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''Shangri-La'' is a series of science-fiction (with supernatural elements) LightNovels written by Eiichi Ikegami and illustrated by Ken'ichi Yoshida, which was published from 2004 to 2005 for two volumes. The novels were adapted into a manga and an anime by Creator/{{Gonzo}} in 2009. An odd duck if there ever was one, proposing a world driven into poverty by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_tax carbon taxes,]] taxes]], into chaos by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbitrage arbitrage]] in carbon credits, and awaiting a savior -- in the form of a GeniusDitz MagicalGirl with a PrecisionGuidedBoomerang.
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* DystopianEdict: The UN's carbon tax is what leads to the sorry state of Japan with extreme class divisions. After the implementation of the tax, the world economy transitions into one based around the sale of carbon, and when an earthquake hits Japan's Kanto region, their economy is devastated. Because the Atlas MegaCorp can afford to pay the tax, they're free to monopolize carbon and build their own city, while those who aren't as well off cannot use carbon-emitting technology to rebuild; this turns most of Japan into a harsh, dense jungle where most citizens are poor and treated as second-class citizens by the wealthy elite. This eventually leads to Atlas [[OneNationUnderCopyright taking over the government outright while everyone outside LaResistance is powerless to do anything about it]].
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''Shangri-La'' is a series of science-fiction (with supernatural elements) LightNovels written by Eiichi Ikegami in 2004 and 2005, which was adapted into a manga and an anime by Creator/{{Gonzo}} in 2009. An odd duck if there ever was one, proposing a world driven into poverty by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_tax carbon taxes,]] into chaos by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbitrage arbitrage]] in carbon credits, and awaiting a savior -- in the form of a GeniusDitz MagicalGirl with a PrecisionGuidedBoomerang.
At some point in the near future, the UN tries to stop GlobalWarming 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. Things worsen when [[BigBad Ryoko Naruse]], the [[CorruptCorporateExecutive President of the Atlas corporation]], turns Japan into a virtual dictatorship with her in charge. The Prime Minister and Lord Hiruko, the nominal leaders of Japan, have become nothing more than her figureheads, while the common people must bow down to her every whim. The organization [[LaResistance Metal Age]] opposes the construction of the tower for this reason.
The story focuses mainly on [[TheHeroine Kuniko Hojo]], an 18-year old girl who lives in the city of Duomo, where she was brought to be the [[RebelLeader 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 three people eventually inherit Atlas.
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!!''Shangri-La'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler:Miiko, Takehiko, Soichiro, and Ryoko; not to mention all the kids at the detention center.]]
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: In the beginning of episode 20, several politicians angrily demand Ryoko Naruse resign from her position as Prime Minister, as her tyrannical leadership has run Japan into the ground. She responds by asking which of them is willing to take up the country’s woes in her place, which shuts them up.
* {{BFS}}: In the final battle, Kuniko uses a boomerang that is several times larger than she is.
* BigBad: [[TheBaroness Ryoko Naruse]], [[CorruptCorporateExecutive President]] of [[MegaCorp Atlas Corporation]] and (eventual) [[PresidentEvil Prime Minister]] of Japan, is the tyrant responsible for the oppression inflicted by the elite of the [[EvilTowerOfOminousness Atlas Tower]] onto the village dwellers, forcing them to live in the harsh jungles outside while she and her men live comfortably in Atlas. While she is technically an advisor of Lord Hiruko, [[EvilChancellor it is not him, but her]] who [[DragonInChief is the prime enemy]] of [[TheHeroine Kuniko]] [[RebelLeader Hojo]] and [[LaResistance Metal Age]]. It is later revealed that she is also [[spoiler:the [[RoboticReveal human interface]] of [[AIIsACrapshoot Zeus]], who plots to KillAllHumans and revive [[GreaterScopeVillain Himiko]] so she can rule over a new world]].
* BroughtDownToNormal: [[spoiler:Miiko removes Mikuni's powers (and her illness) in the final episode.]]
* ButtMonkey: Poor, poor Shion.
* CompanionCube: Karin's teddy bear, Pudding.
* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:Takehiko, though he pulls a TakingYouWithMe on Soichiro in the final episode. Sayoko ''twice'' in the last few episodes.]]
* EmptyQuiver: MEDUSA [[spoiler:hacks into every country on Earth and attempts to fire every single nuclear missile in the world at the same time, but is stopped by Karin.]]
* EvilTowerOfOminousness: Atlas
* EvolvingCredits: The ending images change halfway through.
* FastTunnelling
* FeministFantasy: Shangri-La is a series with a largely female cast that focuses on the journey of Kuniko Hojo, a girl who, though initially reluctant, goes on to lead the resistance organization of Metal Age against the tyrannical Atlas Corporation. Most of the main characters are women; both Kuniko and her grandmother, the original leader of Metal Age, are positive role models. The story also has two transgender women, Momoko and Miiko, who, rather than being one-off jokes, are instead major characters with their own feelings, dreams, friendships, and roles to play. The BigBad, Ryoko Naruse, is a woman as well, and a cruel despot who’s motivation is not tied to a man or men. She serves two male characters, but instead of being an obedient henchwoman, is instead treated as a credible and terrifying threat in her own right, and she makes it clear that she is [[DragonInChief the true power controlling Japan]]. There are several other female characters as well, both major and minor, and each with a diverse role to play.
* FreakOut: [[spoiler:Karin upon learning that her parents have been dead for ''years''.]]
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Takehiko.]]
* FanDisservice: Momoko. Admit it, the idea of a sexy looking female with Creator/JojiNakata's voice is just downright off-putting...
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Miiko -- taken over by Hiruko -- shields Mikuni and Sayoko from the Neo Akihabara bombing.]]
* HiddenDepths: As revealed in the prison arc, Tomoka knows a bit more about the situation than what her status has half of ThoseTwoGuys implies.
* {{Hikikomori}}: Karin.
* HollywoodHacking: 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.
* HumanSacrifice: [[spoiler:The continual sacrificing of children is necessary for Atlas to remain standing.]]
* {{Idiot Hero}}ine: "No plan, no idea!"
* KarmaHoudini: Nagiko and Tarsian [[spoiler:created a system of child sacrifice]]. Nobody really seems to mind ([[spoiler:though Nagiko is exiled when Kuniko finds out about her status]]).
* LarynxDissonance: Momoko and Miiko are both transgender. They look like women, but have male voices.
* LivingLieDetector: Mikuni. And in her case, anyone who lies to her is instantly killed, though [[BlessedWithSuck apparently she doesn't do it on purpose]].
* MagicSkirt: Kuniko (though there are many comments about her underwear, and she gets an almost undetectable PantyShot in the finale).
* MundaneMadeAwesome: Cutting ''the cannon of a tank'' with a frickin' boomerang.
* NotDrawnToScale: Apparently the writers either couldn't agree on a uniform size for Kuniko's boomerang, or she has a HyperspaceArsenal of boomerangs ranging in size from pocketknives to claymores.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Nagiko.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Kuniko's 18 as the series begins, though her height and lack of assets make her seem maybe half that.
* {{Otaku}}: The 3 Akihabara old guys.
* PoweredByAForsakenChild: [[spoiler:For Atlas not to be destroyed, Hiruko must be in his room in Atlas. And for this to happen, he needs to take over the body of a maiden, which will end up eventually being destroyed.]]
* PrecisionFStrike: A few of them in the dub throughout the second half.
* PrecisionGuidedBoomerang: Kuniko's weapon of choice is the boomerang. Naturally, this leads to a lot of this trope.
* LaResistance: Metal Age.
* LongLostRelative: [[spoiler:Two examples -- Kuniko and Mikuni are technically sisters, and Sayoko and Shogo (half-siblings).]]
* RoyalWe: Lady Mikuni speaks like this, reflecting her high status within Atlas.
* SleepModeSize: Until Karin lets him loose, MEDUSA looks like a SuperDeformed snake.
* {{Stripperific}}: Most of [[MsFanservice Ryoko]]'s outfits are this.
* TalkingIsAFreeAction: The first fight of the anime; apparently Kuniko has enough time to put on some makeup while fighting.
* ThoseTwoGirls: Tomoka and Yuri.
* TheTokyoFireball: 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.]]
* TooKinkyToTorture: Momoko isn’t exactly enjoying it, but she refuses to let Sayoko have her fun torturing her, so she refuses to show a reaction beyond contempt.
* TheUnfavorite: [[spoiler:This is why Shion always stood by Ryoko -- ignored in favor of his brother Reon in the past, she was the only one who paid attention to him (abusive as it was).]]
* UnhandThemVillain: [[spoiler:Mikuni orders Ryoko to let Sayoko go as they're going up the elevator near the end. Guess how well that goes.]]
* TheVoiceless: Furakawa [[spoiler:until the final episode]].
* WhipItGood: 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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''Shangri-La'' is a series of science-fiction (with supernatural elements) LightNovels written by Eiichi Ikegami in 2004 and 2005, which was adapted into a manga and an anime by Creator/{{Gonzo}} in 2009. An odd duck if there ever was one, proposing a world driven into poverty by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_tax carbon taxes,]] into chaos by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbitrage arbitrage]] in carbon credits, and awaiting a savior -- in the form of a GeniusDitz MagicalGirl with a PrecisionGuidedBoomerang.
At some point in the near future, the UN tries to stop GlobalWarming 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. Things worsen when [[BigBad Ryoko Naruse]], the [[CorruptCorporateExecutive President of the Atlas corporation]], turns Japan into a virtual dictatorship with her in charge. The Prime Minister and Lord Hiruko, the nominal leaders of Japan, have become nothing more than her figureheads, while the common people must bow down to her every whim. The organization [[LaResistance Metal Age]] opposes the construction of the tower for this reason.
The story focuses mainly on [[TheHeroine Kuniko Hojo]], an 18-year old girl who lives in the city of Duomo, where she was brought to be the [[RebelLeader 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 three people eventually inherit Atlas.
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!!''Shangri-La'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler:Miiko, Takehiko, Soichiro, and Ryoko; not to mention all the kids at the detention center.]]
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: In the beginning of episode 20, several politicians angrily demand Ryoko Naruse resign from her position as Prime Minister, as her tyrannical leadership has run Japan into the ground. She responds by asking which of them is willing to take up the country’s woes in her place, which shuts them up.
* {{BFS}}: In the final battle, Kuniko uses a boomerang that is several times larger than she is.
* BigBad: [[TheBaroness Ryoko Naruse]], [[CorruptCorporateExecutive President]] of [[MegaCorp Atlas Corporation]] and (eventual) [[PresidentEvil Prime Minister]] of Japan, is the tyrant responsible for the oppression inflicted by the elite of the [[EvilTowerOfOminousness Atlas Tower]] onto the village dwellers, forcing them to live in the harsh jungles outside while she and her men live comfortably in Atlas. While she is technically an advisor of Lord Hiruko, [[EvilChancellor it is not him, but her]] who [[DragonInChief is the prime enemy]] of [[TheHeroine Kuniko]] [[RebelLeader Hojo]] and [[LaResistance Metal Age]]. It is later revealed that she is also [[spoiler:the [[RoboticReveal human interface]] of [[AIIsACrapshoot Zeus]], who plots to KillAllHumans and revive [[GreaterScopeVillain Himiko]] so she can rule over a new world]].
* BroughtDownToNormal: [[spoiler:Miiko removes Mikuni's powers (and her illness) in the final episode.]]
* ButtMonkey: Poor, poor Shion.
* CompanionCube: Karin's teddy bear, Pudding.
* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:Takehiko, though he pulls a TakingYouWithMe on Soichiro in the final episode. Sayoko ''twice'' in the last few episodes.]]
* EmptyQuiver: MEDUSA [[spoiler:hacks into every country on Earth and attempts to fire every single nuclear missile in the world at the same time, but is stopped by Karin.]]
* EvilTowerOfOminousness: Atlas
* EvolvingCredits: The ending images change halfway through.
* FastTunnelling
* FeministFantasy: Shangri-La is a series with a largely female cast that focuses on the journey of Kuniko Hojo, a girl who, though initially reluctant, goes on to lead the resistance organization of Metal Age against the tyrannical Atlas Corporation. Most of the main characters are women; both Kuniko and her grandmother, the original leader of Metal Age, are positive role models. The story also has two transgender women, Momoko and Miiko, who, rather than being one-off jokes, are instead major characters with their own feelings, dreams, friendships, and roles to play. The BigBad, Ryoko Naruse, is a woman as well, and a cruel despot who’s motivation is not tied to a man or men. She serves two male characters, but instead of being an obedient henchwoman, is instead treated as a credible and terrifying threat in her own right, and she makes it clear that she is [[DragonInChief the true power controlling Japan]]. There are several other female characters as well, both major and minor, and each with a diverse role to play.
* FreakOut: [[spoiler:Karin upon learning that her parents have been dead for ''years''.]]
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Takehiko.]]
* FanDisservice: Momoko. Admit it, the idea of a sexy looking female with Creator/JojiNakata's voice is just downright off-putting...
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Miiko -- taken over by Hiruko -- shields Mikuni and Sayoko from the Neo Akihabara bombing.]]
* HiddenDepths: As revealed in the prison arc, Tomoka knows a bit more about the situation than what her status has half of ThoseTwoGuys implies.
* {{Hikikomori}}: Karin.
* HollywoodHacking: 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.
* HumanSacrifice: [[spoiler:The continual sacrificing of children is necessary for Atlas to remain standing.]]
* {{Idiot Hero}}ine: "No plan, no idea!"
* KarmaHoudini: Nagiko and Tarsian [[spoiler:created a system of child sacrifice]]. Nobody really seems to mind ([[spoiler:though Nagiko is exiled when Kuniko finds out about her status]]).
* LarynxDissonance: Momoko and Miiko are both transgender. They look like women, but have male voices.
* LivingLieDetector: Mikuni. And in her case, anyone who lies to her is instantly killed, though [[BlessedWithSuck apparently she doesn't do it on purpose]].
* MagicSkirt: Kuniko (though there are many comments about her underwear, and she gets an almost undetectable PantyShot in the finale).
* MundaneMadeAwesome: Cutting ''the cannon of a tank'' with a frickin' boomerang.
* NotDrawnToScale: Apparently the writers either couldn't agree on a uniform size for Kuniko's boomerang, or she has a HyperspaceArsenal of boomerangs ranging in size from pocketknives to claymores.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Nagiko.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Kuniko's 18 as the series begins, though her height and lack of assets make her seem maybe half that.
* {{Otaku}}: The 3 Akihabara old guys.
* PoweredByAForsakenChild: [[spoiler:For Atlas not to be destroyed, Hiruko must be in his room in Atlas. And for this to happen, he needs to take over the body of a maiden, which will end up eventually being destroyed.]]
* PrecisionFStrike: A few of them in the dub throughout the second half.
* PrecisionGuidedBoomerang: Kuniko's weapon of choice is the boomerang. Naturally, this leads to a lot of this trope.
* LaResistance: Metal Age.
* LongLostRelative: [[spoiler:Two examples -- Kuniko and Mikuni are technically sisters, and Sayoko and Shogo (half-siblings).]]
* RoyalWe: Lady Mikuni speaks like this, reflecting her high status within Atlas.
* SleepModeSize: Until Karin lets him loose, MEDUSA looks like a SuperDeformed snake.
* {{Stripperific}}: Most of [[MsFanservice Ryoko]]'s outfits are this.
* TalkingIsAFreeAction: The first fight of the anime; apparently Kuniko has enough time to put on some makeup while fighting.
* ThoseTwoGirls: Tomoka and Yuri.
* TheTokyoFireball: 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.]]
* TooKinkyToTorture: Momoko isn’t exactly enjoying it, but she refuses to let Sayoko have her fun torturing her, so she refuses to show a reaction beyond contempt.
* TheUnfavorite: [[spoiler:This is why Shion always stood by Ryoko -- ignored in favor of his brother Reon in the past, she was the only one who paid attention to him (abusive as it was).]]
* UnhandThemVillain: [[spoiler:Mikuni orders Ryoko to let Sayoko go as they're going up the elevator near the end. Guess how well that goes.]]
* TheVoiceless: Furakawa [[spoiler:until the final episode]].
* WhipItGood: 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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