Tokyo Tower
Tokyo Tower (東京タワー Tōkyō Tawā) is a transmission tower in Tokyo that was completed in 1958. Ever since then, the tower has been one of the city's major landmarks. It is seen in many movies from the Godzilla and Gamera series, and also appears in many other films produced by a variety of companies. It usually bears the brunt of kaiju battles, and is usually reduced to a pile of rubble and bent steel at the conclusion of the battles.
Tokyo Tower is located in the Shiba-koen district of Minato, Tokyo, and is 333 meters tall. Like the Eiffel Tower, it has ample amounts of radio apparatus and antennae which help supply television and radio signals to the city below. Until 2011, it was the tallest structure in Japan, with the title now going to the Tokyo Skytree, which is 634 meters tall. Tokyo Tower is still important, however, given its status as a transmitter and tourist attraction, but the Skytree was built to assist in its role, as tall buildings constructed near the tower interfere with the range of its antennas.
History
Showa era
Mothra
After the larva form of Mothra emerges, having rampaged through the city of Tokyo, she topples most of the tower, then cocoons herself against the base. Later, she emerges from the egg as an imago and flies off to New Kirk City to retrieve her twin fairies.
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
During King Ghidorah's rampage in Tokyo, Tokyo Tower partially collapsed when the monster flew past, causing the tower above the main deck to buckle. The upper section of the tower then fell to the ground, with its observation deck crushing a house.
Gamera the Giant Monster
As Gamera rampaged through Tokyo, he eventually came upon Tokyo Tower and destroyed it before moving on.
King Kong Escapes
King Kong and Mechani-Kong clamber up the outside of the tower to duke it out above the two observation decks, on the main radio antenna. Thanks to the timely intervention of Madame Piranha, who cuts off the control wires to a machine which allowed Dr. Who to control Mechani-Kong, the robotic ape malfunctions and falls off the tower, with its hand ripping off the tower's main antenna in the process. The disabled robot then hit the ground next to the tower and broke into pieces before exploding.
Godzilla vs. Gigan
After the M Space Hunter Nebula Aliens deployed Gigan to Tokyo, he began attacking the city. He struck Tokyo Tower with his tail a few times, eventually causing half the tower to break off.
Heisei era
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
In a sequence depicting a potential end-of-the-world scenario triggered by Burning Godzilla's meltdown, Tokyo Tower was caught in the blast wave of Godzilla's meltdown shortly after he exploded, and was vaporised in an instant, along with the Wako Main Building and the National Diet Building, with the rest of the city following suit not long after, thus commencing a global cataclysm that would bring about an end to life on Earth.
Gamera the Guardian of the Universe
After Super Gyaos attacked Tokyo, the JSDF attempted to attack the giant monster while it was sleeping. Hit by a volley of surface to air missiles, Super Gyaos took to the air, and flew behind Tokyo Tower when another set of missiles were fired, resulting in the missiles destroying much of the tower above its main deck. That evening, Super Gyaos built a nest on top of the tower. When Gamera arrived, Super Gyaos roared at Gamera, and the giant turtle tried to blast Gyaos with a fireball, but Gyaos escaped, and the fireball sent pieces of broken eggs and metal raining down onto the tower’s intact lower half.
Gamera 2: Attack of Legion
Tokyo Tower is briefly shown among the areas of Tokyo being rebuilt a year after the Gyaos's assault on Japan. As reconstruction work on it had yet to commence, it remained in the partially-destroyed state it was in after the missiles were fired at it a year earlier.
As the Gods Will
A large white cube, which is believed to holding some of Tokyo's high school students as prisoners, hovers above Tokyo Tower with the police and public watching it from below.
Millennium era
Godzilla: Tokyo SOS
During Godzilla's fight with Mothra, the tower was hit by Godzilla's atomic breath when he attempted to attack Mothra, causing it to collapse.
Godzilla Final Wars
When Godzilla blasts the meteor containing Monster X, a massive explosion results. When the dust cloud clears, it is revealed that Tokyo Tower, albeit still standing, is badly damaged, with much of its upper section tilting to one side. Ironically, it has suffered the least damage, with most of central Tokyo now nothing more than a sea of crumbling, burning ruins.
A Giant Warrior Descends on Tokyo
After descending into Tokyo in the form of a cloud of orange spores and then taking his true form, the Giant Warrior eventually made his way to the area around Tokyo Tower. After standing still for several moments, the Giant Warrior began firing his weaponry at buildings, including Tokyo Tower, which was brought down with two shots. The destruction of the city initiated the Seven Days of Fire that would eventually result in humanity's near-extinction.
Monster Seafood Wars
Tokyo Tower appears in an establishing shot of the city.
Reiwa era
Godzilla the Ride: Giant Monsters Ultimate Battle
King Ghidorah blasts off the top of Tokyo Tower with his Gravity Beams, which nearly falls on an armored vehicle gliding through the air on parachutes.
Video games
- The Movie Monster Game (1986) - Apple II, Commodore 64
- Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee (2002) - Nintendo GameCube and Microsoft Xbox
- Godzilla: Save the Earth (2004) - Sony PlayStation 2 and Microsoft Xbox
- Godzilla: Unleashed (2007) - Nintendo Wii and Sony PlayStation 2
- Godzilla (2014) - Sony PlayStation 3 and 4
- Godzilla Destruction (2021) - Android and iOS
- Godzilla Battle Line (2021) - Android and iOS
Gallery
Mothra's cocoon lies next to Tokyo Tower in Mothra
Mechani-Kong, now rendered inoperable by Madame Piranha, falls off Tokyo Tower, ripping off the main antenna in the process
Giruge receives information from Zanon's captain at Tokyo Tower in Gamera Super Monster
Gyaos resting on top of the main observation deck
Tokyo Tower, with its upper section tilted to one side after the meteor explodes
The damaged Tokyo Tower prop in Godzilla Final Wars
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