National Diet Building
During the era of high economic growth, the Metropolitan Police ("Shutokei" in Japanese, a.k.a. "Capital Police" or "CAPO" in the English adaptation) was born to battle against the anti-government military forces. Especially the conflict between the Special Armed Garrison of the M.P. called "Tokki-tai" was extraordinarily violent. This coloured introductive chapter provides a historical, political and social background of the post-World War II parallel universe Japan. Therefore the building of the Tokyo Tower (1957~1958) as well as the communist students and activists-led (Zengakuren) anti Japan-US Security Treaty protests in front of the National Diet Building (1960) - replaced by fictitious anti Weimar Establishment movement - were both removed from the English adaptation. The Prologue was replaced by a single page synopsis without any illustration nor actual reference to Japan (known as "the country") and its military occupation (1945~1952) by Germany (replacing the United States). William Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" quote "Cry 'Havoc!', and let slip the dogs of war" was kept though. However, the Prologue was included in "Jin-Roh"'s opening and it was later detailed in Mamoru Oshii's animated feature "Tachiguishi-Retsuden".