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RobertoOrtiz

11-17-2003, 02:03 PM

Quote from Toonzone:
"Natsume Maya reports that Fukuoka City, a city in Kyushu that is currently pushing itself to become Japan's gateway to Asia, is building a 400-hectare (about one and a half square miles) artificial island to serve as a residential block, and the layout is based on a design by Hayao Miyazaki. The design, according to Fukuoka mayor Kotaro Yamazaki, is based on the ideals of "human relations, time and space, and natural environment," and will feature lots of trees and greenery, small animals, low fences, limited automobiles and a leisurely bus (15 km/hr or about 9 mph). Electricity on the island will be come exclusively from wind and solar sources. "

>>link<< (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=94685)

>>Link to Japanese Article<< (http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20031114-00000139-kyodo-soci)

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PhilOsirus

11-17-2003, 03:22 PM

Great!:) Now they just have to make Final Fantasy-like airships, Appleseed-like police force suits, Akira-like motorcycle, Gundamn-like giant Mechas and... Ninjas!:bounce:

godeus25

11-17-2003, 03:48 PM

i wonder if i can convince san francisco to build a castle in the sky island? that would help with the houseing cost problem here. i wish the pic of his plan was bigger, does anyone know where a bigger one is?

elektronaut

11-17-2003, 03:52 PM

sounds really cool ;)

eliseu gouveia

11-17-2003, 04:24 PM

Damn, that´s a HUGE architectural endeavor.
Personally, I don´t think this will be acchivable without the construction of huge high-teh Labor units to help undertake most of the heavy work.:cool:

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