Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building - in Popular Culture

In Popular Culture

Though it has not gained the same degree of worldwide recognition as Tokyo Tower, the Metropolitan Government Building has come to represent the city in its own right. It frequently appears in Japanese science fiction as a symbol of authority or, often, serving as the basis of type scenes depicting a futuristic or post-apocalyptic Shinjuku.

• In the 1991 OAV Message of the Yoroiden Samurai Troopers anime TV series, the rooftop is where the spirit of Suzunagi first manifests itself.
• In The 1991 Godzilla film, Godzilla vs King Ghidorah, The Metropolitan government building is destroyed by Godzilla in a fight with Mecha-King Ghidorah.
• The Tokyo metropolitan government building is the last remaining Tokyo landmark after the city is in ruins in the anime series, Mobile Fighter G Gundam.
• In Digimon Tamers the building is the headquarters of the Hypnos organization, and several major battles occur at the building.
• In Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG, the complex sits, half underwater, atop the "Shinjuku Underground Nuclear Installation"; a notable location within a recurring subplot.
• In X by Clamp, the headquarters of the Dragons of Earth is located beneath the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building.
• The building is briefly shown in The Simpsons episode "30 Minutes Over Tokyo".