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Academy City; Locations Guide
A guide to the various locations around Academy City
- School District 1
- School District 2
- School District 3
- School District 4
- School District 5
- School District 6
- School District 7
- School District 8
- School District 9
- School District 10
- School District 11
- School District 12
- School District 13
- School District 14
- School District 15
- School District 16
- School District 17
- School District 18
- School District 19
- School District 20
- School District 21
- School District 22
- School District 23
School District 1 is a School District near the very center of Academy City.
It is bordered by School District 16 to the northwest, School District 4 to the northeast, School District 5 to the southeast, School District 7 to the southwest, and School District 8 to the west.
It is the district where most of the city's administration is located.
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As stated, the School District's focus was to accommodate the administration of Academy City. The district was lined with administrative and judicial facilities and it did not have the sense of livelihood that other, more normal districts had. It had almost no residences or restaurants. In exchange for gathering together all of the functions needed for smoothly operating such a large city, only the bare minimum of functionality for people to live there was prepared. The extremely mechanical cityscape helped reinforce that image of the district.
The district is the base of the Academy City Board of Directors but not the Chairman, who resides in the Windowless Building in School District 7.
School District 2 is a School District to the southwest of Academy City.
It is bordered by the Kanagawa Prefecture to the south, School District 13 to the northwest, School District 15 and 7 to the north, and School District 10 the east.
The district's primary focus are training areas for Judgment and Anti-Skill, and military-related facilities. The district is said to be dyed in the colors of heavy industry, especially with regards to vehicles, weapons and ammunition.
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As stated, the main use for the district is for Anti-Skill and Judgment training facilities, as well as military-related facilities.
The district is also a testing site for weapons and explosives.
Models of shelters are also tested here, and are bombarded using shockwaves from all directions to test their durability.
Because the district is filled with facilities that are linked with things that makes a huge amount of noise, the district is covered in soundproof walls.
This equipment fires out reverse phase sound waves that lower ambient noise. Experimental proving circuits are also located in the district - these circuits are commonly packed in tight.
School District 3 is the northmost district in Academy City. It is bordered by the Saitama Prefecture to the north, School District 14 to the east, School District 4 and 16 to the south, and School District 20 to the west.
Its primary focus is for accomodating authorized outsiders, which includes hotels and restaurants.
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It is the school district that has accomodations for its authorized outsiders. There, the district contains a number of international exhibition halls, which promotes state-of-the art technology from Academy City to its guests. As such, there were always multiple events being held in District 3, such as motor shows, robot shows, and specifically, the Interceptor Show. Technology that the Board of Directors had deemed of an acceptable level to be used outside the city was on display and the outside company that gave the best deal was chosen (Academy City did not "look for" them, they merely "chose"), and that company would pay them vast amounts for that tech.
A direct railroad line leading from School District 23 to School District 3, allows foreigners to quickly access the luxurious hotels and facilities of the district that were the highest in all of Academy City.
Celebrities tended to gather in the district,and use ethanol-based fuels for their car to have a distinction between the fuel they put in their cars and the fuel normal people put in theirs.
The district is also well known for its rentable Private Salons.
School district 4 is a school district found in Academy City. It is bordered by School District 3 and 14 to the north, School District 19 to the east, School District 6 to the southeast, School District 5 to the southwest, and School District 1 and 16 to the west.
The district's primary focus are food related facilities.
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As stated, the district's primary focus is food related facilities. Dishes from all over the world are found in the school district.
It is an area lined with many restaurants even for Academy City. There are also refrigerated warehouses used to store food
School District 5 is a school district in the middle of Academy City. It is bordered by School District 7 to the west, School District 18 and 23 to the south, School District 6 to the east, and School District 4 and 1 to the north.
The district's primary focus are universities and junior colleges, as well as accomodations to the students therein.
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The school district is different from the School District 7 as it has many colleges and universities. Although the rows and rows of buildings form buildings in District 7 make a sophisticated feeling, the restaurant and clothes shops have a more mature feeling compared to other districts, much more so than School District 15, which has the latest fashion trends.
Being that is the main district over college students, the ranks and reputations of buildings and establishments such as department stores are much higher and have an overall relaxed atmosphere. The district has an overall relaxed atmosphere. Despite this, because of its nature in catering to college and university students, many establishments are not available for many teenagers.
School District 6 is a school district at the eastern part of Academy City.
It is bordered by School District 19 to the north, School District 12 to the east, School District 23 to the south, School District 5 to the west, and School District 4 to the northwest.
The districts primary focus are recreational facilities, which also includes an amusement park.
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Whilst seemingly having the same purpose as School District 15, which focuses on leisure and entertainment through, the district focuses on recreational facilities as well as having an amusement park. The district apparently attracts tourists as well as swindlers who are attracted by their presence.
School District 7 is a large school district near the center of Academy City. It is bordered by School District 1 and School District 8 to the north, School District 5, 18, and 22 to the east, School District 10 and School District 2 to south, and School District 15 and School District 9 to the west.
Primarily used for middle and high school institutions,
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As stated it primarily focuses on middle school and highschool institutions, despite this, the district has several features that separate it from the other districts. For one thing, the district contains the mysterious base of the Academy City's Chairman, the Windowless Building, as well as the special area for prestigious all-girl schools, School Garden.
Moreover, what makes the district unique is that despite its main feature for use of middle school and high school students, it is not solely composed of the things that fits its purpose. For example, School District 15 focuses mostly on leisure and mass communication facilities, and is mostly composed of it, it has a park, but it is defined and known by its primary purpose.
School District 7, though its primary purpose being middle and high school education is known for many other things.
In fact, one could say that the district is the melting pot of concepts that appear in several districts.
It contains an underground complex, which School District 22 is famous for, schools like Tokiwadai Middle School that can rival the unique schools of School District 18, and though not as fashionable or up to date, has facilities of leisure such as the Seventh Mist.
Finally, what makes the district unique is that it is contains the base of the city's leader the Windowless Building alone marks the district as having several unique qualities to it.
It would not be out-of-place to consider the District 7 as its own city.
School District 8 is a small school district located near the middle of Academy City.
It is bordered by School District 16 to the north, School District 1 to the west, School District 7 to the south, and School District 9 to the west.
The school district is mainly used for the accommodation of the faculty.
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As stated before, the district is mainly used for the faculty rather than the students. The school district is also the place where most of the married couples live. Apartment complexes in the district are also rented out by the wealthy for their use as large closets.
In the district, there are areas where the old townscapes are fused with new buildings. It is said the district is home to the best taiyaki stall in the city.
School District 9 is a school district found inside the western parts of Academy City. It borders School District 20 to the north, School District 16 to the northeast, School District 8 to the east, School District 7 to the southeast, School District 15 to the south, School District 21 to the west, and School District 17 to the northwest.
The school district's focus is for schools related to industrial and fine arts.
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Schools related to arts and crafts are concentrated in the district. Everything that falls in the field of performance art uses hologram technology instead of traditional methods.
The district also has a regulation that is unique to it. In the district, hierarchy based on seniority which is a staple in Japanese society is completely abolished, and is instead, the hierarchical structure of the district is based on pure ability alone.
The district also contains parks where, according to persistent rumour, if one asks for a portrait in one of them, one could get scouted as a model. The veracity of the rumor is unconfirmed
School District 10 is a district at the very south of Academy City. It is bordered by School District 7, 22, and 18 to the north, School District 11 to the east, and School District 2 to the west. Its main characteristic is that it contains a few facilities and establishments that carries a certain social stigma towards people, such as nuclear facilities and graveyards, as well as having poor public order.
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Land prices in District 10 were the cheapest because of the fact that it had poor public order and having the worst security, a fact that is rumored to make delivery men go out of their way to avoid passing through the district on the way to their destination.
It didn't have any major facilities, though it was filled with things like disposal areas for experimental animals and laboratories related to nuclear power, as well as the infamous Special Ability Institute. It is most likely rampant with urban decay, most specifically in Area G, known as Strange, a hot bed for delinquents and is the stronghold of many Skill-Out gangs, like Big Spider.
Despite delinquents residing in the district, there is actually an ironclad rule among them that they are to be nice to cats abandoned in the rain and to little kids, an example of this is when the entire gang of Big Spider once fought for the sake of a child in the rain.
The district is also one of the limited school districts that can handle the dangerous hydrazine liquid fuel used for the rockets in the City.
School District 11 is a district at the southeast of Academy City. It is bordered by School District 18 and School District 23 to the north, and School District 10 to the west. To the south, it is bordered by Eastern Tokyo. Its primary usage is for the transfer of goods, and can be summed up as warehouse district.
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Due to Academy City not bordering the ocean, materials can only be brought in and out via either land or air. Sharing a border with the outer wall, it functions as the entrance for the land route. The buildings there are lined up in the area. Unlike normal buildings, the buildings there lacked walls and are more like parking garages, with Academy City-made electric cars parked inside, ready for shipment. The entire district is large enough to hold 7000 tons of materials, which are brought in and out of the city each day. Large containers holding shipments are located in the district, these containers are then checked for legality and safety at customs and then repacked into midsized and small containers to be transported through the streets of Academy City.
The district is also trying to optimize and speed up the shipping distribution process, as such, everything is automated except for a few engineers, who are apparently armed with handguns. Drivers coming in from outside Academy City, as well drivers from the city itself, need only to attach a rented device to the trucks electronics and the trucks will be automatically unloaded while they sip on coffee and read the newspaper at the rest area at the edge of the district.
Security
The area around the gate that directly manages what came in and went out is strictly controlled. The wall there is of great size, where the pathways on top of it were guarded by Security robots, which will either shoot or sound the alarm on someone who isn't supposed to be there. The security robots have a special communications line. When they sound the alarm, it’s sent directly to the control area in School District 23 and the Six Wings are called in.
Despite the tight security in the area, the warehouses can't be guarded from end to end. Magicians can bypass the wall due to their magic going around the scientific security measures there.
The Security robots have flaws as well, only having limited ammunition, in order to exacerbate the effects of their malfunctioning and their accidental shooting, since people from the outside can still walk in close proximity to the wall. Even more, they need to recharge, as such the robots have shifts.
School District 12 is the easternmost School District of Academy City. It is bordered to the west by School District 19, School District 6, and School District 23. To the east, it is bordered by Eastern Tokyo, with its entire eastern side surrounded by Academy City's wall. The district's primary feature is it's collection of schools dealing with theology.
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Not much is known about the district, but it is known for collection theology schools, and its study of occult interests in a scientific approach. The streets are lined with various religious facility, giving a multi-cultural feeling to it. One can assume the district also takes part in paranormal studies.
Standard highrise buildings also contain or have its floors converted into many religious facilities.
It is revealed that the building, despite its elaborate and detailed construction, did not contain any magical symbol, and it is noted that the building is nothing more than a model on the cycles and patterns needed to efficiently bring people in and take their money. Several other facilities in the city may also have such qualities.
School District 13 is a school district found in the southwest of Academy City. It is bordered to the west by Western Tokyo, to the south by School District 2, to the east by School District 15, and to the north by School District 21.
Its primary use is for the catering of kindergarten and elementary school.
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Despite other districts being capable of handling kindergartens on its own, of all the districts in Academy City, School District 13 has the most kindergartens and elementary schools. There are also facilities and orphanages for Child Errors in the district. A lot of security personnel other than Anti-Skill are provided in the district in order safeguard and protect the children living there.
The district is used by Academy City as its image for use in brochures and pamphlets.
School District 14 is a school district located at the norteast of Academy City. It is bordered by the Saitama Prefecture to the north, School District 19 and 4 to the south, and School District 3 to the west.
Like its neighbor School District 3, it has facilities that accomodates outsiders, though the district focuses on overseas students instead.
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As stated, the district caters to the needs of overseas students, apparently having accomodations and facilities for them.
In the district, the residential areas are divided by culture, and the guide plates on their residences contains many instances of it being written in alphabet other than Japanese.
School District 15 is Academy City's major shopping district.
It is bordered by School District 9 to the north, 21 to the northwest, 13 to the east, School District 2 to the south, and 7.
Not only does it contain shopping malls, but the district also holds facilities related to mass communication.
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Academy City's largest shopping center is located in the school district. Facilities for things such as television and mass communication can be frequently found in the district.
The price of land is the highest in all of the districts in Academy City.
Even in Academy City, the fashion in School District 15 is in the cutting edge, having a different style compared to its neighbor School District 7. The district is the center of fashions, and more people come to the district for fun than actually live in the district. Despite being a district geared towards leisure and entertainment such as karaoke boxes, arcades, outdoor pools, bowling alleys, and parks, there are still located in the district, and is the origin of the gang known as the Disciplinary Guides.
The district has its own website that advertises it known as Entertainment Cursor.
The district's subway station is incorporated into the Dianoid.
School District 16 is a small school district located in the northwestern part of Academy City which focuses on commerce. It is bordered by School Districts 20 and District 3 to the north, School Districts 9, 8, and 1 to the south, and School District 4 to the east.
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It is a commercial district where several establishments that pay large sums of money to even part time jobs are lined up. For this purpose, students from other districts gather there.
School District 17 is an area at the very edge of Academy City, it is essentially the industrial district in the city.
It is bordered to the north by School District 20, the the south by School District 21, to the east by School District 9, and to the west by Western Tokyo. It contains the Switchyard, or the Railway cargo storage bay and the Misawa Cram School.
Purpose
Far away from any residential district. It's pupose was for items that was needed for research carried out in the city would also be produced in the city Instead of the usual factories that are common in the outside world, the buildings in the industrial section are windowless and are highly organized, built to work for 24 hours a day.
Furthermore, the school district is the place where agricultural buildings used for cloning of meat and growing of vegetables exists. It specializes in manufacturing industrial products in Academy City and is fully automated. The population is extremely small due to the automation compared to the other districts, and is comparatively darker than the other districts due to the lighting of only the factories that use automation.
This is the place where the Space Carrots and the Genetically Improved Lettuce#3 are grown
School District 18 is a school district found in Academy City. It is bordered by School District 7 to the west, School District 23 to the east, school districts 10, 11, and 22 to the south, and School District 5 to the north.
One of the larger school districts, it is a district where top schools in ability development are located.
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It is contains prestigious schools such as Nagatenjouki Academy and Kirigaoka Girls' Academy. It apparently uses a scholarship program that is separate from the one that is used in the rest of the city.
The district's structured in a logical manner, however, one gets the feeling that the life there is thin, where the widths of the roads are uniform, and the architecture is designed for the people to not stray from the rules.
It is often criticized as a prison for children but a paradise for adults.
School District 19 is a school district found in the northeastern part of Academy City. To the east, it is bordered by both by Eastern Tokyo and the Saitama Prefecture from the northeast. Inside the city, it is bordered by School District 14 to the north, School District 4 to the west, and both School Districts 6 and 12 to the south.
Not much is known about the district other than the fact that it has been in recent decline.
School District 20 is a school district found in the northwestern section of Academy City. A large district, it is bordered by both Western Tokyo and the Saitama District to the north of it, by School District 3 to the east, by School Districts 16 and 9 to the south, and by School District 17 to the southwest.
It is a school district that focuses on athletic development.
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Not much is known about the district except that the schools there are focused on raising athletic students along with their esper abilities.
Schools related to sports engineering have established in the distinct. Moreover, sports associations in Academy City have their headquarters in the district. In education, the main priority of the schools there are club activities instead of academics, befitting its nature.
School District 21 is the westernmost School District of Academy City. It is bordered to the east by School District 9, to the north School District 17, to the south by School District 13, and to the west by Western Tokyo.
The district's primary use is for water storage, and in astronomical observation facilities.
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Unlike School District 23, which is flat due to its many runways, School District 21 is a mountainous area. The mountainous area holds many dams that acted as the city's water source. The water is distributed to the whole of Academy City using pipes, from uses such as beverage service to industrial use. The stars in the night sky could be seen more clearly in the district than the rest in the city. Perhaps because of this, the district contains several astronomical observation facilities. The area is also the location of an experimental geothermal power station situated on the mountain's peak.
The district also keeps wilds animals due to its mountainous area.
School District 22 is the smallest school district in terms of surface area in Academy City, where most of it is located deep underground. It is bordered by School District 7, School District 18, and School District 10. Its borders are close to Touma's dormitory.
Only 2 square kilometers, School District 22 is mainly used for developing technology for an underground complex in the faces of land shortages in major cities.
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Taking only 2 square kilometers, it is the smallest district of all Academy City. However, it is developed underground about several hundred meters in depth, and is referred to as the district with the most scientific style.
Above ground
On the surface there were no buildings, as wind turbines cover the district. Moreover, the turbines in the surface were different from the rest that appears in Academy City. Here, the wind turbines are pile up or arranged on top of one another which resemble 30 story tall jungle gym. The reason being is that the underground complexes that extended downwards require a lot of electrical energy, and that the district cannot rely on regular wind-generated electricity or solar-generated electricity.
Most of the energy is used to pump air in, absorbing oxygen in from the surface and removing the carbon dioxide accumulating below. Moreover, there is also a need to pump rainwater and wastewater up. With all those in consideration, 40% of the electricity consumed in Academy City is put into use for the large air pumps.
Below ground
Underground, the district is a giant cylindrical area, continuing to extend down the bottom in a spiral. The district is separated into 10 underground levels. The path into the underground complex has two lanes, one to go up and the other to go down, probably for vehicles. However, there also apparently pedestrian entrances like a spiral stairwell to another level. The hardness of the floors of the district is equivalent to that of safety shelters.
The ceilings on all the underground complexes, in contrast to the orange lights in the tunnel that leads into the underground complex the level has ceiling that has become a planetarium projection panel, made out of bulletproof fiber screen, passing through a camera to form a an artificial night sky.
The roof of the underground complexes is like a ceiling of a sports hall, supported by a large amount of metal frames that scatter the weight. However, since the architecture alone doesn't seem able to support its own weight, there are apparently other ways used to support it, though they are currently unknown. Since it acts like a projection screen, it can display typical announcements and news like the ones on the airships if needs be. Each level is probably equipped with buildings that can provide oxygen to people when there is a "no oxygen alert" in the level, and seal the entrances as so not to allow air to enter the building.
Each level of the underground complex uses an artificial river that flows into a waterfall to generate power.
School District 23 is a school district in the very eastern part of Academy City. It is bordered by School District 6, 5, and 12 to the north, School District 18 to the west, School District 11 to the south, and Eastern Tokyo to the East.
It is the largest School District in the entire city, and with good reason, for the School District is used for aeronautics, space development, and airline flights. The district is so large that to travel from one place to another requires buses instead of walking.
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Primary Use
School District 23 is a unique school district that completely specializes in aeronautical and astronautical engineering. Besides civilian aircraft, this place is where the fighter jets, protectors of Academy City’s airspace, and unmanned helicopters are developed. Half of the things in School District are runways, and satellite launch areas, with high perimeters surrounding them. The buildings, which include the control tower and the experimental areas, are rather large, several times the size of the school.
Large portions of the district are covered by flat expanses of asphalt, in order to secure as much space as possible for runways and launch sites. The skies above the district are scheduled out to the second with digital control guidance to allow countless aircraft to constantly move safely through without collisions.
Secondary Use
The district, along with School District 2, are one of the districts that can be used to store weapons used in war. Not only that, the district can also apparently handle the chemical Hydrazine that is used for the City's rockets.
A direct railroad line leading from School District 23 to School District 3, allows foreigners to quickly access the luxurious hotels and facilities of the district.
Security
Besides the international airport that is used for foreign tourists to arrive and depart, all the other parts on the map are just blank. This blank means that this isn’t a place to recommend for touring.
School District 23 not only protects itself, but those of School District 11 as well. The security robots have a special communications line with School District 23. When they sound the alarm, it’s sent directly to the control area in School District 23, the Air Superiority Preservation Control Center, and the Six Wings are then called in to District 11.
Despite its high security, which is at its highest during the Daihaseisai, Academy City has set up a touring route for the district, allowing tourists to ride buses and tour the district, and of course, there are places that are open for its citizens to use, like the airport.
Aside from intentional trouble, the security drones patrolling the district also act to eliminate the risks from bird strikes and windborne plastic bags.
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