Antonio!

The country that brought the world anime, robotic dogs, plasma televisions and sushi is beginning to look like the futuristic utopia portrayed in the movies. Case in point: here’s a screenshot of an insanely large building from the anime movie Appleseed:

Note the building is covered entirely on one side in solar panels. This makes sense when you have a building so large that it’s better off generating its own power rather than tapping the regional power grid. Now check out the Solar Ark in Japan:

Science-fact has got a long way to go before catching up to science-fiction, but this is a nice start.

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