something occured to me when I rewatched episode 1 now with my sis (she doesn't like it, but well, her taste has always been similar to suckage...)

They call it Britannia, but it's got to be the USA, right? I mean, the word Britannia was even superimposed over a map of the US! and then I remembered seeing concrete evidence that "Britannia" is actually just the US in disguise!



yes, Pizza Hut is the bastards who will oppress mankind in the future! we must destroy them now or there will be no hope!

We discussed this with some of the brightest minds in Gotwoot IRC (sorry if this has been discussed, i'm not reading through the whole thread to spoil the upcoming 11 episodes):

[04:57:02] <Kirai> Fucking Japan...
[04:57:12] * Kirai is watching Suicide Circle
[04:57:17] <masamuneehs> no kirai, fuck Britannia
[04:57:23] * masamuneehs is watching Code Geass
[04:58:07] <%DS> i heard something like, code geass is basically gundam seed with a higher body count
[04:58:08] <%DS> or something
[04:58:10] <%DS> ?
[04:58:14] <Kirai> it is awesome?
[04:58:20] <masamuneehs> so, can someone explain to me why it's called "britannia", but every map shows it's actually the USA?
[04:58:42] <masamuneehs> there's even a Pizza Hut billboard in the first episode, it's so obviously america
[04:59:06] <Kirai> YEah, because we don't have Pizza Hut in England :P
[04:59:15] <%DS> maybe history took a different turn
[04:59:17] <masamuneehs> and, from the one episode i've seen, yes, it's awesome. and it is a mecha with bish pilots and a "steal the enemy secret weapon" in the first episode
[04:59:33] <%DS> maybe uk colonised the us mainland
[04:59:48] <Kirai> It's probably some moon-fudge, based on America having been a part of the British Empire at one point...
[05:00:10] <masamuneehs> Kirai are you and the British taking responsibility for Pizza Hut? Cuz lord knows i don't need another reason to dislike the british
[05:00:11] * Ciber Quit (Broken pipe)
[05:00:43] <Kirai> I dunno who invented Pizza Hut, but we have them here... Overpriced shit...
[05:01:05] <Kirai> Based in Dallas, Tx
[05:01:17] <masamuneehs> i think it's that the japanese creators don't want to make a direct political statement like "In the future the US will impose a military world government and Cfuck the entire world"
[05:01:50] <masamuneehs> the Pizza Hut logo is a dead give away
[05:02:53] <masamuneehs> oh, and they might have called it Britannia so CLAMP could dress all the anorexic bishies in foppish Victorian-esque regalia, which seems to be the rage in anime these days
[05:03:04] <Kirai> Pizza hut is a militaristic world governement?
[05:03:28] <masamuneehs> you know Kirai, you just might be onto something...
[05:03:42] <Kirai> I like some degree of victoriana... but there are limits
[05:05:13] <Kirai> Of course, a bishie in England would probably be called a faggot, beaten up, and thrown off a bridge by Chavs
[05:05:28] <masamuneehs> they'd call him a 'bundle of sticks' ?
[05:05:39] <Kirai> Yes, yes they would
[05:05:51] <Kirai> Or a strange meat-thing
[05:06:14] <Kirai> a British pork meatball: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faggot_%28food%29

Quote Originally Posted by RyougaZell
Do what I did masa.
I watched 8 eps in a row
i intend to. will catch up asap.