Comments on: Churchill as Kamina? Kamina as Churchill?

By: Five Flag Furores « The Animanachronism

Five Flag Furores « The Animanachronism — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:08:18 +0000

[...] ‘Twere the Welsh wot started it. More accurately, one Member of Parliament who proposed the alteration of the Union Jack to reflect ‘Wales’ . . . true place in the Union’. The rest, as they say, is history [separate links]. A beautiful example of something spiraling out of control across the internet. I particularly love the Telegraph’s blank incomprehension, and the culture clash on its comments pages between its usual conservative clientele and meme-spouting anime fans. A thing of beauty. [...]

By: Griffin

Griffin — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 04:00:25 +0000

Churchill as Kamina was one of my reactions, actually. I had the thought to find some photos of Churchill, the more dramatic the better, and add on “subtitles” of Gurren Lagann (-ish) lines. But not the time and energy to actually do it.

By: Will

Will — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 01:50:32 +0000

[tongue firmly in cheek]As far as I’m concerned, any anime blog worth its salt will eventually have that flag somewhere on their site.[tongue retracted from cheek]

By: cjblackwing

cjblackwing — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 01:19:59 +0000

… THAT IS COMPLETE AND TOTAL EPIC WIN. Gurren-Lagann FTW. Pierce the heavens with our otaku awesomeness~ ^_^