techniques]] rely almost entirely on wood, bamboo, and paper; the country's history of typhoons and earthquakes tended to discourage people from building with materials they didn't want to have land on their heads. Combined with Edo/Tokyo's enormous density, this resulted in the entire city essentially burning down to the foundations every couple of generations. The last great firestorm—caused by incendiary bombing during World War II—helped usher in modern construction techniques (which made Tokyo ''much'' more resistant to this).