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[-] mrfugu@hexbear.net 2 points 3 weeks ago

The manga ran in the 80s so it would need to be before that. I think there’s a plethora of examples of various fantasy/science fiction elevators starting with the invention of the elevator (late 19th c). Though IMO this type specifically (big, industrial, diagonal) has seen consistent use in games for almost entirely utilitarian reasons. It’s a cool way to spice up the usually room-to-room gameplay seen in 90s action games.

[-] gwilikers@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

Right but the big elevator shaft diagonally going down (like the ones in games), I can't think of one before the Akira manga.

Maybe that one in Day of the Dead? Was that even diagonal?

Do these elevators that go down diagonally into underground bases have any basis in reality?

Definitely, true about games. That was practically a cliche by the PS2 era .

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