Monday 24 June 2019

Japan Is Getting Ready,

for the 2020 Olympics,


 and although not officially recognised, one aspect of Japanese culture is getting ready to welcome the athletes, 

 a group of anime artists have launched an un-official project to welcome to world to Tokyo, by illustrating the participating nations as anime characters,


the project, called World Flags, wraps those flags around an anime character from each country, although it is an ongoing project, and not every nation is represented yet, the World Flags gallery is in Japanese, but your knowledge of world flags should help you identify characters who aren't labeled in your language, you can see more on on Twitter. hashtag is #worldflags_fa please note this is an unofficial project, this project is not affiliated with the Government of Japan or the Olympics, had to get that out of the way, as an aside all of these are very anime, all the characters are young, athletic, and attractive (as are Olympic athletes), and the clothing style is medieval Japanese while incorporating features from each country, so what are the chances of a real athlete looking like his/her/it's anime image?


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