Academy City (A Certain Magical Index)
Academy City is a city that features in A Certain Magical Index.
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History
Academy City (Japanese: 学園都市, Hepburn: Gakuen Toshi?)
In 1947, a heavily injured Aleister Crowley was found by the Heaven Canceller in a remote English countryside and nursed back to health by him. He later tells Aleister Crowley of the far away land of Japan. Being impressed by the country after visiting it once, Aleister would later choose the country where he would make his comeback. Postwar Japan and the reconstruction was ripe for Aleister to create the city, in the name of giving the country an educational and technological recovery. The nature of the Japanese people were more than willing to create the city cut off from the occult. Some time later, a parcel of land to the west of Tokyo in slow development was bought for the development of Academy City. The Five Elements Institution is the first research organization formed, though its exact location or existence has been in question.[5] However, this was merely a rumor, or more likely, a cover-up, as the Imaginary Number District–Five Elements Institution was another realm in the same location as Academy City. The city was founded by the magician Aleister Crowley to do studies and research on the development of preternatural abilities. According to Therestina, the students in Academy City are just being used to further the research and development in the achievement of a Level 6.[6] How truthful her words are remains to be seen, however its important to note that both Aleister Crowley and Board of Directors have allowed deaths of students, and have allowed and supported further experimentation and research at the expense of many lives.
The first major incident is Vento of the Front's attack on Academy City on September 30. For one night, the city is thrown into a state of chaos and confusion due to the effects of Vento of the Front's Divine Punishment. The effects of the invasion proved to be too widespread for both sides to contain, with Academy City revealing its angel to the world, as well as the Roman Catholic Church's revealing of its Magic though covered up as an esper development program. Both sides criticize each other's claims, and later demands of concessions and compromises could not be reached. Although the city's government became more hostile to its enemies in the ensuing months, the city itself remained relatively untouched, even during World War III as much of the fighting was fought in the Eurasian continent.
Overview
In appearance, Academy City was a city of several schools and institutions of higher learning from kindergarten to university level that learn side-by-side along with the scientists who research on psychic powers and higher technology, the latter being one of the primary reasons for its establishment. It was also referred to Experiment City and as the City of Schools. Located just west of Tokyo, it was based in a region where there is a constant wind that flows within the city, allowing its wind turbines to generate power. Climate in Academy City is probably the same in Tokyo and other surrounding areas, though through its technological advances they are able to predict the weather much more accurately and can actually give schedules on when the weather might change. Academy City is roughly 1/3 the size of Tokyo
Academy City was composed of 23 districts, called School Districts which are simply numbered from one to twenty-three and each of these districts have a specific purpose.
Locations within the city included:
- Windowless Building :
- Beehive :
- Tokiwadai Middle School :
A mysterious realm existing within the same location as Academy City came to be referred to as the Imaginary Number District (虚数学区 Kyosū Gakku?) that was created from the millions of AIM diffusion fields from espers in the area.
Organizations within the city included:
- Board of Directors :
- Judgment :
- Anti-Skill :
- STUDY :
- ITEM :
- SCHOOL :
- MEMBER :
Academy City operated an annual event known as the Daihaseisai (大覇星祭だいはせいさい Daihaseisai?, lit. "Grand Champion Star Festival", alt. "Daihasei Festival") that was an annual large-scale sports festival.
The primary peacekeeping forces in Academy City are Judgment and Anti-Skill; these two groups are composed of trained students and faculty respectively which deal with crimes and conflicts with security. They are authorized to retrieve Information from surveillance equipment within Academy City, to check if there are any crimes occurring, in addition to their constant patrol duties. Academy City also has a fire department as well as emergency response organization. Anti-Skill is used as the formal military forces of Academy City. With their advanced technology, Academy City boasts technological superiority over most military of the world, with their several Powered Suits such as the HsPS-15.
Illegal activities and the like came to be referred to as the Dark Side of Academy City (学園都市暗部 Gakuentoshi Anbu?) that represented the criminal underworld of Academy City.
Academy City's technology is thirty years ahead of its time and thus, has accessibility to a more sophisticated array of measures to ensure security across the city. The city limits leading outside are lined with walls, accessible only through entry points which require persons to have permission to enter or leave the premises. For vehicles, infrared seekers and MRI scanners a used to check vehicles. Inside the city, hidden cameras are dotted along many roads and alleyways. Not only that Aleister Crowley uses small minuscule machines known as the UNDER_LINE to gather data around the entire city.
Among the experiments conducted in the city included:
- Total Human Cyborg Replacement Project :
- Exterior Project :
- Radio Noise Project :
- Chemicaloid Project :
One of the resources available to the city was Tree Diagram (樹形図の設計者ツリーダイアグラム Jukeizu no Sekkeisha?, lit. "Designer of the Tree Diagram") that was a super-computer that was considered the best in the world.
Members
- Aleister Crowley :
- Heaven Canceller :
- Kihara Gensei :
- Accelerator :
- Kakine Teitoku :
- Misaka Mikoto :
- Mugino Shizuri :
- Kuriba Ryouko :
Notes
- Academy City was created by Kazuma Kamachi where it featured in the setting of A Certain Magical Index universe.
In other media
Television
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Appearances
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- A Certain Scientific Railgun:
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