Pop-culture in TL-191

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European animé
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I like how much detail you added about anime in TL-191 being invented in France.

pattontank12 and I mentioned about the possibility of TL-191 anime coming from Brazil. Perhaps it’s called Anima, for short.

However, this is also okay. :)
 
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I like how much detail you added about anime in TL-191 being invented in France.

pattontank112 and I mentioned about the possibility of TL-191 anime coming from Brazil, perhaps being called Anima.

However, this is also okay. :)
I mostly developed this idea since, like Japan OTL, TL-191 France came out of the war devastated, occupied and nuked. They got a new perspectives and medium since the past expectation in art and cinema were shattered.

As for Brazil, you could still tag it along, as French Animé also spreaded to Britain, making it less insular the OTL anime.
 
European Animé
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part 1/part 2)

The United Kingdoms experience post war was very different from the French, having three, not one city destroyed by sunbombs but never suffering through occupation at the same extent as France had. While Germans officials dismantled the British nuclear program and prosecuted Mosley and those in charge of the nuking of Hamburg, per the peace treaty clause, they never stayed and occupied the country, as the new government took reign of the country and repudiated its past actions. In the midst of the dismantling of their empire, unable to maintain it due to the post-war disastrous economy, having notably to burden the reconstruction of Hamburg cost, many considered the 50's ad 60's the period when the sun finally set on the British Empire.
But Britons are nothing but enduring peoples, the destruction of the war, the collapse of their old industry and the end of the Empire was not the end of Britain but it instead laid the ground to a new wave of innovation and industrial renewal. The reconstruction era lasted longer then the French, was much grimmer but eventually the rubble were cleared and new foundations could be layered. Compared to the French having to deal with the Germans, the British did pride themselves of having, alone, pulled up their sleeves and restored their country. But also, they restored much more of their past monuments that where destroyed in the original forms such as the London bridge, Big-Ben, Whitehall, the Tower of London etc. While much more proud and nostalgic of their past then the French, the British still had to rebuild much more then monuments, entire housing and buildings had to be erected to replace the ruins, and on the cheap. Strapped for cash, the British government could not afford to be as fancy as the French but were still influenced by the Modernist current in vogue, creating what many still deride as ''Modernism on a budget'': Brutalism. Using cheap concrete, steel and glass, this new wave embraced the naked concrete, the geometrical forms and a certain utilitarianism.

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Even the distant York, home of the Bachelor Studio, saw the Brutalist style slowly creeping in its suburb, as the sign of the arrival of a new era. Their last animated movie would be ''Thunder Sub'' in 1970, the story of a submarine-carrier, that is high tech and impervious to regular ships and set to protect what is left of the British Empire from the depredation of a unknown alien force from outer-space. While the other world powers struggles to fight the aliens, the ''Ark Royal'' and its crew would repulse the enemies and save the day.

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The Dvd cover/the actual animation


It would be their last movie as Bachelor Studio would immediately start to switch to TV as soon as 1972, by offering to the BBC the ''Super Grand Prix'' racing animated series. Clearly inspired by Speed Racer, their other successful franchise, they presented a more traditional story about a underdog racing team coming from a peaceful town in the country, but the pilot is able thanks to his friends and his skill to compete against world class cars and team. Two of them would be presented as the main ''antagonist'', one in mid-season, the other for the grand finale; an obnoxious American driver, with a loud mouth and cow-boy hat and the last opponent being a cold, haughty German. The courageous and tenacious British pilot would triumph from both of them and win the Super Grand Prix.

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The Dvd cover/The animation


These two popular and commercial successes would be bought and broadcasted in France but unlike it, the Bachelor Studio had difficulty to export its produce outside of its borders (France excluded, Bachelor and Image were very close and often ''exchanged'' animé to distribute it to the other country). Indeed, if France was the main Francophone pole, British had to compete against the American juggernaut and Hollywood. In USA the animé style did not had the same broad appeal as in France or England and was derisively compared to ''cheaper Disney'', in fact it was often the USA that sold concept and broadcast rights to British stations then the other way around. The countries that used to be part of the British sphere were either uninterested or already under the American sphere of ifluence. Outside of the well established Batchelor Studio, it was harder for English animation company to survive then for French ones, this explained the fact that Batchelor would end up having a near monopoly on the animé genre in England at the end of the 70's while IAP had to share the market with other viable studios. For young British talent, it was better to apply to Batchelor then trying to create their own company.
But that doesn't mean that animé were not profitables, the British isles population was quite the audience and hungry for entertainment, especially British one. And this explain one of their biggest success in 1975: ''HMS Dreadnought'' The story of a space power named the ''Commonwealth'' that find itself attacked by a unknown power with colonized world from its fringe disappearing. They would send their newest and most powerfull ship, the titular HMS Dreadought, to investigate on the matter. They would discover that an alien race is coming to invade the human space, alerted the Commonwealth try to warn other nations but they dismiss their fear, so it's alone that the Dreadnought need to hold the invaders until the Commonwealth fleet can arrive, saving the day. It would become the largest success for Bachelor studio, easily surpassing Speed Racer, and being adapted into a movie in 1976 as well as into toys and other derivative products.

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The titular ship, the HMS Dreadnought


Although far less successful financially then the other franchise, one animated series would be drastically different. A Canadian expatriate that found refuge in England following the American invasion of his home country would be non other then Geoffrey Montgomery, the descendant of Lucy Maud Montgomery, the famous Canadian writer of ''Anne of Green Gables''. With the growing popularity of animé in England, he would contact Halas Batchelor in person to convince him to adapt the novel into an animated movie. Uninterested in delving back into cinematic project, Halas wold however propose a tv series. Geoffrey accepted the offer and sold the rights of adaptation to Batchelor Studio. Many rumors speculated as why Geoffrey actively seek to sell the rights of his great-mother novels to Batchelor studio, one of them being that he was short of money but he revealed at the series launch that he wanted to keep the Canadian culture alive, to avoid that the American erase or co opt it. While Anne of the Green Gables was not the most popular production in England, it was however the most exported, a rarity for Batchelor Studio. Right at its debut in 1977 on the BBC, the Republic of Quebec would acquire the broadcasting rights on its territory and dubbed it before even the French, in fact, most of the distribution in France would use the Quebecois dubbing. The Netherlands and Belgium would also acquire the distribution rights as well as the US state of Maritime, the birth place of the original author. This last one was very much a surprise as the Geoffrey demanded that in the credit it would be mentioned that the original author (his grand-mother) was credited as a Canadian from Prince-Edward Island. But their was next to little problem with that, in 1979 (the Maritime release date) the Canadian resistance was a thing of the past and most of the province were now fully integrated as US states.


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Both the Quebecois and British DvD cover/The animation


Apart from Anne of Green Gables, most British animé found themselves quite different from the French ones. Much more inclined to militaristic stories, many speculated that it was due to lingering influence from Mosleite, due to the lack of German occupation and de-radicalisation, like France suffered. But while the lack of German occupation was clearly a factor, much of the accusation of latent Mosleitism were unfounded, the militarist animé were instead an externalization of the conflicting British feeling of impotency and grand past imperial might. In addition, in France the figure of Jean Image was an important influence on all animators as many were either from the Vichy Clique or influenced by them, and Jean pacifism had a clear impact on the French scene. Meanwhile, Halas Batchelor was first and foremost an artist and businessman, not willing to have his own view impacting the final product.
 
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This last one was very much a surprise as the Geoffrey demanded that in the credit it would be mentioned that the original author (his grand-mother) was credited as a Canadian from Prince-Edward Island. But their was next to little problem with that, in 1979 (the Maritime release date) the Canadian resistance was a thing of the past and most of the province were now fully integrated as US states.
Nice seeing how USA is solving the issue of canada, nice detail. The same Quebec as a gateway for a market exports from europe
 
When Larry Frenchen created the counterfactual history book series, Northern Victory or Antietam Timeline, he used symbols that would develop into having negative connotations, compared to what they are now. Some of the changes were not well-received by readers from different parts of the world and expressed their discomfort of the cultural appropriation that the author was accused of doing. Frenchen denied that he has actual ill-will towards the symbols and that he was trying to offend people.

He claimed in a statement, "...The point of these symbols in my books is not that they are inherently evil, but that any symbol, no matter their innocent origins, can be hijacked and used by the forces of evil. Today, the saltire, once an acceptable variation of the Christian cross, is now openly and strongly condemned as a symbol of racism, totalitarianism and genocide, at least on this side of the globe."


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Image of Catholic processionists, such as Nazarenos or Fariseos, wearing a capirote during Holy Week in Spain. The pointed hood and robe symbolize penance for their sins and has been used for centuries. Larry Frenchen, author of counterfactuals, chose to replicate the costumes for a fictional domestic terrorist group in his books, the CCC (Circle of Confederate Clans). The group was created after the Confederacy had lost their war of independence during the Confederate Revolution. Throughout the books, the organization targets free blacks, Catholics, Jews, immigrants, and the U.S. government.

Many Spaniards have expressed outrage against the author for choosing something considered harmless and holy from their culture and transforming it into something evil.



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U.S. pilot wearing a swastika badge sometime in the 1930's. (In TL-191), the swastika is a symbol of luck and it originated as a religious symbol in Eurasia. In Larry Frenchen's books, it is a symbol of Freedomite Germany used by Adolphus Schickelgruber, a German dictator who attempted to reduce the population of Jews in Europe.


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Officer of the 45th Infrantry Division wearing a swastika. The group originated from Sequoyah and fought against the Confederates during Operation Blackbeard.
Larry Frenchen claimed that he received an angry letter from an elderly veteran of the division who didn't like the fact that he turned the swastika into a symbol of hate.



Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capirote
https://www.quora.com/Has-the-swastika-ever-been-used-by-the-US-on-their-military-uniforms
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/45th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/55th_Fighter_Squadron
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_use_of_the_swastika_in_the_early_20th_century
Hitler's sketches for designing a symbol for his ideology
https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/history-of-the-swastika
https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/alternate-symbol-for-nazi-german.161723/
 
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In 1977, Geoff Lukas would take the world by storm with his groundbreaking film "Astro Wars" detailing a story set in a non-descript area of outer space, where brave heroes of the "Social Alliance" do battle with the totalitarian "Galactic Federation" which is a thinly-veiled Autocratic dictatorship under the rule of the Sinister "Galactic President." The Federation, despite its claims of peace and prosperity, is based on oppression of non-human races in the galaxy and actively practices Population Reduction and enslavement. (Many conservative Pundits would comment that the Federation is seemingly populated solely by angry White Males with either English or over-emphasized "Southern" accents.)

Duke Starwalker, a son of a "Replicant Wars" hero and Knight of the Ancient Teti order Adolphus Starwalker, is swept up into the ongoing war when two "Automa" robots carrying a message from Princess Leana of Liberan falls into his possession. Under the tutelage of Oberon Canopus, who has secretly been watching over him from afar, Duke will discover his true destiny and, alongside his friends Hans Solist and his Hrookie companion Nalbakka, will take to the stars to fight back against the oppression of the Federation, and will face their greatest threat: the President's chief enforcer, Sombre Evanhi, a mighty Warrior cowled under a sinister life-support suit and possessing inhuman strength and dark powers.
 
These tanks would probably be used (image made by Soundwave3591 on its Deviantart)
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In "World of Barrels" a popular game on the Netweb, players take control of one of any number of Barrels developed by the belligerent players, from the 1930's to the 1960's. Many variants of each machine can be found, from prototypes to one-off concept models, each forming part of a "tech tree" based on each nation's capabilities. Among the most popular are the CSA's Barrels, due to (an unfounded) reputation for their toughness and invulnerability. The ease with which some of these machines are knocked-out in-game has led to accusations of them being "Spiffed" a term named after the well-known foam-dart-shooting air guns popular with children. Accusations of "Yankee Bias" are often levied against the American programmers as well.
 
In 1977, Geoff Lukas would take the world by storm with his groundbreaking film "Astro Wars" detailing a story set in a non-descript area of outer space, where brave heroes of the "Social Alliance" do battle with the totalitarian "Galactic Federation" which is a thinly-veiled Autocratic dictatorship under the rule of the Sinister "Galactic President." The Federation, despite its claims of peace and prosperity, is based on oppression of non-human races in the galaxy and actively practices Population Reduction and enslavement. (Many conservative Pundits would comment that the Federation is seemingly populated solely by angry White Males with either English or over-emphasized "Southern" accents.)

Duke Starwalker, a son of a "Replicant Wars" hero and Knight of the Ancient Teti order Adolphus Starwalker, is swept up into the ongoing war when two "Automa" robots carrying a message from Princess Leana of Liberan falls into his possession. Under the tutelage of Oberon Canopus, who has secretly been watching over him from afar, Duke will discover his true destiny and, alongside his friends Hans Solist and his Hrookie companion Nalbakka, will take to the stars to fight back against the oppression of the Federation, and will face their greatest threat: the President's chief enforcer, Sombre Evanhi, a mighty Warrior cowled under a sinister life-support suit and possessing inhuman strength and dark powers.
Interesting, for this to happen though a version of the Flash Gordon or Buck Rodgers serials has to happen in the 1930's.
 
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