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NEWS: Gurren Lagann Design Wins Informal British Flag Poll


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Splitter



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 9:24 pm Reply with quote
Is Britain manly enough to let that flag ignite their souls to the point of suprassing the impossible and kicking reason to the curb?
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rankothefiremage



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 9:29 pm Reply with quote
reminds me of this news story i read awhile back
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1116/p01s06-woeu.html
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Time and Space



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 9:33 pm Reply with quote
I remember someone posted a link to the daily telegraph website in the anime forum the other day, it was locked for having no relation to anime, oh how the tables have, to some extent, turned.

Despite being helluva cool to have some anime character, or anime-inspired symbol on one's national flag, it would at the same time be ridiculous. I wonder why the Japanese in particular decided to joke around with the idea.

Perhaps we british people should adopt this flag:
It's from anime and represents Wales, (the yellow I take to be of St Davids flag), all we need to do is recreate an entirely detestable empire (and the Japanese could help teach us how) and perhaps to top things off, rename ouselves the Britannian empire.
Ah Code Geass...

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minakichan



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 9:38 pm Reply with quote
I am so confused.

So, the Daily Telegraph solicited redesigns for the British flag (for fun, obviously) and asked readers to vote for them, and three of the top 20 submissions were anime-related, and two of those were the top votes? Is that what happened? I just don't really understand.

If my understanding of it is right, then wow, that's pretty funny. Japan is taking over the UK!
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Shii



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 9:46 pm Reply with quote
minakichan wrote:
So, the Daily Telegraph solicited redesigns for the British flag (for fun, obviously) and asked readers to vote for them, and three of the top 20 submissions were anime-related, and two of those were the top votes? Is that what happened? I just don't really understand.
Correct. Most Britons probably didn't want the flag to change but 4chan sure did.
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HyperGatack



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 9:48 pm Reply with quote
Splitter wrote:
Is Britain manly enough to let that flag ignite their souls to the point of suprassing the impossible and kicking reason to the curb?


No. No one is that Manly.

Not even Manly Man McManly of Manly shore way.
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GregZor



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 10:30 pm Reply with quote
Facepalm.jpg
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jenparker



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 10:34 pm Reply with quote
Wow, welcome to last week. Wink
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MeggieMay



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 10:41 pm Reply with quote
I personally liked the flag that incorporated the leeks and the one with the whale, myself (though the one with the whale actually made me think of Gundam SEED more than the country of Wales Twisted Evil )
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ikillchicken



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 11:57 pm Reply with quote
Yeah and Steven Colbert has a bridge in Europe named after him...so yeah, an informal internet poll is usually not very accurate when there are fans with too much time on their hands out there.
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W-General



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PostPosted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 12:22 am Reply with quote
Do the impossible, see the invisible
Raw raw fight the power

Touch the untouchable, break the unbreakable
Raw raw fight the power
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Royal Devil



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PostPosted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 12:34 am Reply with quote
Britain would make a fine addition to the Gurren Brigade

http://aycu29.webshots.com/image/37628/2004875223958790647_rs.jpg

More of this and the enemies will surrender without a shot fired Laughing
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 12:41 am Reply with quote
i'm pretty sure that VAST majority of Britains don't know what anime is or where the picture is from...

they just voted with the "coolest" looking one out of the bunch...
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NezuChiza



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PostPosted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 12:42 am Reply with quote
Heh, they should adopt the flag and change their motto to "Who the hell do you think we are!?"
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Time and Space



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PostPosted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 12:57 am Reply with quote
icepick314 wrote:
i'm pretty sure that VAST majority of Britains don't know what anime is or where the picture is from...

they just voted with the "coolest" looking one out of the bunch...


Correct, the majority wouldn't know the picture's origin, but they are not so mindless that they've never heard of anime before.
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